"Hybrid," Streetfighter, Restomod Rollcall.

Beautiful 73 Irishwill, love monster bikes with stock paint.Please bring it to GBM in June, me and my bleed green buddies would love it !

Mark, regarding your question about racing at GBM- anyone can race with safety equipment in place. Helmet, over ankle boots, gloves and a kill cord attached to the on/off switch.

If you can run under 9.99 ET or over 120 mph. you need full leathers and GBM would prefer that you hold an IHRA or NHRA comp license, although that has been waved in the past for one timers with full leathers etc.

Thanks for the info Jack.
I dont think i have a 9.9 in me.It would be my first time.:woohoo: But what a hoot it would be.

my old relic

Jeff.Saunders wrote:

my old relic

Now that bike looks like it could be a handful. Turbo Z!

BTW, You have some very helpful employees. Whoever took my order the other day did a proper job of customer service.

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: I can't even imagine trying to get traction on that bike with 70's era rubber! :laugh: I'd give my left nut to ride that bike

Jeff.Saunders wrote:

my old relic

Saweeeeeet!!!

OK Jeff, after studying that photo for the 9th time, I'm left with two questions. Is that bike raked? Who laced those wheels? I'm something of a cycling enthusiast as well, and I would call that pattern two leading, two trailing. Doesn't look like the standard two-cross pattern on my stock KZ1000A2 wheels.

The frame is raked, the previous owner cut the top frame tube and pulled the steering head back.

The wheels are laced weird - again, done by the previous owner. I'm going to redo them (I've been saying that for about 4 years now...)..

The front is an 18" rim - I'm not a fan, I'd prefer a 19". The worst part is ALL the spokes are laced outside-in - so the spokes bend each other when they cross. If you look at the front hub, you can see all the spokes are on the inside.. It gives a clean look, but I'd rather have the wheels spoked conventionally - especially with such an evil handling bike...

1200cc Wiseco Turbo Pistons
Welded crank,
APE main bearing cap
APE cylinder studs
Stainless steel valves (36mm intake, 31mm exhaust)
Stock cams & slotted cam sprockets.
Rajay Turbo (old ATP kit)
42mm Mikuni flatslide
Fuel pump (w/boost regulator)
2" over steel box section swing are (with multiple shock mounts)
ELR rear shocks
Dyna 2000
Guillari Seat
Aluminum rims (WM6 on the back)

This is the bike in it's current state. Future plans call for a updated front fork and wheel. A new seat and a different exhaust system and an oil cooler. I'm not sure what I want to keep the current swing arm or swap it out for something else.

This is the bike in it's current state. Future plans call for a updated front fork and wheel. A new seat and a different exhaust system and an oil cooler. I'm not sure what I want to keep the current swing arm or swap it out for something else.

Jeff.Saunders wrote:

The frame is raked, the previous owner cut the top frame tube and pulled the steering head back.

The wheels are laced weird - again, done by the previous owner. I'm going to redo them (I've been saying that for about 4 years now...)..

The front is an 18" rim - I'm not a fan, I'd prefer a 19". The worst part is ALL the spokes are laced outside-in - so the spokes bend each other when they cross. If you look at the front hub, you can see all the spokes are on the inside.. It gives a clean look, but I'd rather have the wheels spoked conventionally - especially with such an evil handling bike...

I was going to say that I have laced a bicycle front rim three leading and three trailing before, but for aesthetic reasons only. The spokes do bear on each other, and it's not the strongest lacing. Doesn't matter much for the front of a bicycle, but on a turbo, big block Z I'd be concerned. I can't see the rear wheel well enough to tell, but if they are laced that way I'd lose that as well. Rear wheels are much harder on spokes, even on a lowly bicycle! I've never seen that lacing on a motorcycle before. Lovely bike in any case.