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Project 82 GPz750

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harley10 said:
I have ceramic coated a few chrome pipes it's expensive but outcome is awesome and will last lifetime of bike , now I just paint mine with high heat paint , sandblast and paint , but have to do it every season which sucks!!
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I use "Helix Very High Temp Exhaust System (flat black) Paint". The can also says "Silica - Ceramic Coating".

PO painted right over the rusty chrome V&H header, so I touch it up every few rides, until I replace the whole exhaust in a year or two.
 
Rob ,I have never seen that paint in Canada , but I will look in some car performance places for sure , thanx for the info , much appreciated ,Brian:D
 
SVSooke said:
Send you a PM on the truck but the original problem has bitten us in the azz,police involvement.Saying no more as I'll get:mad:
On KZR I read about "priming" the chrome with muriatic acid then painting,thoughts?


Do the paint routine with the 85 GS750 header every year to,yeah it sucks.Did a through media blast last fall with a few coats of VHT header paint which I oven cured really well.Hoping it lasts more than a year:-\\\
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When removing chrome (which is what you really should do) I am certain they give it an acid bath. Just be careful, that is some nasty, nasty stuff. (I was going to say sh1t, but did not think that would be appropriate. ;) )
 
Getting closer to having this bike home.Was really hoping to get a few $$ saved before getting a new project but it hasn't worked out that way.Still contemplating the colour scheme,under the leave it to Greg to find or do something different check out the starting place of this ELR clone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-cxYQ7wrPs .A rare(?) Canadian model Victory Gold GPz 750.Asked on KZR about it and it seems that GPz's in Canada Europe and Aus where available in both colours.Only the 550 and 750 here in this colour.BTW I've tossed the ELR clone idea out,been done to much IMO.
 
Well yesterday was the big day!Borrowed a neighbors trailer,I suck at backing one up.



Mocked it up to have a bit of a look see.Yes she's rough but mostly there.

The insignia need the black renewed


Petcock is bound for a trip though the ultrasonic. Probably treat it to the new OEM diagram the PO gave me,try doing that to a Suzuki.

Pulled off the tape and found this.



Hope all this stuff will still work.
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This one's toast ,other front is a bit better but I think some K&S repros will be in order.Sadly the right stanchion tube has some rather large rust spots.May try the JB Weld trick.
 
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Kawa certainly does electrics different than Suzi,there's not 1 but 2 fuse boxes.This bike has a third because a PO replaced the main with a blade fuse holder.Looks like 2 signal flashers to,one for 4 way flashing?

Found this carb boot looks like it had something really bad on it.Can get all 4 carb to engine and 4 air box boots for $110 + shipping,sounds good to me.

Looked at this closer today.Seems some PO took out the "funnel" on the air box,checked the fishe.It's NLA:(

You can get the air box and battery box out of these bikes without removing the engine with only a bit if fiddling to.Noticed a lot of play on the shift linkage,took it off to see why.The heim joint is rivet is loose on the shifter.Not to sure how to fix it:-k
 
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Nice start. You're gonna have fun with that one!
 
Yeah Ed it's been pretty good,till I hit a snag today.More on that later.While it looks quite bad I really haven't had to many problems removing screws,hitting them with good penetrating oil really helps.

Thinking I might need new shocks:eek:Not exactly unexpected but I've had good luck with not having to replace so far.Was a matter of time before that ran out.

Think these might just be a little to much for the JB weld to fix to:(

But the biggest problem I have that is going to hod stuff up is that the swing arm pivot bolt will not budge.Used my air impact to move is so it spins but even my 3 lbs club hammer didn't move it.Don't want to mess up the threaded bit in the end by wailing in it to much more.
 

After a couple of weeks soaking the pivot with commercial penetrating oils I tried ATF mixed with alcohol with some heat from a propane torch.That obviously did the trick,thanks to Bear from the BC Classics site for that suggestion:clap:

The old bearings did a number on the pivot sleeve,can tell the races are going to be a b****h to get out of the arm.The nut is close to threading on to the pivot,hoping a little more finessing with the files will get it to go:pray:
 
Partly patience,partly weather,throw in some lazy and frustration and you have my secret recipe psy:D




Decided to break the carbs down today.The auto feul line is outa here,to be replaced with my favorite Tygon line.

Since they where broken down I decided it was no time like the present to throw them in the ultrasonic.

I wonder why the paint on #4 stood up better on that side,other side peeled off like the others:-k Used Dawn dish washing detergent,really happy with the way it works in the ultrasonic.
 
Ordered a bunch of SS screws for the carbs from my new SS screw guy.Got a few dome nuts for the back s of the 1000's insturments while I was at it.Great prices and VERY reasonable shipping within Canada:clap:
 
Nessism said:
Pretty simple paint scheme. You could paint the stripes or maybe cut them from graphics film. Don't sweat it, you'll figure something out.:cool:
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One of the nicest KZ around was done by a fellow GS'er, "dardoonk"

CLICK -------> KZ1100
 
Got the 78 1000 nearly done (finally) so it's time to get to something on the GPz.Carb painting is the first thing I did:

Actually I wire brush the bodies and float bowls a bit ago.

Got some silicone plugs for powder coating but figured they'd work for regular paint to,they did:cool:

My favorite VHT satin caliper paint cured for 1 hour at 200 degrees.degrees. Didn't want to subject the shaft seals to the 400+ degrees of PC.Still open to suggestions on what to do with the V&H meg.
 
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I have been following and shes looking like shes getting her well deserved love!! Thats gonna be my next one someday.
 
Thanks Chuck,I've really wanted a GPz550 but the more I get into this the happier I am it's a 750.


Well I got the carbs set up,well mostly.I bet you're wondering why the silver GS float bowl.While I was assembling there where 3 in the box I had them in with the other one on the carb I did earlier.When I came to do the last carb there was no bowl.It was a WTF moment as it seems to have gone to the same place as the GS1000 petcock's stand pipe.
 
Found the float bowl!!!It was in the wife's truck because Ken (at Kenco) wanted to see if he had gaskets.We'd forgot about that .Flipped the seat forward yesterday and found it:tickled_pink:Rack is back to black:victorious:
 
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