Did a bit of modding on the ZED...56K Beware...

[sweekster]

So some of you may have heard me mention the "other" bike out in the garage that keeps my FZR company a few times. It's a 2006 Kawasaki Z750S. The other half's father owns it. Anyway...he didn't like the factory rear fender that was with it but didn't want to buy an aftermarket fender kit. Well I finally talked him into making his own. So with a sheet of 16gauge steel from Lowes we set out to do it.

The factory fender removed:


Bike torn apart:


Design Process:


General Form Done:


Initial Test Fit:


More Mock Up:


On to priming and paint:


And it's Done!!:


With The New Plate Light On:


My FZR Just Chillin:


Our Dyna-Glo Pro Propane Heater. I strongly recommend one of these if your garage is not climate controlled. Gets the place nice and toasty really quick. It was 25 outside when i took this pic:


Here's another mod we did to the bike a while back. I scored another stock pipe on the Z750 forum for 80 bucks. Then proceeded to chop off all of the baffling (removed roughly 7 inches off it) the same day it arrived. Can't really tell the difference visually but the bike sounds really good with it on.


I'm sure someone is going to mention the rear tire. I've got a brand new set of Dunlop Roadsmarts waiting to get mounted.

Hope you enjoyed that..

[haunter]

nice work D!

[95FZR600]

Very nice!

[mike94fzr600]

looks good nice work

[tommyj27]

I've got one of those propane heaters; it likes to start on fire so I don't use it. Aren't they hazardous to use in enclosed spaces?

Nice work on the bike too!

[shredex]

what in the hell does "56K beware" mean???

thatkid said the same thing in his title....


im gonna google it..

[megaloxana]

Bracket turned out really well. Beats those $100 brackets anyday.

[R3TARD]

nice work sweeks

[sweekster]

Thanks guys. I'm happy with it. Total cost was 26 bucks and now he's not afraid to mod it any more. I probably should have done this when the bike was mine (yeah I used to own it). At leave I've got the wheels turning now and we're on the way to the 636 suspension swap like I want...Well we'll see. He still wants a ZX-14.

[yamaha_george]

Sweekster,
nice job BUT in pics 4 &5 the steel box has square corners to avoid stress build up (especially if you are gonna weld near them) make the transition from one size to another with curves.
A part from the tec reason curves please the eye more