Thrown together to ride til winter

ramtough_63 wrote: the size difference is amazing! and to think guys still race with those tiny forks lol

It's not the size that matters, but the technique, right?? At least that's what I always tell myself :laugh: :woohoo:

ramtough_63 wrote: my inexperience is showing to the tune of 180 bucks today just under
200 miles on my conversion took it for a real ride with the rain bumpy
roads even a little gravel noticed it bottomed out a couple times coming
off the back road bridges to find this...


yeah its not through the wear indicater but its deep so Looks like a new tire
now I was riding 2 up so diet time oh yeah I screwed the screw in all the way and
backed it iff half a turn but havent put anymore miles on it to check it

Simple solution to bottoming. Go to the Race Tech website here: racetech.com/page/id/105 Then click on "see what Race Tech has for your motorcycle." From there you pick out the bike that was the donor for your rear suspension. You can then click "Calculate spring rates and see available springs." This gives you a dialog box where you plug in your weights and it will recommend the correct spring. Just lie to the calculator and tell it that you have a ZX-6r (or whatever donor) that weighs 525 lbs. Then plug in your weight (be honest :) ) It will give you the correct spring to order. That's what I did on the blue streak and it works perfect. New springs are about $110 or cheaper if you can find the right one on ebay. I got the front springs there for about $70.

Keep in mind that the donor bike is probably at least 100 lbs lighter than your KZ. The right springs make all the difference.

Testarossa's thoughts are better than covering up the problem by putting a bandaid on it. If the funds allow it may be not only safer but better riding and handling.

Les

Thanks Tes sounds like the right solution

Oh my I need the biggest spring they offer!! Looks Like the ol lady is gonna have to lose some weight!!

i used the LTD head lite holder too. i fond that my chosen turn sigs posts where too short to go through the bracket and into the bucket. i made a bracket to mount the turns off of the bucket and bracket.

i used the LTD head lite holder too. i fond that my chosen turn sigs posts where too short to go through the bracket and into the bucket. i made a bracket to mount the turns off of the bucket and bracket.

what year are the headlight brackets? the ones i looked up looked completely different and not too appealing

ok found one Thanks guys

i'm not sure which year 77/78 ? try the parts list at www.powersportsplus.com

i used the LTD head lite holder too. i found that my chosen turn sigs posts where too short to go through the bracket and into the bucket. i made a bracket to mount the turns off of the bucket and bracket.








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mark did you paint your forks or is that factory anodized also? i love the black forks!!

here u go bud, 77/78 check the later years too.
www.powersportsplus.com/parts/search/Kaw...+B1-B2%29/parts.html

i painted the forks with VHT satin eng paint.

No eBay APP ID and/or Cert ID defined in Kunena configurationThis one is chrome and way over priced but I see them on there quite often for fair money.



Les