My KR1S Project

daz680 · Post by **daz680** » Sun Jul 03, 2011 11:56 pm

This is my bike as i bought it in march 11, and i would like to thank martin for his help with the spares supplied

Note the missing nipple from the caliper, sheared off by some numpty

ZXR forks and yokes fitted

Aprilla RS125 rear wheel and rassk rearsets, cans will not be staying, saving for new lomas pipes and cans

New paintwork by dream machine, and waiting for new front mudguard

New dunlop qualifiers, wheels to be powder coated in the winter as i'm dying to ride it

Post by **500bernie** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 8:45 am

Very nice =D> =D> =D>
Keep the photos coming!

Cheers,
Bernie

pablo · Post by **pablo** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 11:56 am

Dream machine

That must have been expensive how much was that if it's not too cheeky a question.

Nice tho

daz680 · Post by **daz680** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 1:19 pm

pablo wrote:Dream machine That must have been expensive how much was that if it's not too cheeky a question.

Nice tho

£1080

Bikemike · Post by **Bikemike** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 1:23 pm

daz680 wrote: £1080

Ouch

maccas · Post by **maccas** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 1:58 pm

Is that a kr1 front caliper that you have used on the rear?

Maccas

daz680 · Post by **daz680** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 2:24 pm

maccas wrote:Is that a kr1 front caliper that you have used on the rear?
No it's a rear, can't remember what its off though
Maccas

daz680 · Post by **daz680** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 2:25 pm

Bikemike wrote:
daz680 wrote: £1080

Ouch

Not that bad considering their the best and it's all paint not transfers

Bikemike · Post by **Bikemike** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 4:33 pm

daz680 wrote:
Bikemike wrote:
daz680 wrote: £1080
Ouch
Not that bad considering their the best and it's all paint not transfers

I'm sure the quality is top notch, probably considerably better than kawasaki painted it new.
It's just I'm still getting my head around how much these little bikes are now worth, 5 years ago you wouldn't dream of spending that on a respray, it would have been more than the bike was worth.
Nowadays they seem to be making top money all of a sudden.
Nice bike,
Mike.

JanBros · Post by **JanBros** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 7:42 pm

daz680 wrote:
maccas wrote:Is that a kr1 front caliper that you have used on the rear?
No it's a rear, can't remember what its off though

might be it's a rear one, but then you've mounted it upside down, and so it probably is the same as an original KR1 front caliper.

not that it's a problem, as long as you take it off and hold it "right way up" for bleeding

pablo · Post by **pablo** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 7:52 pm

daz680 wrote:
pablo wrote:Dream machine That must have been expensive how much was that if it's not too cheeky a question.

Nice tho
£1080

I can just about cope with that

I have seen some of thier work mainly on unfaired 70s stuff and it is very very good. If you were picky you'd say too good way better than the Japanese put on 30 yrs ago.

Some painters I've spoken to won't even touch that pearlesant white.

maccas · Post by **maccas** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 7:55 pm

Yep what Janbros said, i wasn't trying to say there was a problem, just noticed that it looked like a kr1 front caliper

Your bike looks cracking mate!

Maccas

JanBros · Post by **JanBros** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 9:03 pm

looked at that picture from the rear caliper again, and see you've run the brake-line on the inside off the swing arm

I wouldn't do that

, but that's just me

daz680 · Post by **daz680** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 9:51 pm

JanBros wrote:looked at that picture from the rear caliper again, and see you've run the brake-line on the inside off the swing arm

I wouldn't do that , but that's just me

I dont really like it but it won't reach on the conventional route, its on my list of things to do, but it does not rub on anything so it's not down as urgent, rear caliper could be a KR1 front but it was the right price and fits ok

daz680 · Post by **daz680** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 9:54 pm

Bikemike wrote:
daz680 wrote:
Bikemike wrote: Ouch
Not that bad considering their the best and it's all paint not transfers
I'm sure the quality is top notch, probably considerably better than kawasaki painted it new.
It's just I'm still getting my head around how much these little bikes are now worth, 5 years ago you wouldn't dream of spending that on a respray, it would have been more than the bike was worth.
Nowadays they seem to be making top money all of a sudden.
Nice bike,
Mike.

I'm allready past spending what the bikes worth but i'm not really bothered, i've got a rvf400 swing arm in the garage that im contemplating fitting but i have'nt decided yet