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Frame brace kits
08 Sep 2012 13:50
Ive got a couple guys here locally bugging me about frame brace kits for 900/1000 frames,im gonna try and make the templates today some time and pick up the rest of materials on monday.
Anybody else interested in them?
Ill be making them out of 14g sheet metal so youll be able to weld them up with a regular ol mig welder or stick welder if thats what you have,of course you can tig weld them also if you have access to the right welder.
Anybody else interested in them?
Ill be making them out of 14g sheet metal so youll be able to weld them up with a regular ol mig welder or stick welder if thats what you have,of course you can tig weld them also if you have access to the right welder.

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Re: Frame brace kits
09 Sep 2012 19:51
Well Ive got most of the templates cut out for the sheet metal gussets from 26g this time so theyll be easier to keep track of than the cereal box versions! :laugh:
Still need to make swingarm pivot area templates then I can start on the tubing gussets for under gas tank/back bone.
Im going to pick up the 14g sheets and some tubing tomorrow
Since Im currently up to my eyeballs in stock kz1000 swingarms I might go ahead and chop the axle flanges and brake hardware off of one and start making a jig for those stock looking round chrom moly tube swingarms Ive been wanting to try and make since the wheels are finally starting to turn and its cooling off outside a little
Still need to make swingarm pivot area templates then I can start on the tubing gussets for under gas tank/back bone.
Im going to pick up the 14g sheets and some tubing tomorrow

Since Im currently up to my eyeballs in stock kz1000 swingarms I might go ahead and chop the axle flanges and brake hardware off of one and start making a jig for those stock looking round chrom moly tube swingarms Ive been wanting to try and make since the wheels are finally starting to turn and its cooling off outside a little

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Re: Frame brace kits
09 Sep 2012 20:00
nice....pics,,pics...pics
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Re: Frame brace kits
09 Sep 2012 20:10
My camera on my phone wont down load on computer for some reason,Ill try sending them to your phone

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09 Sep 2012 20:18
my phone is broke and just vibes till tuesday...that must have been you just now...i cant get any calls or pics right now...broke it on the stairs to the sea project...new one in the mail maybe the pics will transfer
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Re: Frame brace kits
09 Sep 2012 22:09
Hey wireman sent you pm
1980 kz1000B4 LTD- 1327cc 9-1 comp
Ported J model head
Psp-3x cams
RS 36s
Welded MK11 crank
Back-cut MK11 trans
MTC 2 stage lock up
Stretched 4-6 over running Hayabusa rear rim with 190 rear tire
Complete frame brace kit installed
And Much Much more- SOLD
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Ported J model head
Psp-3x cams
RS 36s
Welded MK11 crank
Back-cut MK11 trans
MTC 2 stage lock up
Stretched 4-6 over running Hayabusa rear rim with 190 rear tire
Complete frame brace kit installed
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Re: Frame brace kits
09 Sep 2012 22:33
Got it,check your pm box.
Looks like I need to build a frame jig,the frame this guy wants raked is little out of wack! :sick:
Anybody got plans for building a jig?
Ive got the frame shimmed up on a flat table with cradle leveled but the back bone tubes and steering head aint jiving,this bike must of been a hell of a flat tracker in its day! :sick: :woohoo:
Might just dig one out of my collection to build off of
Looks like I need to build a frame jig,the frame this guy wants raked is little out of wack! :sick:
Anybody got plans for building a jig?
Ive got the frame shimmed up on a flat table with cradle leveled but the back bone tubes and steering head aint jiving,this bike must of been a hell of a flat tracker in its day! :sick: :woohoo:
Might just dig one out of my collection to build off of

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Re: Frame brace kits
16 Sep 2012 17:34
Well if I could find a decent camera that actually worked Id post some progress picks,Ive been experimenting with differant ideas for back bone area under tank bracing that I think will be easier for people to install than the regular old tube bracing.
Im still fine tuning things .
I pulled a 77 kz900 frame out of my collection To use in place of the bent 76 frame for that dragbike project,first Im going to use it as a pattern for making frame bracing/gussets Ill make differant gussets for steering head for this frame after i rake it
Im still fine tuning things .
I pulled a 77 kz900 frame out of my collection To use in place of the bent 76 frame for that dragbike project,first Im going to use it as a pattern for making frame bracing/gussets Ill make differant gussets for steering head for this frame after i rake it

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Re: Frame brace kits
17 Sep 2012 13:04
here is my frame jig.
here is a patient getting a new backbone.
sorry about the half dressed hoodlums :pinch: .
leon
here is a patient getting a new backbone.
sorry about the half dressed hoodlums :pinch: .
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Re: Frame brace kits
17 Sep 2012 13:09
Leon check your pm box.

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Re: Frame brace kits
17 Sep 2012 13:45Somewhere near Skiatook, OK a bridge teeters on the verge of collapse. :evil:
Geez Leon, where'd you get those I beams from. That thing looks stout.
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Re: Frame brace kits
17 Sep 2012 13:47
He probably found them in nebraska,damn sooners! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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