The Mosquito!

Love the bike! I played around with your badge a little and thickened it. Do with it what you want.

The badges are what came on the Mojave tank. I tried to get a local pin striper/kustom painter guy to do them WWII bomber art style. He had them for months and just wouldn't do them, so I got them back and an art major that works at my Dad's office painted them for me....for free.

Proxy, I like! The badges are small, though....less than 3" across.

Waiting on throttle cable and I'll get her back on the road.

Just finished reading the build. awesome job man. I am working on my 78 kz200 and have gotten alot of good ideas from your build. looks amazing for just being spray bombed, which i love. Luckily i won't have to modify my frame as you did since i have straight rails being that its a 78. Cafe's are amazing really tells a lot about the individuals that ride them and make them.

I'm a vw junkie, i think its really cool you repurposed an old beetle stinger exhaust. Good work and thanks for all the helpful tips. I hope mine comes out as clean as yours

scott s wrote:

indianajames wrote: hey scott in the last photo it looks as if your carb is leaning or twisted to the throttle side . just illusion?

That's because it's loose in the manifold from where I removed the broken throttle cable. Good eye, though!

I was half-expecting your answer to be that it was intentional for circle track riding. Nice looking bike....makes me miss my first (kz250D1)...fun little bikes (just not a good size for big guys like me )

~clutch

As requested, some vids of the muffler and a quick fly-by.
It took a little work, but we got the KZ200 throttle cable to work. I'm going to take it out for a spin today and see what parts fall off next!

Brings back memories! I forgot how the exhaust on the 250's made it seem like a much bigger bike!


EDIT: Where did you find that foam for your cafe seat? I am looking for something similar to that myself...

There was a guy on ebay selling it. I got a bunch of scraps for less than the guys selling it with the tag "cafe racer" on it!
I have some left over. PM me with how much you need and a zip, maybe I can help you out.

Thanks for posting the videos. What a cool project.

you and your dad did a great job on that old bike.

your bike turned out awesome!

you guys done a great job,congrats on job well done.

leon