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OUCH! Send Pete to the smell house! :lol:peter1958 wrote: Get a can of flat black paint and a hacksaw ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Love of kawasaki my ass Hey its your bike and you can do what you want but dont come on a site where people actualy do love them and show me how your going to make a cafe racer bull shit crap bike. I guess i love them just a tad bit more than you,
Save your original parts, plenty of stuff on ebay. Don't ruin stock paint!
Cut Chop And Weld. This was just a pile of different parts. I think it was a KZ900.
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I SOLD OUT! THE KAW BARN IS EMPTY.
More room for The Old Girl, Harley 75 FLH Electra Glide,
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I like the frame, what's the plans on that?
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KawiBunga wrote: ...... Not a fan of blue, so yes I'm painting it.
That really is a pity (and a really bad idea since the existing paint is original)! There are not many stock paint jobs still around, and they are getting rarer every day. You say you aren't going to hack it up, but the original paint is the one thing that can never be put back. If you hate the blue, why not just get another set of bodywork that needs paint, paint it, and save or sell the original set? If you sell the original set you will for sure come out ahead. Ed
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650ed wrote:
KawiBunga wrote: ...... Not a fan of blue, so yes I'm painting it.
That really is a pity (and a really bad idea since the existing paint is original)! There are not many stock paint jobs still around, and they are getting rarer every day. You say you aren't going to hack it up, but the original paint is the one thing that can never be put back. If you hate the blue, why not just get another set of bodywork that needs paint, paint it, and save or sell the original set? If you sell the original set you will for sure come out ahead. Ed
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That's half the reason I picked up a parts bike years ago ..... I would never paint over the dark stock blue even though I do have a couple of small dents and a scratch that somehow showed up...... love the drag style look too longer swingarm, dilled disc's, low bars etc.... not so much the cafe look.
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1980 KZ750 cam, ape springs, stock clutch/ Barnett springs.
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29MM smooth bores W/ 17.5 pilots, 0-6s and 117.5 main
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And best bet for a tank? Put up a want ad on here. EBay is a joke when it comes to pricing. People here usually have the hookup
my bikes; 80kz1000(project), 77 gl1000, 74 h2 (project)
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1977 KZ650-C1 Original Owner - Stock (with additional invisible FIAMM horn)
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