Z1R Custom

I dont know how I missed this thread, but I'll be following from now on. Great work Les, can't wait to see it all come together. I will be starting a turbo KZ650 build in the next year, so this will be all good info for me I'm sure.

Les .... The flanges, you make them as well?

I'll be in PM contact....

Yeah, made them as well. Kinda like leon, I make what I can.

Here it is, fresh off the lift to clean garage. First time it has moved since the start of it's transformation.



Tell me what you think

Ten thumbs up! Thats gonna be some freaking machine!

awsome looking bike

Looks great Les, How does your rear shock and linkage feel?

Where I have the straps now it's a little soft, up 1 hole and it's pretty stiff. I need to make another sample link to compromise the 2.

ohhhhh sooooo prettyyyyyyyyyy :evil: Black is Beautiful :woohoo:

uuuuhhhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm! :ohmy:


NAILED IT!

rake looks right,stretch looks right .

a swing and a ding and it's over the back fence folks :evil: !

header looks like art work,you are buying your turbo flange? really !

them chrome wheels sure look nice,love the stance.

good job les,it is really cool to have such good fabricators on this site.

keep us posted,

leon

Yeah, that'll work! Very nice!

What is your wheelbase now? How much stretch in the swingarm?

Thanks leon and no, I'm just buying the gaskets and making the flanges I need, good catch. I need to order the tubing to go around to the turbo and the dump tubing. Sending all the exhaust out to jethot for coating. Should make for some nice eye candy.
testarossa, the wheelbase is 62-64 and the arm is 4 over with 2" of adjustment. I'll know more when on the road and tested but it looks like I may be able to go down to 3" over which is where a ZX6 arm is on length. Looking like I might be able to come in at around 400 for the kit minus the shock. I believe it's going to be a nice alternative to using donor arms and having to modify them and having to do a lot of work to the bike itself. Time will tell.