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Time to turn my kz1000 into a resto mod.

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07 Aug 2019 08:24 - 07 Aug 2019 08:25 #808856 by Bulletkz
I got all the bugs worked out on my 80 kz1000 so I bought a zx7 cheap and I'm collecting parts for the build.
Swapping in the front end and rear swingarm with the mono shock.
Glad there is so much information on what I need on here.
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07 Aug 2019 08:59 #808859 by 78z1Joe
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Hi, you 80 LTD looks great.... love the way super bike bars makes the LTD series into a muscle bike. That being said IMHO you should find another 900 or 1000 for your project. just saying......

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07 Aug 2019 10:55 #808865 by Greybeard
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That is a beautiful LTD.
If you chop it, sell me the seat and ducktail so I can make mine will look like that bike.
Personally I would keep it the way it is.
Maybe a chin scoop and small fairing around the headlight.
I put KYB shocks on the back raising it 5mm and plan to upgrade the fork springs and add an emulator.
Slightly more aggressive stance and with the fork upgrade will pretty well max out the ability of that old tubular frame.
You can buy that resto mod already chopped up.
People don't seem to keep them after they're done.

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07 Aug 2019 11:25 - 07 Aug 2019 11:25 #808867 by 650ed
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Let me guess.... You don't really intend to screw up that LTD do you? You're just trying to see what folks on this forum will say to such a silly idea, right? Ed

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07 Aug 2019 11:30 #808868 by SWest
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07 Aug 2019 12:13 - 09 Dec 2019 20:46 #808870 by old_kaw
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650ed wrote: Let me guess.... You don't really intend to screw up that LTD do you? You're just trying to see what folks on this forum will say to such a silly idea, right? Ed


it really looks like a NICE Kz1000. Will that be an "improvement? I guess you want to turn it into a zx7? What a waste IMHO. I would fix the ZX7 and have 2 bikes, but that's just how >I< operate.

Steve posted that video again.. (love that video!) I was looking for that a while back on the "cafe racer" thread. I say, what the heck.. it already needs a podectomy. lol

I want the seat / grab bar and duckbill.

I need to get my LTD out for some therapy, especially after reading this. :woohoo:

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07 Aug 2019 13:42 - 07 Aug 2019 13:42 #808878 by Bulletkz
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My plan is to keep it as stock appearing as possible with better suspension and wheels.
Like this one in the picture except more polished aluminum and chrome.
I bought the kz1000 at a estate sale so I don't have much information about it.
He was a motorcycle drag racer and the motor is built judging by all the spare parts and aftermarket parts on it.
Doesn't seem so fast to me but my other bikes are a ducati 1098s and klx400r supermoto .
I always owned ninjas my whole life.
I built one like the zx7 I'm using for parts about 15 years ago but this ones far from saving.
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07 Aug 2019 13:47 #808879 by 78z1Joe
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"I bought the kz1000 at a estate sale so I don't have much information about it.
He was a motorcycle drag racer and the motor is built judging by all the spare parts and aftermarket parts on it."

Some guys have all the luck...….

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07 Aug 2019 14:35 - 07 Aug 2019 14:41 #808885 by old_kaw
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Bulletkz wrote: My plan is to keep it as stock appearing as possible with better suspension and wheels.
Like this one in the picture except more polished aluminum and chrome.
I bought the kz1000 at a estate sale so I don't have much information about it.
He was a motorcycle drag racer and the motor is built judging by all the spare parts and aftermarket parts on it.
Doesn't seem so fast to me but my other bikes are a ducati 1098s and klx400r supermoto .
I always owned ninjas my whole life.
I built one like the zx7 I'm using for parts about 15 years ago but this ones far from saving.


No bike is too far from saving. It all depends on how bad you want to save it. My LTD lays waste to every bike I run across, but I do not ride with our local motorcycle maniacs.. the "Street Fighterz". If it turns out like the one pictured above, that IS a sweet looking ride! It's the cobbled up messes that myself and my friends on KZR try to discourage (watch Steve's video) .



Sirrocco has done the monoshock and front end swap.. I know he's watching all the way from Germany. He has a thread on the build here something about a deep sleep mode.. He'll chime in shortly. :-)

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07 Aug 2019 14:47 #808886 by Scirocco
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07 Aug 2019 15:02 - 07 Aug 2019 16:09 #808887 by Scirocco
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old_kaw wrote:
Sirrocco has done the monoshock and front end swap.. I know he's watching all the way from Germany. He has a thread on the build here something about a deep sleep mode.. He'll chime in shortly. :-)


Yes i will finish my mono shock rear end mod, (bolt on mono and twin shock) but want to do some miles first this summer on twin shock.
And a little spoiler what next to my bike: EFI




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07 Aug 2019 15:42 - 07 Aug 2019 16:06 #808889 by Scirocco
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BTW: the Special engine brackets are for an Suzuki 1100 engine swap.



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