1975 KZ 900 , ZRX Swingarm, 89 GSXR front end

gearhead119 wrote:

it weights.... a little more... LOL
Actually I don't know but I can find out. The first pic of the 1100 arm belong to Pete "a.k.a KWICK" at www.ExpensiveLightweightStuff.com .. This guy is crazy for Titanium. His ZRX ... named "Calista".. weighs just 400lbs. Titanium everything... from the swingarm pivot to the brake pins.. you name it.. he made it lighter. here is callista's link www.hyper-formance.com/calista.htm
I'll drop him a line and he will know...

AHHHhhhhhhh ohhhhhhhh.....

Wow that is some really cool stuff.

Obsessed with lightweight stuff...outstanding.


Also reassuring to see someone else with the CR 450 brake.

Another view

I am really diggin this build. I am gathering parts for the same type of build right now. I got lots of Rex stuff lying around my basement. has anyone tried to use a set of ATV front shocks on the rear of these bikes? I've got a line on some pretty trick Elka's for mine... don't know how the spring rate would be though.?

Here is another pic for some inspiration... this is the one that got me goin!!

I was just about to give up and go for some ATV or Snowmobile shocks on my build.

The bike weight is about 450 pounds dry (guessing). Each of the two shocks in the rear would be theoretically supporting 25 percent of the total bike weight, based on a 50-50 front to rear weight bias.

Soooo if the ATV weighs the same as the bike it seems like this would theoretically work. I even talked to some Sno mo junkies who agreed...then I found a set of Ohlins, and gave up the cross breeding idea.

I think it would work, if the ATV weighs around 500 pounds.

Seems reasonable, and the shocks for atvs are plentiful on the E-bay machine.

gearhead119 wrote:

I am really diggin this build. I am gathering parts for the same type of build right now. I got lots of Rex stuff lying around my basement. has anyone tried to use a set of ATV front shocks on the rear of these bikes? I've got a line on some pretty trick Elka's for mine... don't know how the spring rate would be though.?

Here is another pic for some inspiration... this is the one that got me goin!!

I love porn (motorcycle porn that is)

Going off line for a week or so gonna visit with Stoppee, troy 341 and all the good guys up north....

see ya all in a week or so.......:lol:

gearhead119 wrote:

I am really diggin this build. I am gathering parts for the same type of build right now. I got lots of Rex stuff lying around my basement. has anyone tried to use a set of ATV front shocks on the rear of these bikes? I've got a line on some pretty trick Elka's for mine... don't know how the spring rate would be though.?

Here is another pic for some inspiration... this is the one that got me goin!!

Okay...that thing is as spank-a-licious as it gets.
Whu-whu-woooooow! :ohmy:

-KR

Back from my vacation spent a week putting a new front end on the old pick up in the Wizards shop. Excellent theropy.

Working on an inner fender for the rear end, started with a door "kicker plate" made of gold anodized aluminum. It was laying on a clearance rack in the Lowes hardware store....hmmmmm:laugh:

Sounds interesting. Shiny and gold allways works for me. BLING BLING. LOL.
I rechecked my rake and it is about 22 or 23*.
my chain and sprockets are taking 1 hell of a beating, and the roller is holding up nicely.
Thanks.

Flog tha hell out of it Mark!!:laugh:
spent the day in the garage with my wife, she is real good at making temmplates. We made about three cardboard templates, until we were happy with the fit, then cut up and bent the aluminum....
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I also ran the crankcase vent filter..if you can spot it in the photo..

Another view...

More photo....

Progress to date... full view.