Well, this is a wrap. What started as a detailing job turned into a year long restoration. As it turns out, it's a 1978 motor and frame with all other parts being 1980. We're just going to call it a resto-mod. Everything now is working good and overall a nice ride. I haven't been on a Kawi 1000 sinc...

You guys trying to corner the market??? Maybe we can organize a Benelli Rally. They are little beauties.

Wow! what a little jewel. I've never seen one before. What's next, a road racer? Ha

Back to the Z finally. There wasn't any problem with the borrowed carbs. While the tank was removed, I removed the petcock to find the filter screen had a film of light rust on it. The tank was flushed again to be sure no rust remained. My carbs looked good but at this point I decided to replace the...

That is very clever.. makes finding TDC much easier. Probably a right-hand thread on the crank so was a good idea to remove the spark plug.

Thanks for doing that. Today I borrowed a set of VM29's off a friend's 78 Z1R. They have been modified by Yoshimura for racing. Changed the plugs to B7ES and took it for a ride. It ran like a scalded cat and the plug check looks good. As I came back to the shop, it stalled, started up then stalled a...

Still not pleased with the performance. The occasional spitting/popping is still there at 1/8 throttle and some bogging at full throttle. Coils have been changed and non resistor spark plug caps have been added. A small improvement. With the airbox removed now and velocity stacks added the spitting/...

Have you had time to install the Vape and try it out? I may have to get one for my DBD 34 as the old mag is in pretty bad condition.

The Vape on my Bul came directly from the mfg in Czech Republic. George just received one for a Husky. Shipping was about $35.00 and the price was much cheaper than from US/UK dealers.

Is the new ignition a 'Wassell Vape' unit or strictly a Vape? Seems to be two different units.