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750 cafe racer 03 Nov 2009 18:52 #331384

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Cool stuff. You sorta have that Italian theme going on with the red/white/green thing. :lol:
But good work, none-the-less! Keep posting!!!

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78 Kawasaki Z1R
81 Kawasaki KZ1000J (mods)
82 Kawasaki ELR Clone (1000 J)
82 Kawasaki KZ750R1/GPz750 ELR-ed
70 Kawasaki KV75
83 Honda CB1100F (few mods)
79 Suzuki GS1000 (rolling frame / project / junk)
84 Suzuki GS1150ES (modified project)
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750 cafe racer 03 Nov 2009 21:16 #331401

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Man you have to finish this bike. For all of us here. This will be one BAD ASS bike. I can't wait to see it. I'm as excited as you are lol. I would love to do something like this, but the whole money issue kinda puts a stopper in it lol.
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750 cafe racer 04 Nov 2009 14:37 #331547

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Thanks for the comments I will continue to post and build. funny you should mention the money thing. I actually have less than 2500 bucks into this thing so far. If I don't count parts that I have bought that I won't be using. I'm gonna finish up the subframe mounts tonite. Gotta go do that now.
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750 cafe racer 04 Nov 2009 17:55 #331571

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Well here it is with the subframe mounted. I have to cut and weld on the other leg but I have get someone else to do that. I'll make some tabs to mount the seat with and have those welded on at the same time. I think this thing is looking sweet right now. And I have seat again so let the vroom vroom noise begin.:laugh:



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750 cafe racer 06 Nov 2009 21:47 #331899

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Ohhhhhhhh, starting to 'gel'!

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78 Kawasaki Z1R
81 Kawasaki KZ1000J (mods)
82 Kawasaki ELR Clone (1000 J)
82 Kawasaki KZ750R1/GPz750 ELR-ed
70 Kawasaki KV75
83 Honda CB1100F (few mods)
79 Suzuki GS1000 (rolling frame / project / junk)
84 Suzuki GS1150ES (modified project)
83 Yamaha XJ900R (project / junk)

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750 cafe racer 06 Nov 2009 22:01 #331900

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I am having such bad withdraws from my bike. I'm dying to stay up late, and work on my bike while slowly drinking a beer or two. Those were the days....... now I'm at college :(
1976 KZ750 hardtail

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750 cafe racer 06 Nov 2009 22:10 #331901

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KZCool wrote:

I am having such bad withdraws from my bike. I'm dying to stay up late, and work on my bike while slowly drinking a beer or two. Those were the days....... now I'm at college :(


Welcome to my world! :woohoo:

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78 Kawasaki Z1R
81 Kawasaki KZ1000J (mods)
82 Kawasaki ELR Clone (1000 J)
82 Kawasaki KZ750R1/GPz750 ELR-ed
70 Kawasaki KV75
83 Honda CB1100F (few mods)
79 Suzuki GS1000 (rolling frame / project / junk)
84 Suzuki GS1150ES (modified project)
83 Yamaha XJ900R (project / junk)

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750 cafe racer 06 Nov 2009 22:27 #331902

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I'm actually headed back for about a week come thanksgiving. I'm headed straight for the bike. I got work to do on it, and its crying to me in my dreams. I found out how to fix my carbs while iv'e been here and I have to try it as soon as I get there.
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750 cafe racer 28 Nov 2009 12:45 #336294

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Well I have busy stripping my engine. I used glass bead. It worked well but if I had to do it again I would use baking soda. I have spent all week cleaning and I'm still a little worried. But with that said I am witing to get some parts to finish assembling the bottom end. I have however finised painting my clutch cover, oil pan and I smoothed and painted my valve cover. looks pretty good.







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750 cafe racer 28 Nov 2009 13:47 #336303

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VERY NICE!!B)
76 KZ, frame gusset work,1200CC.Ported by Larry Cavanaugh, 1.5mm.over intakes, Carron Pipe, ZRX12 rear end, and seat,96zx9 front end.
01 CBR600F4i Track bike.
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750 cafe racer 28 Nov 2009 13:56 #336306

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Thanks I used Duplicolor high heat gloss black. I hope it holds up. It seems like it is thick. So hopefully its strong.
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750 cafe racer 28 Nov 2009 18:24 #336360

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i think the key is to make sure that it is perfectly clean fist, then try to apply the paint as thin as possible. the thicker it is the easier it chips.
I sandblasted my parts,then washed them with thinner. after painting i found the chipped easy. so i blasted them and started over. as it turned out , the cheap thinner i used to clean them left a film, witch deterred the paints adhesion. the second go round i cleaned the parts with acetone. it worked well.
i used the Dupicolor satin black eng paint.
76 KZ, frame gusset work,1200CC.Ported by Larry Cavanaugh, 1.5mm.over intakes, Carron Pipe, ZRX12 rear end, and seat,96zx9 front end.
01 CBR600F4i Track bike.
Cobourg, Ont. Can.

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