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Doctorot's '78 KZ1000 build
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Thank you for all of you guys chiming in and those of you who haven't done it but are attempting it. I have lots of ideas and am going to need lots of help.
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it is your bike,and you get to do whatever you like. :evil:
if you like the stock front end get some racetech emulators,fork brace,maybe some new springs,polish the legs up and start worrying about what you are going to do with the rest of the bike.
thats my .02 fwiw,ymmv.
keep us posted,
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You bike looks nice, what have you done to yours ? is the motor stock ?
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the black z1r in my avatar has a stock engine with some mild head work sir.
i built my own swingarm for it from chromoly tubing and shoved a rear wheel tire and brake from a 2000 r1 under the back end.
now you fly up to a corner and throw it at the pavement and start rolling the throttle open as it stands back up and goes flying down the road trying to suck you off the back :woohoo: !
no shakes,no shimmies just pure fun :evil: .
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sorry for the thread jack doctorot.
i hope the trip is going well
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1976 kz 900 x 3
i make what i can,and save the rest!
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Colorado Z-1 wrote: Hey there, love your work and idea's, it's going to be an interesting bike when done. I like those clip-on's. where did you find those ? I'd like to add those to mine.
The clip-ons are from a 83 sabre, I had Leon machine some sleeves for me so they would fit the KZ forks. Since then the project has gone another step and i decided to do a fork swap, the clip ons will be going. you can buy them, with the sleeves, off me if you would like, but i wont be able to ship them to you until june when i return home. Currently im in New Zealand. Got to see this randomly the other day in Wellington.
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I had my buddy weld some tabs on the frame to be able to remove and put on the plugs during this process, and to make sure the cover aligns the same way each time.
i then cut some cardboard to fit and bolted it to the tabs. and made sure everything was covered with plastic.
I then coated the exposed frame with grease, and brushed some epoxy resin on the front and back of the cardboard.
I plan on making two sets of covers. one to run with pods, and one to run with the airbox. I decided the airbox was a bit stubby, and the sidecover would look weird bridgin the gap alone. So i built up some clay flush with it and layed 4 layers of fiberglass up on it.
it will be trimmed later. I also coated the rear master cylinder with grease and then clung some plastic to it so i could lay fiberglass tight to the MC, i also put on a couple layers over the cardboard to give it rigidity
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