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My 89 Kawi ZX-10 update


ICEMAN

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Tim died in a bike accident

Thats why I posted about keeping your promise of putting a picture at Tims grave.

i didnt know he passed before that post. damn. i definitely will.

i will make that one of the first trips on the bike when its complete.

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few more little things... had to wait a week for a lot of bolts and other misc things to come in just to do this much.

during that week, i got out all the plastic i have for this and cleaned it all up and removed lights and anything else. I need to do some searching for some light housings for a few things. i have found most of em.

ignition mounted.

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Front stabalizer mounted. The stuff on the tire is paint from the floor stuck to the sticky stuff from the label that was on the tire.

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Torque link mounted up.

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My new chain and sprocket set is in! OEM was 532, this is a 530 kit. Sprocket is MASSIVE and heavy. So is the chain.

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Brand New 1989 Ninja Owners Manual!

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ready to start a brand new maintenance record!

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luckily blanks are still available.

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rear brake mounted, ran the new stainless line, and bled. I love speedbleeders. Any bike i buy will be switched to speedbleeders. It was nice to see the rear brake working since the caliper was comlpetely rebuilt. Just a good sign, saying that everything was rebuilt good and the other 2 should work properly once i finish up the lever and master cylinder and resi.

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ordered a lot of stuff recently...

-Muzzy Aluminum 6 fin cooling fan for better cooling (OEM was 4 fin plastic)

-Thermostat

-temp sensor for radiator (this was the only mechanical part messed up when -the kid wrecked it years ago)

-some more bolts, nuts, and o-rings.

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thanks! i have no plan on stopping or buying another project to put this off for another season. lol.

if i dont buy another project to fuk around with over winter (like the past few years), it will be my first winter in 3 or 4 years that i have been able to work on this, lol.

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  • 10 months later...

UPDATE AS OF 8/4/11

new cooling fan! replaces the 4 fin plastic OEM...

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few random pics of some assembly...

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got a new camera with a nice lens, i can get real close to something and still get a LOT in the pic!!

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all the shit in the bags in the background is her parents...

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UPDATE AS OF 6/6/12

we bought a house with a nice big garage so we will be moving shortly (just down the street) and i finalLy got her out of the basement to see the light!!

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7 year build man.......that's epic.

Keep up the good work....always love seeing more DOA Ninjas back on the road.

Any chance she'll be done this season?

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Hahahaha I hear ya!! Thank! No it won't be done this year. Should be running but then I need to sand the plastics and get them painted. Then I need to work on incorporating the new concours saddlebags and rear rack onto my ninja.

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After 7 years I'd throw the seat on it and make the wife shove me down the street a couple times.

haha i know. after i FINALLY got it out of the basement, our driveway has a slope and i was debating it. Tires are about 1/4 flat. They are brand new and a few years old, so they will prolly be dry rotten before i get it done, lol.

I need to get it into the shop i work at and have one of the tech's torque doen the steering stem, i had it torqued down and it came loose, so i want him to look at it. Obviously i wont be doing it throught the shop and paying that price, hell no. LOL. But the steering stem was holding me back from taking that rolling ride.

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Yes, I still have this bike.  We bought a house so that pushed it back a lot more.  But it gave me a spot to work on it.  Been insulating and sheeting the garage recently.  Ive cleaned up the motor a lot and that's about it.  I need to go through and update all the images with links that work.  The pics were off my MySpace site I had years ago and everything is now on FaceBook so I need to update them!

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