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Glock 19
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Hi Folks, thort I'd show you the two bikes i picked up the weekend, paid for one and got another half bike as well ! The white green/ bike is the one i'm restoring, it's mostly all there (KR1250B 1989) the engines a good'un it's only done 6000 miles ! only problem is the frames cracked and it's been a bit robbed of parts. Second bike has zxr400 front end and it's complete with an engine. I've just started stripping down the bikes for a complete rebiuld. I'm going for as near as original as possible, this is my first time at restoring a motorcycle as i used to own a westfield kit car and re-biult that over a few years, but i'm looking forward to trying something different and a bit less expensive !


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Post by Kr1stofer »

Hi Glock 19,

Welcome to the forum - nice to see someone local with a KR, as apart from my 1S i have'nt seen one in Dorset for about 10 years!

Hope the rebuild goes well for you.... [-o<

Cheers, Kris.
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Welcome to the fun :D
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Post by alanw »

Glock, you've got a tremendous starting point. The green & white one looks nearly finished :) Alan
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id try and source a set of KR1-S pipes as these will look better and also liberate some more power.

could always go for a Jim Lomas system which looks stunning and is an improvement over the (hard to beat) standard system.
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Post by nate »

Nice one... Looks like a great starting point...

Good luck with it and keep posting the pics of progress :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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Post by Glock 19 »

Thanks for all the positive coments guys :) , now the fun starts trying to locate all them hard to find bits and bobs !!! Kris, i'm a regular down the key on a tuesday and i must say in the 5 or so years i have lived here i've not seen another KR1 let alone a KR1S at the key, so maybe mine could be a first !
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I went twice last year :D

The second time I was fairly distinctive as I was accompanied by clouds of smoke as the crank seal failed #-o

See you this year, I'll pm you if I am heading down so we can meet up.

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i went quite often last year.

XJ900 & a GSX1100 with a Harri pipe was bit different to the usual fair.

looses its appeal too much modern stuff that all looks the same and no strokers.
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