Kawasaki KR1000 Endurance Replica
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Wrong Movie, wrong Lozzeraptor
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stripped, weepy base gasket sorted and all back together last week so now built in 2 weeks 
Waiting fairing and a tweak to the number plate on the seat unit which should be with me by the end of next week
Isn’t it exciting
The fairing & seat unit on the second bike?Ages ago
Waiting fairing and a tweak to the number plate on the seat unit which should be with me by the end of next week
Isn’t it exciting
Must be. The first one is finished.
That doesn’t make any sense at all - but not much does from you, you’re like a stuck demented recordSee, told you it had taken decades to build.
Maybe this one
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So, we're not there yet !!Ages ago
Waiting fairing and a tweak to the number plate on the seat unit which should be with me by the end of next week
Isn’t it exciting
Without pictures of it all together how can we believe you ?
Mine's finished, that just needs a few tweeks !!
Look .........
FINISHED !!!
Yep, that's finished, apart from a few brackets - best make them with a 3D printer first thoughSo, we're not there yet !!
Without pictures of it all together how can we believe you ?
Mine's finished, that just needs a few tweeks !!
Look .........
View attachment 97734
FINISHED !!!
do your exhausts make motorbike noises in the wind, as when they are connected they wont ps: I hope you have heard of Nord-Lock washers
Yep, that's finished, apart from a few brackets - best make them with a 3D printer first though
ps: I hope you have heard of Nord-Lock washers
So, that's not finished
So, we're not there yet !!
Without pictures of it all together how can we believe you ?
Mine's finished, that just needs a few tweeks !!
Look .........
View attachment 97734
FINISHED !!!
The seat supports reminded me of when everyone found out that owls have really long legs
Is it going to have forward controls ? (the bike not the Owl)
The exhausts just need "tweeking" a little & they'll be done.Yep, that's finished, apart from a few brackets - best make them with a 3D printer first though
ps: I hope you have heard of Nord-Lock washers
Anyone who's familiar with anything Harley derived is well aquainted with a whole range of locking washers, Loctite & wire-locking methods, preferably using all three methods on every single fastener !! Failure to use at least one of these methods will result in the bike dis-assembling itself & that means the build process will have to start all over again !
With your track record Exi might I suggest you never start anything like I've built, human lifespan is just not long enough !
As far as the masses are concerned on here, the clock stops when we see a picture of the Kawasaki ALL TOGETHER, IN ONE PIECE, BODYWORK FITTED, RUNNING so ideally we'd be wanting a short video !
So, as your build started sometime in 2013 we are currently in the eleventh year of manufacture ............. tick-tock, tick-tock !!
How rude ! Like all my brackets, the seat is a thing of beauty in it's execution !
Plus, at 100mph & with my fat arse on it nobody will ever see it ! 
NutterThe exhausts just need "tweeking" a little & they'll be done.
Anyone who's familiar with anything Harley derived is well aquainted with a whole range of locking washers, Loctite & wire-locking methods, preferably using all three methods on every single fastener !! Failure to use at least one of these methods will result in the bike dis-assembling itself & that means the build process will have to start all over again !
With your track record Exi might I suggest you never start anything like I've built, human lifespan is just not long enough !
As far as the masses are concerned on here, the clock stops when we see a picture of the Kawasaki ALL TOGETHER, IN ONE PIECE, BODYWORK FITTED, RUNNING so ideally we'd be wanting a short video !
So, as your build started sometime in 2013 we are currently in the eleventh year of manufacture ............. tick-tock, tick-tock !!
Fat NutterHow rude ! Like all my brackets, the seat is a thing of beauty in it's execution !
Soooo, a few updates to follow since the full strip down undertaken about 3 weeks ago due to a weep from the base gasket...
I double checked with the gasket supplier and they told me to fit it dry - note to self: never ever fit a base gasket dry again
Engine ready to lift...
I used cheap Tesco car mats to cover every bit of the fram which helped with a stress free removal...
I double checked with the gasket supplier and they told me to fit it dry - note to self: never ever fit a base gasket dry again
Engine ready to lift...
I used cheap Tesco car mats to cover every bit of the fram which helped with a stress free removal...
Engine out, I whipped it down to my mates to utilise his ring compressors and use his 'never failed yet' gasket gunge and within a couple of hours he had it back together... I wasn't going to spend ours frigging about doing it by hand like last year 
So it was soon engine back in time
I then re timed the cams in, checked clearances - decided to adjust 2 which were on top limit and had moved a further 0.02mm - so now all cock on towards top limit (as the will slowly close up in time...
And while the exhaust was off giving more clearance I fitting my 'Image Works' stickers on the swing arm.....
And on the other side...
So it was soon engine back in time
I then re timed the cams in, checked clearances - decided to adjust 2 which were on top limit and had moved a further 0.02mm - so now all cock on towards top limit (as the will slowly close up in time...
And while the exhaust was off giving more clearance I fitting my 'Image Works' stickers on the swing arm.....
And on the other side...