Recent content by Gryph

+1 on testing with a new battery or just hooking it up to your car with jumpers WITHOUT turning the car on (don't want to fry anything), my KZ400 won't fire with dead battery even if I kick (it's fine with a low battery, just not totally dead).

Bike looks great mudchicken, keeping it simple and clean for sure, I love the seat too. I love the looks of the '76 even more than my '79. The paint still looks fantastic, I'd say polish up those engine covers a bit and she'd be looking just how I want her (I also agree a frame hoop would be a...

Re: 1979 Kawasaki KZ400B2 (Update: finally put some low bars/bar end mirrors on) Hey guys, it's been ages but I popped out on the KZ400 yesterday in this unseasonable weather we've been having. A little update is that unfortunately I didn't insure the KZ last season as it would have cost me...

I have no experience with this bike in particular but any bike without airbox/filters will be running lean. I've heard that even pulling socks over the inlets will help a bit if you really don't want to put the airbox on and are planning on getting pods, but if you're planning on keeping that...

Are you in Ontario, I saw that 81 for 800 bucks, looked like a great deal but my garage is full lol. Nice find.

Where'd you guys order from? I'm thinking about wrapping my KZ400 headers white oddly enough. I have an extra stock exhaust as well that is pretty rusted, thought about wrapping those headers black and painting the can black.

Very classic, I love it. Kinda wish I hadn't gone with plain ol' black on mine. You gonna throw any stripes on there?

+1, that is one of the sexiest exhausts I've seen.

Nevrdull has served me very well, amazing what this crap can get off and no danger of damaging the finish. Just keep working it back and forth and maybe throw a little finger nail behind it for annoying pits.

+1 for what JRK5892 said, when I did my rebuild I copped out and just shot the frame while I had the back wheel off, left on the front end and the engine, nobody but me would ever know she wasn't down to the frame when I painted her though (well except for you guys lol). I also used...

Hey Joe I somehow missed this thread until today... Let me tell you it really brightened up my Hematology and Immunology lectures this afternoon lol. Seriously though the bike looks amazing, rockcity that is some amazing work. I like they way you're tackling the build, going through it piece...

+1 for the Kawasaki Twins Forum, the be all and end all for KZ400 info especially...Very knowledgeable guys over there. I also post on gtamotorcycle and the site that started it all for me was www.ninja250.org , there is a FAQ over there that explains how to do every single bit of maintenance...

I bought Cortech Mod Denim Jeans a couple years ago from newenough for a good price. Looks like they've gone up since then actually... Thought they looked good on the site, in person they are hideous and a terrible fit lol, baggy, I got them taken in and they are still ill fitting. BUT lol...

Re: Z1 enterprises- specializes in Vintage Japanese Motorcycles - reasonable pri Bought all the parts I needed for my KZ400, cheap shipping to Canada too. Ordered the wrong carb synch adapters at one point (after asking advice from Z1), with one email the proper ones were in the mail at no...

Re: 1979 Kawasaki KZ400B2 (Update: finally put some low bars/bar end mirrors on) Well we finally had a decently nice day here, so I got around to working on the bike. These bars were on my parts bike the whole time, cleaned up nice... Not sure what they are, maybe superbike? They're only...