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Best of luck man!
If you need any original parts, let me know! I just finished a kz400 build. If you want to lower it, i have a set of forks that are 1.5" shorter than yours! The later models were taller.
Jetting question!
My bike idles great, and pulls great throughout the entire rpm range. However, when the bike is cruising comfortably, it stumbles. This happens at any speed. It pulls phenomenal, but it doesn't just "cruise".
Plugs are showing a rich condition.
Carbs are Keihin PE 28's.
100...
Thanks guys!
I used an HVLP for the base green coats, but everything else was done with an airbrush.
I have plenty of experience painting helmets - this is the first full bike I've done though.
sorry i missed this! There are a few keys. One - use the right tape. Use a good tape intended for automotive paint masking. Second, back paint before laying down new color. If you're painting a black stripe on a white tank, mask of the region you want to be black, then hit the area with a coat...
On the stand, outside, for final assembly.
Bottom half in. realized I had lost one of the sleeves to hold the cylinders in place... $10 shipping for a 20 cent piece...
Plate mocked up in the tail
Tank and tail. Starting to look real again!
Totally underestimated how long running...
Thanks!
Wanted to drop an update of where I'm at. Moving behind schedule, but that's okay.
I've got the rolling frame put back together to see how everything fits. May need to lower the front a tad. Some of the lines aren't coming out the way I had anticipated, so I'll be revisiting (headlight...
Finally had a chance to keep things moving.
Found 1 over shocks for the rear.
Made a plate for mounting the new (smaller) headlight.
Welded up the tail section with steel tube. As the fiberglass cowl will be squared at the rear, so is the tail section.
Frame taped up for glassing...
Looking at 2" higher front and rear. Also started to set up the Keihin PE's, love these little guys.
Rear section mocked up in photoshop. Will end up laying it out in fiberglass.
Alright! Stock carbs are 95% rebuilt after a couple modifications down in the bowls. I couldn’t source any nitrile plugs to cap the slow jets, so I tapped the top ¼ of the tube and threaded in a ¼” brass plug and slotted the top.
I also couldn’t find main jet springs, so I used E clips and a...
Okay! I've got the engine 90% complete! I'm going to wait until the engine is in the bike for the final time to install pistons/cam, as I think it will be easier to install the engine into the frame staring with only the case, then build the engine up once in the frame.
I might need to replace...
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