Freshening up...

Well done!
How about a vid of you riding the machine?:woohoo:

Excellent.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh... I love that gurgling sound... Sweet!

I can't wait for that day on my project....

Well done!

OMR

My bike left the shop for the first time today, like it was leaving the nest or something. -sob- I get a little verklempt.



It ran pretty good, felt really good in the corners, but it wasn't charging for some reason and pretty soon the battery wasn't making enough voltage to run the coils. I had to call my pops to bring the jumper cables (just a couple miles from the house). All told, I rode 6.5 miles today.



It only took a couple seconds on the cables to give it the juice to get home, and tonight I discovered that the fuse that it was eating wasn't supposed to be there, anyway (between the hot lug on the starter relay and the reg/rec... I don't know why I routed it through that fuse, I guess just because it was there LOL). I'll do some more probing tomorrow, see if it'll let me ride it some more.

looks like a canidate for BOTM to me...a low buck beuty built by a clever determined rider

That same scenario happened to me -holly crap- 25 years ago... I had re-built from the frame up a Suzuki GS440...
I know, I know but I couldn't afford a KZ back then...

Anyways, I painted the frame and once all completed had the exact same thing happened, wouldn't hold a charge. Turned out, piss poor ground to the frame where I painted.

I was pissed at myself and felt like a dumb ass for making that one little blunder.

Voltage out, no charge voltage back in, make bike no worky!

Just a thought...

And buff the motor will ya, so you can stop hearing me say that... :laugh:

OMR

Thanks, y'all!

I fixed the charging problem, rode her probably 25 miles or so yesterday, enough to learn that this thing is exquisitely uncomfortable. Came back, tweaked a few things, rode her some more.

I'm shopping around for gel seat pads...

I need to check valve clearances again, as I'm sure they've drifted since the valves have seated. #4 exhaust valve ticks a little louder than I like...

More pics!

Here's the old man, checking it out:

For future knowledge, And the charging problem was....?

OMR

I discovered that the fuse that it was eating wasn't supposed to be there, anyway (between the hot lug on the starter relay and the reg/rec... I don't know why I routed it through that fuse, I guess just because it was there LOL).

BOTM.Come on Guys!:silly: This is what it's all about.