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04 Mar 2015 17:57 #663495 by SWest
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Always disliked the open area and exposed cables and such benieth the head light. When they came out with the emblem covering all that crap, I wanted one. Had my eye on this one and others on eBay for a year. The guy lowered the price 30% but raised the shipping cost, so it was the same price. It's off a KZ 1100 and I knew someone would scoop it up so I bought it. Something for me. Made my own bracket and had it on in an hour. $17 and change. I like it.
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Looks better? I think so.
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05 Mar 2015 08:57 #663544 by Street Fighter LTD
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Good move Steve.
That is the one ugly spot on KZs I could never understand that the factory let slide.
I went with custom trees from my Good friend Les Holt at PDM and problem solved :P

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05 Mar 2015 09:23 #663549 by 650ed
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Nice improvement.

That area didn't look too bad on the early KZ650 (see 1st image below), but Kawasaki cleaned it up on the later KZ650 models by adding a similar name plate bracket (2nd image). Ed

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1977 KZ650-C1 Original Owner - Stock (with additional invisible FIAMM horn)
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05 Mar 2015 11:01 #663556 by SWest
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It just looked naked to me. It does dress up the 650 tree too. Something more to keep polished. :unsure:
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16 Dec 2015 14:03 #703299 by Street Fighter LTD
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You could add a 57 Chevy tailfin and tail light to the duck tail and really be styling :sick:


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16 Dec 2015 14:31 #703303 by SWest
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Does anyone know what car it belongs to?
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16 Dec 2015 15:13 #703312 by Street Fighter LTD
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swest wrote: Does anyone know what car it belongs to?
Steve


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10 Jun 2016 12:40 - 14 Jun 2016 15:32 #730848 by SWest
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One of our members painted his calipers with red anodized paint. Looked good so I decided to try it in blue. Too cheesy? :unsure:
Thinking on doing the oil cooler too. B)
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13 Jun 2016 08:14 #731191 by Street Fighter LTD
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swest wrote: One of our members painted his calipers with red anodized paint. Looked good so I decided to try it in blue. Too ghetto? :unsure:
Thinking on doing the oil cooler too. B)
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13 Jun 2016 08:55 #731198 by scubaanders
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Oh nooooo :ohmy: :ohmy: :ohmy:

That's what Bud dose to your to your judgment :sick:

Steve you better get black or silver paint, and better beer :woohoo: :woohoo:

By the way, how did it go with your new swing arm?

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