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750 cafe racer 13 Apr 2010 21:37 #360524

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I dig the new paint job! Your bike is starting to come together nicely. A suggestion if I may. You might want to try to get that seat relatively flat. That forward cant will have you constantly pushing yourself back with your hands. Too much weight on the hands leads to numbness, sore wrists, shoulders, neck and back. I have learned this lesson the hard way on my bicycle. Keep up the good work.
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750 cafe racer 13 Apr 2010 21:53 #360526

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Hey, your build is coming along nicely & I think the 7" headlight looks good!

Tony
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750 cafe racer 14 Apr 2010 00:07 #360536

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It's comming together and looking good! I like the look of the black fork tubes. Are those R6 rearsets I see mounted?
FRANKEN Z!
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750 cafe racer 14 Apr 2010 14:57 #360660

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Thanks I appreciate the comments. I like the 7 inch headlight I have to do some work to get it where I want it. Yes those are r 1/6 rearsets. I had to modify the shifter so the shift rod was on the outside of the rearset. The seat looks pretty raked out in that pic its not bad sitting on it. The whole rearend of the bike is kinda mounted already. there will be more weight so it should sag some more. It seems it did sag more and the rear was more plush before i took the shock spring off and put it back on. I will probably have to take it back apart and check everything again.
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750 cafe racer 22 Apr 2010 11:22 #362381

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Thing of beauty.


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82 Kawasaki ELR Clone (1000 J)
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750 cafe racer 22 Apr 2010 11:55 #362390

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Nicely done. Looks great!
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750 cafe racer 27 Apr 2010 18:40 #363694

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Thanks guys. I have been really busy lately. I bought a car and have been teaching the wife how to drive it. I have made a new headlight bracket that moves the headlight as far back as possible and mounted the turn signals.




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750 cafe racer 06 May 2010 17:10 #366017

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Well I finally got my front fender mounted still have to do some more welding and then bondo and paint. heres some pics.





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750 cafe racer 07 May 2010 18:10 #366297

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I found some cases. They should be here next week. Yay! Now the real building can begin
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750 cafe racer 07 May 2010 20:49 #366347

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Big claps! Now: work, photograph, post.
Easy!
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78 Kawasaki Z1R
81 Kawasaki KZ1000J (mods)
82 Kawasaki ELR Clone (1000 J)
82 Kawasaki KZ750R1/GPz750 ELR-ed
70 Kawasaki KV75
83 Honda CB1100F (few mods)
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750 cafe racer 13 May 2010 19:55 #367796

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Well i ordered an ignition switch late friday on ebay and got it monday. Sweet. I then made a bracket to mount my gauges. I'm not totally sure if I'm gonna keep it though I think I might make another one that utilizes the mounting points on the front of the triple.




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750 cafe racer 13 May 2010 20:47 #367807

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nice! B) B) B) B) B)
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750 cafe racer 20 May 2010 09:49 #369247

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Well I finally got some good cases. And since I finally got Plummen watching I figured I would post some pics of the new cases and the new gauge bracket.



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1985 gpz750
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750 cafe racer 20 May 2010 10:16 #369253

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Good symmetry on the gauge bracket, nicely done. Did you paint the lower case, or did it come that way?
FRANKEN Z!
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750 cafe racer 20 May 2010 16:40 #369380

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Thanks porchechev. The cases came black I'm hoping to clean them this weekend and maybe just scuff them up and repaint them. The weird thing about the gauge bracket is that its not symmetrical the mounting bosses are not the same on both sides so the one side is shorter than the other. But its intentional. Looks pretty i like it a lot more than the first one. I will put some holes in it tomorrow and get some paint on it. Thanks for stopping by
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750 cafe racer 22 May 2010 00:15 #369719

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Well I finished the gauge bracket looks cool 26 holes later its lighter now.


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750 cafe racer 22 May 2010 06:33 #369753

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Speedholes!! Good work. Are the drive cables for your speedo and tack compatable with the KZ on the other end?
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2007 Harley Sportster 1200
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750 cafe racer 22 May 2010 08:50 #369788

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u can mix and match the cable ends if necessary. i took the bottom ends off of my kz and zx9 speedo cable and swapped them.:silly:
76 KZ, frame gusset work,1200CC.Ported by Larry Cavanaugh, 1.5mm.over intakes, Carron Pipe, ZRX12 rear end, and seat,96zx9 front end.
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750 cafe racer 22 May 2010 10:07 #369800

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Yes the speedo cable is compatible. The tach is electronic so thats compatible. Just a few speed holes. Its made out of steel and it was heavy so out came the drill. The gauges are the original gpz gauges. I really like the look of them but thought they were going to be too big but then once I started putting the frontend together I found the mini gauge I got was too small.
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750 cafe racer 07 Nov 2010 15:47 #411531

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I think we're do for an up-date.
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81 Kawasaki KZ1000J (mods)
82 Kawasaki ELR Clone (1000 J)
82 Kawasaki KZ750R1/GPz750 ELR-ed
70 Kawasaki KV75
83 Honda CB1100F (few mods)
79 Suzuki GS1000 (rolling frame / project / junk)
84 Suzuki GS1150ES (modified project)
83 Yamaha XJ900R (project / junk)

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