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Re: 82' KZ440 Brat'Cafe'?: Engine in, got a roller, seat next Great build, turns out great when you put your time into prep!

one last picture on a ride, shows the last piece of seat padding on the back. So right now this is where i'm at. Starting to consider small projects while I ride this summer.

For final paint I decided to go with a vinyl wrap. I have a few friends who work for a company who does cars, so I talked them into taking a stab at my bike. Turned out decent made the seat padding from a cheap sleeping pad i got at Big 5 Sporting goods. A couple layers on top of a 1/4"...

The front break MC didnt like the low profile bars so i picked up a smaller one from a local motorcycle junk yard, Steele's Cycles. Its from a yamaha, not sure which one, it was on a shelf and it fit! I was a pretty excited, took her out on a few rides, before i thought about much more to do

Continued with bondo work on the tank and seat Picked up some lower profile handlebars and a light bracket from Dime City, and continued with the bondo and sanding... It was my first time at both fiberglass and bondo, so there was quite the learning curve... Added a break light also from...

during that process I found a tank from an '83 GPZ750, so I stripped that down and added it

I shaved some extra metal tabs trying to get weight off, then took a stab at my first fiberglass project. started with insulating foam, glued it in layers and cut/shaved/sanded it into shape then I wrapped the bike in plastic, covered the mold and wrapped it in fiber glass test fitting...

I started in with easy stuff, took the air box out and replaced it with pods decided the seat was way to long, so i shortened the frame a bit

I rode it as is for the summer, finished college, and moved from Fort Collins to Denver. A buddy of mine had a garage and a couple of bikes he was working on, and we both wanted a cafe racer style so i parked it in his garage and we started working. Moved in and set up started stripping stuff...

Well, here is the build on my 1983 KZ750. I bought the bike from a friend of my brothers about 4 years ago after unsuccessfully resurrecting a couple bikes. I had this 1969 CL175 that I bought, tried to get it running, and did some stuff to along the way. Here she is when I bought her and...