Anyone relocate the electric on your kz?

Just trying to get some ideas on good ways to relocate the electrical components so I can run without the side covers and get that minimal clean look.

Any pictures or suggestions out there?

Plans so far are to go kick start only so I think a small low cranking amp battery will work. Right?

-Kevin

You can hide most of it right to the bottom of the seat pan. The frame rails will obscure most of it, and will even partially hide a small battery. (The KZ400's have to have a t least a tiny battery to get the charging system working.)

Here's a photo we took while still working on it. You can see parts of the aluminum pieces that we used to mount the regulator, rectifier, and battery (before we painted it). The battery is a sealed lead-acid from a 50cc Honda Spree scooter.



Here's what the initial mock-up looked like under the seat. Everything just fits between the frame rails, and there is still some clearance before it hit the seat pan.



If you make a new seatpan and mount directly to it, it hides everything even more. I made mine so it would hinge up to work on the electronics. Use a long straight run of wires to allow for the twisting.

WOW! thanks a lot that's awesome!

Juicyk wrote: Just trying to get some ideas on good ways to relocate the electrical components so I can run without the side covers and get that minimal clean look.

Any pictures or suggestions out there?

My only suggestion is don't do it.

bountyhunter wrote:

Juicyk wrote: Just trying to get some ideas on good ways to relocate the electrical components so I can run without the side covers and get that minimal clean look.

Any pictures or suggestions out there?

My only suggestion is don't do it.

And why is that?

Jrbrownie00 wrote:

bountyhunter wrote:

Juicyk wrote: Just trying to get some ideas on good ways to relocate the electrical components so I can run without the side covers and get that minimal clean look.

Any pictures or suggestions out there?

My only suggestion is don't do it.

And why is that?

I'm old so I subscribe to the school that says if it ain't broke, don't screw with it.

If you know what you're doing or have the ability too truly listen & learn from guys like Lou (electrical knowledge & experience) not a problem...

Lot of ppl will place the electrical in the tail section as well... Follow Lou's links to his electrical site... Excellent info there!

loudhvx wrote:

Looks Great

Now I want a GPZ!

Old Man Rock wrote: If you know what you're doing or have the ability too truly listen & learn from guys like Lou (electrical knowledge & experience) not a problem...

Lot of ppl will place the electrical in the tail section as well... Follow Lou's links to his electrical site... Excellent info there!

Wouldn't happen to have that link handy would ya? Or Lou's account name?

Juicyk wrote:

Old Man Rock wrote: If you know what you're doing or have the ability too truly listen & learn from guys like Lou (electrical knowledge & experience) not a problem...

Lot of ppl will place the electrical in the tail section as well... Follow Lou's links to his electrical site... Excellent info there!

Wouldn't happen to have that link handy would ya? Or Lou's account name?

That's me, but I don't have a ton of stuff specific for minimalizing electrics, but there are many custom diagrams in the Mattylight thread.

There are also some diagrams for making voltage monitors using 1 or 3 LEDs, on my main page
. Seems like you have most of what you need, for now. Most of the mechanical info is for 550's and inline-four 400's (not the twin).

We did convert a KZ400 twin to electronic ignition using the points as the trigger.
You can see we located the ignition module, and circuit board under the tank, between the coils, so it is completely hidden.
home.comcast.net/~loudgpz/GPZweb/Ignitio...heiModForPoints.html