Testarossa's 78 KZ1000 Fighter Build

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07 Aug 2011 22:09 #467578 by testarossa
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mark1122 wrote: Man ur gonna have your hands full with all of these new project bikes.
Have fun with them bud.
what did u use for the shifter linkage ? the part that atatches to the shifter shaft. 83 GPZ ?


You got that right. Did I mention I bought a boat also?

I made the shift linkage. Initially, I tried using the linkage from the 95 GSXR, but the splines are different. I ground it out a little, but then I couldn't get it tight. I tried searching for a link on ebay, but when I realized that getting the spline right would be a crapshoot, I decided to make it myself rather than pay $30 a piece for links that may or may not work. Here's a couple of new shots so you can see for yourself.


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1978 KZ1000 A2 Click--->Build Thread
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07 Aug 2011 22:27 #467585 by trianglelaguna
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i like em better for sure...very very clean...the bike is clean too...very nice...a lot of work...nice

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08 Aug 2011 00:47 #467627 by porchev914
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Wow, does that bike look nice! I too like the new rearsets, but I may need to build mt street cred back up after being MIA for so long....

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08 Aug 2011 00:48 #467628 by Nelson
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crap. I'm still trying to figure out why I don't own a pressure washer... sure woulda been handy but too late now.

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08 Aug 2011 02:40 #467644 by testarossa
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Nelson wrote: crap. I'm still trying to figure out why I don't own a pressure washer... sure woulda been handy but too late now.


I should have posted a picture of myself after I cleaned the cases. I knew it would be bad, so I donned my bathing suit. No better way to cool off on an August day in Texas than to get the kickback from a pressure washer in all those little cavities in those cases. 99 and 44/100 % of that grunge was on me. Oh yeah, I earned the single strangest injury for me on this one. The pressure hose touched the muffler during this exercise which promptly burned a hole in the hose. It sent a jet of water out the side of the hose headed for my legs. I knew the potential disaster at hand so I quickly grabbed for the damaged hose. Well the hose slipped through my hand and the hole crossed over my right index finger, and blew a hole in my hand.

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08 Aug 2011 02:57 #467647 by testarossa
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porchev914 wrote: Wow, does that bike look nice! I too like the new rearsets, but I may need to build mt street cred back up after being MIA for so long....


Well, well, well, look what the cat dragged in. Good to see you back. I bet some folks have been waiting for an update for a while now. Get to work. Street cred will be restored in short order if you can make some progress.

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08 Aug 2011 10:54 #467683 by 531blackbanshee
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man josh hydraulic pressure is nothing to mess around with.
i have heard stories of guys having a high pressure water leak on oil rigs and passing there hand acrossed it and the stream cutting there fingers off.
kinda spooky.

glad you came out as well as you did.

didn't we used to have a member here named porchev914? :dry: :huh:

it's been awhile seems like the same avatar pic as well.

crazy,i think he had some kinda crazy modded custom body work deal or sumthin.

kinda a smartaleck but kinda skilled, sorta :cheer: :lol: :laugh: :woohoo: :evil: :kiss:

hehe,welcome back adam!

you have been missed.

leon

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08 Aug 2011 18:10 #467771 by mark1122
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Hey Adam. welcome back.
Josh, the rearsets look great. B) maybe, swiss cheese, and shoten the guard ?
i may swiss cheese my rearset brackets.

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08 Aug 2011 18:26 #467774 by testarossa
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mark1122 wrote: Josh, the rearsets look great. B) maybe, swiss cheese, and shoten the guard ?


Roger that. That has been the plan, but I haven't gotten around to it.

1978 KZ1000 A2 Click--->Build Thread
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2020 Harley Street Glide Special
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08 Aug 2011 21:12 #467825 by Marneman
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porchev914 wrote: Wow, does that bike look nice! I too like the new rearsets, but I may need to build mt street cred back up after being MIA for so long....


Good to see you back Man :) We thought you got deported or something...

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82 KZ1000 LTD "Terri Lee"


You know what, I don't have a one to some other number of douche-bag scale. So.. Six!

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09 Aug 2011 02:13 #467925 by Nelson
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Are you gonna show us a gruesome pic of the hole in your hand....? :unsure: :blink: :laugh:

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09 Aug 2011 03:00 #467931 by porchev914
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Yeah Leon, "kinda sorta skilled" about sums it up for me! Thanks for the kind words of welcome my friends. And yes, I have a project that desperately needs some continued TLC :whistle: Of course, my week is becoming stacked much too quickly..... I need some short days to start clearing out my garage and cleaning off my work benches. Soon though, very soon.

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