GPz550 Project Bike at a snail's pace

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10 Mar 2014 11:40 #624720 by loudhvx

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Looks good so far (I guess it's only 2D printing at the moment :laugh: ). But that will be a nice bracket when done.

1981 KZ550 D1 gpz.
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10 Mar 2014 17:52 - 11 Mar 2014 05:48 #624757 by Tusch

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Thanks lou, I'm a big fan of the 3rd dimension so it can only get better.

Took some brake cleaner and wire wheels to my exhaust and than hit it with several coats of flat black BBQ paint and cured it with my kerosene heater. This didn't include the chrome megaphone, that's in pretty good shape. Also stripped the front end to sell some more parts

1983 GPZ550

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11 Mar 2014 05:45 #624801 by 531blackbanshee

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progress progress progress !!!!!!!!

:evil:
keep up the good work.

leon

skiatook,oklahoma 1980 z1r,1978 kz 1000 z1r x 3,
1976 kz 900 x 3
i make what i can,and save the rest!

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11 Mar 2014 17:16 #624873 by Tusch

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I started with...

And I ended up with...

1983 GPZ550

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12 Mar 2014 21:33 #625021 by 531blackbanshee

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well!
i hope you are pleased with yourself young man :angry:

...

keep us posted,
leon

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16 Mar 2014 07:09 #625382 by MaxBell

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Hey;

How did you get pod filters going on there?

Everywhere I go, I read that "it's impossible with TK carbs so don't try".

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16 Mar 2014 13:22 #625438 by Tusch

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I've read that everywhere too haha. Thankfully the PO had them set up before I bought the bike, runs well, maybe not perfect. All I did was replace the beat up uni pods with some emgos. Not sure what the jetting is now, I plan on disassembling and cleaning the carbs soon though, that'll be my first carb work I've done on the bike (or ever!)

1983 GPZ550

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17 Mar 2014 20:55 #625605 by snakezrx

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So, whatcha gonna do with the stock seat ??? :whistle:

I can beat the paramedics to my crashes by at least 10 minutes.

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18 Mar 2014 05:35 #625621 by Tusch

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Haha, well I already sold the 1-UP seat that the bike came with and I'll be modifying either the stock seat or the kz650 tail so that they match each other and then I'll recover the seat.

1983 GPZ550

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18 Mar 2014 17:08 #625694 by Tusch

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Gotta love grinder and cutoff wheels (brake rotor is my high tech counter weight balancing device)

1983 GPZ550

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21 Mar 2014 17:30 - 21 Mar 2014 17:31 #626084 by Tusch

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Just did some more grinding, cleaning up the bits I cut off. Also got in a zx10r front fender off eBay I'll be modifying to work with my forks but I forgot to snap a pic of that.

1983 GPZ550

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23 Mar 2014 17:33 #626303 by Tusch

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Working on the voodoo magic bits (carbs are new to me) minor disassembly, Pine Sol soak and cleaning.

Also got my koso db-01r in. I love it for being minimalistic.

1983 GPZ550

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