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I removed the piping and the ring, that holds it in place. To get the small hole in the forks closed, i threaded them, put epoxy glue on and put a small screw in. Sand the edges carefully down and you have the forks airtight. If you slip the forks a bit through the triple trees (like me), the...

Wow. Crazy. Wasn´t here for a few days and then such a surprise. Makes me really happy to be nominated! THANKS! Some more pics (same as in my build thread):

The exhaust is a non branded "Megaphone" style one from a german online shop. I had to heavily modify the internals to get it quiet enough to get it street legal (a lot of glassfiber and a self build DB Eater were enough) If you Google megaphone exhaust you should be able to find a similar one...

Thanks guys. Why does everybody hate the Yamaha logo? ;D It´s quite funny at biker meet ups. Quite a lot people recognise the Xj550 fueltank, but are confused if they see "Kawasaki" on the engine or the mono shock. ;D

Not all of the 550 engines make that much power. The GPZ is the top end of this engine. As far as I know at least the camshaft is different. May be the pistons as well? Also the carbs are different. I´m quite glad I have a quite modern suspension ("Unitrack") with a completely adjustable GSX-r...

original 65hp. Thats quite enough for the weight. I have no real urge to get more hp at the moment.

Kwasaki GPZ 550 from 88 original before after More here: http://www.dotheton.com/forum/index.php?topic=66836.msg767429#msg767429

Hi guys and girls, I wanted to show you my Kawasaki GPz550 build. The build is nearly completed, just a few details are missing (like a new and different modified sprocket cover). Sadly I´m in Germany, where we are quite restricted with modifying. Everything has to pass a technical inspection...

Hallo "Nachbar" 8) Darf man fragen woher du genau kommst? Recklinghäuser Kennzeichen und ein Foto in Haltern am Bikertreff (???)... Studierst du zufällig auch an der RUB? Ich komm auch Waltrop und studier Maschinenbau an der RUB ;) Gute Arbeit! Dein Bike gefällt mir! der Tacho ist absolut...