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Howdy From Texas
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24 Apr 2015 12:07 #669427
by FlatJohnny
1980 KZ750 LTD
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Howdy.
I'm an Aussie living in Austin, Tx and I just bought my first four-stroke.
I spent my youth tinkering with horrible british cars back home in Australia - Range Rovers and Triumphs, as well as a couple of suzuki kei vans and yamaha two-strokes.
I'm a medium competency backyard hack, but I love getting the wrenches out, and afgter 15 years i've finally learned to be patient, careful and thorough.
So i just got hold of a 1980 kz750 LTD with 28k miles, and I'm excited. It sounds great, goes alright and seems to be in 85% good nick. There are a few cosmetic bits and pieces that could do with a tidy up. There is also definitely some mechanical work that needs doing to get it running at its best, so i anticipate asking a thousand questions in the near future.
I already put on a new chain and sprockets since the original looked like nasty shark fins, and already found some super helpful info here about the 630 to 530 conversion - which i did. I also just got hold of a factory airbox to replace the P.O.'s cheap garbage pod conversion (without a re-jetting, i suspect), which I'll be installing as soon as i get the new boots.
Anyway. Hello to everyone here and if any of y'all are in central Texas, I'm always up for a ride.
Johnny
I'm an Aussie living in Austin, Tx and I just bought my first four-stroke.
I spent my youth tinkering with horrible british cars back home in Australia - Range Rovers and Triumphs, as well as a couple of suzuki kei vans and yamaha two-strokes.
I'm a medium competency backyard hack, but I love getting the wrenches out, and afgter 15 years i've finally learned to be patient, careful and thorough.
So i just got hold of a 1980 kz750 LTD with 28k miles, and I'm excited. It sounds great, goes alright and seems to be in 85% good nick. There are a few cosmetic bits and pieces that could do with a tidy up. There is also definitely some mechanical work that needs doing to get it running at its best, so i anticipate asking a thousand questions in the near future.
I already put on a new chain and sprockets since the original looked like nasty shark fins, and already found some super helpful info here about the 630 to 530 conversion - which i did. I also just got hold of a factory airbox to replace the P.O.'s cheap garbage pod conversion (without a re-jetting, i suspect), which I'll be installing as soon as i get the new boots.
Anyway. Hello to everyone here and if any of y'all are in central Texas, I'm always up for a ride.
Johnny
1980 KZ750 LTD
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24 Apr 2015 12:19 #669428
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Michael
Victoria, Texas
1982 GPz750
1977 KZ1000A
1978 KZ1000A
1982 GPz1100
1975 Z2A
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Welcome to KZR, Flatjohnny...
Michael
Victoria, Texas
1982 GPz750
1977 KZ1000A
1978 KZ1000A
1982 GPz1100
1975 Z2A
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24 Apr 2015 17:59 #669455
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Nice bike. My uncle Elpe had a chicken ranch in Fort Worth. Had me clean out the coops. I hate CHICKENS. I like to eat them though. He had a shot gun with a flashlight taped to it and would go out at night to shoot the wolves. I was rooting for the wolves. :whistle:
welcome aboard.
Steve
welcome aboard.
Steve
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04 May 2015 05:45 #670613
by DSummerlin
78 KZ650
82 KZ1000 LTD
99 ZRX 1100
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Hey, there are a couple of us in Austin! And I think a few others nearby in Texas. Welcome!
78 KZ650
82 KZ1000 LTD
99 ZRX 1100
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04 May 2015 20:40 - 04 May 2015 20:41 #670716
by DOHC
'78 Z1-R in blue , '78 Z1-R in black, '78 Z1-R in pieces
My dad's '74 Z1
'00 ZRX1100
Replied by DOHC on topic Howdy From Texas
Welcome! I just moved out of Austin about a year ago.
You should check out this thread from zukdave , who is also from Austin. He running a gpz750 engine in his kz650...
www.kzrider.com/forum/25-racing/509014-drag-strip-trip
You should check out this thread from zukdave , who is also from Austin. He running a gpz750 engine in his kz650...
www.kzrider.com/forum/25-racing/509014-drag-strip-trip
'78 Z1-R in blue , '78 Z1-R in black, '78 Z1-R in pieces
My dad's '74 Z1
'00 ZRX1100
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11 May 2015 10:50 #671541
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So the old Rocker gets out his bike to make a ton before he takes his leave. Up on the A1 by Scotch Corner
just like it used to be. And as he flies --- tears in his eyes ---
his wind-whipped words echo the final take and he hits the trunk road doing around 120 with no room left to brake.
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Welcome!!
So the old Rocker gets out his bike to make a ton before he takes his leave. Up on the A1 by Scotch Corner
just like it used to be. And as he flies --- tears in his eyes ---
his wind-whipped words echo the final take and he hits the trunk road doing around 120 with no room left to brake.
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