Benno Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 I picked this up off a mate who had great plans for it but never got around to doing much with it. Here is how it looked when I picked it up. Sorry for the potato photos, my phone camera sucks.Bit rougher in person then in the photos. I started by stripping the tank and replacing the bars with some clip ons. Managed to sort the wiring on it to get spark. Managed to get it to fire, but pretty sure that crap from the rusty fuel tank has blocked carb jets, so they will be coming off for a strip down shortly. Painted the wheels. Still haven't quite decided what I will do with it. I'm very happy with how the KZ 440 has turned out, but not keen to copy the same style for seat. Will probably go for either a brat style or cafe racer seat. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benno Posted June 6, 2016 Author Share Posted June 6, 2016 Haven't really done much on this recently. Stripped the carbs down and managed to get it running nicely on 4. De-tabbed the rear of the frame and started a little CAD (cardboard aided design) to figure out my plans for it. Am currently thinking I will make a fibreglass cafe racer hump on it, still not sure if it will look odd being so long. Might need to look into trimming the frame back a bit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimShadboltfan27 Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 sweet! let us know how you get on with making the fibreglass tail, i wanna give it a go for my bike also Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benno Posted June 6, 2016 Author Share Posted June 6, 2016 Yeah, if anyone had any advice/tips on making a fibreglass tail please let me know. I am currently planning on basically following this process, maybe on a steel/alloy base https://youtu.be/AT6P7qaUPLw https://youtu.be/klcwT2IMznU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Gruntfuttock Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 I glassed over an MDF base on my cafe build, was easy tho as used a pre-made hump so was only the seat base itself... [edit] post 16 on here... //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/50783-lord-gruntfuttock%E2%80%99s-1975-ironhead-caf%C3%A9-racer%E2%80%A6/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
governorsam Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 https://goo.gl/images/Dv7Tdn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
governorsam Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 Years go I sold a dunsall seat to don from pitane bikes. Probably still has it. Pit Lane Motorcycles 181, Wairiri Rd, Glentunnel, 7638 0210 881 5414 https://g.co/kgs/qLhh1s It was yellow... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rookie Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 Thriller and I made his seat out of a bit of plywood and some florists foam (pretty sure it is called oasis), easily shaped by hand and epoxy doesn't turn it to mush. Then if you want light weight take a mould and make another one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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