Kamikaze Kawasaki

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Re: Kamikaze Kawasaki

25 Jun 2013 00:26
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The swingarm pics are finally up. Let me know what you think it is.
1976 KZ 900

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Re: Kamikaze Kawasaki

22 Jul 2013 13:41 - 22 Jul 2013 13:56
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Finally got everything to my new shop and unpacked. Everything set up and ready to begin again.
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Re: Kamikaze Kawasaki

22 Jul 2013 14:08
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Well 3 different browsers and still no pictures :angry: I will still post some updates on here, but if you guys are really interested in seeing pictures, your going to have to go to my facebook or business web site to see them. The trouble I have posting pictures here and trying to post in 3 different places, makes for a lot of work. So I will not post pictures here anymore.
You can see pics at www.speshop.com or www.facebook.com/SouthernPerformanceEngineering?ref=hl Thanks for the fun guys.
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Re: Kamikaze Kawasaki

22 Jul 2013 16:09 - 22 Jul 2013 16:10
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1976 KZ 900 B1 29 smoothbores, Kerker, Lester Mags
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Re: Kamikaze Kawasaki

22 Jul 2013 20:36
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Good Fortune! :)
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Re: Kamikaze Kawasaki

08 Aug 2013 16:01 - 08 Aug 2013 16:02
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Finally able to get some current pics up !
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Re: Kamikaze Kawasaki

06 Feb 2016 07:17
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Well guys, I'm finally able to pick up where I left off almost 3 years ago. While I've been away from this project, I have had this annoying thought in my head as what to do with the bike. After posting this project to kzrider, a few guys identified it as a 76 KZ900 LTD, first and last year for the beast. I am some what of a purist when it comes to rides of the past, so in comes the annoying thoughts of what I was originally going to do with the bike. Now I'm thinking of doing a restoration or an unmolested resto-mod, instead of the stretch and lowering I had originally planned for it. I would like to gets some opinions to help me get this project back on track and moving. The idea was to put as much custom work into to showcase the custom finish work that I do, but because of the molesting, I'm having second thoughts.
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Re: Kamikaze Kawasaki

06 Feb 2016 09:37
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Good idea, That swing arm is too long for this style bike IMO.
Plenty of parts on eBay.
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Went thru 25 of these in 40 yrs.
I SOLD OUT! THE KAW BARN IS EMPTY.
More room for The Old Girl, Harley 75 FLH Electra Glide,
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Re: Kamikaze Kawasaki

06 Feb 2016 10:01
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Well to be honest,Ive just flipped through your thread looking at the pictures. Started out good,nice project bike,yes,this could get interesting.
Oops no!
The extended swingarm spoils it.Looks like shit. Youve got a nice bike there you could do plenty to show off your customizing skills while retaining something of the essence of the original.The world doesnt need another impractical christmas tree decoration of a bike.Theres enough of them around.
Thats my opinion.
www.kzrider.com/forum/11-projects/594313-csr1000-project-build
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