Tig worked fine. 7 gas lens, ck flex loc torch, 1/16 tungsten, .040" or 1/16" filler depending on gap, +/- 60 amps with the foot pedal.

Ran into the ocassional outgassing or blow out cause i didn't drill vent holes.

Bolted the crankcase and swingarm before welding and tried to do short segments at a time alternating sides to minimize distorsion.

I'm far from a professional weldor but the welds turned out halfway decent. Between the braces is one of the blow outs.

My father and I decided to transform a 2000 KZ1000P into a modernized street bike. The bike has modern forks and a modern swingarm from GSX-R and ZX6R motorcycles. It also has keyless RFID ignition, LED headlights, BMW M3 paint, and 2002 GSX-R 1000 wheels. The only original things from the police bike are the frame and motor. The motor has been bored out and is now a 1075 CC.


















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Swing arm is stock with a brace I welded on, the shock is from a Buell 1125.

So I'm getting really close now, almost all of the fabrication work is done. A few little things to do here and there, like actually mount the tach

I built some mounts so I could use a Buell 1125 front fender, welded up the exhaust using stainless bends, mounted the front headlight and turn signals, made the battery box mount, not sure if you can see it in these pictures but its mounted under the swing arm pivot. A bunch of other little stuff, but anyway on to the pictures. I'll start with my favorite one first...

Not the best lighting in some of these photos. Anyway getting closer. I'm trying to have the bike ready by mid February but we will see if I can do it.

Let me know what you think so far....

Strip front end/swingarm off lay engine/frame on side, shake frame off of the engine. Then to put together lay engine down and slowly lower frame into place.

Removal/reassembly is easier though if the top end is off, that way you can leave the frame sitting the right way and just place it together piece by piece (bottom end/trans- pistons/jugs then head and cam cover.) and reassemble the engine in frame

Hi there peeps.

Have not posted in a year. Well to start off.

Happy festive season to all of you guys and as the winter begins our summer is at hand.

I would like to ask 2 things?

1. On this forum there was a guy porchec914 who did a swing arm swop. Is he still available on the forum. Got the same arm and would like to chat to him.

2. On the two engin the output rasio differs between the 1000j and kz 1000 79'. So if I want to install the 1000J gear box into the kz 79'would it work or could I just transfer the loose gears from shaft to shaft? I have the 79 KZ motor and will be running out of revs due to the fact that the wheel that I have the smallest sprocket is a 42 were as the KZ motor needs a 33 and the J motor needs a 41 on the rear.

Please help. Would like to do the swing arm swop.

650ed wrote: I asked because some folks want to install them expecting to cover up a stability problem that their bikes have, such as speed wobble, etc.. Doing that is a bad idea compared to locating the source of the wobble (bad tire, worn swing arm bushings or steering stem bearings, etc.) It sounds like your reasons for wanting one do not fall into that category. Ed

Agreed! I'm going to be putting zx9 forks on and I'm going to make sure everything is stable prior to using an added stabilizer. Makes no sense putting a bandaid on bigger issue.

I asked because some folks want to install them expecting to cover up a stability problem that their bikes have, such as speed wobble, etc.. Doing that is a bad idea compared to locating the source of the wobble (bad tire, worn swing arm bushings or steering stem bearings, etc.) It sounds like your reasons for wanting one do not fall into that category. Ed

'BFT

'Bout Fuckin' time

You've kept me a member to this site for how long? It was worth it. Bike looks tits, and who doesn't like tits? Great job.

Troy341

So,things are finally happening again. The Bandit wheel is looking good.
I had some spacers made up to fit the 20mm axle into the huge 30something hole in the gixxer swingarm.


I bought a handfull of washers from the local hardware shop to fill it all out


and got the wheel fitted and locked up





With a little adjustment,its all evened out and the wheel is CENTERED.



Its taken a long time and a lot of trial and error to get to this point but It looks like its all going to work.
Now,I can get the chainline measured up and have the sprocket carrier turned down.
Ive been looking at a 525 or 530 chain set.This should come with a 9mm (+ - ) thick rear sprocket (though I still have to confirm this before I get anything cut)
So,based on that,this is where I am at the moment;


and this is where I want to be



If I get 13,5mm turned down off the sprocket carrier,that should put it right where I want it and give equal clearence either side of the chain.Twixt the chain and tyre and twixt the tyre and frame downtube. Again I have to check the width of the 525/530 chain but I think there'll be no problem. And the Bandit sproket carrier has a lot more meat on it than the ZXR400 that I tried before.
So the next thing is a chain and sprocket set.If anyone has any info on chain/sprocket thicknesses, it would really help,as so far,i can only find diameter/tooth count dimensions.

P.S. as I said earlier,I had problems with my flaptop. Its fixed now but I lost a load of the later build photos.The earlier ones were backed up thankfully.