1983 kz550 ltd

Made some progress today:
Swing arm, triple trees, installed



Working hard on some more polishing. The finish on this is terrible.



I knew I would need to paint more stuff. I had to take this stuff apart and fix them. Ive gone too far to get lazy now. Went to tractor supply for a blast cabinet. Its kind of small and cheap but it will get the job done for me and will come in handy from time to time.

The rearsets are done!

- Zip tie tire change

What I do. Can't trust the shops around here

jenco_shizzle wrote:

- Zip tie tire change

What I do. Can't trust the shops around here

Yikes! get that man some tire irons! he used wrenches and a friggin crow bar to get that tire on.

First of all- no thanks, I could not mount tires that way. I had a dealer do it but I think I should have taken them to a Harley dealer. That is what I'm going to try next time. They would be more careful.

I painted the electronic mounts and i have the shaft drive all back together too:

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I'd look very carefully at your rusted tank, very often the metal tank badges create a water trap in that area and leaks occur, this is a common fault on these bikes.

Go in heavy in that area when stripping it down to bare metal, the slightest pinhole that water wouldn't penetrate will leak petrol. Filling tank with inert gas and welding is the way to go, but get someone experienced as the metal is really thin even when new.

don't make the same mistake this guy did

these are the parts getting chromed. They said 6 to 8 weeks. They will probly be done before im done polishing the motor and fitting the rest of the parts.

I have a few more pics for you guys. Summer is here so im slowing down a bit but the bike will be ready for the spring.

Here is the motor sandblasted and almost ready for paint.


Here are some brake parts. I could not mount them the way they were. Just a lot of polishing.


Thaanks for looking

After sandblasting I retaped the covers and sprayed with vht engine primer and duplicolor aluminum colored engine paint. Here we are unmasking and going to start polishing the covers.

Its nice to have a good helper.

today i got the hrome back. Also here is the motor almost done.

Its been a while. I have made some progress during the riding season. This will be ready for spring. I ordered new handlebar controls yesterday since the brake master cylinder seems to be in bad shape. I have been getting the carb ready too. Here are some updated pics. (Actually I am a little further along than this)

Looking good Dave. I see a possible BOTMS here. Keep up the good work.