KZ650 Sleeper Build (KZ1000 engine transplant)

Just a suggestion. 

I installed the new one piece drop shim for the LH muffler I made on my mill.

 

It moved the muffler closer to the tire and it dropped the center down another 1/2", its now within 1/32" of the RH muffler from the floor. The RH muffler is going to be kicked out a bit further with some shims, but I could not adjust it up or down too much because of rear brake lever interference.

 

I also sealed the joint between the muffler and the head pipe with grey high heat RTV as there was already a sooty exhaust leak there upon first start.

The rail I made to push the coils more forward is a little too much forward so I will drill some holes to pull them back a bit. It did elevate the tight spark plug wire condition. I also need to add about 8" of extra length on the #2 spark plug wire as I need to route the wire around the back of the cam cover.

 

Its a bit too tight on the trailing edge of the cam cover between the top of the cover and the bottom of the gas tank. I am not too keen on having the plug wires sandwiched on top of the cam cover. I need all the air flow I can get between the tank and the head. 

I did buy some reflective self adhesive heat shield foil to attach to the bottom of the tank to try to keep the heat under control. I won't apply it to the tank until I can commit to fixing the petcock orientation and shortening the lever handle to miss the air box.

I am also fabricating some billet aluminum spark plug wire separators. I only need one on each side so buying a set seemed to be a waste of money, I had the aluminum so its just going to cost me some time.
 

Billet alloy spark plug wire separator for 8mm wires.

 

Bolt is a tiny M3, and its only 1/4" x 1/2" x 7/8" made from two pieces of 1/4" square bar 6061.