MY KZ1000 1980 XXX project

I can't believe that I missed this post with the video. Never realized that this bike was running. Mean machine.

Long time since I updated about the project, I went to work in Africa Angola for Few months, So i do not have the time.
I ordered a gsxr1000 Front.
When i will got back to Israel I would like the system for some changes.
Down for more small details.

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i been wondering about you yuvalbo1.
that is a really nice front end that you have there,i recently acquired one like it for my build .

what type of work do you do?

keep us posted and don't stay away so long,

leon

531blackbanshee wrote:

i been wondering about you yuvalbo1.
that is a really nice front end that you have there,i recently acquired one like it for my build .

what type of work do you do?

keep us posted and don't stay away so long,

leon

Thanks Leon
I'm curious about what you build !?......
I'm building a chicken farm for Angola's agriculture minister.
Already worked in the past few years in Africa.
Today I make a special project for few months.
left at the end of the world :lol:

i sell forklift parts by day and do custom machine and fab work at my home shop.

i have kwik-way boring bars,sunnen hones,mitutoyo,mics and bore guages,sioux and kwik-way valve grinding equipment,c&c specialties porting equipment.
i can bore and hone anything from 50cc singles up to 727cc singles and everything in between.
i have a big lathe,little mill,welding equipment for mig,tig,stick,hot saws,cold saws,band saws,tubing bender.
i like to help folks keep these old bikes on the road.

here is my z1r that i custom built the swingarm and slid a yamaha r1 wheel under.it is the project that i am going to stick the gsxr frontend like yours under with a r1 front wheel to match the rear.



leon

It look like pretty cruel machine!

yuvalbo1 wrote:

It look like pretty cruel machine!

hehe,and only getting crueler by each mod :laugh: !

i am thinking that gold and black front end with the matching front black wheel and some big gold rotors to match the gold caliper's will only help :evil:

leon

Hey leon, this is freakin weird, I building a black Z1R, Have bridgport mill, lathe, tubing bender, band saw, Lincoln mig welder, miller syncrowave tig/stick welder and there will be a 3 axis cnc before the years out. What's the odds of parallel hobbies and likes. Also have a 78 KZ1000, a 76 900 and a 74 900.

oh les,
why do you think i have been following your build so close. :huh:
it is like i have an alter ego living and building a custom z1r in indiana :evil:.
haha,great minds think alike.
it is a very good thing you and i don't live any closer.our wives would probably boot us both out.my wife say's that i am bad enough without someone egging me on :laugh: .



leon

Oh I know, I agreed to build a gazebo in my back yard by the lake this summer to have our wedding in or I wouldn't be getting the garage time I'm getting now. I wish there were more kz people closer to me but it prolly wouldn't be a good thing in the end. I spend a lot of free time out there as it is:laugh: I also have engine building tools but not for bigger stuff, can bore up to 3-1/8, flow up to 80 cfm, and dyno up to 50 h.p.. Haven't used that stuff since the boys started chasing girls and quit karting.
Maybe we'll cross paths on the road somedayB)

les holt wrote:

Oh I know, I agreed to build a gazebo in my back yard by the lake this summer to have our wedding in or I wouldn't be getting the garage time I'm getting now. I wish there were more kz people closer to me but it prolly wouldn't be a good thing in the end. I spend a lot of free time out there as it is:laugh: I also have engine building tools but not for bigger stuff, can bore up to 3-1/8, flow up to 80 cfm, and dyno up to 50 h.p.. Haven't used that stuff since the boys started chasing girls and quit karting.
Maybe we'll cross paths on the road somedayB)

I can see it now:2 black z1rs on an open stretch of highway 66 in lets say .... nebraska! :laugh:
anyway the 2 zirs are feeling pretty good about themselves when suddenly out of nowhere goes a blue flash of dust covered z1 on its way to the track! :blink: that damn plummen/lectrician! :laugh: