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« on: February 04, 2019, 12:49:09 PM »
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« on: January 19, 2019, 04:46:12 PM »
If someone has an original or reproduction of a 69/70 KO sales brochure, would you mind please scanning it in High-Res and emailing it to me?
I'm writing a Blurb book on the history of my Z900 and need images to include in the history section of the Z1 and how Kawasaki were trumped by Honda, sending them back to the drawing board in 68.
Something like this image would be great:
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Many thanks
Andrew
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« on: January 16, 2019, 09:45:16 PM »
A guy I know know living in Toronto, Canada owned this May 79 F2 until he immigrated in 2000 - the reg is HGP 711T and it's currently on SORN. Is it owned by a forum member or anyone know of it?  Cheers
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« on: January 04, 2019, 04:45:49 PM »
Hi Folks, Well, after two weeks (with Christmas and New Year in between) of cleaning and preparing the K1 for its first start-up after a 3 year lay-up, so after priming the oil pump and filter it actually started on the first press of the button. It chucked out plenty of crap for a minute or so, including the residue of the oil I squirted into the bores the other day. Anyway, I'm chuffed to nuts and once it had warmed up the engine sounded sweet and that old growl I used to love took me straight back to 1977, and I felt 19 years old again!! Here's a couple of videos of the start-up - in the first one you can see all the crap being blown out of the exhaust (over my wife's car) and in the second, once it had warmed up a bit, the HM300s' sounding pretty awesome. I ran it through the gears and all seemed good. I just need to get it to idle, but it was bloody cold this morning despite the sun making an appearance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb91KyFmAjIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aL1cXomjuk&t=12sHere's also a few photos showing how shiny it's becoming. Next job is to tackle the rust in the tank ready for the spring. I intend to replace a few parts with NOS stuff and use it until the Autumn, then get the tank, panels etc off for repair and a respray ready for 2020.       Cheers
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« on: January 03, 2019, 04:28:03 PM »
Well, it feels like I haven't stopped working on the K1 since I collected it on Fri 21 Dec - Christmas and New Year just seemed to come and go.......
So far, I've put about 20+ hours into cleaning it and it's coming up nicely - over the last few days I've been preparing the K1 for starting, as in:
Dropped the air filter and found a nice new K&N
Pulled the float bowls expecting the worse from standing for 3 years, but they were nice and shiny - result.
Oiled and freed off the throttle cables - now snaps shut with a vengeance!
Split the switchgear and cleaned the contact surfaces, so now got a nice smooth action
Adjusted the cam chain
Oiled the cam and running upper running gear as it was pretty dry - also dropped some oil down the bores just in case
Pulled the plugs (what a pig 2 & 3 were!) and changed them - the old ones were an even mid-light brown, so happy with that
Did a compression test but my gauge (Draper) has a fixed tube and reader so could't get it in to do No2 & 3 - No1 & 4 read 150, so hopefully that's indicative of the other two...........?
Dumped the oil and there were no shiny bits in my wife's kitchen sieve (note to self: buy her a new one!), so pretty confident there's nothing nasty going on inside.
My service kit arrived today from DS, including a new battery, plugs and oil, filter etc so the battery is currently on charge and I plan to flush the engine through tomorrow, change the oil and filter, rig up a remote tank and try to fire the old girl up - I'll see where I go from there - fingers crossed.
Cheers
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« on: December 26, 2018, 05:59:48 PM »
Is there a downloadable K1 Part List available - I've looked in "Aladdin's Cave" but couldn't see it listed; unless I can't see the wood for the trees?
Cheers
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« on: December 21, 2018, 08:16:41 PM »
Well, after a very short search for a decent 750 K1 I have bought UK Pete's Ruby Red, 20,648 mile, 1971 survivor and picked it up today. It's been standing unused for about 3 years with fuel in the tank, and it's minging. So my first job tomorrow is to empty the tank and give it a clean out as there is some internal surface rust to deal with - that'll hopefully stop my garage smelling like I've left a pair of 3 week old sweaty trainers, the socks, the sweatshirt and shorts in there..... There's a few little dings here and there, but nothing I'm bothered about and I'm looking forward to getting it started in due course, once 'normal safety precautions' are taken. All-in-all, I'm very happy with the bike and Pete is a really decent and genuine bloke - but then I guess many of you already know that. I now need to take some time over Christmas and think carefully what I want to do to it - in the meantime, here's a 'few' photos and no doubt I'll be picking your brains in the near future. Oh, and I've bought my first bit for it; an OE grab rail which was missing, and the fact that I fitted it before I loaded the bike into the van caused Pete some amusement.        
