My 75 Z1 street fighter project

Great work!

KZ250LTD wrote:

Great work!

Thanks, I have wanted to do something like this to a Z1 for a long time.

I like where this bike is going. Good work

looks pretty cool so far

Looks great so far. Did you say you were going to chrome the frame?

Kawickrice wrote:

Looks great so far. Did you say you were going to chrome the frame?

They seem to have come a long way with paint type chrome finishes, so I plan to try that instead. From what I have seen you can't tell the paint from real chrome untill you try to scratch it, plus with the paint I can repair an individual tube or section if needed.

I plan to do the frame, wheels, swing arm and fork tubes in the chrome finish. May even use a little prismatic pearl to give it a little more sparkle.

A chrome finish is cool but real chrome isn't good for a frame, the chroming weakens the frame. Now you can have it nickle plated without weakening the frame.

Mark

ive got a chrome plated frame on my origional turbo that was done in the early 80s that hasnt had any issues i also know of another 76 kz that the frame was plated just before mine and has been ridden endlessly with a couple differant motors that is ridden practically year around when weather permits without any problems

Plummen done seen everything.

this 76 has been running around with a chromed frame since around 82-83

make sure you dont tell ron thats an imron job on that 76 that was painted back in like 92 from my 1st turbo bike project that ended up on that bike years later that still looks new! :laugh: