gpz305 front indicators

[robgpz11]

hi everyone,i am currently restoring a Kawasaki gpz305 and im having a prob with the front indicators and fitment...what i need to know is this..do the indicators come straight out the front fairing or do they angle back??..cos on fitting mine they angle back and it just dont look right??..can anyone help?

[Suntan Sid]

I would hazard a guess that you are missing some type of angled spacer, that fits between the fairing and the indicator stalk.

Dou you have all the parts?
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[stinkwheel]

They stick out straight.

I, for one, am astounded there are any of these still running. Mrs stinkwhel killed 3 of them and the first of those was made from two other dead ones.
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I did the 2010 Round Britain Rally on my 350 Bullet. 89 landmarks, 3 months, 9,500 miles.

[redeem ouzzer]

Had Kawasaki made them from metal and not dogshit mixed with bus tickets they may have ended up a minor classic.
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[mentalboy]

[stinkwheel]

What you mean is if you get one which had a previous owner who never went over 80 on it. And you don't intend to either.

Chocolate oil pum drives notwithstanding, the entire engine will seize then grenade if you ride it inywhere near the speed it is capable of for a protracted period.

I get where you're coming from though, they are a sweet bike to ride. I always thought one of those with a K-series CB250/350 or 400 hawk motor in would be a great wee bike.
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“Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
I did the 2010 Round Britain Rally on my 350 Bullet. 89 landmarks, 3 months, 9,500 miles.

[mentalboy]

[stinkwheel]

My mate bought one. Off an old guy, been annually serviced by the local bike mechanic (only did about 1500 miles a year). We serviced it again as a precaution. It made it to the Dragon rally and halfway back. Ran like a dream right up to the point it shit itself. Pretty sure it was a primary big-end failure that time but it took out the crank, one piston and the valves.

Got given another two off a guy. Both basket cases. One had suffered a cam failure, the other had suffered a total lack of any common sense when using RTV on a rocker box failure. Total strip down yeilded a pair of good pistons and a decent crank.

Wife took it out on a camping trip to the highlands. Heat-seized coming back down the M74 at 105 mph and threw a conrod through the front of the crankcase and cylinder head.

Managed to source another scrap engine. Top end was ok but the crank was a tad clunky so the local light engineering wizard pressed the three cranks I had apart and made a good one. Once again fully rebuilt the engine. Nipped up on the M90 at about 110mph but freed off again. Pissed oil out all the way to a rally on Shetland where I managed to get a head gasket delivered to my tent and fitted it in the bus shelter.

Made it all the way home down the West coast but by the time it got there it would only do about 60mph and was smoking badly. The pistons lands were pretty much crumbling apart. Sold it as a non-runner. Bought her a CB500s.
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“Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
I did the 2010 Round Britain Rally on my 350 Bullet. 89 landmarks, 3 months, 9,500 miles.

[Robby]

After the first major engine failure, why did you keep rebuilding it?

[mentalboy]

[stinkwheel]