Kawasaki ZX6D - ZZR600D build thread

Ha ha ha ha ha Slažem se, prokleti alkohol ;-)

the engine looks like a quiet unhappy robot bitching about the freezing weather
hope its time to warm up will come soon!

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Hy folks, loong time no se

I haven't been around lately, last year was really adventure packed, I traveled around half of the world, I have been sailing for 80 days ( 50 of them from Caribean to Italy across Atlantic ocean ) and skiing for around 50 and the rest of the time I was working my ass of

Finally, I had couple of easy days lately, so I managed to get back to my kawasaki project. I sent the frame, subframe, rear fork, givi brackets and wheels to be profesionally sandblasted, and then I had to go away from the country for a long time, so half of my bike was sitting at the sandblasters garage for six months Two weeks ago I picked up the parts and brought them home, and I started to paint them with duplicolor aerosol matt black

I cleaned the engine, and pretty much every single part of the bike by hand, really huge amount of hours were spent getting this baby cleaned. There was 23 year old grease on some places, and that fucker is hard to clean.

Ok, here are some pictures of the process, there will be a lot more soon, because I will be at home in Croatia for the next couple of weeks, so I hope that I will spend my free time building the bike.

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I am sorry for the crappy pictures, it is dark outside and the camera is shitty

I finally managed to remove the bike from the garden and I have put it in the house, I just hope that I will be able to take it outside once it is finished

Here are few picture of my really messy and unpractical mancave

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And I started to put the bike together, I am just mocking it up at this point because I have to decide how a tail is going to look, like, and I am not going to put front fairings on at this point, at least not this year because I won't have the time and the money to do what I want so I am going to put a nice round healdight and some nice rear led lights for now, so I can get it registered an ride it this year

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I have to replace the stator cover ( this one is welded, it is OK but it is ugly as fuck )

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I painted pretty much everything matt black, and I am going tu use nice stainless screws allround the bike

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To do list:

1. tyres - I am still debating between standard 120/160 or some gravel orientated 120/140-150, I have to check the clearances and to see if I could get the bike road legal with offroad tyres
2. lights - front, rear, and blinkers, most will be LED
3. electrics - plug, test, weld, retest, reveld and heatshrink and insulate and overkill every single bit
4. KOSO digital speedo
5. heated grips + 2 12V outlets
6. rear fender and rear end, fiberglass or some kind of molding, I haven't decided yet because I will incorporate rear givi brackets with the rear subframe
7. ride the living shit out of it

I really hope that the next update will be soon, because I had the last update a year ago


cheers


andrija

Today I have spent few hours searching the optimal position to mount the givi brackets for sidecases. When I bought the bike i mounted a 46L topcase aswell but the bike was ugly and it reached so far behind so I decided that I am going to mount only the side ones. It is not so complicated, but the originals are from my old Versys so I had to find a sturdy points to bolt il all securely...

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I mounted the handlebars just to check the ergonomics

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It looks nice and tidy

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checking the mounting options

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This is the final position for the mounts

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To me it looks very sturdy and solid, I managed to squize it in nice and tidy

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Unfortunately, my working area is very limited, so I maneged to mount only one case

and it is ENORMOUS and the wide lens really makes it look stupidly big

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In real life, it looks a LOT smaller, it is a standard 35 liters Givi monokey

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This is how I left it tonight

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Tomorow I am going to paint the subframe and some small parts. I didn't want to paint it before, because when I fiddle with a lot of metal parts, I tend to scratch them, so now, when I know where everything is going to be, I can grind of a lot of tabs that I am not going to use, so I can have a nice and clean profiles so I can make the moulds for the fiberglass bodywork I can't wait to start

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I managed to get rid of some small metal brackets and stuff, so I will save couple of punds on the weight, so with the Givi brackets, it should be back to factory weight, which is around 200 Kilograms and that is not so bad for a 23 year old

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With those givis on you won't be doing too much lane splitting. Looking good otherwise

Yes, it wil be as wide as the Versys, but I am not going to mount the cases when I am in the city, I still have to decide If this is going to be the final version.

