bigdog9191999
High-tech Redneck
here is imy latest "project" that i have been tinkering with a bit lately.
here is the history as i know it.. my dad was had a wrecker service and impounded the bike, it has spent the last roughly 16 years just sitting. finally it has been dragged out and i am gonna start seeing what i can do with her. my plans are very simple and basic. it is fairly complete and in decent overall shape (paint and such.) just has about 40 or 50 layers of dust on everything. my goal is mostly just to get it cleaned up and things back in working order. i don't plan to mod or change much possibly turn signals rear fender mods mostly but may not do that either.
here it was sitting in "storage"
here it is after it was drug out.
cleaned up the side cover and it looks like the whole bike should clean up about this good.
first thing i would like to do is get the tank off and get the carbs off and clean but i cannot get the seat up yet as i don't have keys and it is locked down.
the neck reads kz650b 5000151 which makes this bike 151 in this country
i snagged a manual off ebay this morning too. figuring that it will help a crap load..
Kawasaki Factory Service Manual 1976 KZ650 | eBay
ok here are some pics
and from here this is what i found out last night.. i have 808 on the tumblers for the locks, so i will see if i can get a key made and possibly have 1 key for gas and seat and another for ignition, could be not bad.. i wouldn't have to turn the bike off and still open the seat or whatever.. who knows, i will deal with whatever..
here is the carbs, i am assuming that these are standard issue and what is supposed to be here right?
and any thoughts on how to clean the corrosion off the motor? a buddy of mine has some stuff you can spray on and let sit for a little and hose off and is supposed to make it look about like new raw aluminum thoughts?
here is a closer up of the motor so show the crud.
So i took a closer look in the tank tonight after work and found there is still a couple inches of stuff that was once gas! The right side looked real decent with just a couple of small spots of light rust. The left side however has a couple few inches of rust up the side. Although not terrible it is definitely there. I think the electrolosis should work quite well.
I grabbed my bottle of Polish and hit a small part of the pipes and a spot on the rear fender
OK, so other than I need to finish the inside of the tank ( which as you will see turned out pretty good so far) . I got alot done yesterday, the key came in yesterday and although the ignition seems to be messed up and will not turn ( is also damaged some like someone tried to stick a screwdriver in it. It worked the seat lock great.
To which there was only one pin in it anyway!
So i was able to take the tank off. And started cleaning it out. I started by draining this crap out of there
Then i sprayed some decreased in there and took the pressure washer to the inside.then rinsed it out well with a soapy dishsoap water and rinsed forever waiting for it to come out clean. It ended up looking pretty good with the basic look of surface rust where the Nash crap had been with a few stray flakes so i think the electrlosis will be quick easy and very effective.
I started taking other stuff off after that.
The manual has come to good use allready
The carbs looked pretty good and all fooled to be moving but one
Every runner looke just this good.
here is the history as i know it.. my dad was had a wrecker service and impounded the bike, it has spent the last roughly 16 years just sitting. finally it has been dragged out and i am gonna start seeing what i can do with her. my plans are very simple and basic. it is fairly complete and in decent overall shape (paint and such.) just has about 40 or 50 layers of dust on everything. my goal is mostly just to get it cleaned up and things back in working order. i don't plan to mod or change much possibly turn signals rear fender mods mostly but may not do that either.
here it was sitting in "storage"
here it is after it was drug out.
cleaned up the side cover and it looks like the whole bike should clean up about this good.
first thing i would like to do is get the tank off and get the carbs off and clean but i cannot get the seat up yet as i don't have keys and it is locked down.
the neck reads kz650b 5000151 which makes this bike 151 in this country
i snagged a manual off ebay this morning too. figuring that it will help a crap load..
Kawasaki Factory Service Manual 1976 KZ650 | eBay
ok here are some pics
and from here this is what i found out last night.. i have 808 on the tumblers for the locks, so i will see if i can get a key made and possibly have 1 key for gas and seat and another for ignition, could be not bad.. i wouldn't have to turn the bike off and still open the seat or whatever.. who knows, i will deal with whatever..
here is the carbs, i am assuming that these are standard issue and what is supposed to be here right?
and any thoughts on how to clean the corrosion off the motor? a buddy of mine has some stuff you can spray on and let sit for a little and hose off and is supposed to make it look about like new raw aluminum thoughts?
here is a closer up of the motor so show the crud.
So i took a closer look in the tank tonight after work and found there is still a couple inches of stuff that was once gas! The right side looked real decent with just a couple of small spots of light rust. The left side however has a couple few inches of rust up the side. Although not terrible it is definitely there. I think the electrolosis should work quite well.
I grabbed my bottle of Polish and hit a small part of the pipes and a spot on the rear fender
OK, so other than I need to finish the inside of the tank ( which as you will see turned out pretty good so far) . I got alot done yesterday, the key came in yesterday and although the ignition seems to be messed up and will not turn ( is also damaged some like someone tried to stick a screwdriver in it. It worked the seat lock great.
To which there was only one pin in it anyway!
So i was able to take the tank off. And started cleaning it out. I started by draining this crap out of there
Then i sprayed some decreased in there and took the pressure washer to the inside.then rinsed it out well with a soapy dishsoap water and rinsed forever waiting for it to come out clean. It ended up looking pretty good with the basic look of surface rust where the Nash crap had been with a few stray flakes so i think the electrlosis will be quick easy and very effective.
I started taking other stuff off after that.
The manual has come to good use allready
The carbs looked pretty good and all fooled to be moving but one
Every runner looke just this good.