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'76 KZ900 (ZRX1200R) Build

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25 Sep 2012 10:56 #550762 by DesertKZ
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Cool!

1979 KZ1000 Shaft
1979 CX500C
1975 GT750 Smoker

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28 Sep 2012 00:06 #551293 by Drooz
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I think it looks wonderful!! :P

I have a '78 KZ1000 that I'm thinking of doing similar zrx mods to. Very inspirational thread! B)

'77 kz1000 (zx10r) Modified/Street
'81 GPz550 "TrackBike"
'05 zx10r Retro/Mod Sportbike 4 SALE!!
'02 zrx1200r Lightly Modified Street SOLD!!
'74 h2b 750 (FZ600) "Mongrel" 2 Stroke SOLD!!


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28 Sep 2012 00:24 #551299 by NakedFun
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Well, thanks much! Trying to do it right..... Should make some serious progress in a couple weeks.

Cory

2008 Kawasaki Concours 14
1999 Kawasaki ZRX1100
1976 Kawasaki KZ900

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28 Sep 2012 12:53 #551366 by Derigo
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looks great!

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29 Sep 2012 00:37 #551489 by mark1122
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it looks great Cory.
what bike r the clipons off of? and what is the fork diameter they fit?
i may wants some for our cbrf3 track bike.

76 KZ, frame gusset work,1200CC.Ported by Larry Cavanaugh, 1.5mm.over intakes, Carron Pipe, ZRX12 rear end, and seat,96zx9 front end.
01 CBR600F4i Track bike.
Cobourg, Ont. Can.

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29 Sep 2012 00:58 #551494 by NakedFun
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Mark,

They are a generic set of billet aluminum for the 43mm diameter forks. Just search EBay as they have tons of them. If you good to Woodcraft Engineering, they have a large x-reference chart for bike and fork diameters.

Cory

2008 Kawasaki Concours 14
1999 Kawasaki ZRX1100
1976 Kawasaki KZ900

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30 Sep 2012 12:22 #551670 by mark1122
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i'll have a look at the Woodcraft chart. thanks for the tip.

76 KZ, frame gusset work,1200CC.Ported by Larry Cavanaugh, 1.5mm.over intakes, Carron Pipe, ZRX12 rear end, and seat,96zx9 front end.
01 CBR600F4i Track bike.
Cobourg, Ont. Can.

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02 Oct 2012 17:19 #552034 by NakedFun
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Just a quickie....

Finished my bracket and had a guy in the lab TIG it up for me since I don't have access. So I think it looks good....will be loud as hell though....



Just waiting on the blasting place to get done with my new header (Thanks Brian) and then the final fabrication session can begin....

Cory

2008 Kawasaki Concours 14
1999 Kawasaki ZRX1100
1976 Kawasaki KZ900

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03 Oct 2012 11:13 #552209 by 79MKII
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I certainly hope he did it on his lunch hour and not company time.... :P :laugh:

Looks great.

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Former: 03 KLX400SR, 99 ZRX1000, 82 KZ750 LTD, 80 KZ1000 A4 MKII, 80 KZ1000 LTD, 78 KZ1000 A2, 74 H-2 750 Triple, 78 KL250

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03 Oct 2012 13:27 #552223 by NakedFun
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Yeah the factory and the tech center have come in handy for me.... I know a few of the guys in the prototype lab and bribe them with food to get government jobs done when I can't. I try and do everythign myself, but sometimes just isn't feesible.

Cory

2008 Kawasaki Concours 14
1999 Kawasaki ZRX1100
1976 Kawasaki KZ900

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15 Oct 2012 13:38 #553978 by NakedFun
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OK, so I got to work on the bike more this weekend, but unfortunately the welder was down, so no real fun progress.... :sick:

Started by taking my new Dime City Cycles turnsignals and tinting the clear lens to make thm match my smoked tail light. Unfortunately, I was using a new dye that I was unfamilar with that worked a lot faster than my old dye. They got significantly darker than my tail light, but still look pretty good I think.

Clear Lens. they didn't offer them in Smoked....


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So then I had traded out my old black fork brace for a polished version that I polished a little more...looks much better I think.



I temp, mounted my turnsignals and I like how it is coming together....



Then I started playing with the exhaust. The header fit nicely, and so I started chopping up sections of pipe and looking at muffler fitment.



This is what I came up with so far....



Looks better from this angle...



Here it is from the back.



So I don't know if I like the side view. I might change it and put the pipe up higher, tucked tighter to the peg. The two things that bother me are the "air gap" between the mid pipe and where the swing meets the frame. Secondly, that looks like a long, straight section even though it is only like 6 inches... Do you think it looks bad? I will play with it again this weekend. I got my quote for ceramic coating so once the exhuast is finished, will drop it off for coating.

Cory

2008 Kawasaki Concours 14
1999 Kawasaki ZRX1100
1976 Kawasaki KZ900

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15 Oct 2012 15:56 #554006 by 531blackbanshee
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it needs shortend up about two inches from my point of view 700 miles away :silly:.

that way it will bring it in tighter to the peg.

lookin good tho man,you gotta creep up on it.

when you are the design and fab guy sometimes it gets a little hard to pick the trees outta the forest :lol: .

keep us posted,

leon

skiatook,oklahoma 1980 z1r,1978 kz 1000 z1r x 3,
1976 kz 900 x 3
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