kz400 build/entry : part 6

i've been slowly plugging along on the kz. unfortunately i haven't had much time available to me in the garage, so i am doing what little i can here and there. on my lunch break, i snatched up some rectifiers to build a new one. the old setup was haggard and unfit for road use by any measure, so it was time to finally build one from scratch. there are quite a few different setups i have seen built before, and all are supposed to work just as good if not better than the stock setup. total cost from radio shack came in under $15 versus the usual $50-$100 used units on ebay. i have a chunk of 3/8" aluminum stock to be used as a heat sink, so that is covered already. i received my new petcock in friday leaving only a few things left on the list to check before the first start.

1. check valve timing
2. points gap
3. check advance unit/weights and clean/lube
4. make gaskets for new intake
5. simple wire job to run