OK you KZ650 freaks... What is this bike???

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07 Oct 2007 19:23 #175123 by dreamsofaz1r
OK you KZ650 freaks... What is this bike??? was created by dreamsofaz1r
Well, here is a piof the daily rider, a KZ650! HOWEVER, it is not as it appears, so you will REALLY need to look closely to figure out what 3 bikes this is made from!
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07 Oct 2007 19:25 #175124 by dreamsofaz1r
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Another pic...
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07 Oct 2007 19:26 #175125 by dreamsofaz1r
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If you really know your 650's, you can spot everything that gives what is what away.

BTW, Melvis is not allowed to play, he used to own the bike(before this was done to it though).

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07 Oct 2007 20:09 #175130 by flht1997
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arg.....1976 for the from master cylinder, the right side cover has the cut out for a rear disc brake master cylinder, but you have a rear drum from a C? model, and the rear tail light is CSR? and the seat LTD?
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07 Oct 2007 20:14 #175132 by dreamsofaz1r
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flht1997 wrote:

arg.....1976 for the from master cylinder, the right side cover has the cut out for a rear disc brake master cylinder, but you have a rear drum from a C? model, and the rear tail light is CSR? and the seat LTD?


Ohhhh, close on some of the things. The C model's had mags with disk brakes, so the rear is not from a C model.

You are right about the mastery cylinder, it is from a 77(76 made 77) 650.

Light is original to bike(majority of the bike is original actually) and the seat is a custom cut foam job and recover so not really an LTD seat.

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07 Oct 2007 20:36 #175135 by kawsakiman
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sidecover emblems are from a 77 650.
no rear " ducktail" not 77
forks look either gpz or from a 79.
am i close?
someday i will be able to afford my kz habit.

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07 Oct 2007 20:46 #175137 by dreamsofaz1r
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kawsakiman wrote:

sidecover emblems are from a 77 650.
no rear " ducktail" not 77
forks look either gpz or from a 79.
am i close?


Sidecovers are correct.

There is a rear ducktail, just isnt on.

Wrong on the forks.

Forks are original to the base bike, which is a 650, but what model and what year, and what in the pics gives it away to know what year and model???

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07 Oct 2007 23:40 #175155 by moto_jojo
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Hmmm, Looks to be a 16 inch rear. maybe it's part SR? or ltd- by the wheels.

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07 Oct 2007 23:49 #175157 by jjdwoodman
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I'd say a 77 b1 with added caliper and front wheel from a c or d, and a rear drum wheel off a 550. seat looks to be from an ltd.
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08 Oct 2007 01:35 #175161 by dreamsofaz1r
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getting warmer!!!

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08 Oct 2007 01:38 #175162 by dreamsofaz1r
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jjdwoodman wrote:

I'd say a 77 b1 with added caliper and front wheel from a c or d, and a rear drum wheel off a 550. seat looks to be from an ltd.



Right on the money, other than the seat being a recovered B model seat.

it IS a 77, and you can tell by the calipers being on the front side of the forks and the round front master cylinder.

It IS a B model, and you can tell that because the B model had a drum back wheel, not disk.

It is a D model front wheel and calipers.

It is a 550 Rear 16 inch drum brake mag wheel.



You Sir, know your KZ's.

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08 Oct 2007 09:51 #175205 by flht1997
Replied by flht1997 on topic OK you KZ650 freaks... What is this bike???
was there a 650 that had a rear drum alloy rim? could have sworn i have seen them. or for that matter a 650 with a rear spoke disk brake?

Post edited by: flht1997, at: 2007/10/08 12:54
Matt Milwaukee, WI
75' KZ400, (5) 78' KZ400, 76' KZ 750, 78' KZ650
78'CB750F, 78' CB550K
89' BMW R100RT
05' H-D Electra Glide
06' KLR650
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