Fire breathing dragon, for sure. "The Green Eyed Lady" perfect name! I could leave 1000 good comments about the BEAUTIFUL BIKES that come out of Johnny's Vintage Motorcycles.
Thank you, so beautiful. You talked about Japan, when I lived there in the 70's It was so fun to meet and see the Japanese people. They're legs were so short that when they would race between traffic lights they would lean way over, as the light changed they would straighten the bike up and zoom off to the next light and do it all over again. Great memory's of bike's that hadn't even been seen in the United States until years later.
45 years riding I have never warmed a bike up by continually throttling a motorcycle like you do. Sorry Johnny, it just drives me nuts. Tell your mechanic he did a great job as usual.
You are absolutely correct. I have always put all my gear on, start the engine and ride off immediately. Same with a car. Of course it goes without saying that the engine should never be worked hard until thoroughly warmed up. Senseless idling wastes fuel and is not bad for the environment.
Great restore, my buddy scored a 77 KZ1000 for dirt cheap and it is in stock form 50,000km on it and overall very very good shape. Love your restore but painting frame green destroyed it for me, should have been left black
Throw that P.O.S. Kerker in the trash ! All that great polish, with anodized handlebars ? LTD front fender would have been nice with the good looking double discs !
I will have to check his order for the badges. The customer had the body work done himself. I will try to contact him for the info. Please keep in contact with us as we proceed with the info
Nice bike, nice work, nice video. But.. i gotta complain about the removal of sissy bars and the rear rack? These jap bikes don't look right without one. Back in the day, if you saw that tall bar sticking up in the back, you knew it had POWER, it got respect, and just overall good look and feeling. But somewhere in the timeline, people felt embarrassed that it WASNT a Damn Harley, so they took them off. BRING BACK THE SISSY BAR! Bring these bikes back to their glory.
@@Jim-MT a grab bar is that small bar that go's close to the rear fender. A sissy bar stood up about 18 inches, and had a leather pad on it. Its purpose was to make the passenger feel more comfortable from falling off, coining the phrase "sissy bar"
@@extreme978 Yep, after owning 32 motorcycles over 60yrs including 3 Harleys I know that. My point was that this bike came with a grab bar that one holds (grabs) onto rather than a sissy bar that one leans back on.
Like. The. Music. Green. Eyed. Lady. Brings. Me. Back
I. Had. Kz. 1000 in. The. 80 s. And. The. 650 both. We’re. Awsome. Machines
Fire breathing dragon, for sure. "The Green Eyed Lady" perfect name! I could leave 1000 good comments about the BEAUTIFUL BIKES that come out of Johnny's Vintage Motorcycles.
That was an amazing video! Unbelievable how much work goes into total restoration. Great Work your company is #1!
Thank you, so beautiful. You talked about Japan, when I lived there in the 70's It was so fun to meet and see the Japanese people. They're legs were so short that when they would race between traffic lights they would lean way over, as the light changed they would straighten the bike up and zoom off to the next light and do it all over again. Great memory's of bike's that hadn't even been seen in the United States until years later.
45 years riding I have never warmed a bike up by continually throttling a motorcycle like you do. Sorry Johnny, it just drives me nuts. Tell your mechanic he did a great job as usual.
You are absolutely correct. I have always put all my gear on, start the engine and ride off immediately. Same with a car. Of course it goes without saying that the engine should never be worked hard until thoroughly warmed up. Senseless idling wastes fuel and is not bad for the environment.
Hilo is a badass! Very nice ride.
nice build
I had a 78 kz-1000 ! Had a farring on it & color Red ! Ran great ! Love to have another !
ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL!
The Mean Green Machine 😎👍
Gorgeous build
Обалденный байк!!!! С детства мечтаю, и наверное она не сбудется. Мне уже 57, но как увидел его в фильме , Каскадеры, так сразу в душу зашел.
Man yeah… y’all did a awesome job on that bike… I love it…
Beautiful work!
Very nice! Awesome bike, fantastic sound! Greets from Germany...
Great restore, my buddy scored a 77 KZ1000 for dirt cheap and it is in stock form 50,000km on it and overall very very good shape. Love your restore but painting frame green destroyed it for me, should have been left black
minute 24:46 is by far the hardest part of the rebuild
crazy nice.....LOVE it!
Very nice 👍
Everything is super nice, if that bike was mine and I am forced to choose a monochromatic theme, it will be black!
Very very nice!!
Yet another good one😊😊😊🎉🎉
VAMOS
sweet
Throw that P.O.S. Kerker in the trash !
All that great polish, with anodized handlebars ?
LTD front fender would have been nice with the good looking double discs !
Does Hilo have a motorcycle and if he could have any classic bike which one would he choose?
He has several. He has a custom H2 that is on you tube. Also he has some older harleys
So very good jobs！
I have 1978 KZ1000A2.
Still riding in Japan.
Please give me your knowledge, chromed engine covers are genuine parts ?
These are polished aluminum not chrome
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Thank you for your quick answer !
I will effort to polish
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Lovely apart from the paint job he chose
Dope
Nicely done. What is the average turnaround time?
It takes about a month, but we are pretty booked up
Lovely bike Johnny. Could i ask, what colour green is the paintwork and what model are the tank badges from? They set it off a treat. 👍
I will have to check his order for the badges. The customer had the body work done himself. I will try to contact him for the info. Please keep in contact with us as we proceed with the info
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Are the motor cases polished or painted ?
vapor blasted
Toecutter approved.
Very nice bike but I wouldn’t have put a green frame on it makes it too green in my opinion too much
What number is the pilot jet?
Paint it black 💀😎
Nice bike, nice work, nice video. But.. i gotta complain about the removal of sissy bars and the rear rack? These jap bikes don't look right without one. Back in the day, if you saw that tall bar sticking up in the back, you knew it had POWER, it got respect, and just overall good look and feeling. But somewhere in the timeline, people felt embarrassed that it WASNT a Damn Harley, so they took them off. BRING BACK THE SISSY BAR! Bring these bikes back to their glory.
I think you mean 'Grab Bar'?
@@Jim-MT a grab bar is that small bar that go's close to the rear fender. A sissy bar stood up about 18 inches, and had a leather pad on it. Its purpose was to make the passenger feel more comfortable from falling off, coining the phrase "sissy bar"
@@extreme978 Yep, after owning 32 motorcycles over 60yrs including 3 Harleys I know that. My point was that this bike came with a grab bar that one holds (grabs) onto rather than a sissy bar that one leans back on.
the GREEN MACHINE looks and sounds bad to the bone johnny
34:28
Be sure and keep the mask on 😂
Awesome... I have the 650 in black... looking for colors... that green is poisonous, beautifully poisonous,,,
I heard chrome and started to choke back the barf, sorry I'm out, gotta go!
you said your son was born in 1998 and he's 21 now? He should be 21 in 2019.
Nope not for me....
Yup. For me my 79 kz 1000 gets more use than my Harley. Timeless Beauty
@@uan588 was meaning the build mate..i did a factory restore on a 77 Z1000
Terrible color