Hi Guys - just stumbled on this thread. I have Sam's KZ1000 (I grew up in a house two doors over from Sam and our two families often raced together albeit it was mostly my brother Ray who raced professionally). It needed a little bit of valve work but since I had the head off I split the cases, had the head redone, new pistons, clutch, cam chain, etc. Ray passed away and I inherited his 20 motorcycles so they are all in some stage of tinkering. Hoping to have Sam's bike on the track this year.
Guys just an update. Bike is up and running but I haven't had it on the track yet. Hoping to do that this summer. Agree with the sentiments here that this bike and all of Sam's bikes need to be on the track. Steve Delaney