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1980 KAWASAKI Z1000ST
years now and it's fair to say it's my pride and joy. I earn a modest wage so I've taken care of the maintenance myself. It's now approaching 50,000 miles and sadly the motor is quite tired. Two years ago I shimmed all the valves, replaced a collapsed top cam-chain sprocket (with a used one), balanced and set the float height on the carbs and the bike went and sounded fantastic. Last year I replaced the entire clutch, including push-rod,
