Customizing the tail end of my KZ1000 LTD...

I picked up this bike a month ago really just for the engine for my KZ1000j...

While getting it running I've actually become attached to it and am looking for ideas
for changing the tail piece and am wondering if anyone out there has any ideas or has already done one...

Here's what it looks like so far...

Me again...

I've been cleaning the bike up as it spent most of it's life outside and was rusty and dirty.

I changed the bars, removed the stock air box and installed K N filters and installed a 3rd stage dyno kit...

I stripped off a bunch of stuck and painted the front forks and front wheel along with the rear shocks and the front and rear brake calipers...

I removed the seat and tail section and have just placed the tail section from my KZ1000J on it along with the side cover...

The plan is to rattle can the gas tank flat black and paint the engine low gloss black.

If I modify the tail section I'll have to make up a custom seat...which I can do by chopping out a section of the KZ1000J seat and putting it back together...

Or I'm looking for possible options with regards to after market seats and cowlings if anyone knows where I can purchase one...

Again any ideas and input will be appreciated.

Dave

I like it just like that. Put a seat on it and go go go!

I'll have to make a bracket so the kz1000j seat will fit and chop a piece out of the seat to shorten it...

I love a challenge but was hoping there'd be an easier way...

It'll give me something to do over the winter...

you have the makings of this bike hiding in there.

it's your bike and you get to do what ever you like with it.
but if it was mine, :whistle: .......

it would look like a variation on the bike in the pic.

keep us posted,

leon

I made a custom cowl out of fiberglass similar to what you have on there now, except the back is enclosed and I mounted an LED tail light underneath it. I think it'd look cool if you simply fiberglassed the front and back shut, and made a custom pan (possibly out of wood) and had it upholstered. I like the "chopped" look on the rear of the KZ's. Just a thought.

I wonder if the seat off a KZ1000P would work for you?

Hey Leon,

I picked this bike up just for the engine as I also have a KZ1000J 1982 which I am in the early stages of restoring...

I wanted to make sure the engine was good in the KZ1000K LTD before swaping it out...
As I mentioned I began cleaning up the K and thought it will be a good bike to chop up and make a bobber/rat rod out of it...

Torn between the J and K...

Hey DeserKZ

I agree...I love the chopped off look on most of the old bikes...
The seats are too long...

I had the idea like you to fab a seat out of wood then get get someone to do it professionally...

Do you have any more pics of your bike? The tail end looks great...

Dave

I'll google some images of a KZ1000P...

ah :ohmy: !
i see ,

the right tail would sure look good.




can't wait to see how you do it.
keep us posted,

leon

coolio2013 wrote: Hey DeserKZ

I agree...I love the chopped off look on most of the old bikes...
The seats are too long...

I had the idea like you to fab a seat out of wood then get get someone to do it professionally...

Do you have any more pics of your bike? The tail end looks great...

Dave

I love the look and whenever I park it I get people passing up newer fancy bikes to check mine out haha. My buddy on his 30K Bimmer doesn't appreciate that....