what kind of work would i have to do for the gsxr arms with mono shocks?

808rob
97-03 gsxr 600 arm has no upper brace.

92 gsxr 1100 arm no upper brace.

you wannna go dual shock or mono?

leon

Nebr_Rex wrote: That is bad. I have some bikes that have the original bearings. Just needed to be cleaned up
and regreased. That bearing leads me to believe the bike has been neglected and/or abused.
You might want to check the other bearings; steering stem, rear wheel, and swing arm.


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Very good point.
Man that thing looks like it's been underwater.
AT THE BEACH.

Patton wrote: Am pretty sure about a frame and a swing-arm, but what's a "subframe?"

Good Fortune!

the sub-frame is the part on the rear that bolts to the main frame.



that the seat and tailpiece attaches to.

kz's don't typically have a sub-frame.
you have to remove the rear portion of a kz frame and fabricate a sub-frame in order to have a sub-frame on a kz.

hth,
leon

That is bad. I have some bikes that have the original bearings. Just needed to be cleaned up
and regreased. That bearing leads me to believe the bike has been neglected and/or abused.
You might want to check the other bearings; steering stem, rear wheel, and swing arm.


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This is great news and I appreciate all the help and feedback. I want to keep it as original as possible but there is much work to be done. Right now I have the engine out and on a stand. It was rebuilt last year with valve seating done, new gaskets and carb clean and tune. With the engine out, I have all the engine covers in getting the chrome stripped off. All the covers had the chrome peeling and pitting. I cleaned and soda blasted the engine and it is clean. Actually looks cool with the soda blast clean to it. But I wanted to paint the engine flat black, leaving the heat fin edges with the soda blast look. But now you all got me thinking original. Tough decisions. I have the frame dismantled and already started sandblasting all the rust and old black paint off of it, as well as the engine mounting pieces, battery box, seat, triple tree and the gauges housing, etc. The stock gauges look good but I cannot figure out how to take the chrome bezel housing off to clean it and fix a small dent in it. Maybe have to replace it. The sprockets and chains are all new so those will stay, but I plan to soda blast the swing arm and replace the mounts etc. When I repaint or powder coat the frame, I was thinking of doing it a flat dark gray to match/offset the engine. The tank will be a flat black with some gray accents to it, flat in color as well. I will replace the steering bearings and will inspect wheel bearings etc.

I do have the stock one piece brakes but will look for the dual disc brake setup. please feel free to point me in the right direction here. I am going to keep the stock gauges as I am now really thinking of trying to keep it stock and just update some visual areas of the bike (tank, side covers, frame, swing arm, engine). Probably update the suspension too, now that I know it is possible to add some progressive springs.

Has anyone done an led bulb update to the gauges? just wondering. I also have to replace the gauge light housing, the plastic piece with the neutral, oil, and blinker lights in it. The one I have is pretty bad. The actual gauge housing (metal) is good. Just needs to be blasted and repainted. I have an air pod setup for the carbs, but read that its better to have the stock airbox. Any thoughts on this? The exhaust is in good shape, but I dont think its the original. It was painted flat black and is a 4 into 1 setup. Sounds good. Overall the bike runs well, needs a new tach cable.

So I guess these are my questions?

Do I paint the engine?
Where can i get side cover and tank emblems?
Any thoughts on a brake setup?
Do I keep the original head light?
Any do it yourselves on rebuilding the electrical setup, mine is a mess?
Dual brake setup, how to and where to find a writeup?
any other little mods anyone can think of?

Ill take some pics tomorrow when its light out and update with all the pieces. It will be great to get some owner/modder/ know how to put me in the right direction. I love rebuilding bikes and glad I have a gem to work with. Cheers for all the readers and repliers. Thanks guys!

bluezbike wrote: Yes the #s match to where it's safe to say motor and frame were made as a unit....this is an increasingly hard to come by bike and to many one of the coolest years. Please consider carefully what you are going to do with it. There are many things you can do for it to improve it's readability for today's world without sacrificing it's original looks. Replacing the old ball bearing steering setup with modern races, upgrading front shock springs and the rears can be done too, replacing rear swingarm bearings with needle rollers, good modern rubber, and if you find the double disc braking setup it's a good thing to do too.

Let us know what you decide....and more pictures please.

IMHO
bluesbike is NOT steering you wrong.
And this is from a guy who is sitting 25 feet away from my 74 Z1a that has everything on his list except the duel discs done to it already.

It looks great,
It sounds great with a pipe on it,
Light to light we don't have any problems with anything I care to take on (I do pick my racing carefully )
And it's still a 903 with the stock pistons and cams in him.

Oh, and by the way, It's like money in the bank.

Mike

Yes the #s match to where it's safe to say motor and frame were made as a unit....this is an increasingly hard to come by bike and to many one of the coolest years. Please consider carefully what you are going to do with it. There are many things you can do for it to improve it's readability for today's world without sacrificing it's original looks. Replacing the old ball bearing steering setup with modern races, upgrading front shock springs and the rears can be done too, replacing rear swingarm bearings with needle rollers, good modern rubber, and if you find the double disc braking setup it's a good thing to do too.

Let us know what you decide....and more pictures please.

thanks. The stock swing arm is what i measured. the guy that is building the hardtail says i will have 9.25 inches between the frame rails. that is not much diff than stock. I guess I will wait until the frame is done before worrying about the wheel and tire. Dont want to buy things twice.

ok WHEW!!!, Just went outside with flashlight in mouth and metric ruler in hand and confirmed my sprocket hole-centers.... My Wheels are Enkei, and the dimensions from Z1 are spot on.