New Member / 78 KZ 1000 Rebuild Project

Hi All,

Sold my Harley in September and picked this bike up from my dad in October. The bike had not ran for two years, got bike running and rode until snow fell in Minnesota. Have been busy updating frame, suspension, wheels, brakes, & wiring since start of December. All comments are welcome and appreciated. Thanks for all of the great posts, I have learned a lot in the last 30 days and really enjoy the Forum.

Cheers
Rick



Orginal bike in background



Mount for rear sets from Z1000




Rear sets from Z1000, need passenger pegs for my 8 year old daughter





Intial stance for suspension setup






Steel plate to mount coils inside battery area and to enclose all battery area





Coil mount






Steel side plate to enclose battery area with all wiring & key mount on side of battery box





Rear Interior Splash Guard to seal off battery area

love the stance.
can't wait to see how it turns out.

leon

I like where this is going

what frontend and wheels are you using?

all the fab work looks good,did you machine out the bungs?

i got your bracket done.

here is a pic of it next to a stocker,





is your frame back from the powdercoaters yet?

keep us posted,

leon

Front end is 2001 ZX6
Front Wheel is 2005 zzr600
Rear Wheel is 1999 ZX6

I had a local machine shop help me with the stem/lower triple tree and shim for rear swing arm bolt. Will not get the frame back from powder coater until mid Feb, will post additional pictures durning final assembly.

Bracket looks great and thanks for the kind words.

Leon


The fit and finish on the rear caliper bracket are awesome, thank you for your help sir.


Rick

Cheap and effective head light mount for larger fork tubes using exhaust tubing and stock headlight brackets.





Drilled out welds and expanded stock bracket.




Cut to desired length & welded stock bracket to exhaust tube.









Will post updated picture after paint.

Great idea on the headlight brackets! Sweet.
Wayne

glad you like the bracket.
good idea on your headlight brackets.

keep us posted on your progress,

leon

The frame is back from powdercoating, starting final assembly.

Looks awesome!

this thing is really looking good.
i like the risers.
the gold wheels and tires also get my approval :evil: .
what is the paint job going to look like?

leon