1977 KZ1000 Street/Strip Project

All done! Until I find something else to pull apart. :laugh:





Next projects, new front master cylinder, re-jet, and re-sync the carbs.

I didn't want to run a gp shift on mine so I scored a Honda 1100XX blackbird shifter that was pretty close to the right length to work with my rearsets

I think my old Z1 (see posts) would break your heart. You have a long way to go to make it a truly fast ride....good luck but dont mess with my old 75 Z1.

outofgas52 wrote:

I think my old Z1 (see posts) would break your heart. You have a long way to go to make it a truly fast ride....good luck but dont mess with my old 75 Z1.

So, I see you made one post 3 and a half years ago that has no pictures in it anymore, and your second post ever on this forum is to tell me I have a long way to go to have a fast bike, and that you old one was faster.


Um, ok.

tachrev...bike looks great. Definitely looks like you take pride in what you do. So...outofgas52...how fast is your "old Z1" anyeay?

Great looking bike. The tach looks great and I would be interested to see how the swingarm works out.


outofgas52 wrote:

I think my old Z1 (see posts) would break your heart. You have a long way to go to make it a truly fast ride....good luck but dont mess with my old 75 Z1.

Haha, seriously? Inferiority complex?

outofgas52 wrote:

I think my old Z1 (see posts) would break your heart. You have a long way to go to make it a truly fast ride....good luck but dont mess with my old 75 Z1.

Don't ya just hate it when you accidentally leave your computer on when your sister comes over and brings her 12 year old brat-of-a-son with her! :laugh:

Thanks for the comments. I actually will have some updates to it soon.

Jimbo302 wrote:

Great looking bike. The tach looks great and I would be interested to see how the swingarm works out.

As for the swingarm, that should be going on this winter, along with a few other parts I have lying about. If I can scrape up a few more things(fuel pump and regulator), I should have a blowthrough turbo under the seat come next season.

We'll see. Don't like the pull it apart when the weather is good for ridin'. :silly:

It's been a year, time for an update.

It sat under a cover all summer long, no money to spare for insurance or tires!

I now have the bike at my friends shop, so I can actually start doing some serious work to it.

Here is the mockup of the swingarm:







The wheel is actually going on my friends Norton, we just stuck it on my KZ to see how a 17" would look.

The swingarm is from a 98 Katana 600.

Also, we added rearsets:





These came from a ZRX, and the hug the frame like they were made for a KZ.

We used coupling nuts and a little metal spacer welded to the frame to mount them up.

I'll get some pictures of that when I take them back off.

Looking to swap my Gemini header for a Street Sidewinder, if anyone is interested.

Mines in good shape, the muffler is a little beat up though.

Good ground clearance for cornering, not so good for a lowered drag bike! :silly:

Next update: Swingarm fitting and 02 Katana 600 4.5" wheel!

looking good tachrev we used katana(700?)stuff for my buddies kz.we used the front and rear off the kat.worked out pretty well.


keep us posted,

leon

I knew somebody had!

When I stuck the 4.5" Kat wheel on, it looked like I might run into problems with the chain hitting the shocks.

I need a tire and a scrap chain to test with to be sure. Looks awfully close.

Might have to get the sprocket carrier machined down.

It looks like in your picture you used the older katana wheels with the swept spokes. They are 3.5".

Did you have any chain clearance issues?

Do you remember what width tire? I'll be running a 170 Shinko Stealth.

The swingarm was pretty easy, it would make for a very easy monoshock swap.

prolly right about the wheels being older tachrev.it does seem like he had a 160 tire.we used an offset countershaft sprocket(3/8's)i believe,i don't recall shock and chain problems.
the swingarm is an easy swap tho.

leon