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

Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 6:42 am
by 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:
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Bike torn apart:
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Design Process:
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General Form Done:
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Initial Test Fit:
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More Mock Up:
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On to priming and paint:
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And it's Done!!:
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With The New Plate Light On:
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My FZR Just Chillin:
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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:
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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.
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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..

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

Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 8:18 am
by haunter
nice work D!

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

Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 9:50 am
by 95FZR600
Very nice!

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

Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 12:52 pm
by mike94fzr600
looks good nice work

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

Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 1:57 pm
by 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!

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

Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 3:23 pm
by shredex
what in the hell does "56K beware" mean???

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


im gonna google it..

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

Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 4:34 pm
by megaloxana
Noob


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

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

Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 5:33 pm
by R3TARD
nice work sweeks

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

Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 8:34 pm
by 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 :D and we're on the way to the 636 suspension swap like I want...Well we'll see. He still wants a ZX-14.

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

Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 9:07 pm
by 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