It’s 2010 and I’m finally going to start work on the KZ550

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OK – I feel some guilt about my KZ550 restoration project. That post was written in March of 2009 – oh boy! I had every intention of working on that bike, except that I didn’t have a place to work on it. The fact that it’d leak fuel intermittently didn’t help me when pleading my [...]

Battery not being charged, replace regulator – KZ550

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This post is part of my KZ550 restoration project.
I bought my KZ550 from my father-in-law, sadly it wouldn’t start! I had my friend Paul come to collect it, but before we moved it we tried starting it some more. The battery was flat, so we hooked up some jump leads from his truck to the [...]

My Kawasaki KZ550 restoration project

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Last year I acquired a 1982 (I need to confirm the year) Kawasaki KZ550 from my father-in-law. I still owe money on it, but we’ll come to that later.
I’ve spent a few months fiddling with the bike, and have finally concluded that there’s a whole host of things that need fixing. Here’s the problems I’m [...]