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Wow Lou! Nice going, and looking good!!! I'd have to buy my pieces, but after checking my machinery, I can check off a few. Band Saw, and Drill Press. Soeday I'll have a welder.

Is this the one you are wondering if you can get it out of the basement once assembled?

I'd almost kill for a garage/basement space like that, but nope, I'm not leaving California anytime soon!!!

Yeah, there's no chance it would make it out in one piece. I barely got the frame out by itself. That's alright, I did 90% of the work in the basement then the rest in the garage.

That seat setup is amazing. Very cool. I was thinking about the green light in that back piece, do it!!
Id love to see that..

Couple more pics in actual daylight.
Here's the rat's nest under the seat. Other than the lights, this is pretty much the entirety of the electrics (this bike has no starter or battery). It was tight to fit everything within the frame rails, and I had to leave room for a future ignition upgrade so all the wires had to be packed into the center. I also left the wires extra long in case I had to change anything.

I put on the red kerker... much smoother and quieter. That previous pipe was basically an open canister. As luck would have it, the red matches exactly. Even uder very close scrutiny, the red matches... very strange. All of the forces are making me keep the bike red. (The tank and fender are for another bike, but I may just have to ebay another stock tank and fender.)

Rear shot

front

Dude- I said it once- I will say it again- I am always impressed with your post-apocolyptic bike visions!

You work fast.
Wow, that thing is soooooo phat!
I have never seen a red Kerker like that.

Wow Lou...VERY nice job!!

Thanks guys! Yeah, I scored that red Kerker for about $20 on fleabay. It was brand new-never installed. I wasn't crazy about the red, but it does match the bike pretty well. The label says "Targa by Kerker". Also, the label is situated such that the muffler should go on the left side of the bike. I flipped it over and spun the tail pipe to point down in order to use it on the right side... I don't know what it was meant to go on.

I worked on the frame for a few days in May, then the rest of it took about two weeks to come together. I only had to buy a few odds and ends, luckily. I still have to decide what to do for a seat pad. The one that's on there is ok for around town, but it's too stiff for over an hour. I can't seem to find those soft kneeling pads for gardening.

Very Nice! This thread keeps looking better & better . The tail section is a great idea using what you did. I have been reading some websites on working with carbon fiber for bodywork and may build a double headlight 1/2-3/4 fairing (sorta early ZX7ish) and tail section also in the future for my other KZ1000A1 project. But yea I like your work, keep it up, regards, Doug