Kano's Projects Z1000R and KZ1000J's

front end is off a 1986 KAWASAKI NINJA gpz1000 (zx1000)
cost 30 bucks for fender on.

here is one on ebay

Post edited by: kano, at: 2007/03/11 23:04

Post edited by: kano, at: 2007/03/11 23:05

just picked up a set of nissin twin pot calipers for my bike,
I have to rebuild the forks as they are leaking.
so i figured what the hell ill replace the brakes at the same time and rotors.
oh and i re wrote the intro to this post giving a little more history about the bike and deleted some of the outdated pictures too speed the loading of the topic too.
enjoy the story lol.

Kano,

THANK YOU!

I have really enjoyed this thread, especially the pictures of your progress! Please, please keep us updated with this brake mod.

I had wanted to change my gas cap the way you did before I saw your pictures and after seeing them it just confirmed how I want it to look.

I also want to upgrade my brakes so anything that you can post would be much appreciated!

Btw, if you have any other pictures of your before and after gas cap/tank mod and how you did it, I would love to see more!

Thanks!

sure ill write something up.

Post edited by: kano, at: 2007/03/21 22:28

kano wrote:

hopefully my eddie lawson seat should be here soon.
then all i need is a green paint job and a set of
go racing strips and ill be done.

just a paint question: Are you adding a clearcoat over the decals?.....where are you sourcing your decals?

yeh ill clear coat after decals if i go original.
reproductiondecals for decals.

Post edited by: kano, at: 2007/03/15 12:07

kano wrote:

front end is off a 1986 KAWASAKI NINJA gpz1000 (zx1000)
cost 30 bucks for fender on.

here is one on ebay

Post edited by: kano, at: 2007/03/11 23:04<br><br>Post edited by: kano, at: 2007/03/11 23:05

i ended up winning that fender, she'll look good on my kawi.

sweet!

Kzbatty wrote:

Kano,

THANK YOU!

I have really enjoyed this thread, especially the pictures of your progress! Please, please keep us updated with this brake mod.

I had wanted to change my gas cap the way you did before I saw your pictures and after seeing them it just confirmed how I want it to look.

I also want to upgrade my brakes so anything that you can post would be much appreciated!

Btw, if you have any other pictures of your before and after gas cap/tank mod and how you did it, I would love to see more!

Thanks!

i didn't get to take any pic's of the fuel cap change but i can go through it for you.
i bought a zx tank on e bay that was so beaten up no one wanted it,
with a grinder i cut out a big square around cap flange. then i trimmed back the sheet metal so all i had was the collar that the billet cap sat in.
you will need to cut 2 pipes that run through the tank connected to the underside of the collar these are overflow drain (this is so any fuel that doesn't go in the tank doesn't sit in the flange it will just run back into tank via this drain hole)and breather so you dont get a fuel lock.
now i later found out the drain need to be cut completely off and the breather keep as long as you can otherwise when you go around corners at a good clip they act like a water level and gas comes out of the overflow pipe.
on my tank i had a raised section through the middle of the tank after cutting out the new hole i used a dolly and panel hammer to get this as flat as possible.
tack weld it in in 4 or 6 places (after flushing tan out with water to get rid of fuel vapors) let tank cool dont try to weld it all in one sitting you will warp tank, slow and easy let tank cool in between welding when ever it gets hot.
once this is done grind off excessive weld and look for pin holes if none are visible you should b good.
on my tank i had to creative and sculpt around the filler cap as to make it look nice and thats it.
doesn't cost much to do but can be very time consuming but time is cheap when its yours and not someone else's right!





Post edited by: kano, at: 2007/03/21 22:30

kano wrote:

sweet!

oh, and thank you very much for the link and info.

kano wrote:

sweet!

oh, and thank you very much for the link and info.

also i like the gas cap too, if only i had the time to throw one on mine.

Post edited by: themachine, at: 2007/03/22 22:07

Rebuilt the forks new seals and oil.
trimmed and adjusted belly pan.
duel four pot nissin brake's from HONDA CBR600 2003
new set of gauges from a zx1100c (ooooh go's to 200mph lol and i live on a island lol.)
Clutch Release Kit from pmfr.
new vented rotors on the front.
oh yeh title reg and insurance and inspection too...