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The C-14, aka Kawasaki Concours-14, the new one :) => Accessories and modifications - C14/GTR 1400 => Topic started by: ZG on November 27, 2011, 04:46:18 PM
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I'm not easily finding anything out there but I know these are usually common kits for bikes, any links or guidance??
Oh, and no I don't want to remove them all and paint em etc, I'm looking for something ready to rock that includes all fairing bolts in the correct sizes, thanks in advance.
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If you find them let me know, I would be interested too.
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You might send Tyler a PM. His bike is as blacked out as it can be.
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You might send Tyler a PM. His bike is as blacked out as it can be.
I think he painted everything if I remember right...
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I bet that your only option will be to order all the bolts that you need from Ron Ayers or RCR, then take them to a powdercoater. If the C14 was more popular for being customized you would be able to find someone that had kits ready to go, but I really don't think that will be the case.
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That's how Murph's Kits got started-making bolt kits for the C 10 .Maybe give Gary Murphy a shout?
If there was enough of a demand- well ,who knows ?
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That's how Murph's Kits got started-making bolt kits for the C 10 .Maybe give Gary Murphy a shout?
If there was enough of a demand- well ,who knows ?
Thanks! I just sent Murph a message. :chugbeer:
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You can try here: http://www.pro-bolt.com/motorcycle/kawasaki/gtr1400-07.html?cat=35485 (http://www.pro-bolt.com/motorcycle/kawasaki/gtr1400-07.html?cat=35485) Looks like a full kit.....
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I would be interested in buying a set, if someone ordered several sets of these. Unless, of course, if Murph was going to start carrying them.
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You can try here: http://www.pro-bolt.com/motorcycle/kawasaki/gtr1400-07.html?cat=35485 (http://www.pro-bolt.com/motorcycle/kawasaki/gtr1400-07.html?cat=35485) Looks like a full kit.....
Thanks FH! That's exactly what I'm looking for! :hail: :thumbs: 8)
I'll give Murph till tomorrow to respond because I'd rather buy from him, but this kit looks like it will do the trick for me! :chugbeer:
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Please post back if you do order ZG, would love to hear how they work out!
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Will do, thanks for the lead FH! :chugbeer:
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I wish there was a breakdown list of everything that is included.
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Here is an American Pro Bolt dealer. Get the part #s of the UK sight and give them a call.
http://www.streetfightersbydesign.com/streetweb/products_page/products_pg.htm (http://www.streetfightersbydesign.com/streetweb/products_page/products_pg.htm)
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All mine were powder coated. Really cool to see this kit. As mentioned above I wonder what exactly is included?
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Hopefully the American pro-bolt dealer will pan out, would obviously be much cheaper that the UK dealer for shipping.
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I got a reply from Murph this morning, he does not have a C14 kit, at least not yet... :'(
I'm going to pull the trigger on the kit from the UK that FH posted. 8)
More to come, thanks for all the help. :chugbeer:
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Looking forward to seeing how all this works out. As soon as I recieve & install tylers black exhaust I may just need one of these sets. Can't have too much black...
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My question is fairly complex. Why would anyone want to slow their bike down even more? :o Everyone knows Neutron Silver is the fastest, I have considered these speed dampening fasteners, but decided that since I don't have a turbo (yet), it wasn't required. :stirpot:
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My question is fairly complex. Why would anyone want to slow their bike down even more? :o Everyone knows Neutron Silver is the fastest, I have considered these speed dampening fasteners, but decided that since I don't have a turbo (yet), it wasn't required. :stirpot:
Hush up Chet, let the slow pokes have their fun. ;)
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I just ordered the kit through "Pro-bolt", they do have a USA division that I ordered through, here is the USA division link:
http://www.probolt-usa.com/Products/Kawasaki_GTR1400_09 (http://www.probolt-usa.com/Products/Kawasaki_GTR1400_09)
Cost was $69 including shipping and the ordering process was easy, they have other colors to choose from as well, I went with black of course... 8)
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My question is fairly complex. Why would anyone want to slow their bike down even more? :o Everyone knows Neutron Silver is the fastest, I have considered these speed dampening fasteners, but decided that since I don't have a turbo (yet), it wasn't required. :stirpot:
Hush up Chet, let the slow pokes have their fun. ;)
:rotflmao: :battle:
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I just ordered the kit through "Pro-bolt", they do have a USA division that I ordered through, here is the USA division link:
http://www.probolt-usa.com/Products/Kawasaki_GTR1400_09 (http://www.probolt-usa.com/Products/Kawasaki_GTR1400_09)
Cost was $69 including shipping and the ordering process was easy, they have other colors to choose from as well, I went with black of course... 8)
Wow! They have just about every bolt that you could want.
They even have gashole screws in your choice of colors.
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I just got an email from Pro-bolt confirming my online order, that's a good start to get an email from them 15 minutes after ordering, feels like the ProjektD ordering process! :thumbs:
Looks like they're shipping to me from California, which is great because that means should arrive in only a couple days...
