The swingarm can be modified to take bushings and a sleeve so it can be used with shocks, I have done a few.

Les

Kitten Tooth wrote: Today was pretty warm before it started down pouring like crazy here in Sioux City. I figured i would pull my 81' KZ1000LTD out for a little spin around the neighbor hood just to get it out of my system. I turned my fuel on and fired the beast up after it sat for a few weeks. Of course it fowled a plug on startup and i had to start touching pipes to see which cylinder was still asleep :whistle: Found out it was cylinder 1 for once so i pulled the plug out, wet and stunk like gas. Wire brushed it off and stuck it back in the bike.
Needless to say my bike wanted to fire off into space after i cleaned the spark plug I took off and started up the street. Roared up the block and got way into the neighborhood when suddenly, the engine started to get all fluttery. After a backfire my bike rolled up to a stopsign dead. I got it started again and revved it a couple times. The motor seemed to take off on all 4 for a second and then poop out again on one or more of the cylinders and then the bike died again. I got it going again and sputtered and backfired up the street, neighbors laughing and all. Even had one guy start a rev competition with his little impala :woohoo: of course my bike died again and i started pushing it home. Dumped some gas in the tank and it ran like new again. I really gotta fix that damn gas gauge and start watching how much fuel is in the tank. Going until it wont go no more might really bite me in the ass one of these times when i get far away from home

Tim,

Since you mentioned fouling a plug.......

Here's a simple little job to assure you're getting good voltage to the spark plugs.

Next time you have the tank off, do this.

Unscrew each plug cap from the wire. Make sure you won't short yourself on wire length first, then if you're OK, trim about 3/8" off the end of the wire and screw the plug cap back on. They go hard at first so make sure it's biting in.

If you have a meter, you should check the plug caps for resistance while you have them off. You'll see about 5K ohms. If any are low, get yourself 4 new NGK caps when you can swing it. Make sure you get the right caps. Call Z1E and they will help you or look them up on NGK site.

Thats pretty nice !!

These are so hard to find in decent shape.

Ok so its been a while since I last updated this build page. I finally got my bike in to work to get the rear suspension mounts welded on so the bike can sit under its new rear end so I can see how she sits. I think the rear might be a bit high but I can fix this by making some slightly longer dog bones, hopefully this wont affect the the rise rate to much on the shock. sitting on it and bouncing around it feels about right for me but I guess I will get the real feel when I eventually ride it.

I have put some pics up of how its all come together, the sponden framed bike at the bottom is how I would like the rear end to look on mine apart I want to keep the original tail end off the KZ1000, I guess I,m going to have to make a new seat as the original isn't working for me. Im not going for the cafe racer look but I might be tempted to go for flat bars, I will have to see when she is all back together










I made these a while back and forgot about them till just, I CNC'd some 'End nuts' to tidy up the swing arm nuts......





Ive got my USD forks also from a Hayabusa...



here is how she last looked all together, I was still very undecided on the rear end so thought fuck it and chopped the whole lot off in favor of a bolt on subframe, that way I can play around with it to get it to look right



This pic shows almost all the mods ive made to the frame, the holes where I cut off the subframe need filling and the lugs for the new subframe need welding on then its off to shotblasting and powder coating



I decided to design a new tail and seat as I couldnt get the look I wanted with what I had, Ive tried to keep some of the design ques from the origanal



I did some programes and got a friend to machine a mould for me, this will form the tail and I will play around with some foam for the seat when its in place



the mould inline with the tank for an idea of scale



an idea of how it will look...



The frame is at the welders, Ive go to pick it up later then off to the powder coat place, frame and wheels either candy red ot titanium grey with flat black tank and tail, what do you guys think?

Had a chance to buy this one locally last winter...wish I would have pulled the trigger:

79MKII wrote: Love the '86 GSXR's! My good friend bought a 750 in 1990...seemed like it was from space or something compared to my KZ. They are so cool looking.....old "slab sides".

I concur..
there was a brief time when I almost switched to the GiXXer movement.

Love the '86 GSXR's! My good friend bought a 750 in 1990...seemed like it was from space or something compared to my KZ. They are so cool looking.....old "slab sides".

testarossa wrote: I'm not sure about the length of the forks, but I'm sure that they can be made to fit the frame. The swingarm pivot width can cause significant problems if it is too wide. See Porchev914's thread about fitting a single side swingarm to his KZ1000. That was too wide and he had to split his frame. My GSXR swingarm fit in fairly easily but the pivot width was just about perfect for my frame.

The fork length should be fine.

Oh I would probly use a zrx modified swing arm.`The BMW is a 17x6 rear vs the zrx12 5.5(180/55/17. Now the BMW uses a 525 chain and there are 520 conversions available which should help with chain clearance.

I'm not sure about the length of the forks, but I'm sure that they can be made to fit the frame. The swingarm pivot width can cause significant problems if it is too wide. See Porchev914's thread about fitting a single side swingarm to his KZ1000. That was too wide and he had to split his frame. My GSXR swingarm fit in fairly easily but the pivot width was just about perfect for my frame.

Troy Troy Troy !!!

I am so glad you are up and running again, thought it was close there for a bit !!

Here is what is in front of the KZ...

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