The forces of the Kawasaki KZs on DTT has grown by one! Hopefully all you Honda guys can appreciate it, I understand how it is though, three of my closest friends are all working on CB cafe projects. Without further ado, here's my 1978 Kawasaki KZ650 C2 that I'm resurrecting into a cafe racer.
Brief history, I got the bike off of craigslist here in Raleigh, NC and focused on getting things mechanically sound first. After a thorough cleaning of the carbs, new carb boots, points adjustment, a few quarts of oil, a new reg/rec, and some fresh spark plugs, she lives! Now I'm at the stage of beginning to TRY to make her pretty!
Recently, I've swapped out the stock turn signals with new LED units, and a fresh electronic flasher unit to match. I also replaced the rear brake light with a new LED unit off of ebay. I got all my lighthing stuff of of ebay. I've also added some clubman bars and removed the rear fender to start the cafe look.
Anyways, enough talk, and down to what everyone came here for, the pics! Click on each picture for a bigger version.
Before LEDs and exhaust/header paint
Aftermath of sanding the old Kerker 4-1 headers/exhaust
Kerker on my "custom" drying rack after washing, getting ready for paint
Headers after the first coat
All painted up and back on the bike, much better than rust colored!
Waiting for the paint to cure
I've got one of Sean's Roc City Daytona seats on the way, can't wait to get rid of that hideous King/Queen seat!
Sorry for the lengthy first post; hopefully this thread will be some motivation for me to keep moving on the project!
Brief history, I got the bike off of craigslist here in Raleigh, NC and focused on getting things mechanically sound first. After a thorough cleaning of the carbs, new carb boots, points adjustment, a few quarts of oil, a new reg/rec, and some fresh spark plugs, she lives! Now I'm at the stage of beginning to TRY to make her pretty!
Recently, I've swapped out the stock turn signals with new LED units, and a fresh electronic flasher unit to match. I also replaced the rear brake light with a new LED unit off of ebay. I got all my lighthing stuff of of ebay. I've also added some clubman bars and removed the rear fender to start the cafe look.
Anyways, enough talk, and down to what everyone came here for, the pics! Click on each picture for a bigger version.
Before LEDs and exhaust/header paint
Aftermath of sanding the old Kerker 4-1 headers/exhaust
Kerker on my "custom" drying rack after washing, getting ready for paint
Headers after the first coat
All painted up and back on the bike, much better than rust colored!
Waiting for the paint to cure
I've got one of Sean's Roc City Daytona seats on the way, can't wait to get rid of that hideous King/Queen seat!
Sorry for the lengthy first post; hopefully this thread will be some motivation for me to keep moving on the project!
They are awesome bikes so I'm sure you'll have fun. Much better than a Honda 
