Dremeled my side covers- what do you think?

[PowerDubs]

Yes, it is not unprecedented.

My whole intent with all I do to the bike (stepped leather grain seat, sissy bar, chrome chain guard, larger '13 blinkers, more pulled back handlebars, etc) is to make the bike more like what I remember from my youth- bikes of the late 70's-early 80's. In a rock & roll trashy kind of way as opposed to the British cafe racer look that everyone gravitates towards.

By no means am I claiming to be creative or original. Well, maybe for a modern CB1100.

I'm just having fun and making the bike more enjoyable for me. One of my favorite street bikes I've owned was a Kawasaki LTD (trashy version of a KZ instead of the also available sporty versions)

My other street bike is a ZRX1200, also hitting the memory buttons for me.

One of my dirtbikes is a Kawasaki KLX400- which is a factory rebadged Suzuki DRZ400- I redid it with custom parts to emulate a 1980's Kawasaki. I do weird stuff.

[nhawk7504]

I like it. I had a Nighthawk 700 with those covers.

[Desert viper]

(03-04-2017 02:31 PM)PowerDubs Wrote:  Yes, it is not unprecedented.

My whole intent with all I do to the bike (stepped leather grain seat, sissy bar, chrome chain guard, larger '13 blinkers, more pulled back handlebars, etc) is to make the bike more like what I remember from my youth- bikes of the late 70's-early 80's. In a rock & roll trashy kind of way as opposed to the British cafe racer look that everyone gravitates towards.

By no means am I claiming to be creative or original. Well, maybe for a modern CB1100.

I'm just having fun and making the bike more enjoyable for me. One of my favorite street bikes I've owned was a Kawasaki LTD (trashy version of a KZ instead of the also available sporty versions)

My other street bike is a ZRX1200, also hitting the memory buttons for me.

One of my dirtbikes is a Kawasaki KLX400- which is a factory rebadged Suzuki DRZ400- I redid it with custom parts to emulate a 1980's Kawasaki. I do weird stuff.
Looks great Josh.....I think the edges of the engine fins would also look great silver like on our ZRXs....

[PowerDubs]

Getting closer. A little more detail work. Then buff the marks out of the black paint, clean well and clearcoat.

I've never done this before and would do it differently if I could start over- but I am happy with how they turned out so far as I had no idea of what I had planned would even work when I took the grinder to the first one!

They have plenty of imperfections but should look good from 5 feet away.




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Desert viper Wrote:Looks great Josh.....I think the edges of the engine fins would also look great silver like on our ZRX

Already planned- I just haven't got enough beer in me yet to take the grinder to my cyl head!!




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[Lord Popgun]

It looks good from here now .

[The ferret]

does look good

[Desert viper]

Those highlighted fins Josh will make that motor pop.....

[ClassicVW]

I was holding back a comment because I wasn't sure I liked the rough look you first posted. I was trying to wrap my head around how it would "fit" the look of the CB, what with all its shiny parts and beauty, thinking it would look better on a cafe'd or "flat black" bike look.

BUT...The finished product looks absolutely fantastic and will complement the shiny black nicely. Nice work!

[jimgl3]

did you buy a second set to dremel? that smart!

[PowerDubs]

Yup- bought em on Ebay for dirt cheap.