Project KZ1300

[dcarver]

Christ on a crutch!.....imagine how that thing will sound...EYHO CBX

Interestingly enough, the two bikes sound very different. The KZ sounds like a chevy 350 on steroids. Not a typical 4 cyl wail or shriek, which the CBX tends to emulate.

What with prices of used KZs running 1500 to 2500 (from the little searching I did) that there six-cylindered beastie should bring some nice scratch on Cycletrader.

As Ray mentioned, parts are very spendy. This one is not for sale. Well, wait, yeah, everything has a price!

Hey Don, I saw this CBX on the road yesterday. Damn, that header for the 6 to 1 was a work of art.

Awesome! I've been wondering if I can graft this onto the Quacker..

650 USD...

Only 650?? If I had your money DC I'd buy two

Phuck. Last one of fourteen.

I'm now 700 USD poorer.

 

[Panman]

Funny thing about old Murder cycles is that they get that "little" brain working harder than the big one!

Right now I'm lusting and looking for a set of Norman Hyde rear-sets and a three into one exhaust for the old Trident!

 

[Bustanut joker]

Engine is looking damned good guys, an the pipes are going to be a great addition. Now yer gonna have to work on the rest of the bike.

 

[Bugnatr]

Engine is looking damned good guys, an the pipes are going to be a great addition. Now yer gonna have to work on the rest owner of the bike.

Fixed it for ya Bust.

Don, that header will help your butt look faster!

 

[dcarver]

Faster, not BIGGER is OK with me!

Looks like the German connection might come through with some hard to find albeit expensive parts...

 

[dcarver]

A big milestone has been reached on Project KrZy1300 - the engine is being reassembled!

This is the point in time that having all parts bagged and tagged pays off.

The white gear on the right side is a new oil pump drive gear. It came from Germany.

143 USD, if you will, and worth every penny?

I tell you, she's a thing of beauty.

I wonder if Ray has plastigauged the crank clearances?

Check out the size of the final drive output gear. Beefy. From what I see, this engine is over-designed. Hopefully when all is said and done she won't burn oil and will be a 'runner' capabable of being ridden all over the good earth, consuming oil, making hydrocarbons, polluting the environment, and causing global warming so that WheatonFJR doesn't get cold.

Wow. I think I'm getting a woody.

Woody confirmed. I even like the color of the case inners. Golden Castrol. Available at a paint store near you!

Powder coated cases looking good.. and Ray's new ride observes from the background.

Ray, is that the new oil pump gear behind the hole in pix center?

Shift forks and drum.

That's all we have now - but seriously good progress has been made. Thanks Ray, for taking pix and sending them to me.

 

[Bustanut joker]

Major wood here. :good:

 

[FlyingJ]

I believe I felt some movement also....yep...had to adjust.

 

[FJRay]

If I knew it would excite some of you this way I would have worked on it nekkid.

How's that for a visual??

 

[wfooshee]

 

[Niehart]

+1

 

[juniorfjr]

If I knew it would excite some of you this way I would have worked on it nekkid.

How's that for a visual??

Yep, it's gone now.

 

[RadioHowie]

Just a flutter...and Ray's post killed it dead.

 

[HotRodZilla]

WTF?? Good quality engine wood killed with a visual from the Dark Side of Hell.

 

[escapefjrtist]

Looking good Don!

...and Ray, don't even go there!

--G

 

[Bustanut joker]

If I knew it would excite some of you this way I would have worked on it nekkid.

How's that for a visual??

I could have lived with it had you included a couple of those sexy goats of yers.

 

[FJRay]

I keep telling you they ain't my goats. They are the wifes. If they were mine they would be tacos.

 

[dcarver]

Oh man, I just kinda burped some MakersMark combined with pork ribs from the Big Sur Inn.

Yuk.

Ray in soiled Depends working on KrZy13?

 

[Surly]

You guys seriously messed in the head, I like that.

Looks great.

 

[yamafitter]

I don't know who Carver is trying to fool but this thing is nothing but a big wind-up toy....