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GPz550 Project Bike at a snail's pace 18 Mar 2014 05:35 #625621

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Haha, well I already sold the 1-UP seat that the bike came with and I'll be modifying either the stock seat or the kz650 tail so that they match each other and then I'll recover the seat.
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GPz550 Project Bike at a snail's pace 18 Mar 2014 17:08 #625694

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Gotta love grinder and cutoff wheels (brake rotor is my high tech counter weight balancing device)
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GPz550 Project Bike at a snail's pace 21 Mar 2014 17:30 #626084

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Just did some more grinding, cleaning up the bits I cut off. Also got in a zx10r front fender off eBay I'll be modifying to work with my forks but I forgot to snap a pic of that.
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GPz550 Project Bike at a snail's pace 23 Mar 2014 17:33 #626303

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Working on the voodoo magic bits (carbs are new to me) minor disassembly, Pine Sol soak and cleaning.




Also got my koso db-01r in. I love it for being minimalistic.
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GPz550 Project Bike at a snail's pace 25 Mar 2014 07:13 #626488

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the lil koso is sweet.
if you don't mind my asking what did it set you back?

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GPz550 Project Bike at a snail's pace 25 Mar 2014 09:56 #626522

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Got it for about $140 on Amazon. Pretty excited but it'll be a while before I get to that haha
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GPz550 Project Bike at a snail's pace 25 Mar 2014 15:07 #626543

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Ooooh shiny. Pine Sol soak comes recommended by me, still need to blow air through all the carb passages but I just wanted to give everything a good cleaning. For the record the oil cooler lines were black when I started the soak
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GPz550 Project Bike at a snail's pace 24 Apr 2014 20:39 #630301

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Are those the TK-26 carbs? I'm about to pull mine and clean them. Any advice on the PineSol? did you cut it with water at all? How long did you soak for? They look like they turned out amazing.
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GPz550 Project Bike at a snail's pace 25 Apr 2014 06:14 #630327

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Nice project, I'll be keeping an eye on this one.
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GPz550 Project Bike at a snail's pace 25 Apr 2014 10:35 #630376

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Sorry I haven't gotten anything done at all. I'm closing on my first home soon so been a bit busy. Will probably be able to dive back in after the move.

As far as the pine sol goes, yeah I did about a 50/50 blend with water. Make sure everything you soak is 100% submerged because if it dries out on the surface you pretty much have to start over to remove it. Just soak it, mixing, shaking or stirring every so often until it feels/looks clean. Than give it all a real good rinsing to get all of the pine sol off and use blowing air to ensure its clean and dry.

(Also I'm a newb so take what I say with a grain of salt, but everything has gone well so far)
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GPz550 Project Bike at a snail's pace 26 May 2014 09:02 #634031

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Packing up for the move! Hard to believe there's do many parts of such a small bike.
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GPz550 Project Bike at a snail's pace 19 Mar 2016 18:18 #716242

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I worked on the bike!!!! After buying a house, moving, losing much of my stuff (in my garage) and having a kid, I made time and got some shit done today.

My buddy and I got the front thrown on and the swingarm on. Everything is just mocked up (wooden dowels for pivot and axle) and tacked in with scrap but we now know it will all work. We're going to get it all designed up and start cutting final pieces.











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