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1983 kz550 ltd 09 Dec 2014 16:06 #655723

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You'll get carried away polishing things, then the the whole bike will be polished, and you'll start with something from your neighbor's house, and before you know it, the front door will have a line of people wanting you to polish something... :laugh:
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1983 kz550 ltd 09 Dec 2014 17:47 #655731

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Lol funny you should say that. Look what I did by hand! I can live with this.

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1983 kz550 ltd 11 Dec 2014 14:07 #655858

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Now I am polishing the forks. In the picture you can see that one fork is polished to 600 grit. And the other to 1500 grit. I will finish them with 2000 and then polish.

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Spark plugs came in today too.

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1983 kz550 ltd 13 Dec 2014 18:26 #655989

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Ok, got the rubber toe kick piece for the shifter a nd brake pads in. I started cleaning up the frame too.

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1983 kz550 ltd 17 Dec 2014 15:55 #656321

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Okay guys and girls. My new air filter with no mice in it!

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My new battery which was recommended by other forum users.

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1983 kz550 ltd 27 Jan 2015 09:00 #659889

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Sorry, but I have been so busy working on this bike that I havent been updating. I have also been working on another bike so here is what has been happening. I have a lot of the black painted parts finished but did not take pictures, I must have been too busy

Here is my wife pretending to be excited

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Here is rear wheel

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Frame is painted. I ended upsandblasting the whole thing.

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1983 kz550 ltd 27 Jan 2015 09:03 #659890

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Also the forks are done

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Rear brake cover is done. It used to be black. I sandblasted it then polished it. How do you get out those tiny little black holes?

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1983 kz550 ltd 27 Jan 2015 13:27 #659907

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I created an account just to say what an awesome job you are doing. I just recently acquired an '80 KZ550LTD and wish I had the means to do what you are doing.

Love it!
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1983 kz550 ltd 27 Jan 2015 19:52 #659935

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fastdave wrote: Also the forks are done



Rear brake cover is done. It used to be black. I sandblasted it then polished it. How do you get out those tiny little black holes?


Its hard to tell in the picture exactly what they are, either exclusions from the casting or pitting from corrosion. If you want a mirror finish you have to sand past them.

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1983 kz550 ltd 28 Jan 2015 17:57 #659996

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Thats what I figured. Yeah. Thats pitted from corrosion. :(
Here is some more pictures of parts that are painted

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Here are the wheels. I polished all the areas that were originally polished and the black parts are now primered.

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Swingarm and other parts primed

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Finally, here iam working on the rearsets.

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Thanks for looking ;)
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1983 kz550 ltd 28 Jan 2015 18:25 #659999

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Those are pretty small, i doubt you will notice them when the bike is assembled. If it really bugs you, you can try aluminum solder paste. i have never used it but i have heard good things.

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1983 kz550 ltd 28 Jan 2015 18:30 #660000

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Looks like you have some good helpers there. My daughter and granddaughter were 900 miles away. Had no money but time, kept me sane. When I did get the money together, it was ready to go. Fresh parts and clean ones made the job a pleasure. Kinda hated for it to end. It never does but you know what I mean.
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