KZ650 Semi Street Fighter Build

79MKII wrote: Great design and execution...you have to have a strong mount for a mono like that. Better safe than sorry for sure. If you put a brace on the front like the one on the back you might have a nice place for a tool kit?

+1- use the space productively

Thanks for all the complements guys! Not looking to pull a boat but in a pinch being able to pull my 24' enclosed would be nice...

Leon, yes it's all tig welded. The crappy looking welds are probably mine, a buddy came over to help me make progress and reminded me why I don't weld for a living. lol

I've been working on getting the battery, electronics, and a storage compartment designed for the area front and back of the shock mount. That's one of the reasons I didn't go ahead and weld in the cross brace, as it might get integrated better into the overall design.

That and a few other details hopefully to come this weekend, then paint/powdercoat/coat and ride!

Back to work! Getting all the little details ironed out with hopes of riding this weekend.

Lots of tabs for electronics, brake reservoirs, etc. Got the exhaust mounted and I'm happy with it. Of course how does the old saying go, 1 step forward, 2 steps backwards? My exhaust bracket now interferes with my rear master cylinder but that was a pretty easy fix to get spaced out.

Couple pics of the exhaust mount:




(sorry for the blurry pic)

I set the sag on the bike and was tweaking the ride height when I ran across some pretty pimp "lowering linkages", and had to get them just for the bling factor. Their range is 0-3" on a GSXR. I have them basically at 0 with the shim for the shorter shock in place and . I have another shock that's a tad longer and even though I designed the upper shock mount to accept shims to adjust height I thought these would be nice too.





Now it's time to blow it back apart and get some paint on the frame/swingarm. Just going to spraybomb the back half for now so I can get on the bike. I'll strip it back down this winter to do a little more work on the frame and powder coat everything then.

Only lacking detail at this point is the offset sprocket and I think a fellow Okie is going to take care of me in that department.

really nice details sir.

leon

Looking great! Very well done. I'm going to learn how to weld one of these days....

This looks amazing, man. I hope my project turns out half this nice.

Can't wait to see a few glamour shots now that the back end is on!

your work is awesome man i always find myself looking at your thread.

bike is looking great man.

i have a sneaking suspicion you and i got our inspiration from the same place?????

Yeah, that's the pic that started it all... Such a cool bike!

Ederer wrote: Yeah, that's the pic that started it all... Such a cool bike!

More pics of that bike? I would love to see how they routed the exhaust!

CruisingRam wrote:

Ederer wrote: Yeah, that's the pic that started it all... Such a cool bike!

More pics of that bike? I would love to see how they routed the exhaust!

I've seen more floating around but this is the only other one I managed to save.

Found one more: