GPz550 Project Bike at a snail's pace

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Re: GPz550 Project Bike at a snail's pace

10 Mar 2014 11:40

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Looks good so far (I guess it's only 2D printing at the moment :laugh: ). But that will be a nice bracket when done.

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Re: GPz550 Project Bike at a snail's pace

10 Mar 2014 17:52 - 11 Mar 2014 05:48

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Thanks lou, I'm a big fan of the 3rd dimension so it can only get better.

Took some brake cleaner and wire wheels to my exhaust and than hit it with several coats of flat black BBQ paint and cured it with my kerosene heater. This didn't include the chrome megaphone, that's in pretty good shape. Also stripped the front end to sell some more parts

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11 Mar 2014 05:45

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progress progress progress !!!!!!!!

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keep up the good work.

leon

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Re: GPz550 Project Bike at a snail's pace

11 Mar 2014 17:16

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I started with...

And I ended up with...

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12 Mar 2014 21:33

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well!
i hope you are pleased with yourself young man

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keep us posted,
leon

skiatook,oklahoma 1980 z1r,1978 kz 1000 z1r x 3,
1976 kz 900 x 3
i make what i can,and save the rest!

billybiltit.blogspot.com/

www.kzrider.com/forum/5-chassis/325862-triple-tree-custom-work

kzrider.com/forum/5-chassis/294594-frame-bracing?limitstart=0

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Re: GPz550 Project Bike at a snail's pace

16 Mar 2014 07:09

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Hey;

How did you get pod filters going on there?

Everywhere I go, I read that "it's impossible with TK carbs so don't try".

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16 Mar 2014 13:22

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I've read that everywhere too haha. Thankfully the PO had them set up before I bought the bike, runs well, maybe not perfect. All I did was replace the beat up uni pods with some emgos. Not sure what the jetting is now, I plan on disassembling and cleaning the carbs soon though, that'll be my first carb work I've done on the bike (or ever!)

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Re: GPz550 Project Bike at a snail's pace

17 Mar 2014 20:55

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So, whatcha gonna do with the stock seat ??? :whistle:

I can beat the paramedics to my crashes by at least 10 minutes.

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Re: GPz550 Project Bike at a snail's pace

18 Mar 2014 05:35

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Haha, well I already sold the 1-UP seat that the bike came with and I'll be modifying either the stock seat or the kz650 tail so that they match each other and then I'll recover the seat.

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18 Mar 2014 17:08

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Gotta love grinder and cutoff wheels (brake rotor is my high tech counter weight balancing device)

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Re: GPz550 Project Bike at a snail's pace

21 Mar 2014 17:30 - 21 Mar 2014 17:31

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Just did some more grinding, cleaning up the bits I cut off. Also got in a zx10r front fender off eBay I'll be modifying to work with my forks but I forgot to snap a pic of that.

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Re: GPz550 Project Bike at a snail's pace

23 Mar 2014 17:33

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Working on the voodoo magic bits (carbs are new to me) minor disassembly, Pine Sol soak and cleaning.

Also got my koso db-01r in. I love it for being minimalistic.

1983 GPZ550

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