Hello from the Vancouver area

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30 Jan 2014 21:28 #620685 by AbbyRider
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Hello forum. Just bought an '82 KZ650 - I haven't even picked it up yet. I've been working mostly on CB's the last few years. Have bought a few basket cases and restored them to stock, and am just finishing off a CB750 cafe mod to a previously seized bike that sat for a very long time.
So while looking for my next project I came across this KZ. I had seen a few really nice KZ's down at the vintage bike auction in Vegas earlier this month, and got the hankering to work on one.

Seeing as how I don't have the bike yet, this pic is the best I can do.

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30 Jan 2014 21:47 #620686 by Bozo
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Welcome
First Permanent ride the Z1R since Dec1977 (220,000km) as of June 2015
Second permanent bike 1989 FJ1200 dyno'd 140RWH, great bike.
Third ride is now the Frankenstein 1981 GPZ1100B1, 1983 fully recon motor fitted LOVE THIS BIKE
Forth my work bike FJ1200 1989 (same type as FJ above)

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31 Jan 2014 04:17 #620699 by toolmaker
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Hello Abbyrider, and welcome to the site. Are you in Vancouver BC or Washington?
I live near Portland, Oregon and my rider is a '76 KZ900 I bought new. I'm also in the process of restoring another one and a '73 Z1.

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31 Jan 2014 05:04 #620703 by jeffasaki
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looks like a easy rebuild
for a 650
78 Z1R
78 KZ1000
76 KH500 gone
71 HS1B 90
81 GS 1100 gone
80 PE400
02 KLR


Ontario Canada

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31 Jan 2014 07:13 #620710 by Jonny
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Another 650 brought back to life! Good on ya.

I am in the middle of rebuilding my '78 C2, and while its been a bit of a task, it has also been worth (almost) every moment of the effort! =)

Good luck, and also check out the kz650info forum as well. I do most of my lurking here, but there is a wealth of knowledge on both sites, and a lot of 650 owners are involved in both.

Cheers!
Jon
'78 KZ 650C2 'Lila'
'71 Norton Commando 750 'Eadie'

St. Catharines, ON (Mostly, anyway...)

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31 Jan 2014 10:02 #620724 by AbbyRider
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toolmaker wrote: Hello Abbyrider, and welcome to the site. Are you in Vancouver BC or Washington?


Vancouver BC! I keep forgetting about the other Vancouver.

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31 Jan 2014 10:04 #620725 by AbbyRider
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Jonny wrote: Good luck, and also check out the kz650info forum as well. I do most of my lurking here, but there is a wealth of knowledge on both sites, and a lot of 650 owners are involved in both.

Cheers!
Jon


Thanks. I actually registered on that site first, but haven't been accepted yet. I'm looking forward to digging into this 650.

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