KZ1000 Brake Upgrade?

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Re: KZ1000 Brake Upgrade?

06 Jun 2011 00:54

I have a set of those calipers also. They are dual piston and harder to adapt than the Tokico ones. That is why I finally chose the previous ones.

74 Z1-A stock
76 KZ-900 Totaly stock vice MAC pipe
77 KZ-1000A stock
78 Z1-R 100%MINT 500 original Mi.
78 Z1-R Yoshi 1103 kit stage 1 cams Yoshi pipe. Etc
79 KZ-1300 (1400)
80 KZ-1300
81 Scratch built GPz1150R
82 KZ1000

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Re: KZ1000 Brake Upgrade?

08 Jun 2011 20:40

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Hey Harvey, how does it stop with these? What size mastercylinder are you using? did you run into any spoke clearance problems???

Thanks mate, interesting info in this thread, I have been chasing a setup like this for a little while down in Australia, looks very neat and tiday, WELL DONE!

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Re: KZ1000 Brake Upgrade?

31 Jul 2011 04:52

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mjg15 wrote: MKII,
IIRC, I probably cleaned them with scotchbrite. Sodablasting works well too, but I didn't have one when I did those wheels/rotors last year.

Scothbrite? I know this sounds silly, but I've never tried this before. How do you do this?
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Re: KZ1000 Brake Upgrade?

31 Jul 2011 10:05 - 31 Jul 2011 10:07

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Scotchbrite @ Is a scowering pad made out of plastic and impregnated with abrasive. They come in different colors which determine the grit. Most common are green and red. I believe they are even available fro Harbor Freight. It is kin to using steel wool or sand paper but more effective. I buy mine at McMaster-Carr because they have a selection of grits.

74 Z1-A stock
76 KZ-900 Totaly stock vice MAC pipe
77 KZ-1000A stock
78 Z1-R 100%MINT 500 original Mi.
78 Z1-R Yoshi 1103 kit stage 1 cams Yoshi pipe. Etc
79 KZ-1300 (1400)
80 KZ-1300
81 Scratch built GPz1150R
82 KZ1000

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Re: KZ1000 Brake Upgrade?

31 Jul 2011 11:30 - 31 Jul 2011 11:32

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I have ordered some from McMaster Carr myself, but also found some recently at home depot:

www.homedepot.com/Scotch-Brite/h_d1/N-5y...0051&catalogId=10053

The Kaw List:
Current: 79 KZ1000 A3 MKII, 78 KZ1000 A2, 78 KZ1000 Z1-R, 78 KZ650 SR, 80 KE175
Former: 03 KLX400SR, 99 ZRX1000, 82 KZ750 LTD, 80 KZ1000 A4 MKII, 80 KZ1000 LTD, 78 KZ1000 A2, 74 H-2 750 Triple, 78 KL250

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Re: KZ1000 Brake Upgrade?

31 Jul 2011 11:33

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mjg15 wrote: 1000 Police forks/calipers with KZ1300 18x2.15" wheel and 298mm rotors, all stock Kaw parts w/no machining,on a 550. It should stop well

These look the similar to my set up. I have z900 spoke wheel hub, Z1R discs and floating calipers off a gpz900r. made the mounts with hacksaw and files out of alloy plate.The braided lines improve the spec no end!

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Re: KZ1000 Brake Upgrade?

31 Jul 2011 11:37

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That is a very good price at Home Depot MUCH cheaper than McMaster. I also love to use these to final polish my ports after I do a Port job.

74 Z1-A stock
76 KZ-900 Totaly stock vice MAC pipe
77 KZ-1000A stock
78 Z1-R 100%MINT 500 original Mi.
78 Z1-R Yoshi 1103 kit stage 1 cams Yoshi pipe. Etc
79 KZ-1300 (1400)
80 KZ-1300
81 Scratch built GPz1150R
82 KZ1000

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Re: KZ1000 Brake Upgrade?

31 Jul 2011 11:40

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These are mine Gun-Koted @

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74 Z1-A stock
76 KZ-900 Totaly stock vice MAC pipe
77 KZ-1000A stock
78 Z1-R 100%MINT 500 original Mi.
78 Z1-R Yoshi 1103 kit stage 1 cams Yoshi pipe. Etc
79 KZ-1300 (1400)
80 KZ-1300
81 Scratch built GPz1150R
82 KZ1000

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Re: KZ1000 Brake Upgrade?

31 Jul 2011 11:41

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Here are some other Gun-Koted @ components.

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74 Z1-A stock
76 KZ-900 Totaly stock vice MAC pipe
77 KZ-1000A stock
78 Z1-R 100%MINT 500 original Mi.
78 Z1-R Yoshi 1103 kit stage 1 cams Yoshi pipe. Etc
79 KZ-1300 (1400)
80 KZ-1300
81 Scratch built GPz1150R
82 KZ1000

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Re: KZ1000 Brake Upgrade?

31 Jul 2011 11:43 - 31 Jul 2011 11:45

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boyracer wrote:

mjg15 wrote: 1000 Police forks/calipers with KZ1300 18x2.15" wheel and 298mm rotors, all stock Kaw parts w/no machining,on a 550. It should stop well

These look the similar to my set up. I have z900 spoke wheel hub, Z1R discs and floating calipers off a gpz900r. made the mounts with hacksaw and files out of alloy plate.The braided lines improve the spec no end!

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Why do you have the calipers Up-Side-Down? How do you bleed them properly?

74 Z1-A stock
76 KZ-900 Totaly stock vice MAC pipe
77 KZ-1000A stock
78 Z1-R 100%MINT 500 original Mi.
78 Z1-R Yoshi 1103 kit stage 1 cams Yoshi pipe. Etc
79 KZ-1300 (1400)
80 KZ-1300
81 Scratch built GPz1150R
82 KZ1000

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Re: KZ1000 Brake Upgrade?

31 Jul 2011 11:57

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I live in Australia....Downunder?

The photos are from when i first picked up wreck..lightly assembled from a basketcase. I can't say i remember how i first built 'em up...will check for old photos.

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Re: KZ1000 Brake Upgrade?

09 Aug 2011 10:30

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I would like to have a back-up set of brakes for my 79 KZ. It would make sense to upgrade to ZX 7 brakes. What year are those calipers?

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