Track Bike - kz550
- Thread starter Drewski
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Those rear sets look the bomb. Nice.
Erskine
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Top Banana mate 
Are you going to run lower bars to get more advantage from the rearsets or keep the current centre of balance? Visually ace bars/clipons would look neat, however I used to have a Z650 back in the day and for me it rode better (aggressively) with very upright Z900 bars.
Are you going to run lower bars to get more advantage from the rearsets or keep the current centre of balance? Visually ace bars/clipons would look neat, however I used to have a Z650 back in the day and for me it rode better (aggressively) with very upright Z900 bars.
Well mate, I think I'll stay with the superbike bars. I find 'em really comfortable. I have similar bars and rearsets on my kz1000 which I've ridden on the track with good results. I feel they're a good compromise. They position me in a semi-aggressive position but give me lots of leverage for easy transitions.
Tune-A-Fish
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Mad skills boogerin the beercans back to life
Nice fix on the pipes. I really dig the low superbike bars too. Leverage.
Drey6 said:
Yep, cost me 100 bucks Canadian so that's about $2.35 U.S. ??? ;D
He tacked the head pipes together with a bar of steel, then cut the collector off the head pipes, chopped about 2 -3 inches off 2 head pipes, welded pieces back on, cleaned up the collector, welded the head pipes back on the collector and ground off the bar tacked to the head pipes.
Simple, but not easy. I understand the welds around the collector are a son-of-a-gun to get right. :-\
As we mock up the mid pipe and can, it looks like I may need to extend the mid pipe to get the can past the rear shock. Oh well. 'In for a penny, in for a pound' as they say.
Drewski said:Yep, I've now spent about double my 'budget' for the season.
... and now I have valve seat issues.
Looks like I need to pour a little more into the engine. ???And on it goes.
Racing, like most motor sports: How do you end up with a small fortune in racing? You start with a large one.
Drewski said:Ya, usually it's easier to just spend the $$ up front. I tried starting with a beater and I'll probably end up spending the 'whole enchilada' to make it right any way.
Well I look forward to your next step, you've got a great start!
Tune-A-Fish
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Drewski said:Ya, usually it's easier to just spend the $$ up front. I tried starting with a beater and I'll probably end up spending the 'whole enchilada' to make it right any way.
B4 you spend on machine work this little NOS deal is no so bad if you think on it:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Kawasaki-KZ550-Z-550-ZR550-A-83-88-Cylinder-Head-11002-1121-NOS-/271253209979?hash=item3f27f3837b&vxp=mtr
alzcbz
Been Around the Block
I had an 86 Ninja 600 in the early 90s. I was always having to adjust the valves, they were always getting tight causing cold starting problems. Later, I had heard the heads on these motors were soft.
I got pretty quick doing valve adjustments monthly, just for reassurance.
I see you are running a GPZ motor, wonder if this is a similar issue.
BTW, nice job on the Track Bike. Everyone who rides, should visit a track day or two.
I got pretty quick doing valve adjustments monthly, just for reassurance.
I see you are running a GPZ motor, wonder if this is a similar issue.
BTW, nice job on the Track Bike. Everyone who rides, should visit a track day or two.
