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02 Mar 2006 18:44 #27684 by JUSTICE114
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I have a 77Kz1000 and need a front end. What can i put on it, besides the stock, with out having to do much modifications?????
Post edited by: JUSTICE114, at: 2006/03/02 21:45

Post edited by: JUSTICE114, at: 2006/03/05 16:27

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02 Mar 2006 18:46 #27685 by wireman
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whats wrong with your stock front end?:whistle:

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02 Mar 2006 19:10 #27697 by JUSTICE114
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HEY BRO YOUR ALL OVER DA PLACE!:lol: WHEN I WRECKED I TWEAKED THE FRONT END A LIL.

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02 Mar 2006 19:14 #27700 by wireman
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let me know if you want to get rid of it.;)

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02 Mar 2006 19:27 #27709 by RetroRiceRocketRider
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If it's only tweaked a little bit (no creases in the upper tubes) you might want to check with a bike shop near you.
A lot of shops will send out forks/wheels/frames for straightening to help save customers from having to replace them.
I had the forks and front wheel straightened on a GPz550 I had crashed in '86, you couldn't even tell they had been bent afterwards. B)

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02 Mar 2006 19:38 #27722 by JUSTICE114
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THANKS 4xR!!!!

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03 Mar 2006 03:23 #27790 by Duck
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Where are you located?

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03 Mar 2006 07:05 #27826 by wiredgeorge
Replied by wiredgeorge on topic HELP ID FRONT END
Justice114, Lose the "all caps" typing. On the internet, caps are considered SHOUTING and make the post hard to read. Anyway, to answer your question, you didn't mention which bike model you own. I think some KZ1000s use different diameter fork tubes. The easiest way to get around this is to buy the WHOLE front end off a bike. Get the trees, forks, fork lowers and brakes with the splitter and master cylinder. That way, you can just swap the whole mess. The other way you can do this is to go to www.buykawasaki.com and look at diagram for the forks and see what other models share that part number. I have the forks from a 74 or 75 Z1 on one of my 76 KZ900 carb test bikes using the 76 trees but I had to use the Z1 caliper/rotor as well as the mount is different. On my other carb test bike, I got the whole front end including trees/brakes from a 79 LTD. If I am not mistaken, the LTD forks are a bit thicker but I can't swear to it.

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05 Mar 2006 13:29 #28434 by JUSTICE114
Replied by JUSTICE114 on topic HELP ID FRONT END
My bad bro. Sorry bout the caps, force of habit. Thanks for the info for the front end.

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