Glad to hear you kept the KZ! Any thoughts on a direction with the carbs?

Cory

woot woot :evil: !

leon

GREAT NEWS !!

The KZ will go to Dyno in a week.

The carbs are fixed, the shop in reno is moving it to the dyno...

I just peed a little.... :ohmy:

The 72/73 Z1 did evolve a massive amount during production.

The first bikes were the prototypes - V1 preface to engine and frame numbers - a few still survive today. These have a number of differences rangine from the tach drive angled differently in the head, to a shorter swing arm and different center stand pivot (flared pipe versus a bolt).

The Pre-Production bikes - Z1F-900xx - aka the press bikes. A short series put into the hands of a limited number of editors for review - a few of these still survive today.

Then production proper started with Z1F-00001. Changes happened constantly - here's just a few in no particular order, the tensioner cast body changed, the fork lowers changed, the pipes changed, the carb body casting changed, the rear brake hub lever changed, right side handlebar switch, and towards the end of the 73 run there was a blurring of changes between the Z1 and Z1A impacting engine cases, sprocket covers, and a few other parts. Internally, there's even more changes - things like the o-ring around the cam chain tunnel, changes to the idler sprocket shafts and their dampers, shim buckets and some other things too.

In the USA, all the early bikes were sold as 73 models due to them having to get through EPA/DOT stufff... but in most other countries, the bikes up to 2200 were considered 72 models.

You would have to cut some crossmembers loose and extend and relocate lots of stuff,id just shorten the swingarm pivot tube 1/4" on each side.
Or you could just find a suzuki gsxr arm,they fit right in there with a couple shims

trianglelaguna wrote: so let me get this straight...dont go there?

something has you unhappy?

This guy is a total quief. I am not the only one he has sodemized as far as work on bike goes. He is a major league loser Craig. I have been attempting to contact him since before November trying to get my parts back. When I told him I want him to have everything there when I go pick up my bike and nothing but the bike and a few parts were there. That royally pissed me off. He then was like, "well yeah, they are in my garage. You can come and get them later." WHY? This is his shop. My parts should all be in the shop with my bike don't you think? Well, I called like 20 times or more finally I disputed on my card the amount. They told me to try and get a hold of him because he isn't answering the phone. He never answered my calls until the other day when I had another shop call there and conference me in. He then threatened me and told me that if I came by the shop he was going to take care of me. IN front of the shop owner so I have witness if I need to go to court with this issue. What real man that is a business owner talks like that? Really.
There is a nice Z1R in his shop that some guy from another state sent to him to have him work on and restore. That bike has been in his shop for a long time. Instead of fixing it he tacked on outrageous storage fees and told the guy he has to pay up or the bike is his. Now I could understand it if he finished the bike but the guy had sent thousands of dollars to this idiot for parts needed and then what happens? Mechanics lean. All he did was to tear the bike apart. He has done this to a few other people that I personally know. One of my friends said that he did some work on his bike changing out the chain and sprokects and when he got his bike back the swingarm cracked at the point where you tighten it up and he skidded out on lakeshore drive almost dropping his bike. Yianni denied it had anything to do with his work but that is not anyone else's personal opinion. Other things? I could go on for awhile but these coincidentals lead me to believe they can't all be coincidence. His friend took his bike there too. Electrical work. He orderd parts to replace parts that already worked. He charged him for the labor and when the guy asked for his pieces back he didn't want to give them up. When he finally gave them back the guy went to another shop, they checked out the computer and it was perfectly fine so you tell me? The guy is overcharging and keeping parts and reselling them later. Insurance jobs. Who does stuff like this if they are reputable shop? Only a person who can't make his ends meet and has to figure out some way or other to pay the bills. This guy IS a crook. I gave you all the heads up and if you decide to not follow my advice it's on you. I am just trying to keep others from that same fate.

zzr swing arm will work , You mainly have to pick your poison .I used all oem gsxr products on back.

What about sporkets, chain, rear shock and brake calipers/rotors? can any of these stay original (gpz900) or do i need to upgrade if I when with GSXR600 swap?

Also some say ZZR1100 swing arm? Cheers

With that chassis you can use 05 gsxr 600 swingarm , take the bushing out of your swingarm and turn it down to fit inside gsxr bushing, that way you can use the original swingarm bolt. The front end can swap for 2000 gsxr 750 just turn down stem to fit your 900 stem brgs onto gsxr stem. anymore questions you can private messege me

omr (old man rock)has a build thread that covers front and rear conversions pretty well.

kzrider.com/forum/11-projects/216290-omr...torationmodification

a stem swap usually converts the front end,unless you want some trick a$$ed triples :evil: .
in which case you should contact forum member les holt.

gsxr,r1/r6,zx636 swingarms have all been used on projects.

let us know if we can help.

leon