My BadAzz Z1 .... 4 years in the making ....

NICE!!

That does deserve "bike of the month"

By the way, how does the exhaust sound? It looks great. Is that the type with the non-removeable baffle?

I've seen self-adhesive "kawasaki" badges on eBay, not sure how they work. Hopefully your glue will hold. Looks great with or without badges. Really sweet!!:woohoo:

Almost forgot...

Speedo & Tach: Digital pickups?
Manufacturer/Model/nomenclatures...

Digital or cable pick up?
If digital, what sensor and how did you configure it?
i.e... Sensor (inductive, magnetic, reed) on front forks, magnetic rotor bolt, rear H.D. sensor etc...

Tach, transmission sensor, 12AWG around coil conductor or cable into head?

OMR

Old Man Rock wrote:

Out friggin standing!

I personally wouldn't touch the tank with badges for you already have them on the side covers.

Extremely clean lines and detailed work, excellent!
Just love it..

When I see completed projects like this, then I know it's still worth the extra time, energy and $$$ we all put into our envisions/creations. Truly beautiful!

Old Man Rock

Thanks man! I never thought I would ever finish it. This is kind of like one of those life-long "I actually started and finished a cool project" type things for me. I always wanted one that looks just like this .. low, black, chrome, muscle, edgy without going to overboard. I am honored you guys are saying such nice things about it. Makes it all worth it!!

My wife has been seeing this thing for years with no tank or plastic. When i put it on the other day she said, "Wow, that is what its supposed to look like?!? It's nice ... i always thought it looked like sh_t!" :laugh: :lol:

79MKII wrote:

By the way, how does the exhaust sound? It looks great. Is that the type with the non-removeable baffle?

I've seen self-adhesive "kawasaki" badges on eBay, not sure how they work. Hopefully your glue will hold. Looks great with or without badges. Really sweet!!:woohoo:

Sounds pretty nice under acceleration. Nothing too out of the ordinary on idle. Not too loud, but not too nice at 10pm at night in a townhouse. The sound kind of reminds me of this old Yoshimura pipe i had on a KZ 1000 I used to have.

You can remove the baffle on it. I bought some new packing and put it in. I had it ceramic coated to look moch-chrome. Wasn't 100% happy with the job so I polished and buffed out the back of it. Not as shiny but I couldn't stand looking at the orange peel finish it had.

I still want a left side exiting Denco. I been looking for 3 years and never even seen one yet.

Old Man Rock wrote:

Almost forgot...

Speedo & Tach: Digital pickups?
Manufacturer/Model/nomenclatures...

Digital or cable pick up?
If digital, what sensor and how did you configure it?
i.e... Sensor (inductive, magnetic, reed) on front forks, magnetic rotor bolt, rear H.D. sensor etc...

Tach, transmission sensor, 12AWG around coil conductor or cable into head?

OMR

I was going to go with that digital setup but changed my mind .. I suck with electronics!! I made new whiteface plates in Photoshop and backlit them with some blue LEDs. Other then that and the chrome, they are stock.

Looks better than a lot of showroom bikes, that. Can you tell me more about the seat you've got going?

The eat is from Corbin...

Gunfighter...
corbin.com/kawasaki/73kz.shtml

I have the same seat but Gunfighter and Lady. Wife said if your putting all this $$$ into this project, where do I sit?

OMR

brich wrote:

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I still want a left side exiting Denco. I been looking for 3 years and never even seen one yet.

Yea, those Denco's are sweet. I had one on my MKII when I got it and ended up trading it for an RC. Man, I wish I had that Denco back now! The left exit was cool - really different. That pipe made some amazing power too. I don't know what I was thinking when I got rid of it:huh: :S

brich, It isn't often that I can say this, but there is nothing on that bike that I don't like. The workmanship and the design of your bike is smokin. I love the slammed look and although I normally don't like the Z-1's with the rear fender eliminated, on this bike and with the Corbin seat it looks good. I have to admire your patience as well, 4 years is a long time to stick to a project. My hat's off to you, very nice job and it would be a good choice for BOTM.

Yup! That scoot is class! Nice job indeed!

79MKII wrote:

brich wrote:

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I still want a left side exiting Denco. I been looking for 3 years and never even seen one yet.

Yea, those Denco's are sweet. I had one on my MKII when I got it and ended up trading it for an RC. Man, I wish I had that Denco back now! The left exit was cool - really different. That pipe made some amazing power too. I don't know what I was thinking when I got rid of it:huh: :S

Yeah I have had an eBay search set up for a while and nothing ever seems to come up. Mine is an H.B.E. and from what I have been told, these were made when Denco was upset with they were putting out and broke off and made H.B.E. Mind you, I have no idea how true it is though, just what I was told.