Looks good. Now you need some ZRX shocks.

Kidkawie wrote: Here's some updated pics. Switch blocks restored, ZRX shocks, etc.

Soda blasted the engine

ZRX shocks

The bike looks great. Very nice tribute to your dad. What is the trick to restoring the control switches, they look like new. How do you do the tiny lettering?

baldy110 wrote: :woohoo: NICE!!! Is this original or restored? Black stripes?? how did the ZRX shocks work out for you baldy?

It is a clone based on a GPz750 frame and a Gpz1100 motor. The stripes are blue the pic just makes them look black. The ZRX shock and swingarm work great. The bike handles really well and the power is amazing.[/quote]

Cool bike baldy. Now, what wheels are those and how did you space the rear in the ZRX swinger????
I like the original looking mag instead of the ZRX three spoke wheels. They just look out of place on the KZs.

:woohoo: NICE!!! Is this original or restored? Black stripes?? how did the ZRX shocks work out for you baldy?[/quote]

It is a clone based on a GPz750 frame and a Gpz1100 motor. The stripes are blue the pic just makes them look black. The ZRX shock and swingarm work great. The bike handles really well and the power is amazing.

There's been a lot of threads popping up with questions about what personal opinions are on what certain old KZs are worth. I know we all have opinions. What I want to know is how can you find the closest thing to real market value on the high end collector bikes? What is a 1982 ELR1000, in fair shape, worth from the original owner?
I may be able to pick up an '82 ELR from the original owner, a friend of mine. The bike has been in an accident that bent the rear shock and megaphone on the right side. I don't know the extent of the damage to any other parts of the bike, like the rear sub frame or swing arm. This was done fairly early on in the game. After replacing the shocks and pipe, he rode it for years afterwards up until '05, when he bought a new ZRX to ride. This guy rides hard and is no stranger to setting a bike up to rail at high speeds. I'm thinking if anything was wrong with the frame/chassis, it would have be brought to light and corrected long ago.
So now the '82 has been ridden by his brother on occasion, enough to keep it running and not rotting.
I've not seen the bike, but it is garage kept. From his description, not what I would call pristine.
I'm thinking if you scaled it on a 1-10, maybe a 6 or 7. Don't know yet.

reason for sell is he was in a pretty bad accident earlier this year on an '05 ZRX that I sold him.
He's pretty banged up and it has taken a lot out of him at 62 years old.

nice 650 wcysl, looks like you apreciate tha bike. $2800 is a good price for it.

baldy110 wrote: I have so much time into this I would want at least $17,000.

:woohoo: NICE!!! Is this original or restored? Black stripes?? how did the ZRX shocks work out for you baldy?

Guys, replies are great thankyou, answers are -
The controls on the handle bars are suzuki Busa 1300, these were specials I bought on ebay for $100 with fittings (haven't seen them advertisd since).

Steering dampner is a hyperpro, it works well but I did have trouble ensuring it doesn't rotate on the fork leg so I have a small bracket attached to the triple clamp base. The adapters were something I had left over from my ZRX1000 hyperpro (old model that leaked). I had (my friend again) a set of spacers machined to fit the clamp onto the smaller diameter fork.

Koni shocks work well, the only time I can see problem when we go on weekends through some tight corners (close to the frame limit), you can get just a hint of fade but then maybe others would as well.
The cable leaving the left hand controls (I assume)is my hydraulic clutch line, the feel and pull are much better than the cable without the faults of having a cable. I run synthetic fluid to prevent the usual corrosion in clutch fluids

Make no mistake evey weekend this beast gets hammered, and every time it just needs a wipe (once a month)and off she goes. It uses a small amount of oil every 5000km so even that I don't worry about. Lets put it this way, the ZRX (dragged a couple) will just start pulling away over 170 kph.

The one thing no-one mentioned was the pipe, without doubt my best addition I highly recommend it, it's a Marving (yes the Italian mob) racing pipe but its very pleasant and less noisy then Kerker or equivalent, the power gain was noticable to my three previous pipes (you have to remove it for the filter.
I also have digital Voltmeter and fuel gauge (I'll post pictures) which look/work 100% better than standard.
let me know if you need other info, once I finish replying I'll start looking at your bikes and asking questions.
I've posted some pictures of this bike going through central Australi dirt roads in the wet season,,, yes I know give me a break I was young and foolish.





I'll post pictures before the weekend (where is a good place to post them?)

Hey! Saw this build on the zrx forum and now over here! Nice!

Like many others, I have a 5/8" offset sprocket and a machined rear hub on my '77 KZ1000 in my avatar. I to have run it w/o a support plate on the street and track days. No issues.

Enjoying your build! Steady on!

I have a '78 KZ1000 that I'm waiting to decide what to do with. I also have a zrx1100 swingarm and soon I'll have zrx1200 KYB shocks and front end. Hmmm. What to do... what to do?!?!

So, I spent some time on the mill today....Mark & Co convinced me to move the shocks forward and lean them.




So here are the finished goods, but they need to be welded in this weekend.




Nice tight fit to the tube radius, should weld nicely.

Cory

Do you need to modify the upper shock mounts for the wider swingarm?

Your sag numbers will dictate spring rates. I have ZRX shocks on my Z1 and have 0 static sag.