Wonderings about the KZ 900

[cobra23]

Hey Tino,

Is it realistic to buy from that site what with customs/ overseas shipping and all that?

I got a set of carb kits Monday, this weekend rebuilding Le Mixers'.

The KZR forum is turning into some rake and trail discussions, soon as I have a new photo there I will repost the link, unless you are interested in frame geometry.

Actually there are many folks setting up the old KZ's, and they dont always think about what the short forks do to steering geometry.

I admire people who can dive into a project and get it done quick, but you really need to think things out to make the end product better than the beggining product.

[cobra23]

AHHHHH Rebuilding carburators............lots of little parts!!!!

I feel like McCoy working on Spocks Brain (ok young guys won't get that) aHHahhhHA!!


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[cobra23]

Well the Giant Hat oh wisdom held out till the end..the operation was a success Bones it is.....

Hey Allan by the way I am picking up a track bike in two weeks..(older R-6)...wooo hooooooo!!


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Carbs are done...el duuno, le finito........

[D1NO]

Well the Giant Hat oh wisdom held out till the end..the operation was a success Bones it is.....

Hey Allan by the way I am picking up a track bike in two weeks..(older R-6)...wooo hooooooo!!


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Carbs are done...el duuno, le finito........

I am an avid Trekie, I have seen the new movie 3 times now and hear/see something new every time I watch it. They did a great job res erecting a dead series

Good job on the track bike, now you wont have any excuses left *LMAO*

Trekie!!! Did not see that.. I knew there was something with the accent.. j/k I saw the new movie twice 

Cobra... Congrats on the new trackbike!!! Hope to see it soon..

[cobra23]

I can't wait.....

If I could still attach Photos........(Hmmmmmm my folder iis full) I would post a photo.

I will be out there soon, just getting my ass kicked by the fast guys with no excuse...Ohhh I cant wait!!!!

[cobra23]

I think the link to KZ riders is working. I thought I would try the phot bucket dealee.

This should be a scanned photo of what the bike looked like when i got it in April of 2003.

[cobra23]

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I got the carbs on and the throttle cables hooked up so now I have a little more realism..you know what with Isle of Man going on I like to hear the throttle slides opening and closing, while I sit on the bike making the motor noises, pretending I am on the Isle.....

Ok well    ....  so we make a discovery combining the ballistic people with the restoration people. I bought a brass tumbler at Sportsmans Warehouse, for about 70 bucks, then some abrasive media, about 15 bucks.

Fill the bowl (the tumbler bowl) with media, toss those nasty looking fasteners and small parts in, turn it on, wait twenty four hours, and the parts look like new again.

Hit the link to see the fuel petcock before tumbling, then after tumbling....interesting.

Would work well on a new bike too.

[cobra23]

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Resetting the rear shock mounts Ed fabricated for me. The ZRX 1100 shock mounts have a different spacing, so we reproduced two new aluminum shock mounts (brackets), now i am squarring them up, re-positioning them on the swing arm.

They will get tig welded in place once I clamp and pin them, so the welder dude does not worry about them moving while he is tiggn away.

Thanks for checkin out the work!!!

[cobra23]

Wow 3000 veiws...

That is pretty cool.

Thanks all...

Ted

[cobra23]

Back from vacation..... a week of modifying the old green truck in the wizards shop. big work but now Mrs. Cobra 23 has power steering.

Did not get the flatbed done, the power steering prooved to be very interesting.

Struck out on the track bike.... I will be looking for another one this winter when you are all deperate to sell....

[cobra23]

We made three cardboard templates, then finally bent the aluminum sheet. Pure old school teknologiee baby.... right down to the fuel line over the sharp edges of the sheet.

Check out the photo's...

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[cobra23]

Well....

The swingarm is now getting welded, it's like a second tier favor. But this is what makes the project fun right?

Mrs. Cobra 23 has taken advantage of the "lull" crated by wiaitng on the swingarm, we now have a 12 ft. X 12ft. deck started on the back yard.

Rest who needs rest...the only easy day was "yesterday".....

23 ...out.

[cobra23]

You know I keep thinking aint nobody interested in this thing this labor of love, but then I log in and watch the counter, (3 thousand views) it makes me feeel alll warm inside.

Thanks to ya all. And by the way, I was at the track Saturday, on the Duc had a great time. Jerome the heel foot positioning was a bit different for me for a bit, but it does make a big differance. I felt much more stable.

Ok so.. I post the link cause i think I am barred from ore photo's by the IT police...but it seems to be working.

Check out the swingarm welded new mounts for the shocks. Ignition, and chain.....then it is off to the track!!!!!!!

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[cobra23]

Well I got the swingarm mounted up for the last time. New picture....probably looks like many other new pictures.....

Remember the "final assembly". I dunno I bet I have put the swing arm on and off about 50 times trying to get different things lined up, but the shock mounts were the final adjustment to make to the swing arm.

Thanks to those of you who are watching the build, it really is cool to see how many views there are, and they keep on climbing.

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[cobra23]

My good friend Ed is back from the Vermont bicycle vacation, the deck in the back yard is almost completed. Mrs. Cobra 23 will soon release me from the labor camp. .....

Friday heading over to Ed's to sip expensive Scotch and clearance the Countersprocket cover for the chain offset.

Then discuss the Bonneville 90 project, you know the one I can't get any interest in ... except for Al who insists I should avoid Irish Girls..... something bout the sizes of .......