that is cool

mark1122 wrote: rslingshot may be another option.

u may be able to find a kalfab.
kzrider.com/forum/23-for-sale/553199-cal-fab-swingarm

i wonder if 1 of the fab guys here could shorten a zrx arm? they r about 1.5" longer than stock.
i use a stock zrx12 arm and like it.

this is azrx11 arm

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they look nice with added bracing as well.

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rslingshot may be another option.

u may be able to find a kalfab.
kzrider.com/forum/23-for-sale/553199-cal-fab-swingarm

i wonder if 1 of the fab guys here could shorten a zrx arm? they r about 1.5" longer than stock.
i use a stock zrx12 arm and like it.

this is azrx11 arm




they look nice with added bracing as well.

I've seen a lot of great parts made by some of our members but I can't remember seeing any custom swingarms for sale. I'm looking for something close to stock length that would allow for a wider rear tire. I'm going with a 3.5" x 18" rear rim (on my '78 1000 A2) so a 150mm would be the max tire width.

I'm leaning toward a GS arm right now but even those seem to have gone up in price lately and I'm not that crazy about them anyway. I don't want to go all out for a $1000 arm like I did for my MKII. I just need something a little wider.

Any ideas?

I streched the rear swing arm 6 in. Made my own chain tensioner. Moved the suspension under the seat. Lowered the seat pan 2 in. Cut the seat in half cut the foam in half covered with stock seat cover. Installed the sissy bar and reused the stock tail light. I raked the front of the bike by cutting the front down tubes and added 15 degrees more rake. Painted the tank and fabricated new mounts for the side covers. Installed pod filters. I also installed flame throwers. It throws flames about 16 in out both exhaust. I made the throwers from the stock mufflers. I installed a LED red light kit one foward one backward and one under the tank. I had to buy a new battery. I installed a rectifier out of a GM one wire alternator. Learned that from The forum THANKS 42$!!!!!!!! instead of 109 and I had it that day. I removed the front brake painted the wheels red. I was going for and old school bobber look. I installed a sucide clutch with the cluch mounted on the shifter. Ihad to break the left stop off the handle bar and make new longer one so handle bar does not hit suicide shifter. You can not turn left as far as you use to but it easyly makes left turns. Our left turns are not sharp in Usa because we drive on right side of road. But, the handle bar can not get caught on shift handle. I made my own in the handle bar mirror out of the stock one. I bought the bike 4 weeks ago and I am glad to finale have it done. It runs great and gets alot of looks especialy at night with the running lights on throwing flames out the exhaust.I also installed Led turn Lamps front and rear. The bike had been dropeped and had a big dent inthe tank and the back turn signal broke. The front ones did not look right so I changed them to cat eyes. I lowered it with the spings compessed the ride hight is 1.5 in of the ground. Basicly you sit below the rear tire hight. I welded the rear pegs to the crash bar to make highway pegs. I removed the front fender and welded it as a rear fender. It makes the swing arm stronger and acts like a gusit moves the force foward on the swing arm. If you ride it over 40 MPH in the rain be prepared to get WET the front tire just slings water all over you. But looks much better without the fender or front brake.

Gday

I can get a set of 2000ish R1 front forks for next to nothing well a bottle of bourbon :evil: so got me thinking has anyone put this on a 76 z900 ?? i am in the process of putting new wheels 17" spokeys (front and rear) and will be using a GS1100 rear swing arm. Ill probably get billet tripple clamps.

Has anyone done this, can they comment ride height handling etc. i know i will need to sort caliper wheel spacers disk spacers etc

thanks in advance

yes i have both front and rear disks for the 750e, i was thinking maybe i could get away with replacing just the rear axle. I havent mocked it up to see how the width of the wheel fits the 750b swingarm yet but we will see i guess

The dual and single disks on the 650/750/1000 are the same diameter, but dual disks are thinner.

The best way to install 750E wheels on a 750 twin is to install the 750E front end and swing arm on the 750 twin. Second best way it to have some collars made that slide over the axle and act as spacers because both front and rear axles on the 750E are smaller than those on the 750 twin.


My first dual disk conversion used two 750 twin single disk rotors, lots of rotating weight there, I wouldn't recommend that set-up

Hi Bozo,
For what its worth, I have a Metmachex shallow under braced aluminium swing arm that I no longer need as I recently acquired a K&J swing arm from Germany.
The Metmachex was previously fitted to a Suzuki GS1000 and with very little engineering will fit into a KZ. I'm afraid I dont have pictures of it and it is at home in Ireland at the moment. (I'm going home at Xmas) If you are interested in using this swing arm, give me a call back. Im in Toronto, Canada, 905-467-9041 Hope this may help you out. Cheers, Slash.

I know Im just saying that the fancy jigs are definateloy overkill for something that can be done with a couple good levels and a tape measure.
if your swingarm is straight and shocks are both same length thetres your jig right there

I just bought a kz900 79 frame along with custom swingarm, zx11 front end rear end ect. and a almost complete 76 kz900 with 1800 original miles in a box... motor is perfect never apart and everything was stored inside and very very nice. Anyway I am having trouble swapping the front ends due to the lip in the steering tube on top where i want to put my bearing... Do i cut this off? or how do i fit this together and what bearings should i use? any help would be greatful thanks!!