Why did you go for a project?

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28 Apr 2013 17:50 #584491 by faffi

Why did you go for a project? was created by faffi

The reasons can be many; want to improve on the stock item, lusting for different styling, wanting something unusual, loving the build process etc.

What was your motive(s)?

1977 KZ650B1
1980 F1 engine
B1 3-phase alternator
B1 Points ignition

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28 Apr 2013 20:34 - 28 Apr 2013 20:54 #584519 by zukdave

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To this.

Enough said !!!

1980 KZ650 F1
ZX750A1 motor.
Wiseco 810cc kit.
Zukiworks racing ported head.
VM 29 smooth bore's.
Dyna 2000 Ign. w/Dyna mini coil's
APE cylinder stud's and nut's.
APE valve spring's.
APE Track King clutch.
V/H KZ1000 sidewinder.
3.5x18 laced to a KZ1000 disk hub.
150/60/18 Shinko 006 Podium.
63" wheel base.

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28 Apr 2013 22:16 - 28 Apr 2013 22:24 #584538 by jonarmstrong

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Zukdave. That's Bad Ass!! I started my bike cause I thought it would be cheap. I was wrong! I do love the old bike and its been a learning experience. I've put together a couple of V8s but this was my first bike build. I'll never sell it!

82 Kz1000 gpz1100 cams dyna ignition kerker k&n

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28 Apr 2013 22:39 #584543 by KZJOE900

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jonarmstrong wrote: Zukdave. That's Bad Ass!! I started my bike cause I thought it would be cheap. I was wrong! I do love the old bike and its been a learning experience. I've put together a couple of V8s but this was my first bike build. I'll never sell it!

+1 Jon! In the end, with the amount I have put into the bike (not counting my own labor), I could have purchased a nice example with all the work already done. But I must say, it was easier justifying the initial purchase cost to may wife. So in retrospect, I didn't have much of a choice, but to buy a project bike

Current project 76 KZ900 (This was a Vetter model)
76 KZ900
81 XJ550H SECA (Current Project)
82 XJ550R SECA
Past:
86 FJ1200
74 Z1900
72 CB450

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28 Apr 2013 22:48 #584544 by justfreaky

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Initial cost can be a reason... A good one for some of us.
I think that one has to have a love for doing the work themselves and seeing the end results. That's my motivation.

Steve

1980 Kawasaki KZ1000 B4 LTD
1981 Suzuki XS1100 Special
1984 Honda VF500

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28 Apr 2013 22:51 #584545 by jonarmstrong

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82 Kz1000 gpz1100 cams dyna ignition kerker k&n

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28 Apr 2013 23:18 #584550 by kzz1king

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1) I like to tinker/mod/cut/weld
2) I don't trust other peoples work that much
3) It is fun and rewarding
4) I like the planning/researching

Wayne

74 Z1 1075, 29 smoothbores, owned and ridden since 1976
Home built KZ1000 turbo setup

www.kzrider.com/forum/11-projects/532476...s-budget-turbo-build

www.kzrider.com/forum/11-projects/532489-74-z-makeover

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28 Apr 2013 23:24 #584552 by Jrbrownie00

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kzz1king wrote: 1) I like to tinker/mod/cut/weld
2) I don't trust other peoples work that much
3) It is fun and rewarding
4) I like the planning/researching

Wayne

I'm with you. I also wanted a cheap way into a bike.

82' kz750 ltd.

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28 Apr 2013 23:30 #584555 by Haybus

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Keeps me from becoming one with the recliner watching endless crap on TV. When I got the bike I started looking at pictures and thought, I gotta make one of those street fighters.

1976 KZ900 LTD (sort of)
2005 FJR
2009 Hayabusa
www.kzrider.com/forum/11-projects/557845...-streetfighter-build

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29 Apr 2013 01:07 - 29 Apr 2013 01:09 #584577 by zukdave

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Jon thank's that first pic was the moring after I got it and
rode it home for $500 and now I'm in for about
$1800 total.
Go's 12.0's no bar all day and can
still ride it to work all week.

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1979 kz 750 OUCH, IT SPARKED

29 Apr 2013 15:11 #584681 by jacksdad

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Honestly, never intended to get a bike, then one day at work an olds timer and I were talking, said he has this Kawasaki that he couldn't get running, well, I love a challenge so I told him bring it to my house, and lo and behold, two Weeks later, running bike, when I told him hesaid you can have it for 200 dollars, I thought is just flip it, make a couple hundred, nah, that didn't work out.
I bought the bug.

1979 kz750 twin cyl.

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29 Apr 2013 17:01 #584691 by Mark Wing

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Well my bike got wrecked.
Mark

Jesus loves you Everyone else thinks your an ***

77 KZ650 C1 with ZX7 forks, GPZ mono rear, wider 18 police wheels and Yoshimura motor.

Yorba Linda Cal.

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