Retro Fighter 2.0 (KZ 1100 -82 goes Z1 clone)

Those look great! I've got that job ahead of me. Just no easy way to make them look that good.

..that´s right. Just take your time with the 800 wet sanding and the polishing will go so much faster.

And my bench grinder with a polish wheel helps a lot

The seat is done !













Nice he...?

wow...that turn out great...Pic on bike?

Very happy for you Arnold .Im still struggling with my seat,though youre giving me ideas. How is the seat going to fix to the frame? Im assuming the original hinge/lock system has gone.

turned out very nice sir :evil: !

did you fill in the frame with sheetmetal or leave it skeletal?

leon

Thanx guys !

Yeah...the girl really nailed the seat.

My scetch


It was a difficult job geting the hinges in the right position so the seat opens without scrathing any covers.
A lot of time spent on adjusting rubber stoppers and locking device. Most of the parts used from the old KZ1100.

ah i see !

nice work getting the hinges figured out.

seat turned out great !

leon

And here´s the fitted pics...seat not fully adjusted yet !

:woohoo: Wowzer that is true bike porn! You do such beautiful work Arnold. I need to step up my game.

Your right in the game there with me buddy ! Love your build :woohoo:

I´ll get started on those carbs now

Arnold wrote: Your right in the game there with me buddy ! Love your build :woohoo:

I´ll get started on those carbs now

Thanks Arnold. I still have them but they are VM 26s and now that I went 1075 they are not enough carb. They looked quite nice but learn from my mistakes. Soda blasting cleaned them up quite nicely. I used DuPont engine enamel and it just doesn't stick. You need to use a self etching primer to get the paint to stick. VHT has a high temp engine paint and high temp primer. On the motor I used POR15 engine paint that sticks very well without primer. I only painted them because it was to difficult to polish into all the nooks and crannies of the carbs. completely polished would look beautiful but then you have to maintain it and I don't build "trailer queens".