What else would YOU do to this?

What else would YOU do to this? 31 May 2007 08:14 #145204

slickware Topic Author Offline User My bike is as old as I am Posts: 79 Thank you received: 2	Ok - so... I don't REALLY want to take apart the engine here, because with my level of technical ability, it would never go back together again. BUT, if this were your bike - what else would you do to it? Go crazy, I'd like to hear... and maybe I'll even attempt some of it if it doesn't look TOO bad. 1982 KZ1100 Spectre Old. Shiny. Attachments:
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What else would YOU do to this? 31 May 2007 08:33 #145206

liliysdad Offline User Posts: 35 Thank you received: 0	If it were mine? Ditch the windshield, the crash bar, the seat, and do a pseudo cafe racer. A set fo clip-ons, drag bars, or superbike bars, depending on taste, a fiderglass cafe seat pan, a a general smoothing over.
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What else would YOU do to this? 31 May 2007 09:14 #145211

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Paint or strip and polish the lower front fork tubes. Since you got rid of the gold covers on the motor the gold lower tubes don't match anymore. JMHO.

Andy
Akron, Ohio
80 Z-1 Classic-Sold
84 GPZ1100
79 KZ 1000 LTD
78 KZ 1000 A2
77 KZ 1000 LTD-Sold
76 KZ 900 The definition of a barn find
76 KZ 900-Sold gone to Denmark
KZ 750 times 3, KZ 650 times 8 Sold 1 down to 7
KZ 550 times 2 80 440LTD-Sold
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What else would YOU do to this? 31 May 2007 09:57 #145220

slickware Topic Author Offline User My bike is as old as I am Posts: 79 Thank you received: 2	I thought about that - but the rims actually are still that awkward gold color, so the lower tubes DO match the rims. You just can't see it in that side photo. Can I buy gold engine hardware? That'd be cool. 1982 KZ1100 Spectre Old. Shiny.
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What else would YOU do to this? 31 May 2007 12:03 #145249

speedadict Offline User Posts: 124 Thank you received: 0	I'm with Lillysdad. Cafe that thing. Loose the bars for some drag bars, through away those cheesy mirrors. Get a chrome exhaust system and a cooler seat. And the windshield.... Thats a no brainer. Check out the forum, kz750 from zero to hero under projects for more ideas. kzrider.com/component/option,com_joomlab.../id,133926/catid,11/
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What else would YOU do to this? 31 May 2007 18:52 #145353

steell Offline User Posts: 6850 Thank you received: 207	Yep, ditch the windshield by sending it to me! KD9JUR
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What else would YOU do to this? 31 May 2007 20:18 #145371

KZQ Offline Administrator Walking Behind the Corn May Not Be All That! Posts: 4750 Thank you received: 1278	Save your money and buy another bike! That one's done and is ready to be ridden and admired! KZCSI www.KZ1300.com Riders: 1968 BSA 441 Shooting Star, 1970 BSA 650 Lightning, 1974 W3, 1976 KZ900, 1979 KZ750 Twin, 1979 KZ750 Twin Trike, 1981 KZ1300, 1982 KZ1100 Spectre, 2000 Valkyrie, 2009 Yamaha Roadliner S. 1983 GL 1100 Projects: 1985 ZN1300
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What else would YOU do to this? 31 May 2007 21:23 #145386

slickware Topic Author Offline User My bike is as old as I am Posts: 79 Thank you received: 2	That last bit is the best advice yet. I like the windshield and the crash bars... I wouldn't ride any kind of crotch rocket bike or cafe racer style if you paid me! I like to be comfy, and yet big enough to blow by anyone that thinks they're hot shit ~A 1982 KZ1100 Spectre Old. Shiny.
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What else would YOU do to this? 31 May 2007 22:39 #145407

wireman Visitor	the whole question and post seems kind of a waste to me.you ask for ideas,then people give em to ya and ya shoot em down!id say make it simple stand back and look it over and build it the way you like it,youre paying for it and riding it;) now what exacty are you blowing by? Post edited by: wireman, at: 2007/06/01 12:25
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What else would YOU do to this? 31 May 2007 22:44 #145411

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KZCSI wrote:

Save your money and buy another bike! That one's done and is ready to be ridden and admired!

KZCSI

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If you wanted to cafe' out a KZ750, an "E" model would be a better canididate. The frame, front forks and overall steering geometry on the Spectre models aren't all that awe inspiring for hitting the twisties on.
Just my 0.02 worth here.

Covina, So Calif!
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84 ZN700 LTD = SOLD
84 ZX750 GPz = SOLD
89 GSX1100F Katana = SLEEPING :-/
20 VN1700 Vulcan Vaquero (the Blue Cowboy)
Looking for my next project KZ