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  • Theadonutbear
    • Feb 2026

    #1

    Building a rat bike

    Ok so i have a 78 kz 1000 and i have a 1982 gs 1100 i want to put the kick start and and transmission into the gs 1100. Or i was thinking the bottom half of the kz 1000 and. Top half of the gs 1100
    What are the chances of that happening
    Any knowledge and guidence would be amazing
  • Nessism
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    #2
    Why??????????
    Ed

    To measure is to know.

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    • Rich82GS750TZ
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      #3
      This I gotta see.
      Links

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      • GS1150Pilot
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        • Nov 2013
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        #4
        If you are like Allen Millyard, maybe it will happen.
        "Thought he, it is a wicked world in all meridians; I'll die a pagan."
        ~Herman Melville

        2016 1200 Superlow
        1982 CB900f

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        • Rob S.
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          • Dec 2013
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          #5
          Originally posted by Theadonutbear
          Ok so i have a 78 kz 1000 and i have a 1982 gs 1100 i want to put the kick start and and transmission into the gs 1100. Or...the bottom half of the kz 1000 and. Top half of the gs 1100.
          I hate when that happens.
          1982 GS1100E V&H "SS" exhaust, APE pods, 1150 oil cooler, 140 speedo, 99.3 rear wheel HP, black engine, '83 red

          2016 XL883L sigpic Two-tone blue and white. Almost 42 hp! Status: destroyed, now owned by the insurance company. The hole in my memory starts an hour before the accident and ends 24 hours after.

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          • 1978GS750E
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            #6
            Is there a sawzall involved? Please say it ain't so! LOL It's yours, do whatever you want, doesn't bother me, but I'm not ever buying it!
            Ron
            '78 GS1000E, '79 GS850G, '82 GS1100E, 2022 Triumph Tiger 660 Sport

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            • Theadonutbear

              #7
              Hagahaha if only i could find a 79 engine my life would be.complete hahahaha like why do.I even want a kick start so bad

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              • Guest

                #8
                Originally posted by Theadonutbear
                What are the chances of that happening?
                slim to none

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                • Grimly
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                  #9
                  Nothing is impossible - if you're Alan Millyard.
                  Dave
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                  • Rob S.
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                    • Dec 2013
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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Theadonutbear
                    ...why do I even want a kick start so bad
                    Tell you why I want one. My starter's broken and I'm not sure this 60-something can push start it solo on level ground. I used to do that with my 3,000 lb. Camaro. (I spent most of 1978 push starting my car and my bike.)
                    1982 GS1100E V&H "SS" exhaust, APE pods, 1150 oil cooler, 140 speedo, 99.3 rear wheel HP, black engine, '83 red

                    2016 XL883L sigpic Two-tone blue and white. Almost 42 hp! Status: destroyed, now owned by the insurance company. The hole in my memory starts an hour before the accident and ends 24 hours after.

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