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    Aug 17, 2020 5 minutes
    WORDS AND PICS: RALPH FERRAND

    I have had a 1977 Kawasaki Z1000A1 owned from young by a chap called Andrew that has suffered at the hands of, well, cowboys!

    When they last returned the still not running bike to him, they explained that it wasn’t charging and should that be sorted all in the garden would be lovely. The bike had gone in with leaking float bowls, which is a common malaise of the Mikuni VM series carbs; a good clean and maybe a set of float needles and it should have been job done. They interfered with all manner of stuff, including the ignition timing and carb jetting for no good reason, given it was running when they got it.

    Andrew discovered me through a friend in the Z1 Owners Club and asked me to sort the

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