First bike, first project, have questions.

I bought this same auction for foam and 2 yards of this foam as a topper .

I got extra for redoing my seat. Also thinking of going more to a gunfighter style seat to make it back into a two person bike. Only time will tell.

KawiConvert wrote:

The pillows use a softer foam than mattresses and it works well for an 8lb head, but not a 180lb posterior. .

If she was 180 she would probably need a bigger bike. :laugh:

donthekawguy wrote:

KawiConvert wrote:

The pillows use a softer foam than mattresses and it works well for an 8lb head, but not a 180lb posterior. .

If she was 180 she would probably need a bigger bike. :laugh:

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Weight can be an issue, but I am well past 200lb's and I think a little 250 would be a blast. Thats just me though, some guys think a bigger bike compensates for poor self-confidence.

Alright on the weight though, if your head weighs 8lbs and your posterior weighs 108lb's the pillow is still little more than rounding off the sharp corners of the bolts in the seat pan.

Don't worry, OMR, although some do consider me a lady, I tend to prefer things that aren't suited to skirts. And I'm really not that easy to offend...

Forgot to mention, there's another reason why I asked as well... Another member here, no names, JORDAN... Is away at college and left his computer on with KZR logged on... Need I say more...

Well, his room mate added a line to his posting as a coming out of the closet homosexual... Us being the way we are, :blush: , had a little fun at Jordan's expense...

Unfortunately, we don't here much from him any longer, :huh: , too bad for we liked the kid and he does some really nice work... :laugh: :laugh:

Welcome aboard!

OMR

check outthe kz250 gallery there is one neat looking little cafe racer type bike in there use it for insperation goodluck and have alot of fun with it.

Both the boys are gone today so I had the garage and the house to myself. I got everything off and the little guy is down to a rolling chassis.
After sitting on it again and now looking at the bare frame, I know for sure that there will be some chopping. Also, those forks have got to go.
Now the hard part: waiting for the right parts before I start cutting into it...
Day 1 Before:

Day 1 After:

J, Looking at your' rolling chassis, have couple thoughts. 1st, that a KZ400D front end IE; disc brake and beefier forks and wheel might be an opt,(in this era, stem bearings were often same) as a wild assed guess, would also be an inch or so shorter. also, by cutting rear frame rails aft of shock mounts@ 3/4 thru, and heating, rear rails could be lowered to make them nearly parallel to rest of frame, (ie the rails below tank and leading to front of seat. this would allow fabbing a seat pan of nearly flat proportions. providing say a 2" pad for rider, (about minimum for extended comfort) and roughly a 4" drop from stock seat at rear. It would be nice, if say a cb450 or cb360 tank were of close enough in length to be fitted. random thoughts.and perhaps will spark your' own G

Choppin ya say, eh? Sounds intriguing. I can just hear the purists in here shuddering.

PS, If you decide to make your' own seat, I strongly rec. using old seat's foam as donor, as seat foam is very dense, a prerequistie for both comfort AND presenting a finished product that does't look like a sack of marbles/bean bag chair. g

Hi from Bay City, MI. I would keep surfing ebay for a "cafe seat", "clubman handle bars" and a Suzuki "GS450" gas tank not the tear drop style like you have but the square cafe type tank. Just my two cents.

Gane, thanks for the front end suggestions, I'll check that out. I was planning to lower the rear to make it parallel and have been eying up a couple H1-H2 triple tanks.
Not really sure what I'm going to do for bars yet, but I think that I will be avoiding the classic drop bars that appear in so many pictures.
Joerider, I grew up in Auburn! And I'm not keeping the teardrop tank.

This 400D front end...
I'd be much appreciative if someone can give me some info:
travel distance, OD of upper shock (in order to keep the triple tree that I have or will I have to replace that, too?), height (axle to top of tube, or some other defined distance), and any other swap-critical details I might need to know.

I'll be looking for one in the next month or so, so if anyone has one they'll be looking to get rid of, let me know.