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Ed_in_Miami wrote: Cool project...!
I will be watching and taking notes.

No, I'm taking notes from your thread.
Yours looks fantastic, where did you get your carb kit?

I feel your pain with the "spray bombed" paint. My last project was completely covered in some kind of clear coat.

Sand blasters work great but I have been cautioned not to use them on fully assembled engines. People say the sand will find its way inside, I have never actually seen it happen. Just a data point.

Fischer779 wrote: I feel your pain with the "spray bombed" paint. My last project was completely covered in some kind of clear coat.

Sand blasters work great but I have been cautioned not to use them on fully assembled engines. People say the sand will find its way inside, I have never actually seen it happen. Just a data point.

Yeah, I wish I could just leave it be, as it looked okay, but I can't stand the look and I really prefer natural metal.

Very true, Sand can definitely make it where you don't want it to go if you aren't careful.

Soda blasting is an option. Cheaper than a sand blaster but not as effective as or fast.
To speed things up you can use some aircraft paint stripper. It loosens up the paint and once dry the blaster finishes the job. Just don't get it on stuff you don't want to repaint.

ThatGPzGuy wrote: Soda blasting is an option. Cheaper than a sand blaster but not as effective as or fast.
To speed things up you can use some aircraft paint stripper. It loosens up the paint and once dry the blaster finishes the job. Just don't get it on stuff you don't want to repaint.

That gallon jug in the picture is industrial paint stripper. It's working well.

Ive ordered a few parts, most importantly a 81-82 kz1000 carb kit, intake boots and a factory air filter.


The pilot jets seem to have an issue and my intakes are cracking , so this should cure those issues.

I had to stretch my exhaust out about 4-5 inches because the Kerker bracket ends up on that frame loop that the rear master cylinder mounts to. I went to an auto parts store and purchased an off the shelf pipe extension and cut it fit. No big deal. I could have modified the frame but that would have started a whole other project with the rear brakes. I just want to keep it simple .

What size is that?
Steve

2.5” x 18” I think was the piece I bought. Also I made a lever for the rear brake lever out of 1/2” cold rolled and just welded it to the bell crank from the master cylinder. Not very complicated, maybe some day I’ll engineer a Rube Goldberg linkage for it but for today we just ride.

Great info and picture, thank you. That is a real help seeing that setup. Nice work on the brake as well.

Foot controls came in, might be able to get to those this weekend.

The pipes are Delkavic. They look nice.