Squirley's Kawi H1 build thread

Thanks guys!

Drewski,

I have been following your progress over on Kawi2strokes, cant wait for some video footage once you get your shock worked out.
What did you coat your pipes in? I have two sets of these pipes so the set you see on my bike currently will be painted black but I am debating whether to leave the other set raw or chrome them...Yours look like they are keeping a good finish...
 
Dont really know what tank it is, I bought it all busted up from ebay. My best guess would be a Gus Kahn tank made for a british bike like a BSA...
 
Hey Squirley!
My pipes are "raw" steel. They don't always look really clean, but I like 'em that way!
The only thing on 'em is acrylic floor finish. Just slop it on and away ya go! It needs to be done a couple of times per season depending on the amount of riding you do!
 
Made some small progress today...made some mounts for the silencers. I didn't want to weld on the bolt flange ring directly onto the chamber, just in case I want to take them off and go deaf later...

Stared with a machined plate and half a tube clamp
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Welded them together and milled in some pockets to allow cap screws for mounting silencers
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Finished product with bolt on side
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Now on the bike
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That's all for today, thanks for following

Jens
 
Moving on, I cut and glued some foam onto the seat and shaped it to my desired look then had it upholstered at a local shop. Heres some pics.

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I had a request for some tail pics. Here is what it looks like...The flate plate in the back is where the tail light mounts giving a more finished and closed appearance. The under seat belly pan is not quite finished yet, still need to finish trimming then polish it out.
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Thanks

Jens
 
Thanks... piece by piece.

What do you guys think about the silencers. My initial plan was to not make them parallel with one another, but now I am having my doubts...Opinions?
 
I like them out of parallel. The bike looks really great, by the way.
 
I like parallel pipes, but yours look cool too! :D

Honestly, with your bike you can't go wrong! 8)
 
I vote parallel too. The rest of the bike looks so symmetrical it almost seems like the pipes have to be parallel.
 
Oh, and a tip before the inevitable happens. I have that Vrod headlight on one of my bikes too. After some spirited riding(which I imagine youll be doing on this girl) the low beam shroud in your headlight may break free and dance around in the housing. Once that happens its a mfr to get back in place. After cursing I managed to get it back in the slot its mounted in. I then drilled at a 45 degree angle slowly from the back of the headlight through the metal tab that the shroud uses as a mount. I then put a small self tapping screw through it to pin it in place in the plastic along with a dab of silicon to seal the screw in place. No one will ever see the screw and it will keep that shroud from falling off.
 
Not a lot to update in the last month, but that how these things go...
After procrastinating for a long time on this, I finally made exhaust hanger brackets for the chambers. Got two done and on more to go.
Unfortunately, these chambers didn't turn out as well as planned so I went ahead and coated them black, the next set will be chromed when finished.

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Jens
 
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