Testarossa's 78 KZ1000 Fighter Build

testarossa wrote:

Who knows what will happen next. I view this bike about like mark1122 does his. I plan on keeping her for a while, and there will be a slow progression.

I find mine to be, a work in progress.
My wife would be thankful, to hear me say most of the work is done. lol.
The build has been like a hobby of its own. u just tinker and let it evolve into your own personal thing, at your own pace.
Very gratifying.

Very gratifying, and very personal. It becomes YOUR bike, and no one elses. No one can really appreciate the blood, sweat and swear words that go into building a machine like this like the builder can, or one of the few that has done something like it.

Well, Dr Evil has been working in his underground lair again, and I felt compelled to post some progress tonight. I spent what little time I had over the weekend polishing bullet connectors and prepping to install the electrics.

Here's the main panel mounted to the new battery box:



Dyna box and my new fuse panel:



New Dyna coils in place:

Now on to the mechanical stuff. Last week, I dragged my top clamp to work and milled out a little stock from the bottom. It's not much, but it does give me about 1/4" more height in the front. I will have to pull it back off, and I'll try and snap a pic of the underside when I do.



Old crusty bolt that I used to pull off my stuck rotor. Take note 9am53, that missing chrome is from some determined banging whilst trying to remove that rotor before I broke out the impact gun.



New shiny bolt:



I put a couple of coats of high temp paint on my exhaust:



And I got my chain on:

looks good. what fuse box is that? I should upgrade mine too I think. Did you buy a new wiring harness or rewire yourself or?

Some of my old wires have corrosion inside them, so gotta do something.

Yup, 2 more weeks by my watch until you try to fire her up

Nelson, I believe the blade fuse box came from DelCity.....I think....

The bike looks real good. It won't be long now, dyna 2000 great choice.

testarossa wrote:

Old crusty bolt that I used to pull off my stuck rotor. Take note 9am53, that missing chrome is from some determined banging whilst trying to remove that rotor before I broke out the impact gun.

Noted, maybe my steering stem bolts are wrong or something, but both of mine are too small...

Nelson wrote:

looks good. what fuse box is that? I should upgrade mine too I think. Did you buy a new wiring harness or rewire yourself or?

Some of my old wires have corrosion inside them, so gotta do something.

Porchev is right, I got the fuse box from Del City: www.delcity.net/

They do have a minimum order of $25, and that little fuse box was only like $6. I spent the rest of my $25 ordering heat shrink tubing, and ox guard. They have a really nice selection of heat shrink, and it comes in 3 foot lengths.

My wiring harness is the original, but I stripped off the old heat shrink. I'm cleaning out all of the connectors, and checking all circuits. Then I'll re-cover it with the heat shrink I bought at Del City. No coil mod for me. Any wires found to be "resistant" will be replaced.

9am53 wrote:

testarossa wrote:

Old crusty bolt that I used to pull off my stuck rotor. Take note 9am53, that missing chrome is from some determined banging whilst trying to remove that rotor before I broke out the impact gun.

Noted, maybe my steering stem bolts are wrong or something, but both of mine are too small...

You probably just have a different combination since your bike is later than mine. What I was trying to illustrate is the fact that I beat the living fertilizer out of that bolt, and my stuck rotor didn't come off. Until I put the old impact gun on it. I ain't no small boy either, I hit that thing hard.

really coming along nice testa.
that thing is looking good.

leon

Looking good bro.