'78 KZ1000 makeover

Adam, i have a 4 into 1 header i wont be using. if you want it lemme know, just grab the shipping cost. it has surface rust, but is very solid.

your weld in the front looks good. you should make a sigle pass like that and then "open" the metal like a book and see if she breaks, or cracks. then youll know if your heat is correct.

A nice Ti exhaust system like this should polish your build off quite nicely

1973 Kawasaki Z1 by mmsmithgall , on Flickr

Can you post a pic or two Joe?

It looks exotic and sexy as hell, but I have a long way to go before I'm ready to risk blowing $100 per primary tube in material costs if I screw up :laugh:

porchev914 wrote:

Can you post a pic or two Joe?

ill send em to your phone... here they come. i did notice a dent on one tube.:dry:

porchev914 wrote:

Thanks wireman, but it's nothing compared to the quality of experienced welder would produce. As can be seen in the photo, I ran a bead on the other side as well and you can see the chalky white oxidation that severely weakens the weld. To do it right I need to protect the back of the weld with shielding gas just like the front. To answer your question, YES, a Ti header is a goal of mine

ive heard you need to heat titanium before you weld it,did you pre heat?
ive welded steel and stainless but never aluminum/titanium

Stu Pidasole wrote:

you made a bionic arm! I do not approve.

You can make a thermos with the can and drink kooliad (something that really is cool)

And your set to rake the lawn with the rest of the "thing"

:blink: Those gotta be the ugliest things to fasten to a motorcyle

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By the girl

By large

extra cheese

pics of you strattling your can

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What starts with a t and ma lil sister can spell it?


HEY KOOLAID! :woohoo:

i am so glad that nads stops by when his orbit gets close enough for him to drop in! :laugh:

the ti welding is starting to look good.i need to tee off my regulator so that i can conveniently backpurge.then all i need is some of that stainless foil and tape to try my hand at welding some ti.

i really like the pretty colors .

i just finished sleeveing,bore and hone and port matching a lt250r zuke cylinder,and making gane some custom axle spacers and have three jobs to turn out this week.not to mention it is getting to be boating season and i have a 347 ci.stroker ford engine that wants my attention,and i bought another front end to use for my z1r frontend conversion.so now i am a set of chinese rotors,custom axle and modified upper triple away from being able to bolt it up :evil: .

i am eager to try my hand at ti welding tho,so keep posting and maybe i will get off my a$$ and tee into my reg. for a little backpurge action.

i do have a gas tank leak that needs tigged,a little back purge sure wouldn't hurt that effort,hmmm .

leon

nads.com wrote:

...What starts with a t and ma lil sister can spell it?....

Tat Lady? :woohoo: :laugh: :laugh:

i have often wondered if it may be easier to pick up a modern pipe that is close to ones needs. then cut off the top of the primaries and mod from there up,since they are usualy the wrong angle. rather than start from scratch?
some of the newer bike stock pipes are stainless and can be found on ebay.

surely there is a modern stainless pipe that we could cut what we needed out of and weld back up.

leon