My H2 forks have been stolen!!

well, not exactly stolen per say. i was borrowing them from my father in law for my bike. well he is now in need of them leaving me forkless!

My bike is a kz1000 dragbike, other posts of my chassis are on here.

Im having a hard time finding another set of H2 forks in good shape. So im wondering what oher options are out there that are a 36mm tube and about 29-31 inches in length?

I've heard kz650 forks are an option?

KZ 650 forks are 36 mm and measures 74.5 mm/29.33" (at least on my B1) from axle center to the top of the inner tube (not counting the cap) so yeah, they might be an option.

78-80 KZ750 twin forks are 36mm and 1" longer than 650 forks, same as 77-80 KZ1000A

Motivation to go U.S.D!!!!

Seems simple enough lol I have been tryn to talk my self into it good thing I live in the mid west we get Winter time tear down .. :silly:

U.S.D forks have always been in the corner of my mind, but i dont find it to be necessary for as dragbike.

if i venture into building a street bike up that would definatly be on the list.

What H2 forks?

I have a couple of sets of KZ750H forks. One or both sets are from an 82 model.

the H2 forks im talking bout are off the 70's triples

As was mentioned, some KZ750-fours are also 36mm, and some KZ550's are also 36mm.

loudhvx wrote:

As was mentioned, some KZ750-fours are also 36mm, and some KZ550's are also 36mm.

I was amazed to find that Kawasaki went to 35mm forks for the GPz550 unitrack, I figured they would have gone up in size to the 37mm of the GPz750, not down.

IDK what year forks you have, but if you look up the Model on Kawi parts microfiche you can see what other bikes use the same fork seal. That will narrow down the diameter. There may be other bikes that use the same tubes/legs.

All these bikes use the same fork seal 92049-1216:

H1 (Mach III) (1969)
H1-C (1972)
H1-D (1973)
H1-E (1974)
H1-F (1975)
H2 (Mach IV) (1972)
H2-B (Mach IV) (1974)
H2-C (Mach IV) (1975)
KH500-A8 (1976)
KL250-D10 (KLR250) (1993)
KL250-D11 (KLR250) (1994)
KL250-D12 (KLR250) (1995)
KL250-D13 (KLR250) (1996)
KL250-D14 (KLR250) (1997)
KL250-D15 (KLR250) (1998)
KL250-D16 (KLR250) (1999)
KL250-D17 (KLR250) (2000)
KL250-D18 (KLR250) (2001)
KL250-D19 (KLR250) (2002)
KL250-D2 (KLR250) (1985)
KL250-D20 (KLR250) (2003)
KL250-D21 (KLR250) (2004)
KL250-D22 (KLR250) (2005)
KL250-D3 (KLR250) (1986)
KL250-D4 (KLR250) (1987)
KL250-D5 (KLR250) (1988)
KL250-D6 (KLR250) (1989)
KL250-D7 (KLR250) (1990)
KL250-D8 (KLR250) (1991)
KL250-D9 (KLR250) (1992)
KX250 (1974)
KX250-A (1975)
KX250-A3 (1976)
KX400 (1975)
KX400-A2 (1976)
KXT250-A2 (Tecate) (1985)
KZ1000-B1 (KZ1000 LTD) (1977)
KZ1000-B2 (KZ1000 LTD) (1978)
KZ1000-B3 (KZ1000 LTD) (1979)
KZ1000-B4 (LTD) (1980)
KZ1000-G1 (Classic) (1980)
KZ650-B1 (1977)
KZ650-B2 (1978)
KZ650-B2A (1978)
KZ650-B3 (1979)
KZ650-D1 (SR) (1978)
KZ650-D1A (SR) (1978)
KZ650-D2 (SR) (1979)
KZ650-E1 (LTD) (1980)
KZ650-F1 (1980)
KZ750-B1 (1976)
KZ750-B2 (1977)
KZ750-B3 (1978)
KZ750-B4 (1979)
KZ900-A4 (1976)
KZ900-A5 (1977)
Z1 (Z1) (1973)
Z1-A (Z1) (1974)
Z1-B (Z1) (1975)

steell wrote:

loudhvx wrote:

As was mentioned, some KZ750-fours are also 36mm, and some KZ550's are also 36mm.

