1982 Kawasaki CSR

George P - click this image to see my build

What was your intended objective when you started the build?

Challenge myself

What motivated you to start your project?

Someone told me I couldn’t “just build a chopper “

What are you most proud of?

It’s not a cookie cutter bike.

What do other people say about your motorcycle?

“Ah green with envy. Clever.”

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Specifics

Make, Model & Year: 1982 Kawasaki CSR

Fondly known as: Envy

Time spent: 5

Motorcycle cost: $75

Money spent: 1200

Engine: 76 Kawasaki 750 b1

Intake: Mikuni cv carbs

Exhaust: Had a stick of 2” bent in various curves and cut it up with a sawzaw. The tips are python slipping of a sporter

Frame: Kawasaki cradle and neck, 1” d.o.m. Tubing. 1/4 plate steel gussets 42degrees of take. 1.25 dom. For the backbone. I didn’t have a dye to bend the 1.25 so I cut bent and welded over and over to get the curve.

Suspension: Stock Kawasaki swing arm stretched 3”using another Kawasaki swing arm. I also moved the shock mounting points to ensure tire wheel clearance.80 something corvette air shocks. Viair compressor

Wheels, tires and brakes: Metzler 880 white walls front and rear. Kz 750 stock brakes

Finish – Paint: Matrix paint products, shot everything in my shop with a cheap paint gun from harbor freight

Accessories: Cheap eBay headlight. Trailer light for the brake/tail light ninja front master cylinder.