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i believe you are right sir !

leon

p.s. the guys at work done a nice job welding it all back up.

And it´s arc welded !

Made a template to find the center of the sprocket..







..and to see how things match up.

PS. This was before the sprocket was welded..

Did I miss something here- did you have to mod the frame at all to have the chain that far outboard? Did you post a pic with the chain alignment? I am super curious to see how you ran that chain! Great work, of course!

wow.....is chain running on the outside of the frame?

Yo. Just waiting on followup progress. Impressed, obsessed with what u have done. Thumbs up!!

he used a shaft drive frame that is wider at the swingarm pivot than a chain drive frame.

leon

Arnold wrote: I´m happy to inform you that the paint job is officially done !

Damn that's nice!

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Thank ya all...

And thanx Leo for explaining..
Only draw back with this is that you need to do a small shaft to chain conversion.

KZ1100 shaft frame with Yamaha R1 swing arm...

I knew that- I just didn't know that the shaft drive frame was THAT much wider! That offset looks crazy in the pics.

Here´s some pics of the clearence:

Wow, I didn't know the frame was THAT much wider either. That's another big difference the shaft has vs. the MKII....they kind of look alike but nearly every part is different.

Just curious.....would a standard chain drive motor bolt right into a shaft frame? I always assumed it would but I don't know for sure......

79MKII wrote: Wow, I didn't know the frame was THAT much wider either. That's another big difference the shaft has vs. the MKII....they kind of look alike but nearly every part is different.

Just curious.....would a standard chain drive motor bolt right into a shaft frame? I always assumed it would but I don't know for sure......

I really, really want to know the answer to this question- makes all the difference in the world!