1977 KZ1000 Restomod

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22 Mar 2024 20:47 #896767 by Kelly E
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The tank looks great.

The Rust Bros. Garage Collection
1974 Honda CB 550 K0
1975 Honda CB 400F Super Sport
1977 Kawasaki KZ 1000 LTD
1980 Suzuki GS 1100E
1982 Honda CB 900F Super Sport
1983 Honda CB 1100F
1984 Honda Sabre 700
1984 Honda Interceptor 1000
1990 Moto Guzzi 1000
1994 Kawasaki ZG 1000 Concours

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24 Mar 2024 15:17 - 24 Mar 2024 15:20 #896851 by calum
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Got all the stripes on and put a thin coat of clear on top to seal them until I get back from Canada. Sanded them down to prep for the last coat and then chucked them on the bike. It was then I noticed that I'm going to have to redo the stripes on the bottom part of the tank. They're not straight and it's easy enough to fix it now. If I left it like that it would drive me crazy. Too much work in this build to have crooked stripes on the tank!

Anyway, flight leaves in the morning so two weeks off. Will have some more updates around the 10th of April.

 

  

  

 

  

  

  

  
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24 Mar 2024 17:27 #896853 by Wookie58
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25 Mar 2024 00:13 #896861 by calum
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Thanks.
It's not too bad, they are the easiest to put on and now I know that everything will line up when I get it straightened out.

​​​​​Pretty happy with how it looks. Wasn't sure about all the black but it seems to work with the splashes of yellow and polished aluminium.

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26 Mar 2024 14:00 #896919 by Rolf1976_KZ900
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Very very very cool bike.This is the look im aiming for when i in the future going to build a kawacafe
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27 Mar 2024 02:44 #896946 by willemZ900
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Very very Nice color combination !
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27 Mar 2024 14:40 - 27 Mar 2024 14:41 #896977 by z1kzonly
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Nice Build Calum! It's nice to have funds to play!
Is that your Z1 part collection for sale on FB?
Plenty of eBay gold. I had a good 10 years on eBay from 2000 -2010, before everyone bought a bike and dismantled it. Then the after market re-pops parts came out!
I sold out 2 years ago. I do have a couple more small projects I'm working on to sell.
Was a great hobby, and 40 year run.
But a Fine Classy Build!!!   And to think it started out as a spare parts project!  

Marty in Buffalo, NY  USA

Livin in "CheektaVegas, NY
Went thru 25 of these in 40 yrs.
I SOLD OUT! THE KAW BARN IS EMPTY.
More room for The Old Girl, Harley 75 FLH Electra Glide,
Old faithful! Points ign. Bendix Orig. carb.
Starts everytime!

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27 Mar 2024 15:11 #896979 by Wheelhop
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If you added up the displacement of the two bikes vs. the 2 cars in the garage, who would win?
 

1978 KZ 1000B (73 tribute)
1977 KZ1000 project
1976 KZ 900
1976 KV 75
1976 Honda Elsinore MT250
1974 Z1 900 project
1971 Honda CT70

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27 Mar 2024 15:34 #896981 by gd4now
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Great looking machine you have put together. Thanks for sharing your build with us I feel like I have learned somethings from it.

1977 KZ650 B1
Pods and Denco header


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28 Mar 2024 05:36 #896998 by Buzz Nichols
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I realise you may be wet-sanded between clear coats, but (and I'm not at all sure I've ever said this before) that matte look is fantastic.

Is this thing working? Is this thing on?

1978 KZ1000 LTD
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28 Mar 2024 06:35 #897005 by ThatGPzGuy
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It's a Beauty! 

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1982 GPz750 R1
1974 Kawasaki H1
1976 Kawasaki KZ400
1979 Yamaha XS650 cafe'
2001 KZ1000P
2001 Yamaha YZ426
1981 Honda XR200 stroked in an '89 CR125 chassis
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1967 Triumph GT6
1976 Bronco
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28 Mar 2024 17:25 #897028 by calum
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Thanks guys!

@z1kzonly: No parts for sale on ebay. Have a few leftovers but I'm waiting until I finish the other build before I sell them. The other build is the actual spare parts bike, this one is definitely not made of spares 

@Wheelhop: If you added up all three bikes I think they'd win - 738 + 1015 + 1075 = 2728cc. The Mini is 1275 and I'm not sure about the other one - I assume it's about 1.2 litre but it's not my car.

@Buzz Nichols: I agree, but a matt finish just wouldn't do the candy paint justice.

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