That is a real top effort mate
Wish I could weld like that[V]
That is a real top effort mate
Wish I could weld like that[V]
looks to be coming along nicely mate good job
Glenn Eason drinks and smokes and lends his arse to other blokes
Sick looking build mate, will look great when shes all done
Bonza mate Bloody beaudy[8D] What is that front emd off mate[?]
Hey Waltari. Liking this build a lot mate. Not a real big Kat fan when they are standard restored but this bastard's going to be unreal. Keep the progress coming mate. Higly interesting. By the way, welcome aboard.
Frontend is a complete rebuilt zero miles 2002 GSXR1000. Wheel is from an Aprilia Mille and it'll be getting brembo calipers as soon as I machine up the adaptors.quote:Originally posted by gibbo
Bonza mate Bloody beaudy[8D] What is that front emd off mate[?]
Thanks for the good words...I'm havin a good time building it! Hey Joe...when are you coming to the states?
A bunch of blokes were trying to tell me to do a stock restoration, but there was no way I was going that route. Glad you like it...working on the mockups and ap100 drawings for the new aluminum battery box and undertray this week.quote:Originally posted by Gix11
Hey Waltari. Liking this build a lot mate. Not a real big Kat fan when they are standard restored but this bastard's going to be unreal. Keep the progress coming mate. Higly interesting. By the way, welcome aboard.
yeh im not a huge fan of kats either, a mate here is building one with late model gixxer forks, swingarm and wheels and im really liking it, im liking this one too!
WALTARIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!! Ive been trying to get ahold of you man! This is blackkatnwv from katriders.com. I finally pretty much got the bike finished and Ive had it running a few times but havent gotten to ride it yet do to a shift linkage piece. Anyways I had a question about the front end on the other kat you did.....was the axle for the front wheel slightly inset inside the fork leg? It was a tight tight fit getting the forks into the triple tree set. The lower went on smooth but once I tried putting the top on it seemed like it wasnt going to go. Anyway check out my thread in here Teapot Fighter.
I absolutely love that old school kat build. I wish I had the skill/money and time to do something like that
love the build, great stuff!!
Latest update...rolling chassis didn't come with any kind of battery box and I wanted to use battery that matched the CCA of the bandit motor. Did a mockup of a larger battery box and rear undertray in davie board. Then translated the mockups into AP100 drawings so I could punch out blanks in .063 aluminum. I've now got both the battery box and rear tray punched, formed, and welded. Just need to get a bit of rubber to put under/around the battery and form up a couple small bolt on brackets and I'm ready to route all the wiring. Makes for pretty easy access to all the components and gives me a bit of underseat storage to boot. Tried to make the battery box side profile flow with the lines of the side panels and bracing...anyway heres the pics.
Printout of the AP100 drawing with basic dimensions
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What the parts look like in the flat after being punched on the Amada
The implement of destruction (or maybe just the bending brake)
First bend on the rear tray
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Rear tray fully formed and ready to weld the corners
Tray on bike
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Rear tray and battery box
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Lookin' sweeet good job so far keep postin'. might wanna post it over on customfighters.com too (american site)
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nice and neat
my kat battery useta always get soaked in the rain [xx(]
Rev the fucker!!!!!
I thought about it, but honestly, I can't stand trying to look at thier website. The black and green hurts my eyesquote:Originally posted by g-style
Lookin' sweeet good job so far keep postin'. might wanna post it over on customfighters.com too (american site)
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great build waltri i love builds with the details looked after , that rear tray and bat box isnt as easy popeple like 2 think ,
you have pulle dthem off great whole bike is looking shit hot
looks great your build is moving along at a great rate.
good work on the under tray and battery box.
nice one mate i lurrvee old kats when they get this treatment ..youve given me an idea ...i wonder if a zrx swing arm would fit me cb900 cos i like the tube it would suit the rest of my frame..you couldnt measure it for me [^] btw welcome the 'other 'side of life