had an acewell and i'd have another , dead easy to wire it in and set it up , never had a koso so cant comment on them

As far as next ive got about 3 things mulling around at once.I think ive got the rear set mount figured out just need to get the material.hard to get to metal shop, working all the time.also looking at headlight mt and guages.considering a acewell digital.looking at making a bracket out of 3/8 brake line tubing and just bending it to shape with some tabs for mounting?then have it powdercoated.not going to mt a fairing so trying to tuck it all tight.oh yea and making a new steering stop for frame to also mt stabilizer to.testarossa thanks for sending part so quick.you couldnt use it?anybody got a good set of 34 flatslides?

Did a search really didnt find anything? anyone have one of these?looking at model #3071 looks like it will fit ok not sure how it mounts.oh yea its an acewell

Nice little units for $120....

Like these....

Wow..thanx Guys, I really get the shivers when reading you comments. Even if you build the bike for your own satisfaction it really feels good to get nice feedback.


Here´s an approx build cost. Wont sum it up cause I dont want to know the total:)

Old barn bike (KZ750-82) $ 700
Wheels e-bay (FZR 1100/YZR 1000) $ 500
Engine rebuild (parts and some labour) $ 1000
Swing arm YZR -08 $ 400
Front end FZR 1100 -91 $ 300
Acewell speedo and othe small stuff $ 300
Paint, tail, other small parts $ 500
Total: $ 3700

Shit, I knew I had to sum it up. You can get a really nice bike for that kind of money
But you really do this for your own, dont calculate to get your money back.

I bought some tools on the way. Glass blaster cabinett, a drill press and some other goodies...but that goes on a different account (A total of $ 900)
Will sell some various stuff and might get about $ 300 from the old bike.

Took me about 6-7 months to do the build. About 10-20 hours per week. I loved every minute of it.

The most important thing is to have enough time, dont do this if you need it to work in a month or two. Do one thing at a time. And remeber it´s your bike so build it like you want not how other people tell you to do.

You can see cracks in the tank, thats last years paint job with a crappy base coat that cracked this winter. This might give me tha chanse to change the color of the bike again

Thanx for your support Guys,
Arnold

In my build (piston kit, head/valve work, camshafts and degreeing and tire circumferences), I gave up top end speed for umphka (acceleration)...

As depicted in the gear calc program and in comparing to riding mph & rpm, pretty much dead on...

NOTE: Acewell tach +/-200rpm, mph +/-2mph... Fairly accurate in any system...

Note 2: I also went 2 up on the rear sprocket...
Gear ration went from 2.33 to 2.46

5th gear, difference of 20... 70mph = 5000rpm
4th gear, difference of 15... 70mph = 5500rpm

@ 106 miles on the nose I hit reserve...
1978 KZ1000-A1 tank.... 4.4 gallon but not 100% sure.
~ 31 miles per gallon if calculating 1 gallon reserve...

Just the way it works!

Ahhhhhhhhh... Look how purdy that Acewell unit looks there.... :kiss: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Looks killer old man....

Arnold wrote:

Thax...here´s two pics the Acewell speedo installation.
Used the backwheel for the pickup.

what are u going to do for throttle cables?
i have thought about switching to a modern switch set, but never bothered to pursue the throttle cable dilema.

Here the pic of the tail rack: