Grandpa's gift, a 1975 Kawasaki F7

[Burque73]

My son was in his Grandpa's garage and noticed something interesting in the corner.



He showed enough interest that they uncovered it and pulled it out to get a better look. Turned out to be a '75 F7 that's been forgotten about for years. I thought at one time about giving my boy the KLR but this is even better for him. I can't remember the last time he was this excited. He's 21 now and hasn't had a motorcycle since his 50cc in second grade. We got it to run tonight but have a lot to do before he can ride it. Dirt only for this one.

[GS1150Pilot]

Cool old bike. Reminds me of my brother's old Yamaha enduro 175.

[TxGSrider]

I think I had on of those when I was a kid. If I remember right it had some type of weird "Rotary valve disc thingy" inside that had disintegrated and I had to buy a new one to get it to run. I'm sure finding parts now will be a little tougher than it was in 1982 when I had mine.
I may still have a repair book for it somewhere.

[dorkburger]

Cool!

I suppose its a thing related to being a casual motorcyclist, but I could never understand how one forget about having one.

[Motojoe2492]

Cool!

I suppose its a thing related to being a casual motorcyclist, but I could never understand how one forget about having one.

I was thinking the same thing! I would give my left nut for something similar in worse shape even! (Though to sell a teste would gain me around 32k... )

[limeex2]

I had the 175 version. It was my second bike. Yes they have a rotary valve on them and they were tough to get to run right but with the internet now, if you can get parts the running issue should be solvable. It was fast as heck.

[Burque73]

Cool!

I suppose its a thing related to being a casual motorcyclist, but I could never understand how one forget about having one.

Well, my boy never forgot about riding. He sort of holds on to some hard feelings for selling that little bike.

When I married my wife and gained three more kids, taking the bikes out became an ordeal. It became less and less fun due to family complications. We sold his 50cc, my wife's XT225 and my KLR650 all within a year or two and had no bikes for several years.



This may be a slow going project but we'll eventually get it running.