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I spent a few hours yesterday stripping everything else off the frame and doing some more grinding and sanding.





Here is the wiring harness that I started to strip down and everything that will connect to it.



I just got a 3rd motorcycle a couple weeks ago, a 2009 Yamaha wr250x supermoto. This is my new daily ride so I can spend more time on my projects.

the cop bike frames are sure enough stout looking !
really braced up nicely.
your metal finishing looks good.
if you are going to go glossy with the frame they have to be really smooth to keep from showing up.

i bet the daily sumo is a blast to rip around on .

keep us posted,
leon

After about 5 more hours hand filing, grinding, and sanding I'm about finished with the swingarm, the kickstand, and part of the frame. I've started spending about an hour every day after work to try to make it routine so I can get stuff finished.





Based on my progress so far I think I'll need another 20 hours before the frame is ready for powder coating. I was thinking of going blue for the frame but now I'm thinking red will look best. I need to come up with a theme so it's all cohesive. I have a lot of ideas I just need to make up my mind.

Great job on your bike! Sounds great as well. I have a 1994 Kawasaki KZ1000. I stripped off all of the cop stuff and cleaned the bike up from top to bottom. I am running drag bars with standard KZ controls. The original controls were to bulky and clumsy looking. I've replaced the stock exhaust with the 4 into one Vance & Hines, completely went through the carbs, rejetted carbs for header and intake pods.

Took me a couple weeks to clean up the wiring on the bike and to get everything electrical working as expected! I got the bike running strong, took it out for a high speed cruise and blew off the left side cover that........I searched for afterwards and never found it. That' s OK because I hated the way those covers looked. I replaced the side covers with Z1R style covers. I think they look much better!!!!
Also added the KZ tail and LTD seat. Bought myself plenty of polishing wheels from Haborfreight and polished all the engine covers. Well worth the time and effort!

Before and after pics below:





I plan on painting bike as soon as I figure out what color to go with. I also plan on changing out the swing-arm so I can run a wider rear tire.
The bike is ride-able for now so I will ride it through the summer and tackle the remaining upgrades later.

copbike1000,
you should start a thread where you can show us the modifications necessary to put the the ltd seat and tailpiece etc.on your copbike.
there are alot of guys that would like to see how you pulled it off.

an hour a day can get you some progress blakeem .
keep us posted,
leon

I Will be more than happy to do so! I will get some pics of the mods and will post so I can show you ALL the modifications necessary to put the the ltd seat and tailpiece on!

I just have to say this whole project is awesome and it's very cool to witness and see. I am actually in the process of doing the same thing but I am in the beginning. Whoever started this post and this topic I am glad you have done it. My question is how did you make that seat for it? I want to do the same thing however I do not know if it is acceptable to do this the shocks look like they go right to the front seat. I want to know if a rear seat pad is put on is it going to throw the balance of the bike out of Sku? Or are the shocks on this bike the same as a regular Kz 1000? What sissy bar did you use and how did you make that Seat? I think that is awesome.

How did you make or get that rear seat for the bike? What sissy bar did you use that actually fit on the bike ? I assume you made the seating pad but I'd really like to know how you got that sissy bar on there and what it was from. Great picture of the bike next to the boat in the garage you got an awesome set up.

Want to sell me that seat?

This message is for Blakeem. Want to sell me that seat? Would you be able to give me instructions on how to make that seat? I want my gf to go with me but she can't on a cop bike.

Hawk111. You really like that seat,dont you!

Hawk111 wrote: This message is for Blakeem. Want to sell me that seat? Would you be able to give me instructions on how to make that seat? I want my gf to go with me but she can't on a cop bike.

The old seat was custom made for the bike (was a piece of wood with some holes drilled in it) and I'm not sure what the backrest was from, probably a Harley. Everything required holes drilled in the frame. The previous owner had them put on and I sold them a while ago. I replaced them with a KZ1000 LTD seat.

Here are some better pictures of the seat, there isn't much to it.
imgur.com/a/we0tl
Starts about 8 pictures down.

As for progress on the KZ, there isn't much because I've been busy on my other bikes. I've been doing a lot of painting blacking out my supermoto and I think I'd have some good results painting the frame myself. This would let me make adjustments, add tabs, and touch up paint after the engine is back in. I'm still learning so I think it's the best option, maybe my next project will have some color powder coating but for now I just want to have this thing done so I can ride it again.

Here I did a couple test coats on part of the finished frame. This is Satin Black VHT roll bar paint that I often see people use on cafe projects. It seems like tough stuff once dry.



Here is my blacked out supermoto for reference. The header heat shield gets really hot and has 5+ coats of the same Stain Black VHT roll bar paint and has held up very well with daily use. The muffler heat shield and rear caliper protector are painted with Satin Black Krylon Fusion and had also held up well although I have some UV protected clear coat to put over it. I think I may start blacking everything out on the KZ1000p as well. Powder coating is just too much stress because it forces me to get everything perfect the first time.