Author Topic: 1980 Kuwahara KZ1. finished 23/04 (Read 10037 times)

mattbloke · « **on:** March 03, 2012, 05:35 PM »

What have you bastids done! I built my DP, that's it. No, hang on, i used to have a Mongoose FS1... il get one of those. Right. That's it. Hmm kuwahara KZ? ah fook it why not!

got the frame off of Andy (58delray) this week, as well as a nice set of NOS win V bars and a minty NOS suntour power stem. a very nice set of UKAI HE's off of Mark j, and some kuwahara Tange TRX forks coming from Norty40

hopefully a set of polished sugino super maxys coming this week also from andy. You lot have a lot to answer for!!!

animal · « **Reply #1 on:** March 03, 2012, 06:40 PM »

Good man

very nice . They breed these OS bikes

I was only having 1 originally

NORTY40 · « **Reply #2 on:** March 03, 2012, 06:47 PM »

Good stuff Matt

..... it is bloody addictive though

Frame was a good deal and will clean up nice

, i was so tempted with that myself when Andy offered it me . In fact Andy wanted my TRX's when he was going to build it

They should be with you Monday , posted yesterday Matt as per PM

Looking forward to seeing it finished .

Retrodan72 · « **Reply #3 on:** March 03, 2012, 07:32 PM »

Nice one Matt, i've been toying with the idea of doing a Kuwie myself this year. $:-\$

monkian · « **Reply #4 on:** March 04, 2012, 10:08 AM »

Lovely bit of kit. Looking forward to this

Kuwies seem to be 'on-trend' at the moment.

markyp · « **Reply #5 on:** March 04, 2012, 10:41 AM »

oh dear,wait till your in over £10,000,then you can call yourself a collector,youre just a pretender at the mo,welcome to the addiction

Retrodan72 · « **Reply #6 on:** March 04, 2012, 12:13 PM »

Quote from: markyp on March 04, 2012, 10:41 AM

oh dear,wait till your in over £10,000,then you can call yourself a collector,youre just a pretender at the mo,welcome to the addiction

I'm getting close now.

58 delray · « **Reply #7 on:** March 04, 2012, 12:44 PM »

another one i was sad to see go, but its gone to a good home

mattbloke · « **Reply #8 on:** March 08, 2012, 02:08 PM »

well the parts are coming thick and fast, so time for some progress! first job was to get the bloody seat post out. now, being a mechanic, i cannot understand why people never put just a smear of copper grease on an ali post to stop it seizing into a frame!
before:

After:

still about an inch stuck in, but that will have to wait for the caustic soda...
so time to remove the (very slight, cheers Andy

) amount of rust. i got a wire wheel on a high speed drill, and got some coarse cutting compound....

Just kidding Bendy! after using coke and foil on my DP (didnt know better) i have followed the bendycat ways with an oxalic acid bath. lets show it some love

also had a mid school redline OPC so chucked that in aswell

now the wait begins

for the rest of the bits,
kuwi tange forks from Norty40

i got a set of UKAI HE's on suzue hi flange hubs from markJ and apart from a little wet and dry for the shine sides they dont really need anything doing

a set of minty win V bars and nos suntour power stem off of 58delray

and good survivor suntour seat clamp

and brakes taken care of by some 1020/890's in black

not much now and it will be a full bike! might even be able to use it on the 'fools' day out instead of my FS1

mattbloke · « **Reply #9 on:** March 14, 2012, 01:15 PM »

few more bits turned up, so some more pics. got the last of the seatpost shifted, so got round to putting on the new decals and the headset/forks

bars, stem and calipers mounted

fat and skinny skinwall combo came this morning, still not convinced by the look though, always think the front looks to chunky..

and then fitted

black fluted post on the way, as are seat, grips and chrome nos tech2 levers. also polished and black sugino super maxy cranks/chain wheel and some black shimano pedals then she is all ready to ride

monkian · « **Reply #10 on:** March 14, 2012, 01:18 PM »

Very nice indeed

NORTY40 · « **Reply #11 on:** March 14, 2012, 01:22 PM »

Looking good Matt

Glad the forks went to a good home

pickle · « **Reply #12 on:** March 14, 2012, 01:22 PM »

top work! looking great

Retrodan72 · « **Reply #13 on:** March 14, 2012, 01:33 PM »

Good progrss Matt, keep at it pal.

Discostu · « **Reply #14 on:** March 14, 2012, 05:11 PM »

oooh nice job. lets have some close up pics of the gusset area now you have cleaned off the rust

BMX1973 · « **Reply #15 on:** March 14, 2012, 05:52 PM »

Can't beat a Kuwi, can't wait to see it built.

Glynnyboy · « **Reply #16 on:** March 14, 2012, 08:46 PM »

Looking good mate.

DJL · « **Reply #17 on:** March 16, 2012, 07:34 AM »

lovely bike

are you having to stick the edges of the decals down with tape? if you got them cheap from malaysia off ebay they're too thick and will never stick properly - i had some and even used double sided tape but that didn't work, was a bastard to get off too

mattbloke · « **Reply #18 on:** March 16, 2012, 11:05 AM »

had to stick them down as used a little too much water to slide them into place. after a few days

they were ok and stick down fine

had a few more bits in the post today

nos chrome (not polished) tech 2's and a black fluted ally seat post

mattbloke · « **Reply #19 on:** April 17, 2012, 03:14 PM »

few more pics! Grips, seat, sugino super maxy crank, 44T chain wheel and black chain all present and correct now.

all that is left now is for the black shimano SX pedals from andy to turn up and then she is ready to ride

NORTY40 · « **Reply #20 on:** April 17, 2012, 05:00 PM »

Black and chrome works every time

Turned out real nice mate

monkian · « **Reply #21 on:** April 17, 2012, 10:53 PM »

Nice, looks solid

The one thing not doing it for me is the seat.

bobafett · « **Reply #22 on:** April 18, 2012, 12:19 PM »

That has come together really nice mate

mattbloke · « **Reply #23 on:** April 19, 2012, 10:22 AM »

Quote from: monkian on April 17, 2012, 10:53 PM

Nice, looks solid
The one thing not doing it for me is the seat.

feel free to lend me 150 quid for an elina and i will change it just for you

Jaan · « **Reply #24 on:** April 20, 2012, 12:10 AM »

Very nice bike mate

Have I been dropping acid

or do I see Suntour VX cranks in one photo and then Super Maxys in the next?

Author Topic: 1980 Kuwahara KZ1. finished 23/04 (Read 10037 times)

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