I am obviously getting older, so I am not in a hurry to finish the bike as fast as possible, but I am taking my time and really enjoying the build. Every single bolt on this thing was in my hand, so I definitely know this bike by heart

Just checking the ergonomics with my leggy blonde It is still very low because there are no tyres, so it will go up another 10 cm or so

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I sourced a pair of nice USD forks from a Kawasaki zx7r. The owner is selling the whole assembly: forks, top and bottom triangles, bearings, brake calipers, wheel, discs and fender.

The price for everything is around 350 euros, what do you thing, is it a good deal? The good thing is the brake calipers are the same ones as I have on my bike, and he said they are completely overhauled and ready to go, so I hope that I am not going to have much trouble combining them with my master cylinder, although I am going to have steel braided hoses made by a professional

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What do you think, is it worth a hassle?

Advices and coments are much welcome and appreciated

Cheers,

Andrija

Well, I bought the USD forks, which makes me really happy, and it means that I have resolved my biggest issue with this bike, and that is the front suspension, and nice big enduro bars. I am going to pick them up in two days and can't wait to mount them on the bike

This is basically the inspiration for this build:

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It is definitely going to be flat tracker / adventure tourer kind of a bike I know that a 100 horsepower 14.000 RPM engine is a huge overkill for this kind of a ride but I think that it is going to suit my gravel thirst needs quite nicely

Comments and advices are quite welcome

Cheers,

andrija

Finally, I picked up my new package of parts

I got the complete Kawasaki ZXR 750 R -M Front end ( 1994)

-Completely refurbished USD forks, new seals, oil, springs etc. it works flawlesly
-top and botom triangles
wheel with new bearings and seals and discs in great condition
-front fender
-brake fluid divider with longer steel braided hose that goes to the master cylinder ( ideal for my enduro steering handlebar )
- brake calipers, the same as I have on the zzr, so it will be a good source of spare parts
- he even put the handlebar risers in the package, but they are going to need some modification to fit in

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The forks are pretty much the same height so there will not be much change in the geometry of the bike...

The weight of the forks is pretty much the same, but USD ones look much beefier, and they work well, because my original ones were badly repaired and were all flimsy an what not.

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I am going to take both tripple trees to the machine shop an have them machine or swap center columns from zzr to zxr tripple trees, so I can keep original top and bottom bearings and continue with the build

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I am still deciding on the colour of the brake calipers. I am not sure about the red ones, so maybe they go black or even white, I will have to sleep on that one

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I am looking forward to getting this part finished so I can buy the tires and finally roll this bike around and start working on the ergonomics and electrics. I am still trying to source a nice rear monoshock but it is a real pain in the ass to find a good working one, and unfortunately, no one can repair the existing one so I will keep it untill I find a better one.

I am really happy with how easy this bike is to work with, It takes around 5 minutes to replace the rear shock, or 10 minutes to completely dissasemble the front end.

Cheers

andrija

While waiting for my stem manufacturing and swap, I starded to overhaul the zxr brakes. Previous owner said that he cleaned them, but I wanted to take them apart and make sure everything is ok. They were not locked and I conected them to a air compressor and pistons poped out with no problem, and they don't seem damaged or something, but I found a lot of grainy bits inside the calipers, so I cleaned everything out. There was some dirt residue and I also found a human hair inside, so I will remove all of the paint, replace the rubber dust seals. Oil seals seem to be fine, so I will leave them in place. Although zzr and zxr Tokico calipers seem to be the same, there are few little differences, and zxr calipers and pots are around 100 grams lighter than the zzr ones, so I will go with the zxr ones for now, I think they will work OK for my needs.

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Here is everything takne apart and nicely labeled and separated.

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There was a lot of gunk on the pots, so I will polish them to the maximum, so they are again nice and shinny

Here is a comparisson of the weight between zzr and zxr tripple assembly

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zxr is 1 kilogram lighter and I have a riser which I have to shave off, so I will loose few hundred grams here aswell

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The weight of a zzr fork tube is 3200 grams with no oil, and the zxr one is 4300 grams with oil inside
So it means that a zzr assembly is cca 10 kilograms, and the zxr is 10600 grams for the whole assembly, so there will not be much of a weight gain on the front end and it should remain light and responsive

Looking good. Have to say that bike looked pretty scary in the start of all this, but you got it coming together.

What's your plan for the rear shock?