82 gpz 750... its a secret...

Nice. Are those the overseas clip-ons? And I do not envy you to polishing the wheels....as Kawasaki decided to add some nice ridges in with the casting!....which sucked. Looking forward to more updates, this thing is coming along nicely!
 
This is an awesome build and even better because it's a labor of love. I love those 80s sport bike, I always see a cafe hidden under there.
 
MotorbikeBruno said:
Nice. Are those the overseas clip-ons? And I do not envy you to polishing the wheels....as Kawasaki decided to add some nice ridges in with the casting!....which sucked. Looking forward to more updates, this thing is coming along nicely!
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Yes, they are the cheap chinese (ahem...Taiwanese....clipons ::) ) that are all over ebay. Not so crazy that the bar and mount are joined by a brass pin, so we may Americanize that aspect as well. As for the wheels, yes that will be a job. Ialone will be tackling them soon, and he is possibly working ob the frame hoop this weekend.
 
Ok, im not overly happy with the frame pics, but they will do. I should add that after blending welds, I smoothed with jb weld in a few spots to fill in before powdercoating. DO NOT DO THAT!! I've learned thru knowledgeable member here that jb weld can gas during oven time, and that is very bad for finish. So I ground it all back out...not fun. Instead, brazing is the way to go..

So first things first, I cut the main tabs off earlier in the build and tossed them in a pile on the ground. Then started blending the welds from those tabs smooth with various grinders and such.

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Basic tools used during this portion..

Here I am starting to mark out areas of weld that I think are excessively high and/or ugly. But hey, these were mass produced in a factory and then covered up with bodywork, so they were able to get away without trimming much.

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Starting to smooth them out.

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Progress! These couple of pics are actually for a frame hoop I bent for my next project. But we bent one right after the other on the same table so one looks like the other...

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So there it is. It will get trimmed up and fitted soon.
 
Ha I wish that table were mine. Its our tear down bench at work. I know for a fact that it will easily hold 15 tons. Yup, id love to have it in my garage, it would make a great frame layout bench. More to follow soon, maybe tomorrow between dirty diapers and home remodeling!
 
Hungry baby prevails! I am still up, and therefore adding progress shots...

Seat hoop is trimmed up, and installed. The idea here is to make it removable so a pan for the electronic bits can also come out on their own tray as well.

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Clipons are set on in a mock up

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And the tank position is finally where we want it too. Now we just need to reseal it, line it and figure out how to hold it on..

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Gpz projects seem to fizzle out on the forum.

The later gpzs had a very nice tank and wheels, but still were pretty standard. With pipes and pods, 100 hp is doable. I found this one tastefully done, not a great video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLhkst7Hkx0
 
Guys, as much as id love to say the project went on to completion and it was a hallmark moment for all, nope. Honestly, I wish it would resume and everything would happen. But it got mothballed quite a while back, and im not sure it will be finished, or if the original purpose will be adhered to. It never was my project, I was just givinghelp and trying to document it for a good cause. Oh well, I know where both bike, and owner are, I do hope it finds its way back to the bench one day tho. Ill update here if it ever does.
 
Cool E, we have all had those days, LOL I forgot this wasn't yours it was so long since last update. If he/she can't finishe, maybe they will pass it to you or another to complete, to much work to let it die.
 
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