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Getting started - cafe or bob?
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Then I made a mistake and sold it about 3 years ago.
Last weekend I acquired this little gem - a 1980kz750z four into one with 2419 on the odometer!!!!!! And I talked the guy down to $500!!!!
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I was and still am stoked to get started on this thing. As you can tell from the pictures it needs a lot of love but some of the work has already been started in my eyes. I just want to figure out what to do with it. CHOP OR CAFE? Also the tank is gummed really really bad and rusty under the liner.... Suggestions please??? :woohoo: :blink:
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Current Project
1968 Norton P11A Desert Sled
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2004 Yamaha FZR 600
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78 Z1-R (resto)
91 Zephyr 750
73 Mach IV (Resto)
78 Z1-R
78 Z1-R (stolen)
76 Z900
76 Z650
73 Mach IV
72 Mach III
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1981 KZ550C LTD
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Have you ridden a rigid frame? if you need to lower it i would look into shorter travel shocks.SteppnRzr wrote: I think I'm going to go with solid struts on the back ........ but I want comfort at the same time.
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1979 GS1000 "Dadzuki"
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Inline 4 Jap motors installed into Boat Anchor (Harleyeske) type frames just look wrong (just my opinion)
Surely one of those tanks would be easy to find cheap at a wreckers.
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1994 ZR750 Zephyr C4.
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Go to the café and have a beer with your buddy bob!Leave that poor bike alone. :laugh:
Still recovering,some days are better than others.
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DoctoRot wrote:
Have you ridden a rigid frame? if you need to lower it i would look into shorter travel shocks.SteppnRzr wrote: I think I'm going to go with solid struts on the back ........ but I want comfort at the same time.
Nope I've never ridden a rigid bike... I thought about doing it to my old 650 but pretty much was scared away from it by someone telling me how rough a ride it would be. As for the seat, I was definitely planning to make the make a little thinner but still want to drop it as low as I can.
guitargeek wrote: Choppers are stupid. Rigid/hardtail frames are stupid. Don't be a fashion victim.
Don't get me wrong guy... I'm not a fashion/fad follower, I'm a little too short to feel comfortable on the bike. Not being a smartass, but why do you say rigid frames are stupid?
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Zephyrrider wrote: Standard or Cafe any day. Why not use the black high compression foam in your seat - fantastic stuff - molds to your rear and bounces back to normal once you are off and because of the height thing you can make it thinner.
Inline 4 Jap motors installed into Boat Anchor (Harleyeske) type frames just look wrong (just my opinion)
Surely one of those tanks would be easy to find cheap at a wreckers.
Yea plan on cutting the pan down a tad... I am leaning more toward cafe as well. When I worked on the seat for my old 650 I went at it with a bread knife and took a pile of foam off, then I had put a piece of 1" viscoelastic gel in the seat. It made my ass sweat but man was it comfy for the first 20-30 minutes.
I peeled a little of the liner back inside the hole on the tank and it's rusted pretty good... Still not really sure if I want to attempt a good cleaning or just trash it.
PLUMMEN wrote: That's a simple one.
Go to the café and have a beer with your buddy bob!Leave that poor bike alone. :laugh:
Thanks lol but I see potential
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floivanus wrote: The short thing/time tk make it rigid sounds like a cop out IMHO, my 5' tall wife is perfect on a 550 and handles a 1000 great as well, it comes down to finesse and setup as well.
Time tk?
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