Hello all. Yesterday I bought myself a 1987 Concours with 21K on the odometer and a reasonable amount of work to be done to it. I look forward to sharing what little I have to offer on motorcycles in general and picking your brains about the ZG's as I go through this bike and get it road worthy.
The bike is in great shape for a $500 purchase and could pass safety inspection here in Texas with an afternoons worth of work. I, however, have been riding since I was 16 and am still alive because I don't ride motorcycles that I'm not familiar with, so this will be getting a good going over, some new rubber, and some new fluids all before I get it titled , inspected and insured for the road.
Little about me? I've owned 2 Kawi's, 2 Hondas, 2 Harleys, and three Yamaha's in my life. I have about half a million miles under my belt on the road (not sure of the exact number - several bikes of mine do not / did not have speedos for a time...), and am partial to bikes made in the 70's and 80's (the 1996 Sportster was a wonderful exception). Currently I own two 78 SR500's - one near stock and one a full on hardtailed chopper I made from a damaged XT frame. Any forum I join, I use the same name: tradrockrat. I'm sure there's a few embarrassing posts out there in cyberspace from me on other places.
I am SUPER excited to finally have a Concours in my possession! Today I plan on taking off the plastics to figure out how bad they are (this bike was dropped on it's right side, but a hard look at the frame, forks and plastics showed it to be a minor accident) and looking at the valves and cam chain tensioner, and replacing all fluids.
I'm sure the questions will start withing the next few days...
Thanks for having me!