Front Fork Wheel Studs

Hey all, new guy here but have 33 years of riding experience and was a motorcycle mechanic for ten years.

Anyway, I just bought a '77 KZ1000 and was replacing the steering head bearings plus a fork oil change. While in the process of changing the fork oil, I noticed that the axle studs were stretched bad! This is the kind of stuff that can bite a rider hard.

Just thought I'd post a picture of this and remind everyone to keep an eye out for this kind of stuff.

Damn, someone whas conducting their own tensile strength test.

testarossa wrote:

Damn, someone whas conducting their own tensile strength test.

With a half inch breaker bar...

BTW I forgot to say welcome to KZR. Now we need to see some pictures of the whole bike. We don't even care if it was ratty when you got it. We like to see how far they have come.

testarossa wrote:

BTW I forgot to say welcome to KZR. Now we need to see some pictures of the whole bike. We don't even care if it was ratty when you got it. We like to see how far they have come.

Thanks for the welcome! OK, It's pretty rough though, here's a few pics after I got it home:

Here's another.

This one shows how bad the paint is. Note the brake line routing and busted tach, lmao.

After the addition of Renthal bars, EX500 clutch perch and ZX600 master.

Another view and a youtube vid after my tune up.

Shoot, that's not rough. Here's mine when I got her home:









This is a mostly complete picture of what I have now:

You win! I'll bet I paid more though.

Your bike looks great now! Nice job. I'm really liking the suspension upgrades.

I hope you paid more. You got a lot more front fender than I did. What did that thing come from? Harley with a 21"?