Doctorot's '78 KZ1000 build

Nice, I'd like to hear that pipe. What kind of tach and speedo are they?
Steve

I'd like to hear this pipe too. GPS speedo and tach by Speedhut.

Wow Vic.
Your doing an awesome job on this build!

Looking good Doc. You will love the pipe. You may want ear plugs. There is a startup video in my build thread if you want a teaser.

I didn't want to make you read through 20+ pages to find a video. Here is what it sounds like. This video does NOT do the pipe justice. My earson literally hurt from running the bike in the garage.

Haven't had a chance to read through the thread yet, so sorry if this has been answered. Where did you get that seat mount/bracket thing from? The piece underside the seat that looks like a big spike. And the headlight mounts, any source on those? Love the bike!

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mslevin wrote: Haven't had a chance to read through the thread yet, so sorry if this has been answered. Where did you get that seat mount/bracket thing from? The piece underside the seat that looks like a big spike. And the headlight mounts, any source on those? Love the bike!

the "spike" is one off. The seat latch is off an atv that i cant remember the name of but this is pretty much what i have.



the headlight ears are one off as well. if you go to page 12 you can see their fabrication.

I'm torn in-between doing vinyl pinstripes and clearing over them or painting the pinstripes on and then clearing. I'm worried that if i paint them they wont be very crisp and the red will take many layers to get it bright over the grey. Vinyl is so easy to apply. I bought this vinyl pinstripe but the red is semi-transparant and not nearly as bright as I want it to be. maybe hand pinstriped?

Im finally tackling another one of the things I have been dreading to deal with. When I had the machinist make the caliper mounts he made them so there was not enough clearance between the fork bosses and the holes he milled. Every time I bolted them on they would sit in a different position and didn't seem to be parallel to the disk. I realized the mounts were binding on the fork tubes so I sanded them down so they wouldn't bind. After that the calipers hit the spokes. I put them on the shelf for 2 years.

I drew up a new bracket in CAD and laser cut the profile out of .060" acrylic so I could stack them to get the correct spacing. After some tweaking I have finalized the design. I think its better than the original as i put the bracket behind the fork bosses and caliper so everything tucks in tighter. I am taking one out of Slikwilli's book; I'm going to have the bracket waterjet cut out of 7075 and then manually mill the rest.

very nice work :evil: !

leon

So i decided to paint the pinstripes with 1 Shot sign paint. they make a special hardener (4007) and reducer (6001) so that it can be applied under urethane clears. I sprayed a test piece out and prepped the rest of everything.