914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
5/24/12 2:46 p.m.

Clean looking KZ-550 for $500?

http://syracuse.craigslist.org/mcy/2972218733.html

alex
alex UltraDork
5/24/12 3:46 p.m.

Anything decent and running is a good deal at $500.

44Dwarf
44Dwarf SuperDork
5/24/12 3:57 p.m.

Yes looks to be good deal. One thing to remember, In 81 or 82 Kaw swapped to CDI ign that same year the kick starter disappeared from the kz's. Later that year many service techs were plagued with bad starter clutches...1st few years you had to split the cases to swap out the clutch rollers. BTDT. Pop started the kz 750 i had for 3 years then fixed it and fix lasted about 3/4 of a riding season then back to pop starting. So moral of this is if he says battery is dead better bring one to check the starter.

Oh one would think just grab a shaft and kick pawl from older model but the bore in the main cases was not done. tried that too. Loved my 750 ltd rode out to Yellowstone one spring and worked at the climbers ranch for 2 weeks rebuilding the cabins.

4g63t
4g63t HalfDork
5/24/12 3:57 p.m.

The carb clean will be $500

914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
5/24/12 5:54 p.m.

Not if you do it yourself.

Lets see how it goes.....

PeefoDaftronic
PeefoDaftronic New Reader
5/26/12 9:00 a.m.

Seems like a good deal ive been looking at kz1000 police bikes lately they run about 1500 to 2500 around me

CarKid1989
CarKid1989 Dork
5/26/12 4:24 p.m.
PeefoDaftronic wrote: Seems like a good deal ive been looking at kz1000 police bikes lately they run about 1500 to 2500 around me

oooooo police bikes

are they beat to death or are they still a good buy?

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