A little more work done on the KZ400 today!

Yesterday while test fitting parts, I discovered that the powder coated Clubman bars are too thick and interfere with operation of the trottle.

At first, I tried to sand it all off.  I sanded and sanded.  All that provided was a scratched up, equally thick version of what I started with.

Then the lightbulb went off!  I probably still had the paint stripper I used to removed the powder coating on the wheels of my VFR (that project came out looking sweet!!!).  I did not use much of the stripper, and I seldom disposed of chemicals that are pefectly good, so off into the depths of my ‘chemical warehouse’ to locate the stripper.

A few minutes later I wheeled the bike out to the garage door (proper ventelation you know), donned some gloves and started working on the bars.    After the 2nd application it still looked like this!   I have to hand it to the manufacture of these bars, they REALLY used some tough paint!

In the end, I had to use a file to finish off removal of the paint.   BUT, remove it I did, and viola.. I was able to install the throttle and grip (sorry, no photo yet) and it worked like a charm!

A major hurdle out of the way.    Next post..   picking some paint to trail…..   I have….  an  *angle*…   🙂