So, it all started with a £525 donor bike, bought in Oct 2001. Did I want a 600ZZRZZZZR thing that would do 160mph and looked exactly the same as everyone else had, did I heck. When a boy, I had one of the first race reps you could buy, a Ducati Pantah, as well as my trusty Kawasaki S3A. Three of my buddies had KH400s and together we laid down a trail of smoke wherever we sped. The Ducati was fantastic and did everything so well, especially compared to Z1s and other wobbly bikes, but it did not have the character that the smoky Kwaka had. I developed a strange downwards glancing habit checking to see if the carbs and K&Ns were still attached and that the the petrol pipes were still connected to the carbs and they werent going to spray fuel all down my leg. I bought this bike based on the happy memories of yesteryear I hope Im right. So, I had previously owned and rebuilt an S3A, S3 and KH400 and felt confident that I would get this one sorted no problemo. The engine had been rebuilt and sounded OK, but the bodywork, electrics and running gear were poor. Years of expertise should mean no mistakes are made...hummm...I agreed to buy it cos it looked OK, then I checked the log book and realised it was a KH250 frame with a 400 engine properly recorded on the reg. document. Oh well, Im going to keep it forever so I will make the best of it and I dont need to build it back to original condition. I suppose it was relatively cheap to build with nonstandard parts, until my brain was intoxicated with 2 stroke and I decided to have the bodywork sprayed and frame powder coated £613.. gulp

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