Well I guess this is good bye

[Guest]

It has been great but I have crossed the center line and may not be welcome here any more....

I am picking up a 77 kz1000 Kawi tomorrow. And, I am building a '72 cr750 Honda cafe racer right now. OH my I know, wHat happeded. I am picking up an '82 1100e too tomorrow (in shambles) but that can always change.

Have always wanted to do a old school kawi kz build. Love those bikes.

I just hope my GSR account doesn't get Yanked...ahahahahhhahahahonda? ... ooops. bad word.

 

[first timer]

looking foward to see what you come up with

 

[Guest]

looking foward to see what you come up with

for the kawi, 1100e or cr750?

 

[Jethro]

for the kawi, 1100e or cr750?

Yes........

 

[first timer]

for the kawi and cr of course, i've seen what you can do with a suzuki.

 

[Guest]

I am doing recovery on the cr750 as the guy who started it in California bolloxed it up. Drilling holes through the frame tubes to hang the pipes on with 8" of strapping (very ugly) Drilled more holes in the frame to mount the rear brake master. But, its in the wrong place. I got it like pictured. I have to mount the tank, seat/cowl, re-mount the electrical and figure out an oil tank setup for it as well.
I have a few ideas too. should be fun.

 

[posplayr]

It has been great but I have crossed the center line and may not be welcome here any more....

And to top it all off you put this in the performance section. Shudda been in non-GS Oddities or the like .

Just joshing Rob.

Looks like fun, U runnin out of Kats to work on up here?

I got my hands almost as full as the garage.

Post some more pics when u getem.

Jim

 

[jknappsax]

I hope you'll have mercy on us GSers, and maybe still answer a question or two. I'm planning to do a Gixxer front end and rear wheel on my 1979 GS 1000 next winter, and I'll probably need advice, and PARTS!

 

[850 Combat]

Looks like some nice projects. I get confused if I have too many things apart at one time...

Where did the alloy tank come from.

I would paint it to look like Dick Mann's 1970 Daytona winning Honda. I started a replica of his 1971 Daytona winning BSA, but back in the 80's I lost the Rob Morth frame, 5 speed Rocket 3 Motor, hubs and body work to a thief.

 

[rcp]

Rob,

Are those magnesium wheels?

- Richard

 

[jwhelan65]

I expect weekly updates on all three..gonna sit back and watch..

 

[Guest]

Tank and tail/seat are alum from Europe. NIce pieces of work too. The wheels are 18" and 19" alum.

AS for being confused, me too. I have entirely too many things going on right now.

 

[Guest]

I hope you'll have mercy on us GSers, and maybe still answer a question or two. I'm planning to do a Gixxer front end and rear wheel on my 1979 GS 1000 next winter, and I'll probably need advice, and PARTS!

Hey I'm not going anywhere... I was kidding with the title of the thread.

 

[mottyl]

I think I helped load that Honda onto a truck once. Allan has too many bikes.

Chris

PS I don't think you are allowed to leave Rob.:evil:

 

[Guest]

I think I helped load that Honda onto a truck once. Allan has too many bikes.

Chris

PS I don't think you are allowed to leave Rob.:evil:

How can you have too many bikes????

By the way, When are you getting started on that KAT of yours??

 

[Guest]

Katman,

Timely post. I'll let you take all the heat for straying from the collective. I'm just getting started on my 74 Z1 that's been sitting around for 25 years.

Picked up a new set of 74 Brown/Orange reproduction body work from Z1 Enterprises. I could just put the body work on a table in my living room and be happy staring at it. Wife might object though.

Going to try and mount a set of RSU 05 Yamaha FZ1 forks/wheel/brakes to the front. There's going to be a lot of issues with this mating since the FZ1 uses a digital speedo that doesn't connect to the front wheel.

The good news is the FZ1 forks are very tall so no header clearance issues. Haven't decided if I'll use a spare Bandit swing arm on the Z1 rear or my old GS swing arm. Bandit swing arm might be too wide. Have a spare set of Ohlins to use as well. The Z1 build will take all winter if not longer.

I've been going through a lot of mental anguish about putting the Z1 back to stock or modding it but I know I wouldn't feel comfortable riding that Z1 widow maker with the stock suspension any more, and I don't need a museum piece in my cellar even if its worth much more that way (I don't sell my bikes or parts for that matter). Plan is to mod everything so its reversible.

Also switching the 82 GS1100 over to a 83 frame after getting rear ended. Hope to have that finished in the next month and a half. Not to mention a full time job with an hour commute in both directions.

 

[mottyl]

"By the way, When are you getting started on that KAT of yours??"

Hopefully in the fall I will start to tear down the 82 and get the frame painted. That ought to get myself commited. I will trip over it every time I go in the garage.

Chris

 

[Guest]

There is a really cool cb750 with gsxr pieces on e-bay....

 

[Big T]

I remember the CR750, a guy who hung around the shop I worked at in Houston had one, raced it at Daytona and such.

Wish I had some photos of it

 

[Old Colt]

Way back when I was riding in Fla in the early 80s I got a chance to ride a nice CR750. I always considered that to be a happy bike. Everytime you got over 85Mph it wagged it's tail. It was real happy, I hated that thing. I was happy leaned over on my GS but not the CR. Talk of a bike that needs frame bracing.
The CR has a sweet close ratio gearset and better brakes than I had but not much else. It would not out accelerate my GS either, well it did at first before I built my engine.