Pro-Bolt USA
10725 Royal Crest
Truckee
CA 96161
USA
Freephone: 1888-251-1644
Telephone: 530-587-2058
sales@probolt-usa.com (sales@probolt-usa.com)
www.probolt-usa.com (http://www.probolt-usa.com/)
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I just ordered the kit through "Pro-bolt", they do have a USA division that I ordered through, here is the USA division link:
http://www.probolt-usa.com/Products/Kawasaki_GTR1400_09 (http://www.probolt-usa.com/Products/Kawasaki_GTR1400_09)
Cost was $69 including shipping and the ordering process was easy, they have other colors to choose from as well, I went with black of course... 8)
Good find. They are not cheap, but it's always good to have a source for stuff like that.
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Just a thought but you might want to go easy on those fasteners. They are made of 7075 aluminum which is a strong Al. alloy but I think the original fasteners are stronger and harder. Also, the anodizing will resist the weather OK but again, not as well as the original stainless steel fasteners. Not saying they won't work or they are not a good product, just that you might want to be a tad more careful when using them than the stock fasteners.
Best of luck with them and let us know how they work out for you.
Brian
I just got an email from Pro-bolt confirming my online order, that's a good start to get an email from them 15 minutes after ordering, feels like the ProjektD ordering process! :thumbs:
Looks like they're shipping to me from California, which is great because that means should arrive in only a couple days...
Pro-Bolt USA
10725 Royal Crest
Truckee
CA 96161
USA
Freephone: 1888-251-1644
Telephone: 530-587-2058
sales@probolt-usa.com (sales@probolt-usa.com)
www.probolt-usa.com (http://www.probolt-usa.com/)
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You could go with the titanium, but alas, not in black ;)
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Just a thought but you might want to go easy on those fasteners. They are made of 7075 aluminum which is a strong Al. alloy but I think the original fasteners are stronger and harder. Also, the anodizing will resist the weather OK but again, not as well as the original stainless steel fasteners. Not saying they won't work or they are not a good product, just that you might want to be a tad more careful when using them than the stock fasteners.
Best of luck with them and let us know how they work out for you.
Brian
Understood Brian, thanks for bringing up that point, I'm only doing the ones that hold the plastics on so should be ok as I don't plan on cranking down to hard on those, learned that the hard way on other bikes... :(
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Break out a sharpie. :p
Seriously though, wouldn't some gun bluing/blacking oxide stuff work?
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I have the Pro-Bolt in black on my bike. They look great, but they are soft and strip easily. If you are gentle with them they work great. I have over 25K on mine since I added these and they have seen plenty of rain - still look like new.
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I have the Pro-Bolt in black on my bike. They look great, but they are soft and strip easily. If you are gentle with them they work great. I have over 25K on mine since I added these and they have seen plenty of rain - still look like new.
Any pics of them installed Spanky??
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Those black guys will try anything to keep up with the silvers......
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Any pics of them installed Spanky??
Yep, near the end of the C-14 pics thread. I did not put them on the front fender because I stripped two of them just making them snug. The ones on the plastic of the fairing work just fine.
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Those black guys will try anything to keep up with the silvers......
I'll let you get away with that Mike only caus I miss you on here bro... ;) :chugbeer:
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Yep, near the end of the C-14 pics thread. I did not put them on the front fender because I stripped two of them just making them snug. The ones on the plastic of the fairing work just fine.
Tough to tell from those pics bro, but I do love your custom paint job! 8)
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I will take a close up tomorrow and post it so you can see the black fairing screws. They blend in very nice.
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I will take a close up tomorrow and post it so you can see the black fairing screws. They blend in very nice.
Thanks, look forward to seeing em! :chugbeer:
So have you thought about powdercoating your wheels black Spanky? I think that would look pretty sick with that custom paint bro... 8)
Here's a thread, not sure if you've seen it.
http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=17.msg21208#msg21208 (http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=17.msg21208#msg21208)
Sorry, don't mean to threadjack, oh wait, this is my thread so yes I can... ;D
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They even have gashole screws in your choice of colors.
uh.......... he said gashole
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(http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m601/Dak0716/IMAG0027.jpg)
(http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m601/Dak0716/IMAG0028.jpg)
Hopefully these show the screws better.
Powder coating my rims is on my list of farkles to do :).
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Hopefully these show the screws better.
Powder coating my rims is on my list of farkles to do :) .
8) :thumbs:
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I just looked at your thread for the rims. Those look awesome! Thanks for posting that link. I did not see that before. That price is way less than I expected too. :chugbeer:
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I just looked at your thread for the rims. Those look awesome! Thanks for posting that link. I did not see that before. That price is way less than I expected too. :chugbeer:
No worries Spanky, you're welcome!
And yes I agree, it's a very inexpensive thing to do but changes the looks of the Connie alot IMO! :chugbeer:
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The bolt kit arrived today, pretty fast shipping. :)
(http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb336/jaywilcox/IMG00699-20111206-1234.jpg)
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That'll give you something to do in your spare time ZG.
