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Re: My KZ550 project

04 Jul 2007 18:15
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Looks great so far! Keep us posted.

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Re: My KZ550 project

04 Jul 2007 18:39
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thats gonna be a nice little bike when its done;)
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Re: My KZ550 project

04 Jul 2007 20:31
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I will be painting it Kawasaki green:P Kinda make it look like an ELR. I bought a GPZ550 fairing for the front end mod. I can't wait to take it for a ride!!
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2017 KX450 [/color]

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Re: My KZ550 project

04 Jul 2007 21:02
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looking sharp, be careful not to cut yourself.
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Re: My KZ550 project

05 Jul 2007 14:28
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God I love seeing these things come together! Very nice work. A labor or love for sure. Keep the pics coming.
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Re: My KZ550 project

06 Jul 2007 21:17
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harm wrote:
I will be painting it Kawasaki green:P Kinda make it look like an ELR. I bought a GPZ550 fairing for the front end mod. I can't wait to take it for a ride!!

Now I reeeeeeeally can't wait to see this come out!:woohoo:
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Re: My KZ550 project-now running!

25 Aug 2007 07:20
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It runs:woohoo:

The bike runs really well considering i still need to sync the carbs and do some work on the jetting.

I modified the the poorly designed choke flappers and that seems to work pretty good. I took the flapper doors out and filled them in with epoxy, then added an additional detent to the choke arm so there is an option for something other than full choke.

The Yoshi header sounds great :P

I will be machining up a headlight bracket assy. to hold the GPZ 550 headlight and fairing.

What do you think of the Kawasaki green moto-x bars? Not sure if they will stay but at this point i think they look pretty cool.
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Re: My KZ550 project-now running!

25 Aug 2007 07:21
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Its kind of hard to see in the picture but i machined some new covers to replace the smog covers on top of the valve cover.
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Re: My KZ550 project-now running!

25 Aug 2007 07:25
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Started working on the body parts now...
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Re: My KZ550 project-now running!

26 Aug 2007 19:16
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Way to go, Tom. Looks like it'll be a winner. Just my opinion but the green bars might be just a LITTLE bit over the top ;)....but it's your bike, so whatever works for you.
Keep those pics coming.
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Re: My KZ550 project-now running!

26 Aug 2007 22:11
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Wow...it's coming along beautifully!

Can't wait to see the end result.:ohmy:

And as far as the green bars...they DO stand out,but hey...they'll probably look great(blend in) once the green body-parts are back on.B)
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Re: My KZ550 project-now running!

27 Aug 2007 03:41
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Thanks for the nice comments!
Tom
Holland, MI

1980 KZ550 ELR

2011 Concours14
2017 KX450 [/color]

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