Z1000LTD (KZ1000 Look) Inspection, Self-Point Maintenance, PAMS Clutch KIT Replacement—that’s what we’re working on today.
Air-cooled engines from this era are really something special, aren’t they? The people who created designs that are still loved after all these years deserve real credit.
I have to say, old bikes = scary image. What scares me? Well, the possibility that parts might have some weird configuration, or stripped threads that need a helicoil, or things that take way longer than you’d imagine just thinking about them.
You can’t just slap it together and call it done, so I want to share this worry with the customer too—that’s the feeling.
What’s with that spray-can-looking black? Kind of scary-looking.
Well, the old configuration and wear patterns are what keep us in business. With a hundred bikes, you get a hundred different stories, and I like to take a moment and really look them over.
• Friction material wear
• Friction material hardening/degradation
• Steel plate discoloration
are what I see most often.
On older bikes, I think the friction material degrades first and slipping starts, then the steel plates begin to discolor.
That would be pretty hardcore.
