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GPz1100 project update... 03 Apr 2007 10:06 #126176

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StreetfighterKz wrote:

Did you use the Zx speedo drive? Or did you just skip it and make a spacer? Looks good, though.

Later, Doug


Thanks to everybody for the comments.

I used spacers (8mm one side, 10mm the other - 1" bicycle headset spacers) and bought an Acewell electronic speedo/tach.

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GPz1100 project update... 03 Apr 2007 15:01 #126216

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fossil, your bike is great.

making me re-think the order of my next project... dragbike or gpz project... hmm.

anyways, another question for you. which headlight mounting brackets are you using? i'm playing hell finding something that i like that will work on my project.

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GPz1100 project update... 03 Apr 2007 15:50 #126232

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solomrus wrote:

fossil, your bike is great.

making me re-think the order of my next project... dragbike or gpz project... hmm.

anyways, another question for you. which headlight mounting brackets are you using? i'm playing hell finding something that i like that will work on my project.

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GPz1100 project update... 03 Apr 2007 15:52 #126235

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Solomrus, I've been following your project and it's looking great. Makes me wonder if maybe I should have just gone with an entire swingarm/wheel combo off a later bike rather than trying to persude this wheel into the old swingarm.

I'm using late Buell X1 headlight brackets. There are 2 types, the kind I am using which are just stamped/folded steel with integral flyscreen brackets (which didn't fit the Cyclone screen!). The others are fabricated/welded steel that look much neater and lighter, the screen brackets bolt on to them. They're 54mm, earlier Buells such as the Cyclone used 43mm brackets. Got mine off ebay quite cheap.

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GPz1100 project update... 03 Apr 2007 16:16 #126248

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That is looking awsome.Where is ont cyle sal?
76 KZ, frame gusset work,1200CC.Ported by Larry Cavanaugh, 1.5mm.over intakes, Carron Pipe, ZRX12 rear end, and seat,96zx9 front end.
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GPz1100 project update... 03 Apr 2007 16:43 #126256

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mark1122 wrote:

That is looking awsome.Where is ont cyle sal?


Thanks, post some more pics of your project!
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GPz1100 project update... 04 Apr 2007 09:19 #126409

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wireman wrote:


damn jim!!! you CRACK MY ASS!!!

i totally forgot about zip ties!!!

8^P

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GPz1100 project update... 04 Apr 2007 09:22 #126410

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fossil, buell!

[smacks forehead!]

i shoulda thunk a that!

/running off to ebay..../!

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GPz1100 project update... 04 Apr 2007 12:56 #126441

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Dude, that's hawt! The wheels are a bit of an eye gouge, have you thought about stripping and polishing them?

Post edited by: guitargeek, at: 2007/04/04 16:02
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GPz1100 project update... 04 Apr 2007 13:45 #126451

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I suppose he´s gonna paint them wheels... Sure that firecracker red and the Kaw green are colors that definitely don´t like each other!

Thumbs up to your project so far, I dig that windscreen A LOT!

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GPz1100 project update... 04 Apr 2007 16:56 #126490

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At first, I was going to paint the wheels black but the green has grown on me and I really like it! I'm considering repainting the body work the same satin black as the front fender with a stock sticker/stripe kit. Main concern now is getting the final machining done and get it on the road and sorted out, paint later.

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GPz1100 project update... 27 May 2007 09:37 #143923

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I love your bike! Satin black with Kaw green...hmmm...brilliant! What if you integrate the green into the graphics...like (just a suggestion) a small green stripe between the big stripes on the tank, like the gold that is between the blue and white on a Lawson? :huh:
That would complement the green wheels if you kept them totally green...just a thought. B)

Anyway, more to the point: excellent job on this machine!

Post edited by: Bad Kaw, at: 2007/05/27 12:38
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