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cafekz750's Cafe KZ750 Project 16 Mar 2008 12:17 #200377

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With the foot peg put in place.
1981 KZ750H2 - V&H 4-1 pipe, pods, jetted, clubmans, homebrew rearsets, 18" rear wheel and more.
Parting out a 1982 KZ750H3 to fund future projects
2 other non-Kawasaki motorcycles
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cafekz750's Cafe KZ750 Project 16 Mar 2008 12:20 #200378

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Now for the shifter build up. I cut the shift arm and used 5/16" hardware for the assembly. In the picture is a nylon bushing to keep everything in place. I originally was going to use a spring, but the tension was all wrong causing some binding and I thought this was a better solution to my problems.
1981 KZ750H2 - V&H 4-1 pipe, pods, jetted, clubmans, homebrew rearsets, 18" rear wheel and more.
Parting out a 1982 KZ750H3 to fund future projects
2 other non-Kawasaki motorcycles
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cafekz750's Cafe KZ750 Project 16 Mar 2008 12:20 #200379

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All together and ready to go.
1981 KZ750H2 - V&H 4-1 pipe, pods, jetted, clubmans, homebrew rearsets, 18" rear wheel and more.
Parting out a 1982 KZ750H3 to fund future projects
2 other non-Kawasaki motorcycles
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cafekz750's Cafe KZ750 Project 16 Mar 2008 12:22 #200380

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On the bike and bolted up.
1981 KZ750H2 - V&H 4-1 pipe, pods, jetted, clubmans, homebrew rearsets, 18" rear wheel and more.
Parting out a 1982 KZ750H3 to fund future projects
2 other non-Kawasaki motorcycles
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cafekz750's Cafe KZ750 Project 16 Mar 2008 12:24 #200382

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And another shot at the build up and linkage.
I should say that linkage came from another bike I had laying around here (I think a CL350) and I had an extra KZ750 shift lever that I bent and cut to fit the linkage.
1981 KZ750H2 - V&H 4-1 pipe, pods, jetted, clubmans, homebrew rearsets, 18" rear wheel and more.
Parting out a 1982 KZ750H3 to fund future projects
2 other non-Kawasaki motorcycles
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cafekz750's Cafe KZ750 Project 16 Mar 2008 12:26 #200383

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So now, this is what I have to ride.
1981 KZ750H2 - V&H 4-1 pipe, pods, jetted, clubmans, homebrew rearsets, 18" rear wheel and more.
Parting out a 1982 KZ750H3 to fund future projects
2 other non-Kawasaki motorcycles
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cafekz750's Cafe KZ750 Project 16 Mar 2008 12:29 #200384

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My next project is to work on the seat. I have an extra and I am planning have the rear seat turned into a hump that will flow into the fender.
1981 KZ750H2 - V&H 4-1 pipe, pods, jetted, clubmans, homebrew rearsets, 18" rear wheel and more.
Parting out a 1982 KZ750H3 to fund future projects
2 other non-Kawasaki motorcycles
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cafekz750's Cafe KZ750 Project 16 Mar 2008 12:43 #200391

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nice job. B)
76 KZ, frame gusset work,1200CC.Ported by Larry Cavanaugh, 1.5mm.over intakes, Carron Pipe, ZRX12 rear end, and seat,96zx9 front end.
01 CBR600F4i Track bike.
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cafekz750's Cafe KZ750 Project 16 Mar 2008 12:43 #200392

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Here is my last photo of the bike. I do have larger pictures of everything so let me know if you would like to see anything in better detail.
Here is one last shot until I get my seat done.
1981 KZ750H2 - V&H 4-1 pipe, pods, jetted, clubmans, homebrew rearsets, 18" rear wheel and more.
Parting out a 1982 KZ750H3 to fund future projects
2 other non-Kawasaki motorcycles
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cafekz750's Cafe KZ750 Project 17 Mar 2008 09:01 #200550

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That is looking really good. Nice work on your rear sets. You said you had lots of comfortable miles on your prior set up, how do you like the new set up as far as any sort of distance ride. 50/100 miles?
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cafekz750's Cafe KZ750 Project 17 Mar 2008 10:58 #200574

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jrjstuff wrote:

That is looking really good. Nice work on your rear sets. You said you had lots of comfortable miles on your prior set up, how do you like the new set up as far as any sort of distance ride. 50/100 miles?


There is the rub; I have not had a chance to take the bike for a spin of this distance. It is still winter here in Wisconsin. I will say that the foot pegs feel great (like my FJ) but the handle bars feel lower. I usually don't ride this KZ for more than 300 miles in a day. I am wondering how this will feel at the end of that distance.
Time will tell!
1981 KZ750H2 - V&H 4-1 pipe, pods, jetted, clubmans, homebrew rearsets, 18" rear wheel and more.
Parting out a 1982 KZ750H3 to fund future projects
2 other non-Kawasaki motorcycles

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cafekz750's Cafe KZ750 Project 17 Mar 2008 11:00 #200575

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Here is a picture photo-chopped to show what I would like to do with the extra seat I have.
1981 KZ750H2 - V&H 4-1 pipe, pods, jetted, clubmans, homebrew rearsets, 18" rear wheel and more.
Parting out a 1982 KZ750H3 to fund future projects
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