Rhonda

1983

Kawasaki

KZ750 LTDK1

Bought used from a neighbor on a farm. Was apparently one of his "road trip" bikes, with well over 100k miles on it. Stock configuration with some missing parts...
Took me a while to get it to run again. This was my first project, as a kid fresh out of high school. I learned how to do everything on this bike.
While other projects have come and gone, she has stayed by my side forever, and remains one of my daily riders.

I stripped down a lot of things I thought to be unecessary weight, such as the backrest, fenders, gauges, mirrors...
Re-jetting the carb was my first major modification, to go with a cut exhaust and pod filters to replace the damaged OEM parts. New bars and controls, new lights, repainted everything old-school (this was before Plasti-Dip was really popular, which would have been a much better choice for this bike), and made a new electrical harness.
She's been a work in progress the entire time we've been together, with several small changes a year.
Some day, I want to do a full restore...repaint everything to be a little nicer, get a new seat, re-do the rear end, get a decent exhaust made...but until I have the luxury to put her up in dry-dock, she remains a hard rider, and I like her that way.