modified, aftermarket, or custom. nothing is safe (78 KZ1000)

I bought these CRG bar-end mirrors years ago. I never liked the look of bar end mirrors... but these are convex glass and very nice; so I made some stems from scratch. The Brembo MC and clutch perch had a M10x1.25 left hand thread which is damn hard to come by in the US so I drilled and tapped them for 7/16"-20 but I needed a lock nut and anything off the shelf looked too big so I got OCD and made some locknuts from scratch out of SS304. These may be the only 7/16"-20 nuts with a 14mm wrench in the world. I also made some small locknuts for the upper part where the mirror connects, but for those I used some 304 hex stock I had laying around. I used silicon bronze to join everything together because its all different metals and figure it will help with stress cracking. Pretty happy with how they turned out, a lot of time in something most people will think I bought ::)
 

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doc_rot said:
I splurged on these RS34 carbs this summer. I got them test fitted to check my cable length, and to figure out a support for them. Any suggestions where I should start with jetting? motor has Wiseco 1075, mild cams, street port and polish, and free flowing header.
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#17.5 pilots, #135 mains, needle on the middle notch, accelerator pump standard.
 
Really nice work on those mirrors. You're right, most will never know unless you tell them. Not that it matters, you'll know and so do we!
 
der_nanno said:
#17.5 pilots, #135 mains, needle on the middle notch, accelerator pump standard.
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thanks for that. the carbs came with 1.5 pilots, 125 mains, needle on the middle. so I will buy some bigger mains for testing
 
Lots of small things have been finished,including all the wiring in the front. Two things of note; One, I made some spools for the rear stand after knocking the bike off the stand. Luckily it fell into me and no damage was done but it damn near gave me a heart attack. With the spools and the stand it is VERY sturdy and cannot slip off as it did before. Two, I wasn't happy with the foot of the kickstand I made so I cut it off and remade it, the shoulder bolt also took some machining to get the spring to clear it. I made the stainless ball from scratch on the lathe for a throwback to the original kickstand. I think I might still need to add a tang on it to make it easier to kick out.

The only things left are:
Replace a few bolts with ARP to match
install clutch cable
install left footpeg/linkage
finish wiring.

6 YEARS LATER AND ITS ALMOST DONE
 

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Looks incredible. Just a perfect balance of modern finishes and materials with a truly classic look.

But tell me more about that 750 twin in the background! :D
 
thanks man. the 750 is coming along, only needs a muffler and foot pegs to be fabricated and then final assembly. You can check out the build thread here >http://www.dotheton.com/forum/index.php?topic=66016.msg756802#msg756802
 
Well taking these photos might be putting the cart before the horse as I haven't gotten the bike running yet, but I had reserved this gallery space to take photos of this bike and a bunch of other large scale work so it went down. All that remains is a some wiring. This week is gonna be insane for me, I got a big commission coming in so the project bikes are gonna live in the house for a little bit as my garage is gonna be full. I may not get to start it up for the first time till next week. So close i can smell the burnt hydrocarbons. enjoy the gratuitous photos.
 

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Really nice work sir. Lovely craftsmanship and very properly engineered. Lots of well executed "worthy of factory" details most folks won't notice but those that do will appreciate. Great pics as well! And thanks for documenting!
 
I'm on a bunch of forums every day, all throughout the day. This bike is better than every bike I've seen, except one, (the red Bimota tribute), in the last year.


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+1

You have a way of modding the bike yet keeping it clean and finished looking throughout the process.

Every change seems like it was made for the bike. It looks like how it should have rolled off Kawasaki's assembly line in the first place. ;)
 
doc_rot said:
Well taking these photos might be putting the cart before the horse as I haven't gotten the bike running yet, but I had reserved this gallery space to take photos of this bike and a bunch of other large scale work so it went down. All that remains is a some wiring. This week is gonna be insane for me, I got a big commission coming in so the project bikes are gonna live in the house for a little bit as my garage is gonna be full. I may not get to start it up for the first time till next week. So close i can smell the burnt hydrocarbons. enjoy the gratuitous photos.
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Stunning. This bike is going to blow up the internet. (looks like it needs oil though... lol ) I could stare at it all day.
 
Thanks for following along guys. This forum has been an inspiration to keep me motivated.

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Stunning. This bike is going to blow up the internet. (looks like it needs oil though... lol ) I could stare at it all day.
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It's on the kickstand, it's full of oil.
 
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