I’ve made the modifications I needed to make by cutting off the unwanted parts. Now its ready to be hit with the grinder and sanding blocks. Then wire wheeled and prepped for paint.
Month: June 2006
KZ550 Frame Before
This is a stock 83 kz550 frame. I’m building a street tracker out of the bike. So the rear of the frame as well as most of the mounts have to go.
Packaging is Tough Work
It takes quite a while to tear down a bike, take pictures of all the parts, post them for sale, and package them up for shipment. But it gets done. The nice weather helps.
A couple motors
The motor from the 1980 xs1100 on the left next to a freshly painted 1983 kz550 motor from a restoration I am currently working on.
Parting Out
I purchased 2 complete XS1100’s. This is the 1980 standard model. The motor has a bad rod bearing on the #2 cylinder. Seeing as it would be a lot of work to get this baby in good visible condition anyway, I am just parting it for spares.
3 Bikes
A few bikes we have kicking around here. From left to right. A 77 XS400 that is up for sale. A CB650 that has just been sold. And an xs1100 that was just returned to life and will be being customized and restored over the next few weeks.