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1978 Kz1000 Father/Son Project

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03 Sep 2011 03:35 #473958 by Pontiacdude210
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Looks pretty good so far, nice find on the 1000.

-1980 KZ550C Viper Red, Black Fenders

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06 Sep 2011 21:46 #474747 by Pei_1000
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Well the projects slowly coming along, were doing some detail work on the engine now but the reassembly is on hold for the minute. My Dads not really sure what path he wants to take with the bike. He was thinking a mix of Pro Stock and Factory at first and now is leaning towards a mainly factory build with a few personal touches, but he's still not sure. Anyone have any ideas :P

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06 Sep 2011 22:19 #474752 by wireman
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Pei_1000 wrote: Well the projects slowly coming along, were doing some detail work on the engine now but the reassembly is on hold for the minute. My Dads not really sure what path he wants to take with the bike. He was thinking a mix of Pro Stock and Factory at first and now is leaning towards a mainly factory build with a few personal touches, but he's still not sure. Anyone have any ideas :P

theres a bit of room there between stock and pro stock!

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06 Sep 2011 23:13 #474771 by Pei_1000
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wireman wrote:

Pei_1000 wrote: Well the projects slowly coming along, were doing some detail work on the engine now but the reassembly is on hold for the minute. My Dads not really sure what path he wants to take with the bike. He was thinking a mix of Pro Stock and Factory at first and now is leaning towards a mainly factory build with a few personal touches, but he's still not sure. Anyone have any ideas :P

theres a bit of room there between stock and pro stock!

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Haha is there ever! I think he was thinking more along the lines of a very small extended swingarm with a slight increase in tire size while retaining the stock rim. I'm trying to talk him into a 1200 or 1300cc big bore kit but if he does that my Hurricane won't stand a chance against him, then again it probably doesn't now :P

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06 Sep 2011 23:23 #474775 by wireman
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an 1197 would deal you shit fits on the street but on an open stretch of highway or anything involving a curve i think youll have him! :laugh:

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25 Oct 2011 13:44 #485279 by Pei_1000
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Still no big updates in the project but its slowly coming along. We made a homemade paint booth setup in the shop and started cleaning and painting some of the smaller parts. We also moved around some stuff to make some more room and added my toolbox to give me more space to work on my bikes.

How the shop looks now



And some of the parts we painted

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26 Oct 2011 02:50 #485399 by mtbspeedfreak
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Awesome, looking good! You're getting there, slowly but surely!

2000 ZRX 1100
1976 KZ 900- Daily Driver
1980 LTD 550- Dalton Highway survivor!

If it has tits or tires, it'll give you problems!

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26 Oct 2011 08:43 #485423 by T_Dub
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Good looking stuff, nice to see another member from eastern Canada, I'm from NL. I might even be moving to PEI soon.

1977 KZ650B1
-810cc
-Cavanaugh Racing Head
-Mikuni RS34's
-GPR Muffler

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17 Mar 2012 22:21 - 17 Mar 2012 22:21 #510289 by Pei_1000
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Finally some more updates! I've been busy with military again lately so havn't been able to keep the progress updated but there has been quite the change since my last post!

How she's sitting now!




Starting to look like a bike again haha

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17 Mar 2012 23:05 #510299 by ramtough_63
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Really nice work keep it coming

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18 Aug 2015 08:58 #686210 by Pei_1000
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Well it's been a VERY long time since this was updated!

Dad got the motor in the frame and the bike back up the stairs into our new garage to start working on it but while this was happening the cylinder block shifted somehow and caused the pistons to gouge some pretty nasty marks into the sleeves, new sleeves are 100% needed and probably pistons as well since there's a few nicks in the corner of 2. This happened about 1 1/2 - 2 years ago and the bike sat ever since. He got busy with work, helping me with a 71 Datsun 510 I was rebuilding, and then recently hurt his back pretty bad at work. His back is fine for day to day stuff but being in a riding position is a no go so he was going to sell the bike. I ended up getying it from him and now the plan is to finish it so he can at least see it being used!

I'm thinking of getting a 1075 big bore kit so I can bore the sleeves enough to get the marks out and replace the sketchy pistons at the same time. With my Datsun just being finished up its time to tackle another project of my own.

How the bike is sitting now

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And my 510 I just finished building. Pulled it out of a barn 2 years ago and redid everything except the exterior

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Very excited to get this finished especially since dad was so disappointed with everything happening.

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18 Aug 2015 11:19 #686227 by SWest
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I would do some gusseting before finishing it. Wish I had.
Steve

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