Brooklyn Invitational 2
sorry these took so long, I was really busy. The last two are of my XS650 project which goes under the knife this winter!
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Published - Apr 21, 2017
Kawasaki and Eddie Lawson
We know… Kawasaki’s are the fast bikes of the 70s / 80s. Eddie Lawson was the factory Kaw racer of the very early 80s. – Kaw big 4-cyls started out with the z1 (73-75) – z1 became a kz900 (76-77) – kz900 became a kz1000 (77-83?) In early 80s, kawasaki took the J motor kz1000 […]
Damn. Is that the stock geometry for the xs frame? It looks awesome.
xs is lookin good. what type of seat is that?
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Richard – Thanks! no it’s not stock, it’s stretched out quite a bit but it is still manageable. I may cut the fork springs down a bit at some point. Right now the motor is back in and it’s *kinda* on the road. It’s still sketchy but I want to give it some solid rides before it gets stripped down. I want to make sure I get all the kinks in the motor out before I started laying the megaflake down. Ed – the seat was an old king queen that I found that the vinyl was half way ripped off. I took it down to the pan, did two layers closed cell foam and an open cell then white vinyl with a diamond quilt pattern on top. you can check out the process here: http://picasaweb.google.com/xbattlesx/MotorcycleStuffs