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74 Z1 restomod

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Little victories. Managed to run the carbs through the ultrasonic, fabricated aluminum adaptors for the rearsets and stood back and said WOW why the he'll did I buy this piece of crap. Also received my ignition advancer from oink Johnson an eBay seller I highly recommend for used dragbike stuff and more.



 
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Just my two cents but I would not recommend stripping down the plastic pieces. I think most of us have very good to excellent results just sanding down the plastic pieces. Larry is the expert though
 
srsupertrap said:
Just my two cents but I would not recommend stripping down the plastic pieces. I think most of us have very good to excellent results just sanding down the plastic pieces. Larry is the expert though
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I tried sanding but I don't even know if it's paint as it gums up the paper instantly. Did receive my windscreen which is the same one I have on my 1100E. Ordered tank and side cover badges, voltage regulator, oil cooler fittings and some stainless fasteners from Z1. Still haven't heard it run.


I like it.
 
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It's alive. Engine sounds ok. Carbs are screwed and leak like a sieve. I have a set of vm29ss carbs that I plan on using anyway so I will haul them out and give them a shot.
 
Good to see you have a steering dampener and a better swingarm, but are there any mods to the frame?

I owned one of those widow-makers, a '73 (I actually bought it from the young widow two weeks after the accident), and the high-speed wobbles were very scary. Dumped me once at 70 mph.
 
I have owned a bunch of old kz, s and have never experienced I'll handling. Luckey me I guess.
 
Rob S. said:
Good to see you have a steering dampener and a better swingarm, but are there any mods to the frame?

I owned one of those widow-makers, a '73 (I actually bought it from the young widow two weeks after the accident), and the high-speed wobbles were very scary. Dumped me once at 70 mph.
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Then the bike was setup badly. I've owned plenty of these bikes and the only time I've experience wobbles at 70mph is when the tires were in poor shape or the shocks worn out. With the right tires, shocks, wheel alignment, the bikes handle decent unless you do something silly like change gears when under load on a sweeping curve (that's the only time I've ever had a tank slapper on a Z1 - scary). Most times wobbles don't appear until well over 100mph - and steering dampers don't solve any issues - most times all they do is move the problem to an even higher speed.
 
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