KZ900 the beginning
Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2018 10:20 am
As I have had the bike since March I thought I may as well start a thread up.
This is my KZ900C c as this was a California police bike. Imported into the UK in 95 and registered then.
It came to me in March this year, not sure what it has been up to in the intervening years but I don’t believe it has been on the road. Looks better in pictures than in real life with many pieces missing or not usable. Just like to say thanks to Phillipe for his advice and answers to my many daft questions
I have been utilising the forum to start building up some of the more stranger missing bits, seat hinges fork leg bottoms to name just 2 and also buying bits for future use.
I have completed a few jobs starting with the front end, callipers mainly as this is what it came with
Found a broken lug on the fork bottoms so a replacement has been sourced from here and I am currently looking to rebuild the forks with new stanchions seals etc and finish the callipers.
This the current state of play as the stripping continues.
These are the new seat brackets all marked and ready to be welded on when I find someone who can do this for me, I also have a side stand bracket ready to be welded on at some point also. This is because the original came with footboards and sidestand attached to those and the seat did not have lift up bracket
I never expected it to be a quick fix (just as well) and I know some of the purists would not be happy that I am taking this to be a a4 but what the hey.
I don’t know what has been complete on the bike before I got it, I have had it running and the carbs are spotless inside no rattles from the engine and the frame has been painted but could do with a refresh. Now its replacing the missing bits and looking for nearby platers I was dropped note on here but those guys have closed down unfortunately so I may have to look further afield.
This is my KZ900C c as this was a California police bike. Imported into the UK in 95 and registered then.
It came to me in March this year, not sure what it has been up to in the intervening years but I don’t believe it has been on the road. Looks better in pictures than in real life with many pieces missing or not usable. Just like to say thanks to Phillipe for his advice and answers to my many daft questions
I have been utilising the forum to start building up some of the more stranger missing bits, seat hinges fork leg bottoms to name just 2 and also buying bits for future use.
I have completed a few jobs starting with the front end, callipers mainly as this is what it came with
Found a broken lug on the fork bottoms so a replacement has been sourced from here and I am currently looking to rebuild the forks with new stanchions seals etc and finish the callipers.
This the current state of play as the stripping continues.
These are the new seat brackets all marked and ready to be welded on when I find someone who can do this for me, I also have a side stand bracket ready to be welded on at some point also. This is because the original came with footboards and sidestand attached to those and the seat did not have lift up bracket
I never expected it to be a quick fix (just as well) and I know some of the purists would not be happy that I am taking this to be a a4 but what the hey.
I don’t know what has been complete on the bike before I got it, I have had it running and the carbs are spotless inside no rattles from the engine and the frame has been painted but could do with a refresh. Now its replacing the missing bits and looking for nearby platers I was dropped note on here but those guys have closed down unfortunately so I may have to look further afield.