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Nightrider '84 KZ750 LTD Shafty Cafe 18 Mar 2014 11:20 #625658

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bought the kz750 last may, almost a year ago. took it as an addition to a virago xv400/535 www.chopperweb.info/forum/showthread.php...page=15&pagenumber=1 and paid just $300
1 cyl was fucked up and seller said he couldn't have found spare parts, but i checked up evil bay, there were plenty, viseco kits, cam chains, complete engines, forks etc etc
so i bought it for restoration







an idea to convert the fugly chopper into smth more decent like a cafe race came in to my head very fast, just waqnted to do it without much effort but it never goes that way

the seat unit and tank were no go for a cafe, so i decided to use a modded tank from another oldie and to make a seat unit with hump matching to the tank







sand blasted





cut apieces



started to cut off numerous mounts







bought a gpz 750 complete engine with carbies, wiring and coils for $500, gunna use its cylinder blockand pistons, the original kz's block is gunna be bored off for a big bore viseco kit and used for my other project. so one bike turned into two, story of my life!





buying and fabbing, the gasket kit, hardley pop up covers and custom made stainless fuel throats









the forks were pitted so i had to buy new ones





megaphones





the tanks widened









modifying the frame











so much crap to cut off














sand blasted



made the seat rails



a mock up








Frame bracing's gunna be next. my porn collection















well thats enough but i have more in my bucket album

and someone might be interested in my bigger project which comes to the end... soon www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/showthre...&p=404644#post404644
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Nightrider '84 KZ750 LTD Shafty Cafe 19 Mar 2014 10:58 #625767

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ready for welding





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Nightrider '84 KZ750 LTD Shafty Cafe 25 Mar 2014 09:44 #626520

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welded, tidied up with files, engine's set to check up for clearances for gassets and bracings















decided to change an original gasset for a custom one

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Nightrider '84 KZ750 LTD Shafty Cafe 25 Mar 2014 11:53 #626529

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No lack of ambition, that's for damn sure!

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1987 KZ1000-P6 "Ponch"
1979 GS1000 "Dadzuki"

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Nightrider '84 KZ750 LTD Shafty Cafe 25 Mar 2014 11:58 #626530

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you call it ambition i call it quickie lol kinda a mini project, fast and dirty sex with a bike
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Nightrider '84 KZ750 LTD Shafty Cafe 27 Mar 2014 08:04 #626742

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thats what i call ambition
project Hades
'95 gsf 1200
a homemade frame, efi, turbo, titanium header, ally tank, 190 kg weight
2 ys of my life and still not finished

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Nightrider '84 KZ750 LTD Shafty Cafe 27 Mar 2014 08:20 #626744

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what it says, gunna be hell for me tomorrow cutting out all these gussets



checking up clearance for header, tight fit! gunna buy a new 4 into 1 zorst then i'll decide wheather and where to brace it





meanwhile my other project Kawasooka is on the wait list... and on the jig

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Nightrider '84 KZ750 LTD Shafty Cafe 27 Mar 2014 16:58 #626821

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nice fab skills. im not surprised you cut that stock gusset out.Some of the factory welds are real nasty. I have a 80 kz750 waiting to be rebuilt and that same gusset with its terrible welding always catches my eye.

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Nightrider '84 KZ750 LTD Shafty Cafe 27 Mar 2014 19:45 #626844

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spot on Doc, weldings real nasty on jap steel frames of those years, i clean 'em up, chop off drops and sags all the way. and thanks for comments
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Nightrider '84 KZ750 LTD Shafty Cafe 29 Mar 2014 22:01 #627058

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Nightrider '84 KZ750 LTD Shafty Cafe 30 Mar 2014 06:22 #627075

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Nice work.
Will she be a shafty still?

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Nightrider '84 KZ750 LTD Shafty Cafe 01 Apr 2014 09:42 #627414

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thanks, yup she stays shafty
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