Doctorot's '78 KZ1000 build

I'll probably go with the bearings from APE since they are a fraction of the cost of OEM which is just NTN/NSK bearings anyway. I inspected everything closer tonight and the only damage I can see is some slight burnishing on the shaft where the bearing sits. I can't feel any imperfection and the other bearing fits on there perfectly with zero slop. 

IMHO as long as the debris is out and none of the gears are chipped I see no reason for it to not "go again" - could have been soooo much worse 
PS: what does the clutch look like after those 5th gear pull aways ?

back in action

 

Yay!

That looks like the 7/11 on Nickerson. Did they move the Backfire Moto again?

 It sure is. Moved to 2- kick coffee off Nickerson. Cheapest beer prices I have seen in the city. I’ve been to bike nights all up and down the west coast and I think backfire has the most interesting mix of bikes. 

I was never totally happy with the Tarozzi rear sets on this bike. The peg location was too high, too far back, and too wide for my liking.  The levers were too short for my size 13 feet and the angle of them meant I occasionally pushed them unintentionally with the side of my foot dragging the rear brake. On top of that I didn't like how chunky they looked.  Pretty much the only things I like about them were the mechanism to keep the kick-start I developed and the rubber on the pegs.

Last year I did a control system retrofit  and complete re-wire on a Bridgeport Boss CNC knee mill. Ive been teaching my self CNC machining and this project really pushed my ability to design, engineer, program, and manufacture these parts. I learned a lot along the way. 

I still need to anodize them and modify the kickstand for clearance but they are functionaly done.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Top shelf work as always Doc, I love them. Aftermarket generally looks "aftermarket" but custom pieces like this look like they belong. This is the sort of standard I would expect to see from the likes of Bimota

Outstanding work Doc!  Love the articulation for kick start clearance.  The design and fabrication shows inventiveness and skill!

BTW, is that mill in your home workshop?  Or, are you doing some after hours tinkering where you work?  Where I recently retired from, we had two different CNC Brideports, older versions than yours I think.  Made in the 1980's.  The control systems were aging on ours.  Had to bring in a repair contractor a time or two, to replace PCB's and so forth.  Bridgeport is no longer supporting with PCB's, but there is some company that refurbs the boards to keep the machines running.  Our machinist loved them, regardless.  Even for simple tasks, he used the CNC instead of the manual Lagun mill we also had.  

Great work Doc, just shows that you are never too old to learn new skills and techniques. The outcome looks awesome.
Rich.

Nessism wrote:

Outstanding work Doc!  Love the articulation for kick start clearance.  The design and fabrication shows inventiveness and skill!

BTW, is that mill in your home workshop?  Or, are you doing some after hours tinkering where you work?  Where I recently retired from, we had two different CNC Brideports, older versions than yours I think.  Made in the 1980's.  The control systems were aging on ours.  Had to bring in a repair contractor a time or two, to replace PCB's and so forth.  Bridgeport is no longer supporting with PCB's, but there is some company that refurbs the boards to keep the machines running.  Our machinist loved them, regardless.  Even for simple tasks, he used the CNC instead of the manual Lagun mill we also had.  

 

This is in my home garage. This is an early 80's Bridgeport Boss CNC fitted with a Heidenhaine control system. This originally was in use at Nasa's Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena so primarily used for prototyping and has low hours and wear on it. I retro fitted with Centroid CNC control system and upgraded a bunch of the components while i was at it as well. I also added a VFD for the spindle motor so I can run this on single phase power. 
 

DoctoRot wrote:

Nessism wrote:

Outstanding work Doc!  Love the articulation for kick start clearance.  The design and fabrication shows inventiveness and skill!

BTW, is that mill in your home workshop?  Or, are you doing some after hours tinkering where you work?  Where I recently retired from, we had two different CNC Brideports, older versions than yours I think.  Made in the 1980's.  The control systems were aging on ours.  Had to bring in a repair contractor a time or two, to replace PCB's and so forth.  Bridgeport is no longer supporting with PCB's, but there is some company that refurbs the boards to keep the machines running.  Our machinist loved them, regardless.  Even for simple tasks, he used the CNC instead of the manual Lagun mill we also had.  


 

This is in my home garage. This is an early 80's Bridgeport Boss CNC fitted with a Heidenhaine control system. This originally was in use at Nasa's Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena so primarily used for prototyping and has low hours and wear on it. I retro fitted with Centroid CNC control system and upgraded a bunch of the components while i was at it as well. I also added a VFD for the spindle motor so I can run this on single phase power. 

 

Puts a whole new slant on the term "shed build"