Testarossa's 78 KZ1000 Fighter Build

How much trouble would it be to make new footpeg parts with knurls? You could take the easy way out like I did and adapt another bikes rearsets, but I think you're set where you're at. I don't think my Lincoln mig is even rated to as thin as 24 guage

Not too much trouble, and I made the rearsets to accept standard GSXR footpegs. I may just go that route.

So I started to go thought my wiring harness and I think that my head is going to explode. It would definantly help to have a factory service manual here. That wiring diagram in the Clymer manual sux. Got everything sorted, but I have a coulple of questions.

It seems that I have a ton of extra blue and brown wires. Now the blue wires appear to be hot wires for the running lights and the brown is hot with the key "on" and seems to power things like indicator lights on the dash, the horn, and the flashers. Is it ok to remove the extras? Or am I missing something. These wires all terminate at the end of the harness that is inside the headlight.

Also there is a connecter that doesn't seem to have a mate anywhere. It has a green and a grey wire with a space for a third. It is also located in the headlight. What should plug in here? Here's the plug in question.

It looks like you're right about it not plugging into anything. I just took a look at the diagram in the filebase, and it shows a 3 pin connector with a gray wire and a green wire going into it but not connected to anything. :huh:

Hopefully somebody knows why there is an unused connector.

Damn! I wish that I would have thought to look in the filebase for the wiring diagram. That is a million times better than my Clymer manual. Maybe its a one size fits all wiring harness or an accesory connection. Looks like I can chop it.

Since I was such a lazy ass yesterday, I decided to get a little work done today. I finished my repairs on my exhaust. I had to cut four slits in the can to be able to remove the baffle. It was rusted in place. Today I welded up the slits and did a little body work to straighten out the can.

Here's the slits. I have been reluctant to show these for fear that Tony might kill me for mutilating his old exhaust.



Got em welded up and ground down.



Now a touch of high temp paint to keep things from rusting.

Sure that looks like new! Nice work. I gotta do the same with my yosh.

Yesterday, my son wanted me to remove the "pegs" from his bicycle. Today I thought that I might be able to re-purpose those guys, since they are already nicely knurled.





The only problem is that they are quite a bit larger diameter than my current pegs. What do you think?

T_Dub wrote:

Sure that looks like new! Nice work. I gotta do the same with my yosh.

Thanks man. This was the easy part. Welding that baffle back together was a bitch.

That'd be different looking. Why not try it out?

testarossa wrote:

T_Dub wrote:

Sure that looks like new! Nice work. I gotta do the same with my yosh.

Thanks man. This was the easy part. Welding that baffle back together was a bitch.

Yeah I really hope my baffle is ok when I take it out.

I just might, but I gotta get permission from the little guy. If I weld them up without telling him, then I'll be a bad daddy.