Overland Empire
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Hey guys, we've been working on this KZ for a few months now and figured a build thread might be in order. This bike was purchased off Craigslist a few years ago for $350 in sad shape. It didn’t run and everything about it was ugly, but there was potential. Since this was back in the days before Overland Empire really started, the first build of this bike was as a café racer. We got the engine running properly with a set of brand new Mikuni VM32 carbs and some tuning, pulled off any extra accessory and piece of body work that wasn’t deemed necessary, made a custom seat and shod it with some vintage Firestone Deluxe Champion tires. And it was fine and good, but it was never quite finished. Really the only true missing piece was the taillight, but it just never felt done. Then came Overland Empire.
As the brand got rolling and we started documenting our adventures, this bike was always sitting in the corner of the garage, haunting us with it’s potential. Then right after the dawn of the year, it was time. We knew this bike had to become a scrambler and be geared up for some adventures of it’s own.
The original bike as found:
As it stood before the Scrambler project:
So now we'll be playing catch up on this thread to bring you up to it's current status. More coming very shortly.
As the brand got rolling and we started documenting our adventures, this bike was always sitting in the corner of the garage, haunting us with it’s potential. Then right after the dawn of the year, it was time. We knew this bike had to become a scrambler and be geared up for some adventures of it’s own.
The original bike as found:
As it stood before the Scrambler project:
So now we'll be playing catch up on this thread to bring you up to it's current status. More coming very shortly.