GS1100 E swingarm swap on KZ900
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Re: GS1100 E swingarm swap on KZ900
04 Aug 2012 06:04Mercury Kid wrote: I cut the brake stay off the top and welded a new one to the bottom for the drum. Mixed and matched some spacers from the local junkyard, GS axle. I just bought a 3.5 wheel and plan on adding a 160 tire as well. May need to pie cut the gussets and weld them flat to the inside of the arm to fit, not sure yet. Flipped the brake arm up and custom linkage. Not hard if you have fab skills or access to a shop. Otherwise, use a disc wheel and mount a MC, much less fab, but not as cool.
Hey Mercury Kid thanks for the reply i ended up getting the swingarm with both axles and spacers haven't fitted it yet as waiting new rims to arrive for 160 tire. Do you have any photos of your setup??? would like to see some close ups
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Re: GS1100 E swingarm swap on KZ900
06 Aug 2012 22:52
Years ago I upgraded my '73 Z1-900's wheels to DID 2.15" x 19" and 3.00" x 18" rims and SS spokes/nipples and beefed up the stock swingarm and kept the rear drum setup.
In 2006 I upgraded this bike's wheels to Excel 3.5" X 17" and 4.25" x 17" rims with radial tires and an '83 GS1100 swingarm and scrapped the rear drum setup. The rear disk setup is much better.
In 2006 I upgraded this bike's wheels to Excel 3.5" X 17" and 4.25" x 17" rims with radial tires and an '83 GS1100 swingarm and scrapped the rear drum setup. The rear disk setup is much better.
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Re: GS1100 E swingarm swap on KZ900
11 Nov 2012 12:57BohicaBob wrote: Years ago I upgraded my '73 Z1-900's wheels to DID 2.15" x 19" and 3.00" x 18" rims and SS spokes/nipples and beefed up the stock swingarm and kept the rear drum setup.
In 2006 I upgraded this bike's wheels to Excel 3.5" X 17" and 4.25" x 17" rims with radial tires and an '83 GS1100 swingarm and scrapped the rear drum setup. The rear disk setup is much better.
I'm looking at the upgraded spoke wheel option as well, for the KZ hub would one want the 32 or 36 hole wheel?
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