1975 KZ 900 , ZRX Swingarm, 89 GSXR front end

Very Nice 79,

I have always liked the way they look.

I thought about the request for before and after tumbler photos....

This is the petcock and the muffler t-bolt clamp.

Before..

After about twenty four hours in the tumbler, and a little wiping off of the red stuff.

Stoppee in Washington has done some more experimenting, and claims the Green Corn Cob media works the best, I would NOT use the red stuff it is a real pain to get all the red off, seems like some sort of clay to me.


After..

Wow, it really cleaned those up! Looking good!

i am betting that the red stuff is red polishing rouge and that if you were to take the parts with the red stuff on them and put them in the corn cob they would shine super bright.my .02 anyways.

leon holmes

it looks like it did a great job. thanks for the pics.
hear is a pic of the chain roller that Ted sent me.
It mounts on my chain side rear motor mounts lower bolt. with the 5/8" offset sprocket, the chain would come up and hit my aluminum motor mount hard enough to ware it down. now the chain hits the roller instead.

I' have gone for a few hard rides and there is NO sign of wear yet .it looks like it is going to work great . Thanks Ted.

Keep it adjusted right, a little slop will go a long ways.

That looks awesome, good deal. We need to be thanking Ed he machined the roller, actually the two rollers.

I think this worked out really well, I would have never thought about that problem had you not brought it up. Then it takes just a little longer to make the extra roller for you to test. We use your idea, make two and we are all happy.

Everybody puts in a little effort, and good things happen.

Ed gets a kick out of it all, he is so cool.

531blackbanshee wrote:

i am betting that the red stuff is red polishing rouge and that if you were to take the parts with the red stuff on them and put them in the corn cob they would shine super bright.my .02 anyways.

leon holmes

I am tellin ya yer a dam genious...I believe you are correct!!

I am gonna get some real fine media and see if it works.

This is the holy grail of KZ info right here yup!!

i think if all us idiots would hold hands we could find our way out of the forest,hahahaha.

leon holmes

now you know,you need two tumblers now!one with the red stuff and one with the corn cobs.:laugh:
it never stops.

leon holmes

tk11b40 wrote:

That looks awesome, good deal. We need to be thanking Ed he machined the roller, actually the two rollers.

I think this worked out really well, I would have never thought about that problem had you not brought it up. Then it takes just a little longer to make the extra roller for you to test. We use your idea, make two and we are all happy.

Everybody puts in a little effort, and good things happen.

Ed gets a kick out of it all, he is so cool.

THANKS ED.