KZ750E1 - FIGHTER Build

are you keeping the exhaust stock?

donthaveakawman wrote: are you keeping the exhaust stock?

I will most likely be building my own exhaust for it. Too cheap to buy anything else!

Slowly getting some stuff done on the bike. I modified my headlight bracket to get it to bolt onto the new triples. Then realized the headlight sits too high for my liking. I will be fixing that soon. Next I got my offset sprocket made and the chain installed. Today I relieved my clutch cover for the offset sprocket/chain clearance. It looks like I need to shift the wheel to the right a hair for perfect sprocket alignment.

I will be working with my exhaust pretty soon here. I do not have extra money right now for this project but do not want to keep my stock exhaust. I also do not want to have to re-jet the bike when I am done. I have a CBR600 header. It uses the same size of tubes and is a 4-1. I am considering cutting it up along with my stock exhaust to build a 4-1 header for my bike. That should be simple enough. My problem is I don't have much money to spend. I also want to keep stock back pressure. I read on this forum about a tractor muffler being used to keep stock back pressure.

Can someone tell me the outlet size of the 4-1 collector on their V&H or other 4-1?
Can someone also point me in the direction of a link for a tractor muffler that would work?
Thanx

Not sure how I've missed this until now. Bike looks good, keep goin!

D.Nel928 wrote: Not sure how I've missed this until now. Bike looks good, keep goin!

I have been watching your build as well! Thank you!

Rear sets are mounted!! Pics tomorrow.

CBR 600 F4i rear sets. Made some special bolts on the lathe.

Any ideas for the kickstand?

Pulled the engine out during work today. I will now finish welding in the shock mounts and other misc stuff. I really want to put this back on the road soon! Debating on rattle canning the frame over existing finish or sand blasting frame and the painting with Por15. What to do......?

Also debating on the engine. Should I sand blast and paint it or just clean it up?

We have a sand blaster at work. Planning on using playground sand for both items....any objections or readily available low cost alternatives?

Mike,

When the kickstand is up, will it hit your shifter? What I'm looking at doing with my rearsets (when I get there) is mounting them further back, just behind the rear frame vertical tube. It's a bit further back, and looks like it'll save hitting the shifter. Different riding position, but should work.

As for paint- I'm touching up my frame this year after my build is complete with a spray can job (rollbar paint), then ripping it fully down for powdercoating over next winter. That way if anymore work is needed on the frame, you're not wrecking any of your nice paint work. All personal preference, and just one way to go about it.
The build looks amazing, though. Keep us posted!

Devin

Got all the welding done on the frame and the shock mount completed. Then cut off and ground all unnecessary stuff. Moved kickstand and trimmed it down. Painted frame. Now reassembly time!

Okay so here is my $20 exhaust. Off of a 99 Bandit. Still need to make a muffler hanger bracket.


No it didn't bolt right up. I had to do some bending and cutting and welding. I welded on my stock pipes flanges. The welds are behind the header brackets so they can't be seen. Hopefully it will sound good. I may try to bend up the muffler pipe to bring it up at more of an angle but I'm not sure yet...What do you all think?

Nice progress, Mike! Looks really slick. As for the exhaust, that's a sweet $20 deal!!! How much of a drop did you end up with after swapping the front/rear end? On my build, my forks/tire combo drops my front end 4", not sure about the rear yet. You might want to try and bend it up to gain a bit of side clearance if you're going to be leaning it over often. I'm running an exhaust off an '01 Z750 on my bike, and it's got a nice little kick up at the rear section, cleans the look of the bike up a bit and gives a little more clearance for hard lean-overs. In the end, it's your bike, your call on what feels natural.

Here's what the exhaust on my bike looks like




Devin