Nightrider '84 KZ750 LTD Shafty Cafe

[Surt]

bought the kz750 last may, almost a year ago. took it as an addition to a virago xv400/535 http://www.chopperweb.info/forum/sho...5&pagenumber=1 and paid just $300. 1 cyl was fucked up and seller said he couldn't have found spare parts, but i checked up evil bay, there were plenty, viseco kits, cam chains, complete engines, forks etc etc
so i bought it for restoration







an idea to convert the fugly chopper into smth more decent like a cafe race came in to my head very fast, just waqnted to do it without much effort but it never goes that way

the seat unit and tank were no go for a cafe, so i decided to use a modded tank from another oldie and to make a seat unit with hump matching to the tank







sand blasted





cut apieces



started to cut off numerous mounts







bought a gpz 750 complete engine with carbies, wiring and coils for $500, gunna use its cylinder block and pistons, the original kz's block is gunna be bored off for a big bore viseco kit and used for my other project. so one bike turned into two, story of my life!





buying and fabbing, the gasket kit, hardley pop up covers and custom made stainless fuel throats









the forks were pitted so i had to buy new ones





megaphones





the tanks widened









modifying the frame











so much crap to cut off














sand blasted



made the seat rails



a mock up

[Surt]

Frame bracing's gunna be next. my porn collection















well thats enough but i have more in my bucket album

[Gix11]

Fuck me mate, you're a machine! Great thread Surt, cheers.

[Surt]

thanks Si, yup more than that im gunna build another harris like frame from scratch for the gpz engine, using THIS engine as a sample (the gpz engine is in my shed, no sense to bring it to my work)

[StuNVA]

You're fuckin unreal........ great stuff, well done, I wish I had half you talent.

[Surt]

ready for welding

[Surt]

You're fuckin unreal........ great stuff, well done, I wish I had half you talent.

thanks mate, bloody pleased to hear that

[GammaBoy]

On my kat I did the below bracing - (I've added a bit to the traditional drawing at G - two extra tubes to make it a proper x-brace), and ran the bracing at A to the down tubes instead of to the end of the gusset at B.
Works well, if a little tight to the pipes at F

[blackvisor]

Nice welding, both of the thin metal of the tank and on the frame.

Not the most obvious donor bike for a cafe racer, but with your talent this one will look smart.

[Surt]

thanks mate yup indeed, thats why i was going just to restore the bike, the frame and shaftdrive were killing me/ but then i saw occasionally that bike of exactly same model

http://i52.fastpic.ru/big/2013/0206/...95465f51be.jpg

http://i52.fastpic.ru/big/2013/0206/...c410b13b9e.jpg

http://i51.fastpic.ru/big/2013/0206/...f8f010f354.jpg

and MY bikes fate was doomed to become a cafe racer

[Surt]

On my kat I did the below bracing - (I've added a bit to the traditional drawing at G - two extra tubes to make it a proper x-brace), and ran the bracing at A to the down tubes instead of to the end of the gusset at B.
Works well, if a little tight to the pipes at F

have you removed the cross section (horizontal) at F?
yup, i saw a 7/11 kat braced like yours, can't believe that a stock frame is so spungy?

[GammaBoy]

Nope, kept the horizontal because the tubes at F and G are not quite in line - if they were they'd definitley foul on the inner pair of pipes.

[fimpBIKES]

shall be watching this one, great work so far surt

[Surt]

Nope, kept the horizontal because the tubes at F and G are not quite in line - if they were they'd definitley foul on the inner pair of pipes.

do you have the pics mate?

[Surt]

shall be watching this one, great work so far surt

thanks fimp, turning a noble chopper frame into a push bike's triangle one haha!

[GammaBoy]

do you have the pics mate?

Forgot I had this pic.

[GammaBoy]

This shot shows it really clearly...
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[Surt]

thanks mate yup must be real tight to the zorst! would love to see the whole bike too

[ALBI]

hey surt were in Russia are you ?
one of my techs at work is married to a gal from Ukraine and she is freaking out as her aunt keeps trying to take mum to protest ralies.

[Surt]

hey albi russia and ukraine are just like australia and png, the 2nd 1 used to be a part of the 1st one but not anymore so let her go wherever she wants and get shot by a provoker sniper. and i wouldnt be envy to your mech coz the bloody ukranian 'gals' r famous for cheating, mind eating double-dealing prostituting cunts, also from my personal experience lol
and me is planted in moscow