Woot! I'd have threatened you with causing another heart attack if you sold it unfinished and unridden. Troy341

Thats great news. i'm glad u decided to see it through.
Good luck.

Here's a few pics of the frame head.







Does it look like the head was changed?

The frame break is a long ways aways from the head.



Here's a shot of the master cylinder mount.



As far as I can tell the fork legs are not bent. Step blocks affixed to the legs above and below the lower clamp, straight edge on blocks shows no gaps. Maybe the camera was playing tricks. But who cares, they're being tossed anyways. It's all coming apart right now. If you would like any other pics of this two wheel abortion let me know. If you know anyone who could make use of any parts (fenders, wheels, forks, swing arm, seat, etc.) let me know.

The Project has been on hold for long enough.

Jetting... well there is a dynajet kit to take care of that.

Paperwork for title has been taken care of. I am ready to dig in and take it the last mile. In the last couple of months I have been restoring an 86 GSXR 750 for my neighbor, that project is almost done. Soon as I deliver the GIXXER to California... the KZ will be up and on the bench again.

Progress...Took my Rickman frame to my good friend and sponsor Denis Curtis at CMR racing products last night. He is going to perform the surgery including beefing up the stock swing arm mounts,cutting and shortening the GS 1100 arm,welding tabs for the various mounts and rearsets and a host of other little jobs.He does great work and I can't wait to get it back. I will get the wheels back this week from the powdercoaters and take those down with the engine cases so we can figure out the chain run and get it rolling!

Anyone have an opinion on the best gasket set to buy for the motor?

Cheers

Mick

DoctoRot wrote: the kz1000 has 40 spoke wheels

Doh! Ok Thanks!

the kz1000 has 40 spoke wheels

BohicaBob wrote: Years ago I upgraded my '73 Z1-900's wheels to DID 2.15" x 19" and 3.00" x 18" rims and SS spokes/nipples and beefed up the stock swingarm and kept the rear drum setup.

In 2006 I upgraded this bike's wheels to Excel 3.5" X 17" and 4.25" x 17" rims with radial tires and an '83 GS1100 swingarm and scrapped the rear drum setup. The rear disk setup is much better.

I'm looking at the upgraded spoke wheel option as well, for the KZ hub would one want the 32 or 36 hole wheel?

I dont think so, the ones that Eddie rode in races his winning year were cut apart and destroyed according to Rob Muzzy parts where sold off ,but no complete bikes are possible despite rumors and claims to be "the bike"...he kept both the steering necks to confirm the vins with his records for other reasons ,after cutting the bikes up himself.......

s1elr wrote: I think the s1 in the above mag is the same bike I photographed around 1995..
Let me know what you think? steve

answer about what a S1 is





Until 1980, Kawasaki was content to let others, such as the Vetter and Racecrafters teams, race their bikes for them. Now they recruited a young rider named Eddie Lawson for a factory backed Superbike team. Another racer of great promise, Wayne Rainey, would later join the effort.

Rob Muzzy would build and tune the bikes that Eddie Lawson rode to the championship in 1981. To commemorate the win, Kawasaki built "the most striking, most performance-ready street-legal Superbike ever. The brand-new 1982 Kawasaki KZ1000R Eddie Lawson Replica." (Quote from the KZ1000R brochure.)

Based on the standard KZ1000J model, the R1 had the fuel tank, rear-set footpegs, oil cooler and wheels from the GPZ1100. A GPZ style fairing and lower handlebar were added along with a Kerker KR-series four-into-one header. Revised steering geometry and suspension improved the handling. The motor was unchanged. Motorcyclist Magazine got an ET of 11.56 from their test bike in1982. That may seem slow in comparison to today's 10 second 600's and ZX12's running mid-9's, but it was quite respectable at the time.

If you had the urge to go even faster on an '82 Kawasaki, you could purchase the KZ1000S1. This was no replica--this was the real deal. For a mere £8000 a ready-to-race Superbike could be in your driveway.

At the crankshaft, the motor put out 136 horsepower compared to the 79 of the R1. Eddie Lawson's race bike was said to have 149 horsepower. Harnessing all this power was a braced swing arm and huge brakes attached to the Dymag magnesium rims.

The power may have been harnessed, but it certainly wasn't tamed. These motorcycles were being ridden much faster and harder than their designers intended. The frames would twist and flex from the horsepower and cornering loads. It was common for the riders to be seen sliding the bikes around the turns. Rob Muzzy was quoted as saying," those bikes were like dirt-tracking on the pavement. You really had to muscle them around."

This era was a turning point for Kawasaki, whose racing efforts in the 1970's had limited success. No longer would this be the case. To this day the green bikes are a force to be reckoned with, having a heritage of power and reliability.

Hollywoodmx wrote:

Zedone wrote: What swing arm is that, gsxr?

JMC, England.

Nice swing arm. Difficult folks to deal with. :blink: