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SOLD - Ten year Build KZ 900 Modern brakes and suspension

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Ducati Monster S4R, 98 HD Dyna Low Rider, XR 400R
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Ted
I have finally reached the end of this project. The bike is complete, with a clean title.

New:
Stator / rectifier
Flatslide Mikunis
Dyna Ignition (the good one)
Wiring harness
Headlight tail light, signals
Gusseted / powder coated frame
Ohlins shocks (rebuilt)
Suzuki GSXR forks (rebuilt)
Brakes Suzuki front Honda CR 450 rear
630 chain, offset sprocket
GSXR front wheel, ZRX rear wheel and swingarm
Paint
Seat pan reduced in size, and rebuilt
Pro taper bars

Engine was painfully polished
ZRX 1100 swingarm was powder coated, all welds blended to an 1/8" fillet
All welds on frame blended to 1/8" fillets. Gusseting was Tig welded in.

Folks, I have been working on this thing since 2003. I love the bike, and now it is done. I have ridden it a few times, and really after looking at it for ten years I am at a place where if I found it a good home, for the right price I would let it go. I am a machinist, and Patternmaker. Perfection is difficult to achieve, and I have produced it with this motorcycle.

If you are not interested in paying 11,000 keep looking and I will keep the bike, take it to shows eat popcorn and Bullshit with other builders.

PM me if you are serious about saving yourselves a whole bunch of work, and want to buy a ready made one of a kind.

Here is a link to the KZ rider forum, the build is pretty much explained there:
http://kzrider.com/forum/11-projects/274097-1975-kz-900-zrx-swingarm-89-gsxr-front-end
 

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I forgot the ceramic coated header.
 

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Oh yeah brand new gages too... I could go on and on.
 

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Ahhh after ten years.. I dunno what else to say.

If your interested, I'm interested. Remember I can keep it and eat popcorn at the bikeshows.

What I want to do is grow my hair long, and ride a Harley with my other Vet buddies. I have a Ducati, a track bike (R6), an XR for the dirt, and two quads.

Mrs. Cobra 23 says if I want a Harley, I gotta make room.

I have a trailer, and would prefer a face to face, with cash or a banker. I live in the Reno, NV area.
 

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Crap, got it wrong, I have two quads, a track bike, the XR, the KZ the Ducati Monster, a GS750E which was given to me by a friend after building his streetfighter, an MR fiddy, XR fiddy, and a KE 100, and another small quad.

There is a serious storage issue taking place which is hindering my "booorrrrn toooo bee wiiiii---ii-iillld ambitions.
 
1.5% to BARF if it sells here (my Moneeeze)
 
Thank you for the compliments.
 
All the people who have helped me over the last ten years are raking me over the coals for attempting to sell.

Uaaarrrghh. This is painful!
 
forgive me if I missed your asking price for this masterpiece?

It was a bit buried in his wall of text, but here it is:

If you are not interested in paying 11,000 keep looking and I will keep the bike

Edit: I can only assume that he means 11,000 US Dollars. Pretty darned sweet looking bike.
 
Yes it is 11,000 u.s. Dollars. American type money.
 
If you have a negative opinion on the price.. I would like to hear it.

Truly want 11K... That's what it is worth in parts alone.
So if the price is ridicules ... Well then you all have convinced me I should keep it.

The sale is really about just realizing that I will probably spend another ten years looking at bits on the bike that could be improved yet again. It's truly bugging me. I seem to spend as much time working on bikes ( I have several ) as I do riding.

I wanna ride more!
 
Since you are asking, I believe that the price is quite a bit too high. Unless you are a well known builder, it is unrealistic to expect to get paid for your time wrenching on it, and for parts/mods. That said, I like the build and would love to own something like this. I just wouldn't be willing to pay anywhere near the asking price.

Keep this beauty, ride the hell out of it. :ride
 
I'd have to agree, it is a beautiful build, would love to have that bike but...tech has advanced light years beyond what you could do to that to make it worth that much unless it's a "builder" bike, no disrespect to what you have done
 
#Honesty #PleaseDon'tHurtMe #YouAsked

If you say it's worth $11k in parts alone, then by all means, part it out.


As Lunch Box stated, you slap a Deus or Wrenchmonkee's (or the like) label on that thing and someone would pay $11k for it.

Realistically, this seems like a bike built by someone who would never sell it because they put in so much time and effort.

It's a great build.
 
If you have a negative opinion on the price.. I would like to hear it.

Truly want 11K... That's what it is worth in parts alone.
So if the price is ridicules ... Well then you all have convinced me I should keep it.

The sale is really about just realizing that I will probably spend another ten years looking at bits on the bike that could be improved yet again. It's truly bugging me. I seem to spend as much time working on bikes ( I have several ) as I do riding.

I wanna ride more!

I have one car that's mostly restored that's got about 12-15k in parts in it. The car might be worth 8 after paint/interior.

Keep in mind you built it the way you wanted it. Nice work, came out nice-if I bought it I'd still want to repaint it. Maybe change the bars to fit me better, have chrome pipes instead-see where I'm going with this?

Parts/effort/etc all really end up having little bearing on the price. It's only worth what someone is willing to pay-find the last few sales of any particular KZ900 that's been restored and that's likely your value. People buying a classic anything typically want it stock or with period correct mods, done in a period correct colour.

It's got your name on every piece-I think you'll regret selling it.

Double the price and go for a ride. :ride
 
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