Testarossa's 78 KZ1000 Fighter Build

Those look really nice, and a lot better than the stock slabs. Of course, your whole bike is awesome.

Alan

Looks good, I say go for it! Nice bike!

gotta love those cardboard templates.definitely cleaner looking than the stock piece.plus look at all the weight you shaved.me likey

i like the way the right side has the lines going at the same angle as the fins on the engine.

make the left side lines go the same and they would be perfect :whistle: ,in my mind anyways !!!

thats my .02,

leon

531blackbanshee wrote: i like the way the right side has the lines going at the same angle as the fins on the engine.

make the left side lines go the same and they would be perfect :whistle: ,in my mind anyways !!!

thats my .02,

leon

Good call. I made the left side first and I actually had the lines on the left side lined up with the top line of the rearset. That didn't work on the right side so I did what I did. Maybe I'll try another template with this idea.

Nice to see you back at it!!

Your rearsets look like the stock ones off of my old 05 zx6.

And the heel guards look a lot like the sato racing rearsets that I had on it too.

I really like what you're going for with your templates, And making them certainly beats buying the insanely expensive racing ones

Your build thread is awesome!
I've been watching it for a while now.
I like your rear set adapter plates. Are you happy with the location of your rearsets? I am no machinist but a friend of mine just got a mill and one of the things I am thinking of trying to make is plates like you made. I never had adjustable rearsets until the Sato's in my picture but it was awesome to be able to change position and check it for comfort immediately after. Did you mess with the positioning of yours when you made them? It seems like it would be just as easy to make a set of adjustable adapter plates with a bunch of different holes and settle on exact position after the fact.
-Chris

KZ802 wrote: Your build thread is awesome!
I've been watching it for a while now.
I like your rear set adapter plates. Are you happy with the location of your rearsets? I am no machinist but a friend of mine just got a mill and one of the things I am thinking of trying to make is plates like you made. I never had adjustable rearsets until the Sato's in my picture but it was awesome to be able to change position and check it for comfort immediately after. Did you mess with the positioning of yours when you made them? It seems like it would be just as easy to make a set of adjustable adapter plates with a bunch of different holes and settle on exact position after the fact.
-Chris

Yep I'm happy with the position. If you look far enough back in this thread I had built some steel rearsets that didn't work out perfectly. Those did teach me where I wanted these to go. Also I have a ZX-10r that I can always jump on to get a quick idea of riding position. Obviously this bike is a bit different as I want to be sitting more upright. Also you could make adapter plates with multiple holes that would allow you to change up the position. It will take a bit of calculation to get your hole positions right so that the rearsets line up correctly. I say go for it. Aluminum is fairly cheap and it is a forgiving material to learn on the mill with. About the only thing that machines easier is brass.

BTW the rearsets I'm using came from a second gen ZX-10r. Hence the similarity to your ZX-6r. And thanks for the kind words.

Well it isn't much, but I got my new chrome super bike bars fitted tonight. Just my luck, I have a boatload of new parts coming in and I'm going out of town for the weekend.

That is one badass machine ! Just needs a chrome header and pipe now