Re: here goes: 1983 kz750 twin (strap-on sally) from down under!!
traded for this baby last april and now its finally starting to look alot more like i had envisioned.....
i like the wrenchmonkee bikes and anything that has been bobbed chopped slammed stretchedand super clean....also im more of a fan of bare metal than paint....so after i painted the side covers silver with the tank....i decided i wanted metal
here is my progress.......so far....
made up a smaller brake light using a trailer plastic i had lying around....
i actually used the kz globe and housing with the trailer surround.....hybrid style....ha...and smaller dirtbike indicators....
then on went the original honda postie bars.....
as seen in the first pic..... these were a little lower than the original plus alot more straight.....i felt they gave it a much more badass stance....
sourced some shorter shocks from ebay....
bring that ass end down abit.....
also it feels though the change in geometry it wants to track alot straighter now.....(harder tipping into corners) but its ok itjust means you need to steer with the ass a little more...
ive had me n the missus on it no probs with the shorter travel....
heres where the bikes name comes from.... the shocks are on the hardest preset....strap on sally is doing gnarly things to your ass.....all in a good direct way though....haha.
the huge stock seat had to be excused of its duties.... now sally bites....hard!
i love the nitroheads seats so i decided to get one......thanks ebay.....previouse owner didnt like the seat coz the stitching is slightly crooked....so he sold it to me for a gem price....
also the stock mufflers had to go..... on went some straight pipes with internal baffles to give some shhhhh...... (originally i had used the baffle bolts through to the rear exhaust mounts-they were cheap chinese bolts and coz they were stressed one blew out under hard exeleration- i thought "shit ive blown a piston/rings") but it was all sweet...
upon mounting the new seat i had too cut off the rear tab on the fuel tank....
it rattled around like a bitch and was making the bike feel very dodgy so i made up some belt straps to hold the tank down tight........(inspired by one of shinya kimuras bikes) it works really well and the bike felt solid as a rock after the straps....(also fits in nicely with the 'strap-on sally' theme....
i flipped the number plate off to the side with a custom mount coz i like the look of the clean rear.....open wheel etc...
heres some shots....
oh by the way i removed all gauges and lights..... for the clean look.....
plus you really take alot more notice of everything else on the road without these distractions i thinks.....man and machine!
you can also probly see in the photos that i changed the headlight mounts (coz i hated the built in reflectors on the original...)
i had some from an old cb250 lying around.... i cut and tie-wired them on dodgily (but strong) till i get a new smaller headlight....
i also changed out the huge rear indicators and gave a slight bobb to rear guard but for me it still was no where near short enough...... i wanted a nice metal hoop to follow the curve of the seat....
also the new rear indicators i had put on were shoit quality dirtbike ones......which broke..... so i had to replace with some good quality ones.....
new......vs old (taped up with silver electrical tape so they would stay on after they broke)
and bare metal tank
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