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25 Sep 2022 01:37 #874476 by calum
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Did you make any progress on your days off, or did the daily driver eat up all your free time?

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25 Sep 2022 02:44 #874481 by Wookie58
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Did you make any progress on your days off, or did the daily driver eat up all your free time?
Am working on the side panels currently, will update later 

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25 Sep 2022 03:54 #874484 by kzstreetfighter71
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It will get rear interesting real quick when they are done and the seat has a skin on it.

06 Gsf 1200 bandit, 08 Triumph tiger 1010
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1977 Z1000 ( running and in storage)
1978 Z1000 (currently working on)
1978 Z1r "skinny tank" (currently working on)
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25 Sep 2022 09:07 - 25 Sep 2022 09:09 #874499 by Wookie58
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And so to the fruit of today's labours   I have finished re-shaping the left side panel so it now fits properly in it's new home and is pulled in a little tighter to narrow the old girl around the waist ( every little helps when you have short legs) I basically cut into three main parts and then added or removed material where necc so it still looks like a KZ panel just a little different (15mm longer at the front, 35mm longer at the back and 25mm shallower in the depth) I have included a before and after comparison with the right side. If you don't have one of these "hot rivet" guns you should get one, even before it was glued it was solid with just the rivets (with plastics getting harder to come by most would be repairable using this method)
I have then painted over all the joints from the back with "gloop" ( scraps of ABS plastic disolved in acetone to make a paste) the acetone eats into the surface of the plastic to make a permanent bond ( it's like adding another layer of plastic) just needs a light skim of bondo and some mounts now 

 
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25 Sep 2022 10:40 #874508 by kzstreetfighter71
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The definition of a Frankenstein bike.

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1978 Z1000 (currently working on)
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1978 Z1r "fat tank (gathering parts)
1979 z1000st (currently working on)

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25 Sep 2022 11:16 #874513 by Wookie58
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25 Sep 2022 12:23 #874515 by kzstreetfighter71
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The definition of a Frankenstein bike.
Is that a good thing 
 
Hell ya it is, creating something new from the old is the way to go.

06 Gsf 1200 bandit, 08 Triumph tiger 1010
05 Yam xv1700 , 02 Hon shadow 1100
1975 Z1 (currently working on)
1977 Z1000 ( running and in storage)
1978 Z1000 (currently working on)
1978 Z1r "skinny tank" (currently working on)
1978 Z1r "fat tank (gathering parts)
1979 z1000st (currently working on)
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25 Sep 2022 12:51 #874517 by calum
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Nice work, that's something I don't think I'll ever have a go at - too much patience required!
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25 Sep 2022 14:41 #874523 by Wookie58
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The definition of a Frankenstein bike.
Is that a good thing 

 
Hell ya it is, creating something new from the old is the way to go.
I did say I wanted to use as many OE parts as possible, I never promised to leave them stock though 

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25 Sep 2022 21:48 #874541 by DoctoRot
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Extremely nice work. We need pics of them of the bike!
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26 Sep 2022 10:15 #874591 by Wookie58
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Extremely nice work. We need pics of them of the bike!



 
Thanks Doc, attached as requested. It's certainly on a journey and there isn't much "Ltd" left now 

 
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26 Sep 2022 10:37 - 26 Sep 2022 10:37 #874596 by kzstreetfighter71
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They nearly have a Z1 look to them, nice one.

06 Gsf 1200 bandit, 08 Triumph tiger 1010
05 Yam xv1700 , 02 Hon shadow 1100
1975 Z1 (currently working on)
1977 Z1000 ( running and in storage)
1978 Z1000 (currently working on)
1978 Z1r "skinny tank" (currently working on)
1978 Z1r "fat tank (gathering parts)
1979 z1000st (currently working on)
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