I was amazed to find that Kawasaki went to 35mm forks for the GPz550 unitrack, I figured they would have gone up in size to the 37mm of the GPz750, not down.

Yeah, I was stunned by that too. They increased the wall thickness when they went to smaller OD, therefore the ID is smaller, and the springs and internal parts are much smaller.

On my 36mm 550 forks, I end up using 750 springs.

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There are a lot of errors on the Kawasaki cross-reference parts lists. Double check the actual fiche before ordering anything.

Here are a few more options that i found on the net. you would need to research the length but these are the 36mm options.

36 Honda XR-200R (84-02)
36 Kawasaki KX-80 T2-T4 (92-94)
36 Kawasaki KX-85 A1-A4 (01-04)
36 Kawasaki KX-100B5-B7 (95-97),
36 Kawasaki KX-125 A4-A5 (78-79)
36 Kawasaki EL-250B2/B3 (88-89)
36 Kawasaki EX-250F2-F4, F6-F18 "Ninja 250R" (88-90, 92-04)
36 Kawasaki KL-250A3-A5 (80-82)
36 Kawasaki KL-250D2-D21 "KLR250" (85-04)
36 Kawasaki KLX-250A1/A2 (79-80)
36 Kawasaki KX-250 A/A1/A2 (74-76)
36 Kawasaki KX-250 A3 (77)
36 Kawasaki KX-250 A4 (78)
36 Kawasaki KXT-250A1/A2 (84-85)
36 Kawasaki KX-400 A1/A2 (75-76)
36 Kawasaki EN-450A1-A6 "454 Ltd" (85-90)
36 Kawasaki H1-B/D/E/F (72-75)
36 Kawasaki EN-500A1-A7 "Vulcan 500" (90-96)
36 Kawasaki KH-500A8 (76)
36 Kawasaki KZ-550A1-A2 (80-81)
36 Kawasaki KZ-550A3-A4 (82-83)
36 Kawasaki KZ-550C2-C4 "Ltd" (81-83)
36 Kawasaki KZ-550F1/F2 "Spectre/Ltd" (83-84)
36 Kawasaki KZ-650B1-B3 (77-79)
36 Kawasaki KZ-650D1-D2 "SR" (78-79)36 Kawasaki KZ-650F1 (80)
36 Kawasaki KZ-650H1-H3 "CSR" (81-83)
36 Kawasaki KZ-700A1 (84)
36 Kawasaki KZ-750B1-B4 (76-79)
36 Kawasaki KZ-750F1 "Ltd" (83)
36 Kawasaki KZ-750E1 (80)
36 Kawasaki KZ-750E2-E3 (81-82)
36 Kawasaki KZ-750K1/K2 "Ltd" (83-84)
36 Kawasaki KZ-750M1 "CSR" (82)
36 Kawasaki KZ-750N1/N2 "Spectre" (82-83)
36 Kawasaki Z1/A/B 900 (73-75)
36 Kawasaki KZ-1000A1-A4 (77-80)
36 Kawasaki KZ-1000D1/ D3 "Z1-R" (78, 80)
36 Suzuki RM-100 K3 (03)
36 Suzuki RM-125 B/C (77-78)
36 Suzuki PE-175 C/N/T/X (78-81)
36 Suzuki RS-175 T/X/Z (80-82)
36 Suzuki DR-250 Z/D/E/F (82-85)
