1981 Kawasaki KZ750 Resurrection

[rustybronco]

From post# 393.

The bike will be finished when it's finished. No timetable, but I'm targeting the end of the year.

[ron bayless]

hey, when ya gonna finish the bike?

[chuck hahn]

Excellent...just wondered.

[Nessism]

The tallest of the welds is .025" proud, and the rivet heads stick up .040".

P1020588 by nessism, on Flickr

[chuck hahn]

Is there a clearance spec between the back and anything behind it?? Do you have to dress the welds down any???

[Nessism]

P1020585 by nessism, on Flickr

[rustybronco]

I was going to respond by stating if you need to ask, you wouldn't understand. Glad I waited for you Ed.

[Nessism]

I've was with you at the beginning but that was over 1 1/2 years, when do you plan completion and I'm sure it's mentioned somewhere but who or what is bike meant for? Your attention to detail is second to none but I am curious why so much fretting over a KZ750?

Hey Scout, please read that little blurb by Dale about fixing the rail and then come back and ask me again why I'm fretting.

The bike will be finished when it's finished. No timetable, but I'm targeting the end of the year.

I've was with you at the beginning but that was over 1 1/2 years, when do you plan completion and I'm sure it's mentioned somewhere but who or what is bike meant for? Your attention to detail is second to none but I am curious why so much fretting over a KZ750?

[rustybronco]

A man after my own heart.

I'm doing a few repairs to my ex-wife's house. One of the things that need to be done, is to replace a few rusted away fasteners holding the balusters on the front porches railing. Years ago when I designed the railing (cedar and wolmanized ), I made it so each section could easily be removed, just in case something got damaged. I asked my son if he wanted me to repair the loose posts, and, if he did want me to, there was just one condition, I take it apart and repair it correctly. He said, "can't you just toe-nail them in place"? I told him, you get to fix it.

I love people who take pride in what they do.

[Nessism]

TIG welding the rivets in short sections (1/2? way around) and moving to the opposite rivet- repeating the procedure and letting it cool down, then doing the same thing with the other rivets shouldn't produce any heat related damage to the isolators.

Handed off the clutch this morning to my tech friend. Started to mention welding in sections and he took off talking about a clover weld pattern (or something to this effect), to minimize heat transfer. This dude is the most overkill guy I've ever met. I don't like asking for his opinion sometimes because he just can't force himself to "get er done", instead he shoots down the rabbit hole and reengineers everything he touches. He used to work for Porsche in their R&D / Race shop. At any rate, the clutch is in good hands.

[chuck hahn]

According to the rebuild tutorial, they are THRUST PADS and springs Dale.

[Nessism]

I have a MIG so thats the way I would go. I looked at Partsfish and few other places but I didnt see any fiches that go back further than like 1980 so i havent seen any exploded views of anything. Thanks for the links.


EDIT..............Just found CMS has the bike fiches.

Chuck,
Kawasaki.com has the fishe...http://www.kawasaki.com/Parts

Partzilla.com is pretty decent source for parts. Not sure if they are the cheapest but the service is decent in my experience. Thing with them is that they show stock on some part that have been discontinued. Bike Bandit's fishe is better in showing what parts are still available, but they are expensive and don't use Kawasaki part numbers so that adds a wrinkle when ordering.

[rustybronco]

TIG welding the rivets in short sections (1/2? way around) and moving to the opposite rivet- repeating the procedure and letting it cool down, then doing the same thing with the other rivets shouldn't produce any heat related damage to the isolators.

[chuck hahn]

I have a MIG so thats the way I would go. I looked at Partsfish and few other places but I didnt see any fiches that go back further than like 1980 so i havent seen any exploded views of anything. Thanks for the links.


EDIT..............Just found CMS has the bike fiches.