going to make me a cafe' racer! (kawasaki kz 400)

[SYKO]

picked this up today for a minor cost (cheap) its a 1977 kz400 it actually runs for a few secs on either, it just looks like crapola, no seat busted spedo, no chain, needs work obviously, is it worth fixing (like turn it into a cafe' racer) or just tearing apart and selling the parts for some loose change, anyone know anything about these things?











I also got this little yamaha 60 but get this! in the time it took me to get my trailer and go back and get it! (20 mins) someone stole it!!! WTF! GD theifs!! well I posted a stolen add on craigslist and told all the shops and police about it (good thing I took pics) Im really interested in it to! I wanted to fix this little bugger up! well see how this pans out on this one, so what are the storys on these little things?? are they rare? are they valuable? I know the top end looks like the zinger top end.

[badasskfx]

syko i have a 1965 yamaha ya6 125 ill sell ya. $150 comes complete. needs top end that i have. put on and it should run. looks good to....cool old two stroke.

[SYKO]

im slightly interested in that, I may look you up after awhile if you still have it.

[SYKO]

been looking around the net at some pics of these things

[Black86tri-z]

that sucks what happend to the little yamaha !

[RedRider_AK]

LOL Wow, thieves really don't waste no time in your part of the country, huh?

[SYKO]

come on guys! anyone know anything about these ol' kz's???

[motoman110]

I have a friend with one, hes in the process of makin a choper out of it. His motor is pretty much beyond repair, any interest in parting it out for the motor?

[ProCarbine2k1]

Thats funny, Ive been looking up stuff on the ol' KZ's myself. Ive got a classmate thats handing one over to me that is supposed to be in really good shape. Dont know if it runs or not, Ill have to get some pics of it.

[ATC185R]

Hey Syko. I've got a Yamaha AT1E 125. The first year they made them I think 1970? It was in bad shape when I bought it. I did a lot of work to it to make it a solid roller and then put a new top end in it with a new rod bearing. Had it running and was going through the break in procedure when the main bearing went out. Kind of lost interest in it after that. I think those originally were enduros but this one looks like a dirt bike. The generator also doubles as a starter--I thought this was neat as hell and was going to fix the little guy up. Any way I saw the exhaust on the 65 and it caught my eye cuz its the same as the 125. The AT1 is for sale I guess if you are still looking for something like that.

[SYKO]

naw not interested in another one, just the one that got away, your right though it was very interesting, oh well, I still got this KZ and im really leaning towards doing the cafe' racer if I dont part it out.

[DarkestGKnight]

hey syko what if make it into a trike i like how they come out, nice big tires on the back, mud machine!

[SYKO]

its only a 400, and if made into a trike I would get smoked by averything about a 200x im sure, not really the best idea, I like trikes but not that much

[DarkestGKnight]

oh true well thats what i would do sure its got some good torque, but other then that cafe racers are nice.

[SYKO]

well after some research I decided to keep this ol kz400 hell...im only 20 bucks in the hole on it!

going to do a stripped down cafe' racer look

tail light and headlight only

clubman bars

cafe' fairing and rear tail section

not overly concerned with its running right now, I know it runs so im going to mod the bike first then get it running top notch

dont plan on riding it to much just mainly a conversation peice and runabout when I need it to be.