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Time to turn my kz1000 into a resto mod.

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24 Jan 2020 17:26 #817799 by Scirocco
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Your bike Looks great and time autentic with the V&H

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24 Jan 2020 18:24 #817805 by DoctoRot

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25 Jan 2020 08:57 - 25 Jan 2020 09:18 #817847 by old_kaw
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Bulletkz wrote: Thinking about selling the black Vance and hines and buying a stainless dalvik exhaust.


Although I like my Delkovic SS header, be prepared for it to turn yellow within 10 minutes of run time. It is a constant battle to keep it shiny to the point that I just gave up. I prefer to ride my bike over working on it all of the time.


It does still seem a bit on the lean side.. I do need to order some larger pilot jets, (I already replaced the main jets) since it runs in the pilot jet range more than in the main jet range of operation. This pic was taken before I re-jetted the mains to the # 125 Mikuni "racing" jets. (from memory last spring)


The stock exhaust is double walled.

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25 Jan 2020 12:31 #817861 by Skidmark
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Stainless steel will always discolor with heat. It is inevitable. There are chemicals that will remove the yellow/bluing like you are cleaning a window. I do not recall the name, but coming from the metal fabrication industry we dealt with heat discoloration a lot with our welding processes. I know some people do not like header wrap, but that is another benefit from using it - you don't have to worry about the stainless turning colors.

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26 Jan 2020 07:10 #817936 by Bulletkz
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I actually like the colors of stainless and the bare tig welds. Its like art.
If I keep the Vance and hines I will need a baffle because there is none.
A new baffle cost as much as a new stainless exhaust.
Guess I could fab something up
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26 Jan 2020 09:11 - 26 Jan 2020 09:13 #817945 by old_kaw
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Yes, the welds have to be machine made IMHO.. mainly due to the tiny beads combined with the consistency of the beads. OR, maybe not. I assume it is manufactured in china, like most everything else these days.. so maybe ol ying-yang-chin-ho is just >that good< at tig welding. lol



. Remember.. the louder it is, the faster it seems to be. The exact opposite is actually true, but don't try telling billy-bob that. No muffler = race car. yehaw!

I made a baffle for a bike years ago. It was an extensive exercise in metal fabrication and mig welding combined with some hole saw action cutting out metal disks and welding them all up to a piece of 3/4" emt with a bunch of holes drilled in it. It looks to me like you will have no problem with the welding and grinding. I kinda get into the fabrication thing at times.

Check out the bead around the end of the silencer. :)


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26 Jan 2020 09:32 #817947 by Skidmark
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Good welding can be like art. Then again, some art is all welding!


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06 Feb 2020 15:01 - 06 Feb 2020 15:06 #818734 by Bulletkz
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It's finally finished. Kinda.
Nothing I built is ever really finished, I. Like Lowes "never stop improving ".
I need to get some pictures in the sun to show the prisum metallic.
I ended up deciding on stripes that looked somewhat factory that I cut in dead black 3m vinyl, so if I get tired of it I can just peel it off.
I still want to add the easy clutch kit if z1 ever gets it in stock again.
I still might go with a stainless exhaust, not sure still.
I'm pretty happy with everything else.
Not much I would change.

This is the dream bike I envisioned most of my life and it cost less than a 1/4 of what my ducati 1098s cost me.
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06 Feb 2020 22:23 #818744 by Skidmark
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Outstanding!!! :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

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'87 Suzuki Savage 650 Street Tracker (lost in the shop fire)
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07 Feb 2020 00:01 #818745 by calum
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Very nice!! Really like the Matt black stripes on the tank. Inspired me to do something other than just gloss black with the tank on my 750.
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07 Feb 2020 05:46 #818750 by Rick H.
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Yes indeed, very well done and looks great!

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07 Feb 2020 09:43 #818757 by 531blackbanshee
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the stripes do look good!

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