new kz650 owner

Title: www.its-titles.com/

Rust in the tank: Washers, not BBs. Washers contact more surface area than a BB. Put a few handfulls of washers in the tank and some oil and start swooshin' back-and-forth. Burns the love handles off, too. :ohmy: BBs won't work. I've tried both. You could also use Rustal (from Sudco), it works too, but man it is expensive.

Good luck!
-KR

PS> The washers in the tank isn't going to work on one day. Put the mix in the tank, swoosh it back-and-forth; you won't make 5 minutes ... it'll gas you out pretty quick (pun intended). Then come back and do it again in when you're ready. Do it a few times every night and it oughta be ready in about a week, depending on the rust.

Thanks to all for your valauble advice so far.

so it seems it may be tricky to get my untitiled 650 on the road, i am thinking i am looking at titled frame and switching the parts over as the answer.

does anyone have any advice on this and where i could best pick up such a frame.

Thanks.

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Bad Kaw is correct if you want or need to burn off love handles doing the mamba with the tank as a dance partner for a week will probably do the trick. But as for BB's not working I just got done doing a tank and it came out fine. My father and my uncle both used BB's according to my father. Maybe there are defective BB's out there. They are also cheaper unless you have a few handfuls if bolts, nuts and washers lying around. It's just tumbling media. You can even buy some special tumbling media at your local Harbor Freight or such store if you want. I'm not sure I would use oil in the tumbling media as it might interfere with the contact of the media against the metal of the tank. Either way should work but I know I wouldn't wait a week dancing and I'd use the dryer but make sure to seal it good and use lots of stuffing and use the no heat cycle. Otherwise go ahead and dance away those love grab rails before they turn into saddlebags. :blink:

The title thing seems to be the real problem in Cali. I'd give a call to the DMV to find out my options but expect the worse. Someone was saying you can have problems even getting a frame from another state. Wishing you luck.

M. WATKINS wrote: Hi,

3) Whats the best (easiest) product/method to de-rust a tank that is overall pretty solid?

4) I am not bad with the wrenches but more used to the later gpz models, what can i expect as typical
Matt.

See these links:


forums.kz650.info/index.php?topic=5215.0

Another try;

Thanks for the tips so far....whilst at a bike breakers today i got into a conversation with a guy that worked there regarding the title problem.......he told me that he had managed to successfully register 2 bikes in the last 3 years by telling the dmv that the bike was a gift from his grandfather...he said all he needed was a note stating this from his grandfather and they let him get a new title....has ayone heard of anything like this?

its worth a go i think.