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Excellent. Now you can get busy stripping the anodizing off the heads and having them nickel plated so they look stock.... :D
Brian
The bolt kit arrived today, pretty fast shipping. :)
(http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb336/jaywilcox/IMG00699-20111206-1234.jpg)
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Installed!!!
Piece of cake, even for a knucklehead like me, one at a time and didn't have to remove any body work. :)
For some reason I still have a bunch left over, not sure what I might have missed, but oh well, now I have extra's if needed. :-\
Here's a pic, I had to take it with the flash off to avoid flash glare on the plastic, it looks even better in person! The bolts now don't stick out like before (silver bolt on black plastics), they just blend right in, from 5 feet you don't even see bolts. 8)
(http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb336/jaywilcox/blkbolts.jpg)
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Where are they? I can't see them ;D
I know, I know, thats the whole point. I had a lot of extras too, but mine was called the hundred piece assorted set? I don't think they had a Concours set when I got mine last year.
Looks awesome!
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Where are they? I can't see them ;D
I know, I know, thats the whole point. I had a lot of extras too, but mine was called the hundred piece assorted set? I don't think they had a Concours set when I got mine last year.
Looks awesome!
:rotflmao: Invisible indeed!
Spanky,
Did your set come with a bunch of little spacers? (not the washers, these are spacers)
I used the spacers for the bolts where your knee's go, but not for any of the other ones, they sent me like 60 of them which has me a little confused... ???
The rest of the fairing bolts only needed the flat washers that came with the set... :-\
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Yes it did. I used them when the opening on the fairing piece was significantly larger than the screw. It sounds like the set they sent is the same one I bought. Nice set up, but the screws are very soft.
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Yes it did. I used them when the opening on the fairing piece was significantly larger than the screw. It sounds like the set they sent is the same one I bought. Nice set up, but the screws are very soft.
Same here, but the only ones I came across like that were the ones by your knee's, oh and the ones on the lowers too. Just seems like I have a ton of those left over, but oh well.
I'm happy with the set and didn't strip out a single bolt, sorry Brian... ;D
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Looks great ZG!
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Looks good ZG.
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Looks great ZG!
Looks good ZG.
Thanks brutha's! :chugbeer:
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We have turbos to enhance power and speed and then we have black to lower our insurance rates. I think that 'bout sums it up nicely ;) By my math if you were to add a turbo to a black bike it will almost be as powerfull as our NEUTRON SILVERDAMMIT ;D
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C'mon Chet, don't burst the man's bubble. 8)
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C'mon Chet, don't burst the man's bubble. 8)
Sorry, I really dont like to see grown men cry :'( I just dont want them pulling up next to a Honda ST and think they can smoke em, it's bad for the brand image ;) They SHOULD be good to go for Vespas though ;D
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We have turbos to enhance power and speed and then we have black to lower our insurance rates. I think that 'bout sums it up nicely ;) By my math if you were to add a turbo to a black bike it will almost be as powerfull as our NEUTRON SILVERDAMMIT ;D
:yikes:
(http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb336/jaywilcox/Bitchslap6.gif)
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Bumping this thread for Gumbi... :chugbeer:
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Bumping this thread for Gumbi... :chugbeer:
Youv'e been doing a lot of bumping lately ;)
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Youv'e been doing a lot of bumping lately ;)
Bumping and dumping......
:o
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Youv'e been doing a lot of bumping lately ;)
I enjoy spending other peoples $... ;D
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So do I!! Have you ordered up the ZX14 TBS and Auto tune? I could even come down to help with the install. I really don't want to wait on ya everytime we take a trip ;D This means Gumbi 's gonna need the same thing, but since he is on a gen 2 bike there aint alot of help we can provide :( Black shoulda been all the limiter needed, but no, they even included it in the ECU. Bummer dude, bummer. Oh well, we'll make sure you have the route and we'll setup meeting points, we'll even have you a to go order for ya, sad thing is you don't even have a self inclosed heater handy ;)
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So do I!! Have you ordered up the ZX14 TBS and Auto tune? I could even come down to help with the install. I really don't want to wait on ya everytime we take a trip ;D This means Gumbi 's gonna need the same thing, but since he is on a gen 2 bike there aint alot of help we can provide :( Black shoulda been all the limiter needed, but no, they even included it in the ECU. Bummer dude, bummer. Oh well, we'll make sure you have the route and we'll setup meeting points, we'll even have you a to go order for ya, sad thing is you don't even have a self inclosed heater handy ;)
;D ;D ;D
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This means Gumbi 's gonna need the same thing, but since he is on a gen 2 bike there aint alot of help we can provide :( Black shoulda been all the limiter needed, but no, they even included it in the ECU. Bummer dude, bummer.
Can I re-flash the ECU to eliminate this?
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Can I re-flash the ECU to eliminate this?
Yep, but it won't help your bike's color none. Black is black.
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Yep, but it won't help your bike's color none. Black is black.
:rotflmao:
Too true!