Inspiration and Movement

Inspiration.
I have been referring to this project as the Bobber project and for those of you who don't know what a bobber is; I offer the image above as a beautiful example of the bobber/chopper aesthetic.  This is going to serve as inspiration for my build.  I should note that this is work of beauty was hand crafted from the ground up by Falcon motorcycles so mine will be a pale shadow of this machine but it serves as something to aim for.

Movement.
Twinline Motorcycles is going to handle turning my swing-arm frame into a rigid and rebuild my motor while adding some cc's.  They come by tomorrow morning to pick up the motor and frame.  Very exciting.   Parts are on the way from TC Bros Choppers so it is very possible that I will be up and running in time for spring.

stay tuned.

KZ400 Bobber Dispatch #2

I made some progress on the KZ400 Bobber project this afternoon, I managed to strip it down to almost just the frame and engine.  I am really excited about this project, this bike is the perfect little bomb around town scooter and I have always wanted to build a little bobber.  I am planning on a weld on rigid frame from TC Brothers, single saddle on springs, maybe a 21" front wheel - I am not sure yet but it doesn't matter because the process is half the fun.  This isn't the first bike that I have stripped down to the frame and I am always a little nervous about getting it all back together again but this time there was a certain freedom knowing that it didn't matter because most of what I am taking off won't be going back on and in the end I really don't care.  Early first steps.  

KZ 400 Bobber Project

So the other project I am kicking off this weekend is turing my 75 KZ400 into a bobber.  I replaced the battery and the plugs but the bike is running really, really rough.  It is getting gas, spark and the compression seems pretty good but there a a lot of variables to look into (ignition unit sending a weak spark?, bad gas?  blocked jets?) so the next step is to empty the fluids and start stripping it down to the frame and drag it into my little work space in the basement.  This is probably going to be the priority while I figure out exactly what I want to do with the Ducati project.