KZ440 First build, FINISHED

jsnabbs wrote:

Nduetime wrote: Sure, if you don't mind...it looks pretty good in my opinion.

Sorry man, I threw the seat away

No big deal...I'll just continue to study the old photo.

New rubber, went with the Dunlop K82




and sat the tank on the frame, will get the tank re-sprayed, but maybe after summer ( i wanna get this on the street)
I dont like the color, but i dont hate it either

Wow really nice man! You are doing a great job with it! I'm very jealous! Hehe

I'd be terrified to completely strip my engine down like you have. Keep up the work, that is going to be one nice machine. I would really like to see the Kawi green on the seat to see how that would look!

PennChemist wrote: Wow really nice man! You are doing a great job with it! I'm very jealous! Hehe

I'd be terrified to completely strip my engine down like you have. Keep up the work, that is going to be one nice machine. I would really like to see the Kawi green on the seat to see how that would look!

The way i view my project is more of a project manager role, I know how i want it to look and i just took it apart and will put it back together. The motor is being looked after by a kawasaki expert here in in berlin, and all the fab work was done by a pro

any examples of the color for the seat? at the moment im leaning more towards a black canvas. but thats why i posted input welcome, maybe i dont see "all" the possibilities

if canvas gets wet it will stay wet for a long time unless its hot and dry. Vinyl you just wipe off and you wont get a wet ass. project looks nice BTW

DoctoRot wrote: if canvas gets wet it will stay wet for a long time unless its hot and dry. Vinyl you just wipe off and you wont get a wet ass. project looks nice BTW

very good point

starting to get it back together

I like the stance a lot. Looks like you lowered the front end via forks/triple tree. Any other changes to the stance or is that all it took?

With that tiny front fender you're going to be cleaning muck off the front of the bike after every ride.

The stance has changed because of the tank being mounted higher, the forks are only just poking out of the triple tree a little.


yup it will be getting dirty, but thats how i like it and want it to look, maybe in the future a motorsheild on the frame

I see. It's the tank and clip ons. Looks great!

Yeah, the way the tank sits now changes the whole look. I was meaning to ask - did you modify the tank itself or the mounts on the frame? Forgive me if you covered this, I couldn't find it.

Got the motor back today and painted it mattblack, not sure i like it, what say ya'll?