Ok .. Lets build the Ultimate KZ650

Ok Guys lets have what you have ? or would ? or would ? like to do to build the KZ650 of your wildest dreams ..

ive got the 1327 whos got the frame?:whistle:

I'm doing mine already..78 650SR, lowered with 76KH500 forks, many parts from an 84 KZ700 including engine, handlebars,rear shocks, gages, oil cooler, and harness, also 4 to 1 mac header, cafe seat, barnett clutch,planning a carb change to mikuni flatslides and some cams. The frame was sandblasted and painted red, new all balls steering berings. Don't know if its the ultimate but it suits me. new dementions are 4in lowered and 4.5 in shortened don't know the weight but the center of gravity is lowered cause the seat top is now only 3in from frame and I only weigh 145 at 5'8" so for me it would have to be ultimate. And what about the old 650 engine,I still have it and it runs good,maybe, if I find the parts I'll turn it into one of those 810s, I have a titled KZ700 frame needs an engine on it

Pics??!!

You can see the pics at groups.msn.com/poorboyscafe but these are just the first pics of progress to the engine going in I will be putting up more pics soon, I haven't taken any pics scince mid december and there has been a lot of progress

Okay, here's my little fantasy Kz650:

Its gotta be the 1977 model, Moon Dust Silver with red pin stripe 'cause this was the first of the Custom breed. Superbike bars and a professionally sculpted seat for that sleek and smooth look, 810 kit with a 650 head decked and ported. 750 cams, Titanium 750 valves. GPz springs. Smoothbores or Mikuni 28's, velocity stacks, nitrous oxide (hidden in a small bottle where the air box once sat.) Barnett Clutch. Aluminum swingarm. 140-150 rear tire, 13 tooth sprocket to make this nifty 650 jump off the line. 4 into 1 pipe with baffle removed. Air shifter. Dyna electronic ignition. Swing arm brace.

My guess with the bottle is that this stock looking sleeper should get you an honest 90-100 ponies at the rear wheel and surprise a few modern mid-sized crotch rockets. With a talented. lightweight rider and good track conditions MIGHT-I say might...get you within sniffing distance of cracking the high 10's in the quarter.

Hey its my dream...isn't it?

Cheers-Colin Firth-Ontario Canada - Currently building this same bike less the swingarm '(cause I like the look of the stock swingarm) air shifter and it won't be bottle fed...yet!

Post edited by: reborn650, at: 2006/02/12 22:39

Here is my ultimate KZ650. Took me over 28 years to build it to this stage.
kzrider.com/index.php?option=com_ponygal...6&func=detail&id=212

Here's mine:

77 KZ650B w/ Drum Brake (Lighter than Calipers and Disk)

Progressive Springs and heavier weight oil in the stock tubes. Perhaps Cartridge Emulators.

Ohlins Rear shocks 13.5" long to raise the rear ride height.

Ported 650 head w/ Web Cams + Dual Valve Springs. Supposedly good for 14,000 Rpm. Although I don't know if a street motor wold hold together at those revs.

Mikuni 29mm Smoothbores

Wiseco 810Kit

APE Case Studs and nuts.

Knifed edged rods and lightend crank.

DynaS ignition and coils (Maybe Dyna2000 although I don't know how much of an advantage the adjustable ignition curve would give).

Frame bracing across the rear loop above the swing arm and across the front down tubes.

120/90 Rear and 100/90 Front Avon Super Venom tires. Plenty of stick and great handling. I actually love the forgiving handling of the stock bike and wouldn't alter the wheels or swingarm to help maintain it.

Scott's steering damper w/ adapted 900 mount.

Eddie Lawson Replica paint just because it looks so good on these old bikes.

I figure this should be good for 85+ hp and 130 - 140 mph. It would also be a very fun track day / back road bike.

Hey baldy. Sweet lookin' ride! What kinda rims you running on the bike? They look stock, so was there much work needed to make the Suzuki swingarm fit. I really like that look.

Cheers-Colin Firth-Ontario Canada '77Kz650 Custom undergoing and major heart transplant with an 810 kit/750 top end, 28Mikunis

Baldy ? Did you have the Corbin seat made ?

reborn650 wrote:

Okay, here's my little fantasy Kz650:

810 kit with a 650 head decked and ported. 750 cams, Titanium 750 valves. GPz springs. Smoothbores or Mikuni 28's, velocity stacks, nitrous oxide (hidden in a small bottle where the air box once sat.) Barnett Clutch. Aluminum swingarm. 140-150 rear tire, 13 tooth sprocket to make this nifty 650 jump off the line. 4 into 1 pipe with baffle removed. Air shifter. Dyna electronic ignition.

turbo/supercharge that engine and/or go with the 880 kit and get as many zx suspension parts as possible

My bike the way it is and what ever I end up doing to it.