Making a Kawasaki Z1 race ready. Again

Amazing... Great Read!

Thanks for posting and welcome. Roy

Thanks for the info on the steering head. i often wondered about that. i have read that some of the old bike builders increesed the size of the steering heads . I allways asumed that the stem would add enough strength to keep it from moveing, if it was suported better. so i didnt real understand why they would go to that much trouble.
u mentioned that u run vm33's with restictor plates to meet the 29mm ruling. just curious what the advantage is going this route, rather than using 29's? do u still get more flow that the 29's even with the restrictor plates?

imo....if i had to cut and mod a early z steering about a few degrees * out...unless i had the kinda exp my new bro(what a gift to this site,,,you have no idea....) here has had since the Cars were scoring top ten hits... best friends girlfriend ....i wish she was mine.....ect...ect...steering stem and the infamous /true dat some were bent/phantom ...steering stem tweek..but no matter how far you take these big anchors...see cbr f3....you still gotts to get off and but the as on the line to make conform..you got be laying down some track stuff...or breaking the law.....breaking the law ....breaking the law.... a true garage queen...i want one...dont we alll...1105 no heat issues,no wiggly wiggly...no adjust the 29's at the stop lights...needs no tz750 tapered set up///but by golly they are in barns around here and i will find one....track day way to go....riding a nice z to get a cn of cranberry sauce and and some turkey 101...not needed

you rock...no experts seem to want to chime in...(many bench boys here)

mark1122 wrote: Thanks for the info on the steering head. i often wondered about that. i have read that some of the old bike builders increesed the size of the steering heads . I allways asumed that the stem would add enough strength to keep it from moveing, if it was suported better. so i didnt real understand why they would go to that much trouble.
u mentioned that u run vm33's with restictor plates to meet the 29mm ruling. just curious what the advantage is going this route, rather than using 29's? do u still get more flow that the 29's even with the restrictor plates?

yes, a bigger carburetor with a restrictor plate flows more than a carb the size of the restrictor

i just read a thread about Lange Hindles old bikes.
u may enjoy the read.
i dont suppose a 4/2/1 exhaust would be legal in your class.

www.supershowevents.com/magazine/articles/03hind.html

""Treat her like a queen while in the shop, then treat her like the dirty whore she is while on the track""...

I did and she didn't like the latter much so she turned me around, bent me over and stuck me like a jail house biatch.... :blink: :laugh: :laugh: Then sold me for a pack of smokes.... :S

u know what they say.
the fastest guy is the 1 standing beside the largest pile of blown engines. :woohoo:

mark1122 wrote: Nice job on the main support plate. very simple and effective. B

Another novice question, what is the failure/flaw the main support plate upgrade is there to help with?

mark1122 wrote: i just read a thread about Lange Hindles old bikes.
u may enjoy the read.
i dont suppose a 4/2/1 exhaust would be legal in your class.

www.supershowevents.com/magazine/articles/03hind.html

When I read through the AHRMA rule book for Superbike, I don't remember anything saying 4/2/1 isn't allowed, I believe canister style exhaust was the only thing excluded - had to look like a period exhaust, I think is what they were trying to do.