36 Suzuki PE-250 B/C (77-78)
36 Suzuki PE-250 N/T/X (79-81)
36 Suzuki RS-250 T/X (80-81)
36 Suzuki TS-250 T/X (80-81)
36 Suzuki TS-250 T/X (80-81)
36 Suzuki DR-370 C (78)
36 Suzuki DR-370 N (79)
36 Suzuki SP-370 C (78)
36 Suzuki DR-400 T (80)
36 Suzuki DR-400 T (80)
36 Suzuki PE-400 T/X (80-81)
36 Suzuki SP-400 T (80)
36 Suzuki DR-500 X/Z/D (81-83)
36 Suzuki SP-500 X/Z/D (81-83)
36 Yamaha YZ-80 E1/F1/G1/H1/J1/K1/L1/M1/N1 (93-01)
36 Yamaha YZ-85P-S (02-04)
36 Yamaha YZ-100 J/K (82-83)
36 Yamaha YZ-125 D/E/F/G (77-80)
36 Yamaha IT-175 D/E/F (77-79)
36 Yamaha IT-175 G/H (80-81)
36 Yamaha TT-225 S/T (86-87)
36 Yamaha TTR-225 L/LC, N/NC/P/PC/R/RC/S/SC (99, 01-04)
36 Yamaha XT-225 D/DC-S/SC (92-04)
36 Yamaha DT-250 F (79)
36 Yamaha IT-250 D/E/F (77-79)36 Yamaha IT-250 G (80)
36 Yamaha XT-250 L/LC (84)
36 Yamaha TT-250 G/H/J (80-82)
36 Yamaha TZ-250 G/H/J (80-82)
36 Yamaha TY-350 N/S (85-86)
36 Yamaha XT-350 L/LC/N/NC/S/SC/T/TC/U/UC/W/WC/A/AC/B/BC (84-91)
36 Yamaha XT-350 D/DC/E/EC/F/FC/G/GC/H/HC/J/JC/K/KC (92-98)
36 Yamaha XT-350 L/LC/M/MC (99-00)
36 Yamaha IT-400 C/D/E/F (76-79)
36 Yamaha IT-425 G (80)
36 Yamaha TT-500 C/D/E (76-78)
36 Yamaha TT-500 F/G/H (79-81)
36 Yamaha XT-500 C/D/E/F/G/H (76-81)
36 Yamaha XV-500K "Virago" (83)
36 Yamaha XV-535 T/TC/U "Virago" (87-88)
36 Yamaha XV-535 E/EC/F/FC/SF/SFC/G/GC/SG/SGC "Virago" (93-95)
36 Yamaha XV-535 H/HC/SH/SHC/J/JC/SJ/SJC "Virago" (96-97)
36 Yamaha XV-535 K/KC/L/LC "Virago" (98-99)
36 Yamaha XJ-550 H/J/K "Maxim" (81-83)
36 Yamaha FJ-600 L/LC/N/NC (84-85)
36 Yamaha FZ-600 S/SC/T/TC/U/UC (86-88)
36 Yamaha SRX-600 S/SC (86)
36 Yamaha YX-600 S/SC/T/TC/U/UC/W/WC/A/AC "Radian" (86-90)
36 Yamaha XJ-650 G/H "Maxim" (80-81)
36 Yamaha XJ-650 J/K "Maxim" (82-83)
36 Yamaha XJ-650 RJ "Seca" (82)
36 Yamaha XJ-750J/K "Maxim" (82-83)
36 Yamaha XJ-750RH/RJ/RK "Seca" (81-83)
36 Yamaha XS-750 2D (77)
36 Yamaha XS-750 E/F (78-79)
36 Yamaha XV-750 H "Virago" (81)
36 Yamaha XV-750 J/K "Virago" (82-83)
36 Yamaha XV-750 MK "Virago" (83),
36 Yamaha XS-850 G/H (80-81)
36 Yamaha XS-850 LG/LH/SG/SH (80-81)
36 Yamaha XV-920 J "Virago" (82)
36 Yamaha XV-920 K "Virago" (83)
36 Yamaha XV-920 MK "Midnight Virago" (83)