1976 KZ400 CAFE RACER WALK AROUND

[@anthonynicholich9654]

Yeah that is really smart to do on the air cool engine.

[@wiesshund-games]

I had one of these way back in 1980. Shame you can not get any of the stuff that was available back then. Got a 480 big bore kit for it. and a cam. There were some fairly cheap cafe racer style parts, fairings, tail pieces, small seat. pipes that sounded like a pair of very angry locusts. Some different mukuni carbs, which i think were still 34's You basically got a midget madmax bike in the end (1979 madmax not the reboot) Was good for about 100mph, but scary cause the bike was so light, you hit buckled pavement or anything and the wheels stayed off the ground for a good stretch. Just dont ride it cross country, damn did it beat you up. Engines were pretty damned if you kept the oil full changed it religiously, kept tabs on the cam chain slack.

[@brycew307]

Nice build. I've got a kz torn down in my room right now. You remind me of l.a. turtle

[@telegraphmetrostore5007]

To bad your in different state I would liked you to work on my kz400 83

[@telegraphmetrostore5007]

Man she's freaking ripping

[@madhattergarage618]

Thanks I still have her and I'm going to be starting a new bike build this winter so please subscribe and follow along

[@e33State]

Did you ever consider moving the foot pegs? Higher and further back lights up..

[@madhattergarage618]

Yes I think when I start working on it I might do that. Just go other projects going on. But it is on my to do list

[@telegraphmetrostore5007]

Didu do anything to engine like lighten flywheel sounds good then i seen Laying sum rubber nicely good dam job its cool i. Try to hook my kz up

[@madhattergarage618]

No engine modifications just maintenance

[@Jodyrides]

i’m a little surprised you found one of these 400 cc twins from the 70s that still ran. They were one of the most problem filled engines Kawasaki ever made. I was working in a Honda Suzuki Kawasaki dealership in those days. You could buy a brand new one of these machines with the saddlebags. I forget what model that was and a fairing. Out the door for under $1200. They were $999 brand new list. they were not as bad as the CB Honda 350 twins, better known as the camshaft eaters. But they were not up to the standard of Yamaha, and the older Hondas. Suzuki had not made the switch over to four cycle engine motorcycles until 1977 or 78.. When suzuki did make that jump from two-stroke to four stroke.. They were making the best most reliable fastest, best handling and most reliable, four stroke, aircooled.., multi cylinder bikes… actually, those were early days. There were quite a few catastrophes put on two wheels sold by everybody. The TX 750 Yamaha, the Kawasaki, 500 triple, the Honda, CB 350 twin, the Yamaha 750, 850 triples. The Kawasaki, 750 twin four stroke.. The 1972 Kawasaki, 350 triple two-stroke S2, and some other machines, had there problems.. people look back at these old bikes and lament that they missed it, they missed all of those two stroke machines that were available. Believe me, I was there, those were not the good old days, these are the good all days right now. We have real breaks, we have electronic ignition that advances the timing to the exact Point of rotation and speed that the ignition should be fired, we have fuel injection, we have multivalve per cylinder, we have fantastic suspensions today. We have water cooling, we have transmissions to don’t blow second gear. We have four tubes that are thick enough to not flex, we have frames that don’t wiggle like a screen door. We have electric starters that actually work all the time. They have eliminated Kickstarter‘s decades ago. We have come a long way since the introduction of the motorcycle that changed everything. The 1969 Honda, CB 750 K.. Dick mann won Daytona when the Daytona 200 actually meant something. Nobody mentions anymore that he actually won that race on a CB 750 four-cylinder, that was only running on three cylinders for the last few laps.. any one of the available 600 cc sport bikes today would easily have won the Daytona, 200 in 1969 without working up much of a sweat.. These are the good old days

[@EVO3snowboarding]

Hey I have a question about the pods! Did you have to rejet or did it run fine?

[@madhattergarage618]

Mine runs ok but I still need to rejet the carbs.

[@telegraphmetrostore5007]

She screams good job

[@madhattergarage618]

Thanks

[@robertcanceljr4400]

Zero gravity tight what u mean capacitor werez it at

[@robertcanceljr4400]

Your kz build I thought it ripps more than others 100

[@madhattergarage618]

Thanks

[@telegraphmetrostore5007]

She scream ng nice man im trying to get my kz 400

[@madhattergarage618]

Thanks

[@caferacermonterrey20]

R2 D2 JAJA :)

[@robertcanceljr4400]

She rips u Shure u didn't lighten flywheel or bore it out