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Up to now I have only been a ZN rider, but found a really nice KZ on Craigslist. It's a nicely maintained 1982 KZ1100D Spectre. Pure stock except for a sissy bar on the back, better seat and a Vetter fairing.
The ZN's are just way too heavy for me to hold up safely at stop lights,(unless it has a sidecar!) so I was looking for something light enough to be a daily around-town rider. First thing I did was to see how easy I could rock it side to side. EASY-PEASY! They I fired it up and it cranked maybe three revs on choke before firing off and it ran nice even cold. Owner said it had not been started for a month.
It is missing the unique passenger grab bar after adding the heavy duty sissy bar.
Everything about the bike is almost like new except the exhaust. The black chrome was painted over and needs to be re-finished.
The owner cleaned the carbs and set the floats using u-tubes, but they have changed slightly enough to unbalance things. Been talking to Scotch about maybe making some brass floats, or I will do it myself.
I set it up on the center stand in first gear, not running, to check for driveline slack. Less than I expected for just the final drive, let alone the whole driveline.
Tires are in good shape, but the rear shows the typical flat strip down the middle of the tread. I'm not a rubber-burner, nor a pipe-dragger, so it should last me a while.
When I contacted the seller he already had a buyer scheduled to come look at it two days later but the guy didn't show up on time, so I got there about an hour later and we came to an agreement. About four hours later that guy called the owner and apologized for being late and wanted to come see it! TOO LATE! Already sold! Now I'm glad some people are careless about keeping appointments as planned!
Sorry all you UK, AUS and EU guys, but I got this for $1850 (US).

Very Nice Bruce!

Sorta like mine:



I took that sissy bar off of mine so I've got the pad yours is missing if you want it. In case you didn't know it that engine is the same as the one in the GPZ1100 except for milder cams. The only issue I have with the bike is that the single position seat pushes me too far forward into the "BuckHorn" handle bars.
I paid $2,475.00 for mine a decade ago so you really scored.
Congratulations
Bill

Looks like a baby Voyager, big aircooled Z engine, great result for that money. I had an imported Voyager in the mid 80's and was a handfull on UK roads..but I liked it I had a GL1200 for 4yrs before I got the Z and it felt like being on a 250 dream. Perspective, age ,and aches and pains can determine what you want to ride, hope I can ride the 13 until someone scrapes me off the floor.
Did you guys get the GPZ1100B1/B2 over there?

Traitors! Lol
Loving that red GPZ with the Harris pipe!

Bet you had one like that too, I used to rattle the shop windows at midnight in Southport on mine..youth grin factor 10

KZQ wrote: Very Nice Bruce!

Sorta like mine:

I took that sissy bar off of mine so I've got the pad yours is missing if you want it. In case you didn't know it that engine is the same as the one in the GPZ1100 except for milder cams. The only issue I have with the bike is that the single position seat pushes me too far forward into the "BuckHorn" handle bars.
I paid $2,475.00 for mine a decade ago so you really scored.
Congratulations
Bill

Bill, you wouldn't possibly have the original grab bar from behind the seat that you would like to sell, would you? Yours looks every bit as pristine as mine. Maybe even more so! Your pipes are cleaner! I also almost bought a 550 version of this bike too, in the same colors and condition. When the weather allows I will be lining up my two ZN's and this new "little" KZ for a family shot!