New Member Looking at a '79 KZ1300B2

Hi everyone. My name is Scott, I live in Granite Falls, WA. I'm 50 and have been riding off and on since I was 12, with about a 20 year hiatus from early 20's to early 40's. I have several bikes, including a Triumph Thunderbird, Triumph Scrambler, Suzuki V-Strom, and a couple dual sports. Over the years I have owned mostly Hondas and Suzukis, with a couple Yamahas here and there (including my beloved 1987 FJ1200 that I wrecked ) but never had a Kawasaki. 

A friend's dad has a 1979 KZ1300B2 for sale and he wants it to go to a good home, not a flipper. It sounds like it is fairly clean and reasonably priced, has been sitting less than a year and will start. I would like to learn about these bikes and get an idea of what I might be getting myself into. I'm not a full-on mechanic but not foreign to wrenches either. I guess you could say I'm that guy that knows enough to be dangerous

I look forward to learning from you guys and thanks for the add.

Hello Scott.  Ah, the FJ1200, a great bike and one I seriously considered buying many years ago.

The KZ1300 B2 you mention sounds well worth going to have a look at.  It might be all original and un-spoilt.   If you don’t want the fairing and saddle bags, you could make the bike into a naked KZ without too much trouble. 
This site has lots of information on what goes wrong on these bikes, foremost in importance being the cam chain tensioner, so that would need investigating.
Please keep us posted when you’ve looked at the B2.