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Restored 1975 Kawasaki Customized Cafe Racer Conversion on 2040-motos

US $2,225.00
YearYear:1975 MileageMileage:5350 ColorColor: Red, White, and Black
Location:

San Diego, California, US

San Diego, California, US
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TypeType:Custom Restoration Engine Size (cc)Engine Size (cc):440 For Sale ByFor Sale By:Private Seller VINVIN:K4015471

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The Bike

1975 Kawasaki KZ400D custom Café conversion and restoration with 440 Engine. 5300 actual miles. See the last paragraph of this listing for a laundry list of improvements made to this bike during the build. It has undergone a rigorous restoration/conversion process, with the main focus being on creating a unique “One Off” Café bike, with an “Old School” look that is fast, reliable, and practical to ride and enjoy. 

The Build

The major features of this bike are a 440 engine upgrade, bored out to .25 over with new pistons, rings, and wrist pins, gaskets, seals, professionally rebuilt carburetors with jetting, electronic ignition, new custom paint including frame, new spokes and powder coated rims, shaved seat with new cover, and a streamlined lighting system that has replaced the original, clumsy, protruding tail lights and turn signals. The bike also comes with 3 additional counter sprockets so you can set it up just the way you want it. Fast off the line, to freeway cruising, It is currently set for high gear cruising. If you check the last paragraph below it will list virtually everything I've done to this bike over the past year.

The Story

This bike has roughly 5300 actual miles, give or take, and the engine has about 200 miles on it since rebuild. It runs beautifully, and reliably as you would expect, and is actually relatively comfortable to ride, unlike most café conversions. There are no oil leaks, and everything on the bike works perfectly. Every time I drive this bike at least one person, and usually two, will tell me how much they like this old bike. It is a head turner for sure. I've owned the bike since 2006, when I bought it on Ebay. I drove it around for a month or two, put a few hundred miles on it, then parked it in my warehouse. 

About a year ago I decided I wanted to try my hand at a cafe conversion, so I uncovered it, and went to work. I've restored lots of Jap bikes over the years, and won my first concour competition at the Del Mar "Year of the Motorcycle" in 2012, but this experience was something very different for me. I went for a blend of customization and restoration, which are very much, two different animals. I'm really happy with the way it turned out, and hopefully, you will be too. I know there is a pretty narrow market for these cafes, but I think the right guy is out there somewhere. 

List of New Parts and Improvements

440 Replacement engine with top end rebuild, Powder coated rims, New fork seals & fluid, New Emgo headlight bucket, black with chrome trim ring, New halogen headlight, Six Kuryakyn metal tear drop running/turn-signal lights, New billet aluminum headlight holders, New spokes/nuts front & back, New matching Dunlop radial tires, Bobbed front and rear fenders, New rear view mirrors, New Joker Machine retro hand grips, All cast aluminum covers professionally polished, New gas cap, Professionally cleaned and installed "Kreme" fuel tank lining, Professionally applied custom paint job, including frame, New "drag  bar" styled handlebars with concealed wiring, Rebuilt & polished fuel petcock, Professionally shaved shaved seat with new cover, New battery, New retro-style tail light, New spark plugs and spark plug caps, Professionally rebuilt carburetors, New fuel lines, New bore, pistons,rings,wrist-pins, seals and gaskets, New clutch disks, New brake, clutch, speedometer, and tachometer cables, New air cleaner, New starter housing gasket, New engine case bolts, New carburetor intake holders & air box boots, New oil and filter, Professionally installed New electronic ignition system.

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