82' KZ440 Cafe' Brat Build: Carb tuning & exhaust fly by!

[firebane]

Re: 82' KZ440 Brat'Cafe'?: Wiring, seat, final assembly, cables

Stock 82' 440 rims. They were the same mag style from 80-83 I believe. Some of the 400's and 440's had 18's all around, but were pretty rare.

Lol my 74 KZ has 18s :S Its annoying.

Bikes turned out good.

 

[M.B Co]

Re: 82' KZ440 Brat'Cafe'?: Wiring, seat, final assembly, cables

pics asap

Pictures will be posted around noon or after I pick it up. They said it turned out really well.

14g sheet steel bent to the curve of the frame, 3 layers camping mat, foam padding, black vinyl with pleats.

Lol my 74 KZ has 18s :S Its annoying.

Bikes turned out good.

Why is 18's annoying? Tire size? I would love to have 18's all around to keep it proportional.

 

[M.B Co]

Re: 82' KZ440 Brat'Cafe'?: Seat upholstered- ready for spring!

 

[M.B Co]

Re: 82' KZ440 Brat'Cafe'?: Seat upholstered- ready for spring!

Hmmm....

May need to do something about the tank and seat gap

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[Jrbrownie00]

82' KZ440 Brat'Cafe'?: Seat upholstered- ready for spring!

Gap is fine, wouldn't even worry about it


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[M.B Co]

Re: 82' KZ440 Brat'Cafe'?: Seat upholstered- ready for spring!

Gap is fine, wouldn't even worry about it


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I guess it doesn't bother me too much after looking at it for awhile. I do plan on getting a tank, maybe a 650 or 750 tank. I think a wider tank would look better IMO.

 

[DV2000NJ]

82' KZ440 Brat'Cafe'?: Seat upholstered- ready for spring!

I guess it doesn't bother me too much after looking at it for awhile. I do plan on getting a tank, maybe a 650 or 750 tank. I think a wider tank would look better IMO.

I think this would do it. The tank is the weak spot on the bike in my opinion.

Coming along great, man!

 

[M.B Co]

Re: 82' KZ440 Brat'Cafe'?: Seat upholstered- ready for spring!

I think this would do it. The tank is the weak spot on the bike in my opinion.

Coming along great, man!

I agree, will have to check out the tank master thread.

Example: 77' KZ750 tank, not sure if this will be too close to the shape/tyle of the 440 tank....?

 

[Doogie]

Re: 82' KZ440 Brat'Cafe'?: Seat upholstered- ready for spring!

I put a CB 550 tank on my 440. I'll try to post a pic tomorrow. It is a bit longer and wider plus more fuel.

 

[Doogie]

Re: 82' KZ440 Brat'Cafe'?: Seat upholstered- ready for spring!

I found an older, dark pic but you get the idea. It is probably about 2 inches longer than the KZ tank.

 

[M.B Co]

Re: 82' KZ440 Brat'Cafe'?: Seat upholstered- ready for spring!

How is the mounting? I would like to stick minimal change in mounting as I think it would be fun to have different vintage Kawasaki tanks in original condition to swap.

 

[M.B Co]

Re: 82' KZ440 Brat'Cafe'?: Seat upholstered- ready for spring!

ready to fire this weekend, picked up new oil & filter

 

[Doogie]

Re: 82' KZ440 Brat'Cafe'?: Seat upholstered- ready for spring!

How is the mounting? I would like to stick minimal change in mounting as I think it would be fun to have different vintage Kawasaki tanks in original condition to swap.

I actually didn't modify the stock mounting system at all. I wanted to keep the frame and tank original so I had a buddy come over to weld up a bracket for me. We actually bent an old horn mounting plate and it works great. I think you would have to make a new bracket for each tank as the size and mounting points would be different for most of them.

 

[M.B Co]

Re: 82' KZ440 Brat'Cafe'?: Seat upholstered- ready for spring!

Not much done this weekend, maybe I'll have time during the week. Only had 30 minutes today which involved replacing the oil filter and add oil.

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[predawn sky]

Re: 82' KZ440 Brat'Cafe'?: Seat upholstered- ready for spring!

bike looks awesome you've bine giving me ideas for kz440ltd
I was wondering did you make the exhaust yourself or buy it and do you remember what your pilots for your fuel ratio is set to

 

[M.B Co]

Re: 82' KZ440 Brat'Cafe'?: Seat upholstered- ready for spring!

bike looks awesome you've bine giving me ideas for kz440ltd
I was wondering did you make the exhaust yourself or buy it and do you remember what your pilots for your fuel ratio is set to

Thanks, glad my little build can influence other 440 LTD owners to make something cool looking out of a less desired motorcycle.

Exhaust is the stock pipes cleaned up, polished and lightly brushed with a cone engineering 2-1 collector centered under the bike. I'll throw a 12" stainless reverse cone muffler on sometime.

Jetting I used. For me, it runs out nice.
93 Secondary
68 Main

 

[predawn sky]

Re: 82' KZ440 Brat'Cafe'?: Seat upholstered- ready for spring!

thanks for the help
I was thinking of using this muffler for when turn mine into a 2-1 exhaust
http://www.ebay.com/itm/170852123226?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
cant to get my welder to do some fab work

 

[M.B Co]

Re: 82' KZ440 Brat'Cafe'?: Seat upholstered- ready for spring!

That's actually a pretty good idea. Love the style of those shorty slash cut tips. I had one similar on my GSXR before and loved it.

I started to create my own out of the stock muffler that I sectioned. May re-visit this

 

[M.B Co]

Re: 82' KZ440 Brat'Cafe'?: Seat upholstered- ready for spring!

Getting really tired of MotionPro. How hard is it to respond to an email.....

 

[M.B Co]

Re: 82' KZ440 Brat'Cafe'?: Seat upholstered- ready for spring!

Instead of waiting for MotionPro to email me back went ahead ordered these from Venhill

Universal Throttle

Universal Clutch