1980 KZ440B project

SWEET :woohoo:

dunno how i missed this, the bike looks awesome! The tank with that paint makes it all come together. NIce work.

The bike is complete. All we need to do now is tune the carb. Needs a larger main jet for the single carb.

Looks awesome. that header is sweet! definitely my favorite 440 on here.

Looks like a mini P11.


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took it to work yesterday. it's crazy how many thumbs up I get that wasn't happening on my dual sport.
Sounds lovely, runs slightly rich had to go witha 38mm carb because the manifold i bought from 11th hour industries had some problems. my fabricator thinks he did a terrible job fabbing those manifolds he also lists it as 6061 aluminum when its actually 3003.

already dumped it on an icy trail and had to bend the shift lever back into place

and had to lathe a groove into the 11th hour manifold because the carb boots don't stay on without it.

also might need a bigger garage.

glennlives wrote:

took it to work yesterday. it's crazy how many thumbs up I get that wasn't happening on my dual sport.
Sounds lovely, runs slightly rich had to go witha 38mm carb because the manifold i bought from 11th hour industries had some problems. my fabricator thinks he did a terrible job fabbing those manifolds he also lists it as 6061 aluminum when its actually 6031.

It took many hours to fix the manifold from 11th hour in order to get it to work proper on my bike. They just left a ton of splatter on the inside and would not fit flush to the motor. Would not go with them again.
Side note: wish my bike looked that sweet!

Yeah this is what my guy did "Upon inspecting the manifold i found it wasn't really made all that well. I assumed the center port was fish mouthed and its not. I should be able to see right through port. Its cutting off half the air flow and will cause a lot of turbulence in the intake. Also as you can see from the picture if you look at the gap on the right side the flanges aren't even level and air causing air to leak. I had to fly cut it on the bridge port to repair it"

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