Harder Quiz

a guys gotta have a reason to get out of bed and face life every day,goals are a wonderfull thing! :woohoo:
or as i like to say when ive got time ive got no stinking money to spend,and when ive rolling in money ive got no stinking time! :woohoo:
right now ive got some money but im headed to badkaws area tomorrow for 3 weeks to do an electrical job,oh wait thats close to topeka! :woohoo:

trianglelaguna wrote:

a 1998 1000cc superbike for about 1600 and this is all a worthless effort.....


the king has no clothes....

i m with the craigster on this one.....i can handle 1075 builds, but past that you start talkin old big bores and i start talking complete running bikes from the mid to late 90's that downright scream for the same price of a motor in a rickety old "brakes dont fail me now" chassis......dont get me wrong, i love old kz's, but there is a point of diminishing returns and just downright financial foolishness......:dry:

keith1 wrote:

trianglelaguna wrote:

a 1998 1000cc superbike for about 1600 and this is all a worthless effort.....


the king has no clothes....

i m with the craigster on this one.....i can handle 1075 builds, but past that you start talkin old big bores and i start talking complete running bikes from the mid to late 90's that downright scream for the same price of a motor in a rickety old "brakes dont fail me now" chassis......dont get me wrong, i love old kz's, but there is a point of diminishing returns and just downright financial foolishness......:dry:

ya wimps! :laugh:
if you build that 1197 right it will smoke that little 1075 while running on pump gas day after day,not to mention it will last longer!

PLUMMEN wrote:

keith1 wrote:

trianglelaguna wrote:

a 1998 1000cc superbike for about 1600 and this is all a worthless effort.....


the king has no clothes....

i m with the craigster on this one.....i can handle 1075 builds, but past that you start talkin old big bores and i start talking complete running bikes from the mid to late 90's that downright scream for the same price of a motor in a rickety old "brakes dont fail me now" chassis......dont get me wrong, i love old kz's, but there is a point of diminishing returns and just downright financial foolishness......:dry:

ya wimps! :laugh:
if you build that 1197 right it will smoke that little 1075 while running on pump gas day after day,not to mention it will last longer!

no doubt.....but for the money i can buy a whole bike that handles even!!!!:laugh:

i have been out of the loop for a bit lately some medical problems (stomach related) and just when i'm feeling better me and another truck hit a dead moose not a cool thing to do. the other guy's truck hit the ditch and rolled and then threw his two passengers out and killed them i got hurt pretty good myself as well but i was able to help find the passengers not something i'll forget for awhile. but it has given me lots of time to think about things igot a set of 1197 pistons 10.25 to 1 from a guy in texas. i have a really good head built for just this type of engine already to go it's getting a set of .465" intake .435" exhaust cams 33.5 gsxr flatslides with accelerator pumps so no big flat spots this combo will make close to 125-130 horse and still be a reasonable street motor with gobs of tourque. it's getting a good tranny and heavy duty basket i'm using a kz 1000 crank for two reasons one i already have a nice welded one and two it will cut down the vibrations it's getting a star street sidewinder which is a bit higher than the v&h sidewinder for extra ground clearance and it has a baffle so it will keep the cop's somewhat happy. dyna 2000 ignition system this all going into a pro-street chassis that i have kicking around. that's the plan anyway if i can survive the dam winter that is. or i just start riding the 175+ horsepower zx-12r that i bought a month and a half ago.either way i win.

glad you are alright Tim......zx-12r.......drool.....!!!

Sincerely glad you're okay.

Welcome back to the forum!

thanks guy's it's good to be back.

Tim,

I wondered why I hadn't heard back from you. Glad you're alive and well

Call me Sunday if you get a chance..

larry c

zx12 eh, didn't you just buy your first nineties bike in that zx11? say it aint so!

Jeez Tim, thats a rough one. Not every day you hit a dead moose, but those buggers can cause a lot of shit alive or not.

Glad you're back and ok!!

question #3 if one could not ride and fix old kzs ,what make and motor would be second choice???? (excluding kawasaki) is there a block out there as well rounded for speed and durability?? im thinkin suzuki gs series ??? look forward to all ur replies....ace.