Kz650 1978

Swing arm is now mocked up on my parts bike, now to figure the top shock mount, batt. Tray, finish wiring the controls , and the offset front sprocket. Soo close! I wanna ride this thing

531blackbanshee wrote:

jmoney05 wrote: Ok so I just got a sweet deal on a 2002 Gsxr 600 swingarm which is polished to match the wheels I picked up. Better candidate for my application because it has no top support..
So I spent last night at work making new swingarm pivot bushings so I can use the stock pivot bolt from the kz!

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nice looking top hat bushings .
are running your bearings directly on the bushings?

leon

while the stainless isn't as hard as the hardened bushing you replaced they will prolly work just fine.
what i am wondering is what you are going to do to keep the tophats from binding when you tighten the swingarm pivot bolt?
because without a bushing between them to set the preload they will bind on the ends of the pivot tube.
just a heads up.
hth,

leon

Ok Leon I hadn't realized that, I suppose I could make a bushing that can be put inside the swingarm much like the crush tube that comes in the Gsxr swingarm. That would have to be just the right length to prevent binding yet still hold the swing arm snug between the frame. Oh man I have more work to do haha.

yes sir that's exactly what you have to do.

you got this,no sweat.

just lookin out,keep up the good work


leon

Finally have my wiring under control,... What a headache. Bike fires up on the first kick if I use the starter she fires up before I can let off the button ...been waiting months to hear her sing again! I will probably do up the swing arm swap over the winter as I want to ride this beast while there is still time!

Next on the list is to get my new tires mounted,front and rear brakes buttoned up and she will be rideable . Once I get the gsxr front wheel on I will post some photos of the bike outside.

531blackbanshee wrote: yes sir that's exactly what you have to do.

you got this,no sweat.

just lookin out,keep up the good work

leon

Got it made Leon. Thanks again for the insight.

hey i was checking out your build and i am on the same path but i have the sxr 600 front end on the bike and i see that you have a laced wheel in the picture and you say your not going to use the spoked wheels.
i was planning on going with spoked wheel just for looks and i was wondering if 1 are the 600 and 1000 axles the same
and 2 what would the wheel sizes be

78KZkid wrote: hey i was checking out your build and i am on the same path but i have the sxr 600 front end on the bike and i see that you have a laced wheel in the picture and you say your not going to use the spoked wheels.
i was planning on going with spoked wheel just for looks and i was wondering if 1 are the 600 and 1000 axles the same
and 2 what would the wheel sizes be

It depends on the year on the gsxrs, the axle diameter is the same between the 600and 1000 , however the axles are different on the ends where they are held in the fork ends. I see a lot of guys with Honda cb bikes running a Harley front spoked wheel with a custom center hub made by cognito moto to fit gsxr front ends.

I wound up using some gsxr wheels because I was having too much trouble adapting the brakes to the kz wheel.

Thanks for checking out my build.

Ok guys, I just had an eye opening experience .
I'm running bare bones is what I like to call it,no gauges clean look.

Big issue today, I had made a plug to cap off the tack cable hole in the motor,it came out slick as can be. LITERALLY!!!
I was out for a short ride and noticed man the bike sure feels slick like I was on ice very scary as I am an inexperienced rider! I rode home treading lightly pulled in the driveway in a puddle of oil.. Somewhere along my ride I lost the plug I made, must have vibrated out idk, the bike was spraying my tire with oil she is now empty.
I'm lucky I didn't go down in the turns.
Looks like I will have to make a new plug, I'll use the same design as the first but this time I'll be using some thread locker!

What gets me is that I've been checking the plug to make sure I had a nice seal and it wasn't leaking. And now it's gone . I had made a plug to fit inside the part that pushes into the motor and used the nut from the cable to hold my plug in.

jmoney05 wrote: Ok guys, I just had an eye opening experience .
I'm running bare bones is what I like to call it,no gauges clean look.

Big issue today, I had made a plug to cap off the tack cable hole in the motor,it came out slick as can be. LITERALLY!!!
I was out for a short ride and noticed man the bike sure feels slick like I was on ice very scary as I am an inexperienced rider! I rode home treading lightly pulled in the driveway in a puddle of oil.. Somewhere along my ride I lost the plug I made, must have vibrated out idk, the bike was spraying my tire with oil she is now empty.
I'm lucky I didn't go down in the turns.
Looks like I will have to make a new plug, I'll use the same design as the first but this time I'll be using some thread locker!

What gets me is that I've been checking the plug to make sure I had a nice seal and it wasn't leaking. And now it's gone . I had made a plug to fit inside the part that pushes into the motor and used the nut from the cable to hold my plug in.

For consideration --
www.z1enterprises.com/ItemDetails.aspx?i...Z1000&item=PM81-2290

Good Fortune!

thanks for the info i will check it out
im planning on running all the gsxr components as far as calipers and rotors

also wondering how mounting the swingarm came out i had some ideas on how to run the kz pivot bolt by creating a slug and some spacers but i was a little iffy on that, not knowing the strength of the stock pivot bolt and if it would hold up
any more info on that would help
thanks again