1978 KZ650 chop project...

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Re: 1978 KZ650 chop project...

12 Sep 2007 17:09
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Very nice work. I need to show this to a buddy of mine who recently bought an older Yamaha to chop.

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Re: 1978 KZ650 chop project...

12 Sep 2007 18:28
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update... seat is just cardboard for mockup.

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Re: 1978 KZ650 chop project...

13 Sep 2007 21:18
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still need the covering on the seat.. .ran out of rivets

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Re: 1978 KZ650 chop project...

13 Sep 2007 21:34
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Awesome bike... Please tell me this project has taken more than 5 days from your first post, I assume you've been taking pics all along. How long have you been building it? :unsure:
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Re: 1978 KZ650 chop project...

13 Sep 2007 21:46
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from the point where I cut off the back of the frame til now has been 2 weeks.

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Re: 1978 KZ650 chop project...

13 Sep 2007 22:03
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I love what you've done with the bike, I think it looks fantastic B) Keep up the good work.. Are those the bars you're going to use or are you going 'ape'? :P

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Re: 1978 KZ650 chop project...

13 Sep 2007 22:35
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keepin the drag bars... btw I have about $1000 total in this project. and it'll spank the pants off those $30,000 billet trailer queens. and look good doin it too.

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Re: 1978 KZ650 chop project...

14 Sep 2007 00:32
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I think you've done really well and haven't spent too much on it. I'm not much of a chopper fan, but they are growing on me. I could totally see myself riding your bike, it looks awesome. I like the drag bars myself, :woohoo:

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Re: 1978 KZ650 chop project...

14 Sep 2007 00:35
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How is it stopping seeing that you only have a back brake?
What about panic stops:pinch:
BTW I like the chop looks cool.
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Re: 1978 KZ650 chop project...

14 Sep 2007 15:55
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and what mateiral are you useing on the seat?
78 KZ1000 work in progress in Hacienda Heights California and a 82 KZ1100 Spectra And a 1992 ZX11.

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Re: 1978 KZ650 chop project...

14 Sep 2007 16:40
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it stops better than you might think.

I used vinyl on the seat.

about 90% done now. better pics when the sun is out.

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Re: 1978 KZ650 chop project...

14 Sep 2007 20:48
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need a pic of you on the bike...I wanna see the stance...how it sits
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