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Restoring a 1976 Z900 A4
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I am having the production gauges rebuilt. It nice to know so much is available for these bikes at a reasonable cost.
I did a Suzuki Rotary and it was really hard to find parts.
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76 kz 900 1075 76 kz 900 a4 78 kz 1000 ltd
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I installed a dyna igniton and found the way the coils mount differs from the stock coils and will require a custom bracket.
Does anyone make these?
Also anyone now how to post pictures right side up. They dont transfer upright.
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I have several restored bikes along with a 2006 Goldwing with a sidecar. My wife has a 2019 Suzuki DR 650 for on and off road.
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dancragin wrote: Also anyone now how to post pictures right side up. They dont transfer upright.
Before posting, open the pictures in something like MS Paint - rotate to proper orientation and save over top the original - that'll fix the orientation issue. If you use a more advanced photo editing app, it's liable to maintain the goofy orientation even after saving.
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dancragin wrote: Here are a couple pictures of my progress. Its crazy how many detail there on a build you want just right. I'm sure it will need quite a bit of sorting when done.
I know this oh to well. I have touched, cleaned, Vblasted, plated, re-chromed, polished, painted or powder coated every nut, bolt, washer, and bracket if it was salvageable. Bought NOS when possible, if not the best of the aftermarket. Soaked rubber in brake fluid to restore. Investigated part numbers, serial number, and dates. Laced rims, rebuilt wiring, degreased, and regreased. I have built a bike (well not completely yet) from the frame out. Call me crazy but I’m loving it. Can’t wait to see it finished and gleaming in the warm summer sun.
Good luck, I hope yours turns out exactly the way you want it.
Here’s a fresh order of NOS from Partzilla just arrived today!
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1976 KZ 900 B1 LTD
1978 KZ 1000 B2 LTD
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Mikaw wrote:
dancragin wrote: Here are a couple pictures of my progress. Its crazy how many detail there on a build you want just right. I'm sure it will need quite a bit of sorting when done.
I know this oh to well. I have touched, cleaned, Vblasted, plated, re-chromed, polished, painted or powder coated every nut, bolt, washer, and bracket if it was salvageable. Bought NOS when possible, if not the best of the aftermarket. Soaked rubber in brake fluid to restore. Investigated part numbers, serial number, and dates. Laced rims, rebuilt wiring, degreased, and regreased. I have built a bike (well not completely yet) from the frame out. Call me crazy but I’m loving it. Can’t wait to see it finished and gleaming in the warm summer sun.
Good luck, I hope yours turns out exactly the way you want it.
Here’s a fresh order of NOS from Partzilla just arrived today!
Mikaw, I'd be interested to hear how your soaked rubber bits hold up. According to this video, they will eventually sweat and start firming up again.
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Gosh its nice to someone else as excited as me about building a KZ!
I will keep posting.
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Thx and sorry for my ignorance
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Pro-Is pretty much set it and forget it.
Con-Some will say points typically won’t fail instantaneously as a electronic module will so with the Dyna S you could be stuck on the road. True it could happen but I personally haven’t heard of any such events.
Con- Cost outlay
Pro-Over the life how many sets of points will you replace
Then there is all the stuff I really don’t understand completely, dwell timing which helps coil saturation, no change in dwell like in points as they start to wear.
Loudvhx is the electronic ignition expert. He can fill in the rest.
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