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Here's the good one.
The parts bike. I use that term losely. I'm glad I bought it to have extra parts but this thing was a real hunk of shit. The seat and gas tank are just balanced in that pictures and the axles are held in place by cotter pins. Also no air in the tires.
Made a mess after I got everything in the garage.
Finished the night but cleaning everything up. 5 boxes of spare parts.
I'm not sure what the parts exchange is like but that frame can go if anyone wants it.
So now that thats out of the way. I'm not sure what I want to do with this bike. I think just do a clean restore. Nothing crazy. Probably have everything re chromed, paint it and chop the seat.
Look forward to posting here it looks like you've got a good community.
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We're glad you're here and look forward to much more of your postings.
Good Fortune!
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KZ900 LTD
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Kidding... welcome. Look forward to more...
Peace.
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79 Kawie Z1000 LTD
81 Kawie Z1000 CSR
83 Honda VT750C A
85 Kawie GPZ900 A2
86 Zukie GS1150 EG
93 Yamie XV1100 E
Lucky to have rolled many old bikes through my doors
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Take it from me cuz I found
If you leave it then somebody else is bound,
To find that treasure, that moment of pleasure,
When yours, it could have been.
1977 KZ650 B1 Being restored to original (Green)
1977 KZ650 B1 Original (Red) Sold
1977 KZ650 B1 Donor Bike for Parts
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welcome, man that frame on the second dont look like it goes with that bike at all
I believe it is a correct frame. I think its deceiving because none of the motor mounts were in so it was literally just sitting in there. All the parts that I took off it seem to match up with the frame on my good bike. Least I'm hoping, otherwise I have a lot of scrap metal.
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Hi Ski. Looks like your new friends had a couple of old friends waiting to welcome them into the garage. Care to introduce them? Good luck with the KZ. I haven't been here too long but most of these guys seems like the friendly sort and very brainy when it comes to KZ's. Pay no attention to the little spring fever dustups. From what I gather it's an annual event which subsides as the weather gets warmer and the fleet comes out of mothballs. Then again I could be wrong and this place is about to go off like a Chinese firecracker. (jk)(I think)
The KZ will be the 5th bike along the line.
I have previously had an 89 GS 500 which I really regret selling.
Learned how to ride on my old Shadow ACE.
Sold that last season and this is currently in my garage.
08 FZ-6
And my roomates 01 GS 500. He just bought this bike and will be learning how to ride this season. Not mine, but its in there.
martin_csr wrote:
Howdy. I bet that frame is correct. Since you're new... Kawasaki.com has diagrams in the owner info section. It seems easiest to search by year only without entering a vin or bike model or anything, just choose a year then pick a bike from the list. Once into the diagrams click stuff, even the diagram reference numbers. There's a cross-reference within the diagrams.
The closest matches to your bike are the 80-83 KZ750-Ltd-4 chain drive.
The 81-83 KZ650-CSR shares a bunch of parts as well and have the same frame.
Thanks Martin. I haven't even had time to do any research yet. Today is crappy so I will probably poke around on here. Thats a great starting point though, especially for ordering parts from the dealer.
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Here's a link for help with navigating the site and finding information.
Click > kzrider.com/index.php?option=com_kunena&...w&catid=13&id=376734
Let us know if hit a snag.
Good Fortune!
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I think the PURPLE threw me off :woohoo:
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