93' KZ1000 Police cafe' project

That will be awesome looking when you're finished. Any way you can drop the gages down a bit?

bike is coming along nicely

Thanks guys for the compliments. Haybus, what do you mean "drop the pages down"?

I havent really done much since the last set of pics, progress is slow. I suppose I should sell some surplus parts so I can buy KZ parts, but it is sooooo hard to let go of parts! ha ha.

Since last update, all I have gotten done is rebuilding the brake calipers, ordered up new top and bottom fork bushings (I should have done this before I put the forks back together), ordered a slim line LED tail light from Airtech, and today I made the pattern for the rearset brackets. I thought I would be ok with the stock side stand location, but as it turns out, it is going to be right in the way of my left toe and the shift arm :blush: I think I just might have figured out how to remedy this problem though as I am typing this :woohoo:

Gages, not pages. Maybe it's just the pictures but it looks like they stick way up above everything. Kind of brings the focus to the gages. Looks like you remounted them to be flatter so could be just a bracket mod/adjustment. Of course, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Oh, duhr! Gauges makes a lot more sense than "pages", guess I should have read a little closer? Yeah, they do sort of stick up a bit. I modified the stock bracket to bring them down some, and it helped a lot. I really wanted to stick with the stock gauges, but might wind up fitting different mini gauges later. They really look like they are much higher in the pics than they actually are. Biggest priority right now though is getting this sucker on the road, and to say I am anxious to ride it would be an understatement!

Just found your build: looks like beautiful work, and very inspiring! I am impressed with your seat design. Could I ask how you mounted it to the frame? I was considering using an AirTech tail piece and trying to mount it to the existing seat pan to retain some storage and the locking capability, but didn't know how that would work.

Of course, with your pics and Porchev914s build, I might have to give it a go with making my own seat section! :woohoo:

RLB454 wrote: The tank is a 79' Yamaha XS750. Not much work at all to fit it to the frame.

what did you do to make it fit?

Primer:
I integrated/molded in mounting posts on the underside of the seat, and welded on mounting brackets to the frame. It slips right down into place, and is very solid. I will try to post pics in the next day or two. A lot of aftermarket seats are mounted up with a custom frame, using the stock hinges and latch, then bolted down through the top of the seat into the custom seat frame. The bolts are covered by the pad/upholstery.

Renninger:
To make the tank fit, I removed the front mounts on the frame, and had to weld up new ones that would fit the Yamaha tank rubbers. They also needed to be in a different location, but still on the beefy section of the frame gusset. The rear mount was almost perfect with no modification, but not quite right, so a little cutting and welding later, the tank fit perfectly.

Thanks for the reply! That makes sense, and any pics you have time to throw out there would certainly be appreciated .

The bike looks awesome, I will definitely be following your progress. Good luck!

Primer, so sorry it has taken me so long to get a couple pics up of the seat mounting :blush:

Here are a couple, hope it helps explain how I did it a little bit. To get the mounting studs lined up perfect, I welded on bolts onto 1" X 1/8" flat stock, then I jigged up the seat so it would slip down and rest perfectly in place, and adjusted the flat stock up til it touched the bottom of the seat, and nutted it down. Then of course lifted the seat off, and put generous amounts of epoxy on the top of the flat stock, and slipped the seat into place. Once dry, I fiber glassed over the flat stock, fit some PVC sections around the bolts, and filled with liquid rubber. Voila! seat mounts. Make sense?

RLB454: No troubles, thank you very much for taking the time to explain and post pics. I think that does make sense. So when all is said and done, the seat rests on the liquid rubber spacers and is held in place with the integral bolts attached the flat stock, which is under the second layer of fiberglass...correct?

The seat integrates so well with that tank...it has a killer stance and I can't wait to see more!

Primer wrote: RLB454: No troubles, thank you very much for taking the time to explain and post pics. I think that does make sense. So when all is said and done, the seat rests on the liquid rubber spacers and is held in place with the integral bolts attached the flat stock, which is under the second layer of fiberglass...correct?

Exactly. Oh, the rubber is now solid, just a two part liquid before mixing. Thanks for the compliments. I just wish this project was moving a little faster.