Proud new owner of a 78 KZ 650B

Bluemeanie wrote:

Nice score, nice price! If going original all you need now is a rear fender and a little spit and polish! Very nice. I'm jealous....

Another one bites the dust.

nope, not gonna run the fairing

Nice Score! Why can't we get that lucky!!! My husbands 81 550A2 just took a crapper, hoping it's nothing to major, but now were looking for something for him to ride while the A2 is in the shop! Something like this would be PERFECT!
:huh: Rae

650ed wrote:

Bluemeanie wrote:

Nice score, nice price! If going original all you need now is a rear fender and a little spit and polish! Very nice. I'm jealous....

Another one bites the dust.

What do you mean Ed? Don't approve of removing fenders and repainting the nice blue factory paint? I'm sworn to keep my lips zippered on the subject.:S

650ed wrote:

Bluemeanie wrote:

Nice score, nice price! If going original all you need now is a rear fender and a little spit and polish! Very nice. I'm jealous....

Another one bites the dust.

Yup. Too bad, really, unless there were areas of the paint that were in very poor shape. On the flip side, it makes those remaining originals worth just a bit more.

To be honest, he would have had a very hard time getting side covers in as good of original condition as the rest of the bike appeared to be.

To be honest, he would have had a very hard time getting side covers in as good of original condition as the rest of the bike appeared to be

YEAH!!!found some in black though that i can match the paint with.

Another one bites the dust.

Thanks for the words of encouragement....

THE PAINT WAS NOT REPAIRABLE, and it sure as hell wasnt nice! FACT, some 31 year old paint does not stay perfect! the bike sat outside under a cedar tree for years! im sure you if you would have seen the shape the paint was in you probably would have painted it as well.

so i painted it, and i guess it bit the dust in your mind!

But to me it turned out great!

550A2 wrote:

Another one bites the dust.

Thanks for the words of encouragement....

THE PAINT WAS NOT REPAIRABLE, and it sure as hell wasnt nice!

That the trouble with pictures--they generally make something look better than it really is. My pictures of my SR look really nice, up close there are some light scratches but it's not so bad that I considered painting. My 650B, OTOH, arrived with repainted parts and I've since acquired other (model correct but in need of paint) parts to give it a nice set of body work, so I do understand.

Forgive us as your pics made it look as though the original paint was first rate. Ride and enjoy!

did some more wrenching, painting, and cleaning today:)

polished up the fork tubes, turned out nice!

Don't sweat the paint man. It can always be repainted to the original. I think it looks good with the new paint job, but I feel that the blue in the original pictures looked really good. I know that the compressed photos on here can conceal many flaws. I'm betting that the paint on top of the tank was a little weathered after being outside all those years.

As I said it looks really good in black metallic, and I am jelous. I wish that I could find a runner with a title for $300.

Looks good. And to hell with those that don't like what you did. It's your bike, do what you want with it.


When you polished the forks, did you put any clear sealer on them? And what did you use to get them so clean? Just an SOS pad or something?