Recent content by Gunstein

That is a truly amazing link and you can bet your ass that I'll be giving them a call. Just a little update on the progress. Took the cylinders to the hone tank and cleaned them up. After a re measurement and a second pair of eyes, we determined that we are well within our service wear...

I've been in the motorcycle industry for over a decade now. Took an online motorcycle mechanic course for $800. Got a job at a local dealership detailing and worked my way up from there. I took the money I would have spent at MMI and bought my tools. The hours suck and the pay is shitty. My...

Oh yeah here's a few pics.

We have just a little progress. The top end came apart nicely. Got my hands on some measuring equipment and went to town. We are just past our service limits on the cylinder diameter and way over on the piston to cylinder clearance. Looks like we're going to bore it over and get some O.S...

Looking good! I'll be doing an engine build on one of these for a buddy of mine this winter. The bike came to him with the Chinese engine in it and a 110cc engine on the side. Looks like a parts bike that was sloppily put back in order. It was missing a few things but it sounds like he...

The engine is on the bench ready for a freshening. Starting to really look at some styling options. I'm thinking taller shocks in the rear, and doing the pvc spacer upgrade in the front forks. Looking at cutting off the rear fender and welding a hoop in. New or modified seat and modified...

I saw one of the 800 kits on ebay. Not sure what they wanted for it. They said it would fit the KZ, but if I want to go do wheelies I'll just take the Buell out. ;) My plan is to keep it at 750cc if I can. I've put together enough hopped up H-Ds to know that bigger is usually faster but at...

More work has been done on the Kawi. Will post pics soon. I got the flywheel puller via UPS yesterday and 2 seconds with the impact popped it right off. Found one of the starter clutch springs all tweeked. Assembled the contraption with some new starter clutch components and that's done!. I...

Here we go. First pic is the day I bought the bike. Today I finally put it up on the bench to start the project. Pulling the flywheel off to replace the starter clutch. I still don't have it off. Since I don't have the proper puller, we are using the rear axle as suggested in a few other...

Is it just me or is that kick stand on backwards? :o

Sorry, I couldn't help myself. ;D

LaCrosse WI, area. Selling my daily driver to fund other projects. If you or someone you know is interested, shoot me a message. $3900 is the asking price. I've rebuilt the top end, transmission, new rear tire, LED headlight, and carbon fiber air filter cover. 24,000 miles and ready for...

Wow! Thanks guys. I have the starter clutch rebuild kit already as well as the Athena complete engine gasket kit. I will look into the electronic ignition and Z1. The bike has 2002 tabs which means its been sitting for over a decade. :/ I've found a few posts about tuning for air pods...

Hey folks, New to the forum here. I picked up a neglected KZ750B. After a little TLC I managed to coax the thing to run for a short time. As this thing needs everything restored, I am thinking about doing a cafe build. Does anyone have any tips or tricks specific to this model and make...