Greetings from Idaho!

Getting ready to start bring my L3 back to life after 24 years.  I got it as the second owner after my 77 650 started giving me trouble.  It was my daily driver until 96,  when she took a break due to a burned valve.  Swapped in an 82 GPZ motor 99,  then was parked due to becoming unreliableI 2001 (when I got my Speedtriple). 

We recently moved and when I had to trailer her to the new house I was inspired to get her back on the road. 

I've been digging through the builds and other forums looking for inspiration.  
A ZRX just donated a new swing arm and a set of ZR550  wheels are with the shipping companies.
I'm seriously thinking about the 6 speed gearbox upgrade.
Still need to decide what front end / brake upgrade to do.   Would love to  go with USD for the visual but that is still TBD.  

If I get this one done in the next year, I may take on upgrading  my GPZ basket case with a single sided swing arm and 1000/1100cc motor upgrade.



 

Welcome Wolf

Welcome from the UK, love to see some pics of your ride

Greetings Wolfhound...welcome to KZRider.

Here is a current Pic.  I'll have to look for some of the older pics during the unpacking at the new digs. 
pretty much everything is painted body color, polished or chromed.  I settled on the ZR550 wheels to keep the same theme of painted wheels with polished rims and side of the spokes. I'm thinking the ZRX swing arm will get polished.

I burned  a valve while I was in Monterey for WSBK in 96. I swapped the head with my Kz700 Parts bike and installed new rings.  It started ticking when I fired it up.  I d    idn't have the time/money/place to deal with it at the time. 

I had purchased a beater 82gpz to ride in the mean time so it eventually donated its heart.  Then in 01 it started leaking oil from the cooler lines and had a couple electrical issues.  My better half convinced me to buy something new and reliable, so I ended up with the 01 speed triple and loved the reliability and performance improvements. 
When I fired up the L3 in 2000 it smoked like hell.  It sat too long and I think the oil rings are stuck. 

I'm thinking its time to go through the original motor and put it back in. 


 

 

Welcome to the fun, Wolfhound!
BTW, we're junkies for build pictures...

Welcome from Canada.

Nice collection.
 

Thanks.  I really should get a better pic of the collection before I tear into the L3.  As you can see in the only group pic I have, Debbie (Matrix) is shy.

I'll try to get progress pics. I didn't do as well with that as I hoped on the 900SS, but with the custom work I know I need to ducument what everything is.

I'm sure there will be a lot of questions along the way.