my 650csr's transformation to the "RAT RACER"

hows it going guys
thought id let you guys all in on my project
turning mertle my kz650 csr into a rat rod cafe racer
CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICSM ONLY PLEASE

so this is how i got her










so the first thing i ended up doing was sandblasting the fender to get it down to raw metal





and i ended up with this



next up is stripping the gas tank

I'm doing the same thing ish. Here's my bike with slight photo shop

Steely wrote: I'm doing the same thing ish. Here's my bike with slight photo shop

That's so rad man
I'm doing the same with more of a rat rod styling to it
Primer pinstriping and some cool little "industrial" esque touches and a different seat
Btw did you swap your Forks or did you just push up your forks
I'm doing the latter
And
It looks like you made your seat and but stopper?

PS. Don't worry about them getting me down its my bike and I'll ruin it of I want too hahahaha bikes are made to be ridden the way YOU want to thanks for the support and encouraging words!!!

Yes I made my seat from scratch. I'm a welder by profession. And yes I pushed my forks up. Only possible to do with clip ons. Also my headlight is photo shopped lower in that pic and the gauges but when my new gauges come in I'll actually lower them that much. Also the tail Light is mounted inside the rear of the seat. The back of it is open

Also I painted my forks and Fender with rattle can. Going to paint the seat and tank with rattle can too. I'm going to try to paint them orange then completely black over it and wet sand some of the black off so the orange peeks through a little

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Steely wrote: Also I painted my forks and Fender with rattle can. Going to paint the seat and tank with rattle can too. I'm going to try to paint them orange then completely black over it and wet sand some of the black off so the orange peeks through a little

yeah im going with clip ons as well
and pushing the forks up i think im going to leave mine chrome tho
as for paint my plan was originally to leave everything bare metal
but now i think im going to go with grey primer everywhere and just the tank bare metal
as for the seat i was going to get a premade fiber glass one but the more i work on the bike the more i want to make it myself
unfortunately im not a great welder (only started literally a week ago) so we will all find out when i get there hahha
im redoing all my fuel line with either clear braided hose or metal not sure yet
is that the stock tank btw?

Nice work Steely.

Have you guys seen Chef Otto's 650CSR Cafe?

kzrider.com/forum/11-projects/379971-81-...ark-city-utah#379971

Thanks. Yes I've seen his and honestly great work but I don't like it that much. The white frame is not for me and the front end still looks very high to me. That's why I lowered mine and lowered the headlight and gauges. Plus the seat kinda rubs me a little wrong. With mine, I can still put the factory seat back on with some work. Not that hard

rstnick wrote: Nice work Steely.

Have you guys seen Chef Otto's 650CSR Cafe?

kzrider.com/forum/11-projects/379971-81-...ark-city-utah#379971

Yes I have
Its very clean and tidy
But a little too clean for me
Along with most of the points steely noted
Plus I intend to tuck most of the elctricals under the seat into the butt stopper hopefully if mechanically possible (if you have any knowledge of this it would be greatly appreciated)

Hey everyone just a little update
So about three weeks ago I took the bike to get the carbs tuned
Got it back home and unfortunately because of work I didn't ride it until yesterday. So I took it on some country roads and noticed that I had no power and by no power I mean I was throttle well open in fifth gear going 50 struggling for 55. I got it home and gave The bike a once over and this is What I found


Anybody notice something missing?

So guess what?
its back to the shop

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