yet another KZ1000 streetfighter build

hahaha I just noticed Its in the kitchen too.. Love it!!

thanks mate, i rekon they will look fairly similar when done.

its a 09' R1 swinger, so that's the way it sits, i chose it coz it had the underbrace and the cut out in one side so i can do an undertail exhaust....
it also has reversed linkage, if you look at the pic below you will notice the dogbone
bolts to the swingarm not the frame.



the only problem i have had so far is having to make a swingarm piviot bolt and bushes, but thats only because in using a shaft drive frame as they are a lot wider and give better chain clerance on the frame.




the triples are off a 05' Z1000, the forks are the same size!

wow that's awesome may have to consider running those triples. where did you find those spoked rims? i think id trade an arm for a pair of those!!

haha you will need an arm and a leg mate....... they are fuken hard to find!!! i searched every day for about 3 months until i found some. my Black set owe me about $1500 now after powdercoating

hey what is this? and do I need it?

chonus wrote: hey what is this? and do I need it?

When new, a few Kawasaki models had a built-in security cable residing inside the frame, which was pulled out when needed to lock the bike to a nearby post or whatever.

Am vaguely recalling a ring on the cable end that remained accessible when the cable wasn't deployed.

It usually didn't take very long until the cable rusted stuck inside the frame and became unusable, and so nasty that nobody wanted to use it anyhow.

If it's not that, I don't know what it is. And if it is that, nobody ever needed it.:lol:

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um yep what he said....

i have never seen that on an Australian or New Zealand modle.

cut it off mate!

'81 J model



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1983 KZ1100 LTD



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There were probably other Kawasaki models with the provision for the built-in security cable.

It's only barely visible in the brochures shown in the foregoing posts.

I believe -- but not positive -- that it's included on '81, '82 and '83 J models.

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Will try to zoom in --








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Here are close-ups of the different texts in these particular brochures.








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