1983 750 GPZ

Anyone ever change the handlebars to something higher ? I have looked through the archives with no good answer , I thought I saw somewhere that you could use GPZ900 handlebars But there is a differance in Fork Diameters ,, any thoughts ? Thanks Shoe

a top triple tree from a kz 750 and some old school superbike bars would be cool...i'm trying to post a shot of wayne raineys superbike gpz 750....

I will look into it

If you are raising the bars make sure your cables are long enoughB)

Forget using the KZ750 top triple clamp on the GPz750 forks, the KZ750 is 36mm and the GPz is 37mm (83-85).

Get the handlebar holders off a 85 GPz750, they're about an inch taller than the 83 are.

Thanks Steel I thought someone would know

Another thought, dirt bike risers which convert 7/8" bars to 1" raise bars @ 1 " and allow pro-tapers. No mod to upper clamp, a variety of stiff bars in diff, bends & lengths. Bars are expensive, but surely no more than machining/swapping upper clamps. G

The GPZ uses a clip om type of bar that has a unusual mounting , I found a set of 85 bars off ebay , I guess 84 is the same also ,,, Thanks for the input

steell wrote:

Forget using the KZ750 top triple clamp on the GPz750 forks, the KZ750 is 36mm and the GPz is 37mm (83-85).

Get the handlebar holders off a 85 GPz750, they're about an inch taller than the 83 are.

Easily remedied by boring the diameter out a mil. Did it w/ some clip-ons from a Suzuki once for my "J".

Bad Kaw wrote:

Easily remedied by boring the diameter out a mil. Did it w/ some clip-ons from a Suzuki once for my "J".

How do you determine the maximum amount that can be removed while still maintaining the required strength?

That's why I never recommend that someone bore a triple clamp, I have no way of answering that question.

With the clip-ons there was PLENTY of meat left, so it wasn't an issue. I have a GS1150ES that I'm throwing gixxer suspension on; the gixxer forks are conventional and only 2mm larger than the 1150 forks and I'm going with gixxer triples and boring the stock clip-ons out the 2mm. Again, plenty of meat on 'em, so it's not a problem. If you go removing half the material or something, that's probably a bad idea, but in the cases that I've had it's never even been a consideration.
And remember 2mm of 'bore' is only 1mm worth of material (1mm in each direction).

So you're talking about boring out the clip-ons and not the triple clamp?

I worry about things