"Custom is King" 1978 Kawasaki KZ650 Bobber Part 4

[scodecity]

THESE THINGS ARE POPPIN UP ON HERE LEFT AN RITE U GUYS NEED TO STOP DOING THIS TO THESE BIKES MAN!!!IF U DONT KNOW HOW TO HARDTAIL A MACHINE THEN DONT DO IT!!! THIS SHIT LOOKS CRAZY GAY!!DO THE HARDTAIL TO THE SWINGARM NOW THAT JUST MAKES U A LAMO .DO IT RITE, AN CUT IT OFF... SCODECITY

[bigsky89]

@scodecity turn off caps lock, take a deep breath and watch my newer videos, i built an entire frame, from scratch. and either way, real chopper heads dont give a shit if its perfect or straight out of a magazine... if its built and its ridden then why does it matter?

[bigsky89]

@scodecity ...you might notice, while youre telling other people how to build a bike which im sure youve never done... this video is two years old man. lol.

[tommartin187]

"at least they shut the fuck up" lol

[MrShyDT]

Did you build your own frame or customize the stock one?

[bigsky89]

@MrShyDT first i customized the stock frame, in this video the frame is still mostly stock, with some modificataion done to the rear bit of the frame. in later videos you can see that i built a custom frame for it. i should have a new video up next week with a look at the new gas tank i built.

[AD7974]

awsome vid bro bike looks great im thinkin of building one got any tips

[bigsky89]

@AD7974 thanks man, as for tips, just make it how you want it, doesnt matter what anyone else thinks of it as long as youre happy with it. that and make sure you know how to weld half decent, haha.

[2in10z]

Cool Chopped 650

[bigsky89]

@2in10z thanks man!

[2in10z]

@2in10z Check out my kz 1000 Bobber

[senatornewton]

like this bike



[bigsky89]

@senatornewton yeah im kinda fond of her myself actually. haha

[39cummins]

Beautiful job!!!

[bigsky89]

@39cummins should see my latest vids!

[1968hambone]

very nice bike dude....love it!

[bigsky89]

@1968hambone thanks man!

[sircraigery]

Sweet bike! Check mine out, I live in Sask too.

[84macon]

"there never happy but they shut the fuck up" LMAO. Lovin it! I like the Sportster light it fits the KZ well. I might do that to mine. Did it install easily?

[bigsky89]

@84macon i had to make a custom bracket, that bolted on overtop of the brake distributor thingy. it works really well, lots of light, bulbs are cheap, cant complain. should have a new video up sometime this weekend of a bunch of changes i did... again. cause leaving this thing alone is just plain no fun. lol.

[thepadd]

you do realise a GPz750 is based on a z650 bottom end, so you could drop one straight into your bike. I have 3 GPz's (err it got a bit out of control) one with an 810 kit in it, now that's more like it!! In fact I have a spare 810 motor which could go into said bobber, Mmmm!

[bigsky89]

yeah, im content with my stock 650. its a better mileage engine, not so much on the performance but still way fast enough, more importantly i can probably put 100,000 miles on it before it needs any major work. i figure the less that can go wrong the better haha

[thepadd]

still love your bike dude, just been sketching out a few ideas of my own. have a GPz750 in bits and just love the bobber style

[bigsky89]

thatd be a rippin bobber, gpz's are freakin fast.

[ChevyGuysWearBowties]

You should have those handle bars drop real low! That would look mean.

[bigsky89]

i loved this setup, but it was hell on my back. i figure im either hardcore serious about my bikes or really stupid, because even with a really bad back and neck i ride rigid and nothing else. haha anyways i got a ten inch rise t-bar now that looks killer, should have a new video up by the weekend.

[thepadd]

Nice overall, not sure about the big hand-brake tho'. If you swapped that for a little suicide shift and connected back and front brakes together you could lose the front brake lever and really clean up the bars.

[bigsky89]

unfortunately that would leave me with a bike i couldnt ride. highly illegal here, this thing is as bare bones as i can get away with.

[NOS351WCM]

dude your bike is sweet man. i like the tank..frisco mount? working on a cb450 bobber right now, my first build. its exciting. hope the rest of your build goes well man

[bigsky89]

the tank is a stock 68 sportster tank, just fabbed up some tabs and mounted them on, nothing fancy. good luck with your cb, i know a few guys that run those bikes as choppers/bobbers and theyre a great runnin around town bike.

[FingerLickinGravy67]

i thot it was just hard on ur ass mostly, i gota do sumthin to mine to temporairly hard it n try it out

[bigsky89]

it can be rough, but i think the ride is worth it.

[DieselDog77]

Finally got mine running but the charging system is fucked. On a freshly chraged battery I can get about 40 or 50 miles out of her. Haven't hard tailed yet, has more of a bratstyle look. Concerned about wheel damage due to hitting pot holes with a hardtail. How great is the risk of damaging spokes with a hard tail?

[bigsky89]

its fine, bikes were hardtails for like 30 years before anyone put rear suspension on a bike, ive never had any trouble with mine, except that its really hard on your entire body, if you can handle the ride its fine. alot of my friends think theyre way tougher than me till they ride a few miles on my bike, some of them didnt even get up the block and had to park it.