Motorcycle News - Danger Zone: Federal Moto’s Kawasaki GPz1100
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If you fell in love with that film and the bike ridden by its motorcycle-mad star, you’re not alone. “We all know that movie,” says Michael Muller of Federal Moto. “And we always knew that when Federal Moto built its first custom sportbike, we’d need the beefiest bad boy of the 80s: the GPz1100.”
“The commission came from an 80s kid,” says Muller. “He’s based out of Ohio and only swears by Kawasakis and KTMs. He is very excited for his Federal Moto custom.”
“It’s nice to have to make a part only once now, after the measurements are rendered digitally. Damn kids these days!”
Taking off the bodywork was only the start, though—there’s a ton of work gone into this stunning machine.
The mighty mill is now Cerakoted for protection, with polished aluminum covers. The header pipes have been finished in Cerakote too, and are terminated with Cone Engineering’s ‘Big Mouth’ stainless steel mufflers.
Other Motogadget goodies include a Motoscope Pro gauge, a remote m.lock ignition system, and classy m.switch push buttons on the new clip-on bars.
There’s plenty of sweet custom fabrication here too, including the tail unit, side covers and headlight housing. The rear subframe and its new supports are hand fabricated, along with the 18-gauge steel seat pan (with electronics hidden below). The rest was 3D printed by Custom Color 3D printing in Chicago.
The brakes have been upgraded to modern tech, with CNC’d front and rear rotors, new Goodridge lines, and a Tokico four-piston setup at the front.
It’s all pulled together with deep, glossy black paint designed by Chris Paluch and shot by NSD Paintwerks—with an added hint of classic Kawasaki green.
The bike was wheeled out in front of the camera before Federal were able to add a few finishing touches, such as a Brembo RCS front master cylinder and Motogadget mirrors. But we’ll happily take it as it is. And we reckon Maverick would approve as well. Federal Moto | Facebook | Instagram | images by Daniel Peter Motorcycles via Bike EXIF https://ift.tt/2Mf9b0c May 26, 2020 at 12:12PM Leave a Reply. |
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