01-26-2014, 05:58 AM
Flynrider,
The KZ has been my first and only motorcycle for nearly a decade now. I got it as a bit of a basket-case that had been rotting away in the back of a friend's garage for 12 years... or at least that's how old the tabs on it were. I had always been interested in owning a bike and he owed me $100 for helping him with some work on his house so I suggested he keep the cash and give me the bike instead. He gladly accepted my offer and surprisingly still had the title so, I was suddenly the owner of a motorcycle... a motorcycle that hadn't been started in over a decade and whose tank and carbs I quickly discovered were caked in varnished gas. God alone knew what else was wrong with it. I found a Factory Service Manual for the bike online and spent the better part of that whole summer learning how to fix motorcycles... or THAT motorcycle at least. The first time it fired up and ran remains to this day one of the more exhilarating moments of my life.
It's been an around-town commuter for me for awhile now and seems to run a little better every year. However, it doesn't run perfectly and I don't trust it enough to take it out of the city. Hence my search for a new bike. The CB1100 will fit the bill nicely I think. Sadly, due to limited garage space, I will probably be trying to sell the Kaw this Spring when the CB arrives. That will be sad for me but, hopefully whoever buys it will have more time and money than I do and will continue working on it and returning it to its former glory.
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The KZ has been my first and only motorcycle for nearly a decade now. I got it as a bit of a basket-case that had been rotting away in the back of a friend's garage for 12 years... or at least that's how old the tabs on it were. I had always been interested in owning a bike and he owed me $100 for helping him with some work on his house so I suggested he keep the cash and give me the bike instead. He gladly accepted my offer and surprisingly still had the title so, I was suddenly the owner of a motorcycle... a motorcycle that hadn't been started in over a decade and whose tank and carbs I quickly discovered were caked in varnished gas. God alone knew what else was wrong with it. I found a Factory Service Manual for the bike online and spent the better part of that whole summer learning how to fix motorcycles... or THAT motorcycle at least. The first time it fired up and ran remains to this day one of the more exhilarating moments of my life.
It's been an around-town commuter for me for awhile now and seems to run a little better every year. However, it doesn't run perfectly and I don't trust it enough to take it out of the city. Hence my search for a new bike. The CB1100 will fit the bill nicely I think. Sadly, due to limited garage space, I will probably be trying to sell the Kaw this Spring when the CB arrives. That will be sad for me but, hopefully whoever buys it will have more time and money than I do and will continue working on it and returning it to its former glory.
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