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08 Feb 2012 22:33 #502877 by JEFFG1
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ok its winter in ohio and that means project time and this year is no diff. but i have to say i got thrown a curve.3 years ago my son brought home a kz1000 that was well pretty rough and in a few boxes but he had a dream and to be truthfull so did i.it brought me back to my younger days.by spring we came up with the green one. after watching him go down the road the whole summer i had to have one so winter came we built the orange one for me. here it is 3 years later and it was project time and i was geared up to delieve it or not build a bad ass yamaha sx650 bobber i just like the looks.over the summer we took the bikes to the strip a few times and had a blast but running the crap out of the bikes just made me sick. :sick: so heres the curve he said forget about that bobber stuff your not a yamaha man anyway lets build a dragbike :dry: i will say this was not even a thought but if he was intrested in a d/dike i figured he would help build it more than what i wanted to build spending time with him was more important to me than a bobber so d/bike this winter is what it is .

1976 KZ 900 PRO STREET 1977 kz1000 dragbike project
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08 Feb 2012 23:45 - 08 Feb 2012 23:47 #502897 by LarryC
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Awesome :)

Those are both nice bikes you've built. The green one reminds me of a Kawasaki Mean Streak.

Larry C.
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08 Feb 2012 23:46 #502898 by JEFFG1
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ok, alittle history on what came to be the bike. went on craigs list to find a bike found one about 65 miles from me and went to check it out.it was supposed to have a 1075 it had the air shift - dg s/arm - falicon crank - ect. it had a diff. frt end on it & title $1500.00 it ran what the heck i bought it. got home the carbs was screwed put mine on it rode it few times. i had a bad feeling about it to get to the point i didnt like it at all.about a week later i found another one about the same distance from me. it had been listed for about 3 months as a kz1260 - air clutch - rev limiter for sale or trade :whistle: so callad, he said he got it from someone ect. its a dragbike no title he cant sell it sooo!! you want to trade for one with title i say its easyer to sell and he said mybe bring it up. got up there it was a full blown dragbike :woohoo: old skool looking but everything you could put on one was on it and i mean every thing. it ran i gave him a $100.00 and mine and down the rode i went. the one on the left in the pic is the first one

1976 KZ 900 PRO STREET 1977 kz1000 dragbike project
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09 Feb 2012 00:45 #502910 by z1kzonly
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Hi Jeff, real nice stuff! Who does them seats?? I want one!
Beautiful countryside! It looks like the 601 backroads to NORWALK the nicest dragstrip in the world!
Thanks Bader Family. I been going to Norwalk since 1989. IDBA, AHDRA, Night of Fire and NHRA
So what you got started? Whats for sale? or trade?

Marty in Buffalo


Livin in "CheektaVegas, NY
Went thru 25 of these in 40 yrs.
I SOLD OUT! THE KAW BARN IS EMPTY.
More room for The Old Girl, Harley 75 FLH Electra Glide,
Old faithful! Points ign. Bendix Orig. carb.
Starts everytime!

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09 Feb 2012 04:11 - 13 Feb 2012 17:14 #502930 by KZ250LTD
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09 Feb 2012 07:51 #502950 by Zedone
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Beautiful looking bikes Jeff!

1977 KZ1000A1
1977 KZ1000A1 (Superbike Project)
1969 Chevrolet C/10 Short Fleet

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09 Feb 2012 09:46 - 09 Feb 2012 09:56 #502966 by JEFFG1
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thanks larry , my brother has one of those i think it is a 1600 nothing like overkill nice bikes -- marty it looks like your pic is from my fav. place to hange out vary top notch place. about the only things i have to part with is a set of old skool wheels with 7" slick & zx10 race body that i have had a few years.have had my nhra tick. for a few months now cant wait been going about 13 years now :woohoo: seat are done by the amounddingers

1976 KZ 900 PRO STREET 1977 kz1000 dragbike project
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09 Feb 2012 10:53 #502973 by DoubleDub
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Very nice looking bikes, Jeff.

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09 Feb 2012 13:58 #503001 by 531blackbanshee
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they are all some cool lookin bikes.

leon

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10 Feb 2012 02:30 #503119 by badrhino
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Wow, I love the paint on the one on the left in the last picture. I wonder what kind of paint that is? And that is the one you traded off for the other? Nice looking bikes!

1980 KZ1000 with a 1982 KZ1000J motor with 1100 pistons and heads, Vance & Hines, 29MM Smooth Bores, Work in Progress
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10 Feb 2012 03:44 #503122 by z1kzonly
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That paint is Dupont "chroma-Illusion" came out about 10-12 years ago. Jeff Gordon had his nascar painted with it in the "Winston" classic. In the May Allstar race at Charlotte 10-12 years ago.
It flips to about 5-6 colors. It was hot when it first came out, but people got sick of it after awhile.
Oh Ya! back then it cost $580 dollars a quart! :woohoo:

Livin in "CheektaVegas, NY
Went thru 25 of these in 40 yrs.
I SOLD OUT! THE KAW BARN IS EMPTY.
More room for The Old Girl, Harley 75 FLH Electra Glide,
Old faithful! Points ign. Bendix Orig. carb.
Starts everytime!

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10 Feb 2012 09:46 #503160 by JEFFG1
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thats the one i traded it was a peice of junk even if it looked good to others ( not me :sick: )z1konly hit it on the nose with the paint. i sprayed alot of that in the day. i will get back to this build tonite after work i am trying to find the pics not haveing very good luck though.

1976 KZ 900 PRO STREET 1977 kz1000 dragbike project

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