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bought the 75 Z1 this morning! heres my short list...
1 no carbs or holders (have vm 33's almost paid for)
2 no battery
3 no exhaust
4 no seat
5 no air box (most likely will run pods)
6 both tires questionable (tires cheap funeral expensive
7 un tested electrical
8 to many small thing to list

i would like to get it roadworthy first then make it rideable the take it all down. i have never bought a bike that didnt run so dont know what to do first. any suggestions tips or tricks would be great.

You need 4 (ok 5) things for an engine to run.
1) Air
2) Fuel
3) Spark
4) Compression
and 5) if you want to count it: timing

I would get the carbs, battery and possible exhaust.
The bike will run without an exhaust but I wouldn't run it more than a couple seconds.

So bare minimum is carbs/battery.
Then exhaust.
Then tires.
Then seat.

That would be my priority list.

Later, Doug

Nice!
Sounds like your Z1 is pretty rough....
Does the motor turn? Nothing seized?
You'll want to check the compression in the cylinders when you get a battery hooked up the starter. It's got a starter, right?

Sounds like you have your hands full. I was in a similar (albeit with all necessary parts) situation as you a couple of weeks ago. Bike had sit along time. Cleaned the tank, then the carbs, purchased a battery and got her to fire. Now doing maintenance work like, changing the oil, fixing the brakes, tuning the carbs, etc.

Good luck on your project. Be sure and post up pics of your progress.

its really not that ruff. i bought it from my mechanic it had a corbin seat he put on another bike and the same story with the rest of it. its been kept indoors so its not too bad just sat for a long time. i hope to trailer it here this weekend then i will know more. i do know that it does turn over thou.

see if you can score the corbin cheap, they go for 300+ on ebay.

i would but it went on another bike that beat mine out the door. my mechanic has a kz mecca. i think thats what happened to the rest of it you know a guy comes in and needs a nice exhaust for his 900 and so on.