1979 KZ400 Build: Progress
Update photos of a slow-moving build
“1979 KZ400″
From Kawasaki Build, posted by Adam Epp on 9/01/2011 (60 items)
- 1979 Kawasaki KZ400 off Kijiji….thanks to Rob Wainio for help with his trailer…pe…
- At home the kids were pretty excited…sadly it will take a bit of work to get it sta…
- A classic shot
- Stock 1979 KZ400 LTD
- One of the special ‘features’ of my new bike. Who does that? It’ll be one of the fi…
- Removed the tank, seat and other bits
- Stripping the tank
- Starting to look a bit better.
- New clipon handlebars (below the stock bars)
- Sanded the metal with 220 grit and coated it with satin clear.
- Clip-ons and controls finally set.
- Original uncut seat shell…it was huge, but it will work great after a lot of cuttin…
- Took a sawzall to the rear hoop, hopefully soon I’ll get working on a new seat frame …
- Black exhaust.
- A good shot of the progress, and future (the 3rd picture is a mockup care of photosho…
- An updated look at what I’m going for. All photoshop’d on my progress in fall ’11
- Seat shell work continues…cut down a large shell and after the seat rails are redon…
- Cleaned up the badges
- Sitting in it’s new home for a little while…thanks Ed Harder!
- Cutting some more of the frame, and made a jig to keep the proper shock mount locatio…
- Seat fits better now with more tail trimmed off
- Fully mocked up, finally solid and sized to re-glass
- Some new metal – final seat frame taking shape.
- All the old tabs and battery mounts shaved off.
- Mockup seat shell finally fits like it should.
- Fender trimmed and lowered closer to the tire.
- Welded and smoothed, paint is next?
- Attaching all my pieces together with fibreglass. My first time working with fibregla…
- Grinding and cleaning. And cleaning, and grinding.
- All prepped and ready.
- Primed.
- A few coats of low gloss black.
- Front wheel: Before
- Test fitting
- Seat shell is almost ready to paint, just need to trim following the tape line. Pan w…
- Epoxied the bolts and laminated 2 bent sheets of masonite.
- Seat pan trimmed and ready for foam & leather
- Finally starting to look a lot more like the photoshop mockup. The seat is out gettin…
- Rear wheel, brake, sprocket, and shocks cleaned up nicely.
- Front wheel, rotor and caliper
- Seat pan at the upholsterer. • my pan, rough foam • foam shaped • black leather…
- Wiring harness work. I formed a tray out of ABS to conceal all the rear wiring, fits …
- Cherrybomb!
- Seat pad completed
- Cut some new steel handlebars, brushed finish and internal wiring
- Quickly fabricated a small aluminum mount for the headlight, to figure out mounting h…
- Wrapping exhaust
- Cherrybomb muffler welded, painted and exhaust wrapped.
- Finally have my seat upholstered, painted, mounted (for the moment) and wiring is *al…
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