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« on: December 09, 2018, 12:22:59 PM »
Well, it sure seemed like a good idea at the time! I dug out these photos of my old 71 K1 from back in May 78 after I fitted a fairing and ace bars to it - Rickman or a Dunstall I think? It didn't match the candy gold but looked great (well I though so anyway), especially after I fitted some Yoshimura stickers even though it was a bog-standard K1..........with a rack.  BUT, those ace bars gave the turning circle of a London bus, so it all came off after less than 2 weeks!  So I wondered what hideous bike modifications others are willing to own up to? 
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« on: December 04, 2018, 01:36:15 PM »
Some advice please - I've sent 3 PMs today but I'm unable to see them in a sent box?
Is the sent box visible or will I only be able to see those received?
Thanks
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« on: December 03, 2018, 06:58:38 PM »
Grateful for some advice please.
I'm considering options to replace the Honda CB750K1 I owned in the 70's i.e. buy a good rider or go down the project route. If a project, it would a be longer term restoration, say 2 - 3 years.
I don't want a basket case and ideally a UK bike that's all there (but wouldn't turn away the right import), it would need to be running restoration project e.g. maybe needed a new paint set, exhausts, rewire and general TLC etc - I know it will all depend on what needs doing and could end up being a false economy, but what kind of ballpark money should I be expecting to pay for such a bike?
Thanks
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« on: January 07, 2016, 03:26:44 PM »
Hello all - this is a duplicate post from the New Members' Section: I'm new here, but was a biker in the 70s - early 80s and also turned my hand to Trials and Motocross. I had several bikes during that time from my first one in 1974 (SL125) to my last which was a Kawasaki Z750/4, which I dropped quite badly in 1984, so bowed to the pressure of my new'ish wife (Bev) and bought a car....... However, for many years I've hankered after another bike, so being a little wiser, risk adverse and better insured I thought I would try to find the first 'big' bike I ever owned and which I also 'courted' Bev on (this bit is to appeal to her emotions!). In June 1977 I traded in my Yamaha DT250 (pretty knackered after a number of enduro events) for a 1972 CB750/K1 with 7,469 miles on the clock for which I paid £695 (less £137 trade-in) from Bill Bunn Motorcycles, South Ealing W5. The registration number was JML 60K. It would be nice to know if it survived and maybe have first refusal if was ever offered for sale - I checked the DVLA website and the road tax was last due on 1 June 1991, so it may be SORN'd but as the details are still listed by the DVLA it doesn't appear to have been scrapped. Is the owner or previous owners on here, or can anyone offer any advice on how to trace the current owner? Here's a photo taken in June 1977 in Richmond Park soon after I bought it, and Bev's first ride out - I still have my original bill of sale, MOT and an invoice for a new camshaft (plus valve gear!) when it broke in two in April 1978......... the eagle eyed amongst you will notice it has chrome K2 headlight stanchions, not sure why? JML 60K Grateful for any information. Regards Andrew
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« on: January 07, 2016, 02:34:12 PM »
Hello all, I'm new here, but was a biker in the 70s - early 80s and also turned my hand to Trials and Motocross. I had several bikes during that time from my first one in 1974 (SL125) to my last which was a Kawasaki Z750/4, which I dropped quite badly in 1984, so bowed to the pressure of my new'ish wife (Bev) and bought a car....... However, for many years I've hankered after another bike, so being a little wiser, risk adverse and better insured I thought I would try to find the first 'big' bike I ever owned and which I also 'courted' Bev on (this bit is to appeal to her emotions!). In June 1977 I traded in my Yamaha DT250 (pretty knackered after a number of enduro events) for a 1972 CB750/K1 with 7,469 miles on the clock for which I paid £695 (less £137 trade-in) from Bill Bunn Motorcycles, South Ealing W5. The registration number was JML 60K. It would be nice to know if it survived and maybe have first refusal if was ever offered for sale - I checked the DVLA website and the road tax was last due on 1 June 1991, so it may be SORN'd but as the details are still listed by the DVLA it doesn't appear to have been scrapped. Is the owner or previous owners on here, or can anyone offer any advice on how to trace the current owner? Here's a photo taken in June 1977 in Richmond Park soon after I bought it, and Bev's first ride out - I still have my original bill of sale, MOT and an invoice for a new camshaft (plus valve gear!) when it broke in two in April 1978......... the eagle eyed amongst you will notice it has chrome K2 headlight stanchions, not sure why? JML 60KGrateful for any information. Regards Andrew
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