Sunday, July 14, 2013

Our Donor bike!


After extensive research and many failed craigslist meetings (really people! if you don't want to put effort into selling something why bother posting it! But that's another blog I could start entirely) we finally got it!
A 1982 KZ750 with 29k and lots of "awesome" custom work. Aside from the "custom work", This bike was actually really great. The previous owner used it as a daily rider and put a lot of new parts and work on it. Here is the list and he had all the documentation for it: 
  • Rebuilt the master cylinder and rebuilt calipers
  • new tires
  • rebuilt carbs and resync'd
  • rebuilt fuel petcock
  • new spark plugs and wires
  • replaced air-box with pods (which I love the look of)
  • changed oil
  • replaced fork seals and fork oil
  • custom exhaust that sounds awesome
  • replaced chain and sprockets
Now the bad:
  • Head gasket leaks a little oil
  • throttle handlebar insert is cracked causing the throttle cable to stick
  • awful front "fairing"
  • Ghetto rigged sissy bar and saddlebag
  • Ghetto rigged front turn signals
  • God awful paint job that is peeling
  • exhaust needs new donut seals
Here are a few more shots so you can see all of it:


Whew! We have our work cut out for us. Time to get to work and make this bike look somewhat respectable. This backrest and bag combo are killing me............

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