Wow, Thank you. It's merged into the build thread with my other K0's. I'll post a couple pics. #1 is as purchased, fortunately the family had some original parts for it although I had to buy another bike to get them. This is the day it came home.
It was the first 750 sold here, Gene Stoneking bought it in Dec. of 69, Charlie Rice assembled it from the crate just before he shipped off to Vietnam. He also assembled a blue green one that he bought used after he returned from the Army and still has it.
Tom Campbell owned it after Gene passed away, he never titled it or got it running. He let me take pics of the cable and wiring routing so I could assemble my 14,100 bike. Tom mentioned selling it, but it was awkward since Tom had ALS. Later I heard there was an estate auction and that's where I got it.
A guy that I know at the sale said he had a friend that collected Sandcast bikes, and one old guy read the VIN loudly, mentioned that the tank trim had no stripe, then he asked why the manual would be dated 4/69? I thought we would be bidding against each other and after $1,000 the old timers dropped out and it was only us. I was a little too eager to bid and he wanted to buy a KZ900 that was yet to sell so he dropped out after $2200. He hadn't figured it out. The guy that assembled it was there but he said he just wanted the engine for his 9,000 era diecast.
I had just retired and was nervous about the money but how could I not buy it?
