Peavylotus' Rebuild of the KZ Cafe

peavylotus wrote: ... Does anyone know what size to look for when searching for a banjo bolt that can hold two brake lines so I can delete the bulky splitter?
Also, when looking for a after market master cylinder, what size am I looking for.

Perhaps this --
www.z1enterprises.com/ItemDetails.aspx?i....25mm&item=KS12-0012

5/8" bore master cylinder.

Good Fortune!

Patton wrote:

peavylotus wrote: ... Does anyone know what size to look for when searching for a banjo bolt that can hold two brake lines so I can delete the bulky splitter?
Also, when looking for a after market master cylinder, what size am I looking for.

Perhaps this --
www.z1enterprises.com/ItemDetails.aspx?i....25mm&item=KS12-0012

5/8" bore master cylinder.

Good Fortune!

Holy Crap...That's exactly what I wanted. Thank you man.

Also about who I am going through to bore the cylinders and I am going through pit-stop performance its not in Seattle but Florida. I couldn't find anyone in Seattle to bore 'em.

Bought more parts...FML! haha well I guess its more like FMBank account haha. School is starting back up so I feel like splurging before I am broke for an entire year. Always telling myself 'I only need ONE MORE THING!' hahaha

i know how u feel about the wallet i flip mine over and dust pops out. :woohoo: cant wait to see how she comes out

lightitup wrote: i know how u feel about the wallet i flip mine over and dust pops out. :woohoo: cant wait to see how she comes out

Yeah same here, I am looking forward to it. Next project with it is building a seat, so stoked.

nice i had a fun time reshaping mine after i get it running and put a few miles on mine i got a tail fender to build with a inter graded tail light which im really looking forward.

lightitup wrote: nice i had a fun time reshaping mine after i get it running and put a few miles on mine i got a tail fender to build with a inter graded tail light which im really looking forward.

Nice, are you modifying one of the duck tails or building one from scratch? I'd be interested to see how it turns out. I have seen sweet mods like running the exhaust from under the duck tails as well.

going to most likely build my own out of sheet metal or if i can find a cheap tail on craigslist or the bike junkyard by my house but i still have a lot to do before i get on that project. and if i ever do a mono shock swing arm swap im going to do a under tail exhaust :whistle:

Hell yeah man, The mono shock KZ's are the way to go cause they look so angry, like dirtbikes...big mean dirtbikes. I had to abandon any monoshock plans for my bike because of the lack of resources...a welder haha, the most important piece to that puzzle ha.

hahaha i got one of those so i should be ok :evil: i know ive read some where on the boards that there have been some people that make mount that u bolt in i just cant remember the details about it i will try and find it again.

peavylotus wrote: Hell yeah man, The mono shock KZ's are the way to go cause they look so angry, like dirtbikes...big mean dirtbikes. I had to abandon any monoshock plans for my bike because of the lack of resources...a welder haha, the most important piece to that puzzle ha.

I like both personally. They both have cool looks to to them. I like the clean look of the monoshock but I also like the dated look of the 2 rears, it reminds me of what these bikes are.

Have a look at the new commando;

That Norton is awesome, I hopefully can get a set of good shocks for the KZ so it updates the handling a little bit, my shocks are spent and ugly since the springs started to rust.

But, I made some progress today. I went through and took my time measuring the dimensions on the frame so I could get as close to a snug fit as I could. Here is my process in picture form.

The seat looks short and wide but since I trimmed the frame a bit It looks a bit fat. I am hoping it turns out in the looks department. I tried my hardest at emulating the KZ tail look.

Materials for template




Block of clay

Overall shape

first layer of fiberglass and epoxy resin