Thank you,

I am still pondering things. I just spent 45 minutes looking at my own thread, I don't know if I can sell, there is just too much work and heart poured into this thing.

Should just need to the bearings and gsxr axle work together or just differant bearings,did you get the brake parts with the wheel?

Id try a suzuki gsxr 750,they seem to be pretty easy to come across

Well, I haven't posted anything up in the build section for awhile. I keep changing my mind as far as what direction I'm going in. Anyway I already picked up a 93 gsxr front end so now I need a swingarm. I have a 78 kz650c3. Any suggestions on a swing arm that will work that will fit a 07 zx6r wheel with a 170 tire?

Thanks,
MS

JEFFG1 wrote: not sure what you me by frt.end as far as the hub i took nothing off of it and the chain has never hit the tire but i had my swingarm made for me. all i had to do was dent the frame about 3/8th. if you run a offset sprocket you will have to hog out the inside of the cover that covers the frt.sprocket my tire also sits in the center of the bike it is not offset to the right have put alot of miles on the road and the strip so it is done rite no problems at all.[/quote its a stock frt, with a gsxr wheel and marauder brake disc. and calipur

back in January I put a Shinko Stealth 190/50/17 on my bike with the
swingarm swap unfortunately I didnt record the miles but am guessing
only about 1500-2000 miles so far very little if any noticable wear

My suspenion was too soft and I have put minor cuts the tire but no broblems so far


This is a softer compound tire so it stands to reason tread life
would be shorter than a touring tire

09/20/12 I installed a Shinko 712 100/90/19 with new Tube tire tube and ballanced
for 80.04 with tax




seems it took quite afew weghts ro balance it but its a 34 year old rim and
i'm running a tube (seems to be common according to other reviews from the net) of

132 reviews of the 712 on one site there were about 10 that leaned more negative than
positive of those 10 2 were trashing the product The rest have ratings from 4 to 5
stars for various caracterisitics.

1 review gives it 5 stars for dry grip and 2 stars for wet pavement the next review
gives it 5 stars for both The common 2 to 3 stars seem to be tread life. the old you
get what you pay for statement.

2 stars from a guy who has 9000 miles on his front with plenty of tread left
and 3 star from a guy who has 3000 miles and says his are shot

researching the reviews has proved as everything else in motorcycling everyone has
a different experience with the same product

I remember one review says he can feel every groove in the road and just below it
another reviev says its the smoothest tire he has ever had on his bike

These tires get a bad rap because they are inexpensive. & as we all agree Tires are
something you dont skimp on.

While I havent looked into the Bridgestone or Dunlop advertising budget or dealer
incentive programs I do know they have a far larger one than Shinko and here in the
States there was a day you got what you paid for but with NAFDA and The US liability
laws allot of what we are paying for is an outsourced product with extreme insurance
& advertising and incintive rates so they can compete in our designer jean world.

I am going to document as best I can my experience with the inexpensive Shinko brand

REAR TIRE
somewhere around 1500 miles as a guess before i start tracking mileage
General experience upto this point

Awesome feel grip is crazy sticky allows for peg dragging turns other than my damaging
the tire no visible wear wet pavement awesome grip even with limited tread

FRONT TIRE
took a lot of weights to balance with tube
60 miles in initial feel a little hard
country roads 2 up feels solid takes transition from blacktop to gravel well

Tomolu5 wrote: Have you named this bike yet? I'm thinking fast would be a good name, built fast, rode fast, repaired the same way. Just re-read the thread, and its like your speed dating this thing:lol:

Man, that's good! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
We just call it the shop bike but that's funny. First time I've had the motor out but I've done a lot of little things testing things so I'm pretty familiar with it. I will say this, first time I ever had to pull a swing arm to install a motor. :blink:

Les

Hello friends! Ive had my bike for a little over two months at this point. Its an 81 KZ1000. Since I bought it I have been turning it into a cafe/ fighter. She has the mono shock and GSXR rear wheel with swing arm and GSXR rearsets. I just picked up a 78 kz1000 rear fairing/ fender and im wondering how you guys have mounted them, if at all.

Please and thanks
Zero

KraZyRIDER wrote: Special thanks to yet another KZR Member! I haven't been around here all that long, but in the short span, I have crossed paths with many fine, helpful people.

I received a PM a while back about the Project 650 I'm working on. A question about the swing arm modification that leon (531blackbanshee) did. One thing led to another and it turns out that Chris (o.c.f.rider) does polishing for a living. I decided to give him my fork legs and see how they turned out. I picked the finished product up tonight and damn was I surprised. When I saw them, I didn't recognize them. I though they were someone else's and even thought the damn things were chromed! Turns out they actually were mine. Hot damn!

I figured I'd post some photos, but the damn things are like mirrors and reflect the light and colors around them. My first photos sucked! I took photos in several places, with and without flash. They still sucked! You just cannot see how outrageous the polish job is from the photos. The product is just so much better than the photos show. But, here they are, without flash, which makes them a bit easier to see. You need something polished? Talk to Chris.

So......where does Chris have his shop? California? Thats awesome work!! Can you say what the cost was? Thanks Tennessee Z ED

Special thanks to yet another KZR Member! I haven't been around here all that long, but in the short span, I have crossed paths with many fine, helpful people.

I received a PM a while back about the Project 650 I'm working on. A question about the swing arm modification that leon (531blackbanshee) did. One thing led to another and it turns out that Chris (o.c.f.rider) does polishing for a living. I decided to give him my fork legs and see how they turned out. I picked the finished product up tonight and damn was I surprised. When I saw them, I didn't recognize them. I though they were someone else's and even thought the damn things were chromed! Turns out they actually were mine. Hot damn!

I figured I'd post some photos, but the damn things are like mirrors and reflect the light and colors around them. My first photos sucked! I took photos in several places, with and without flash. They still sucked! You just cannot see how outrageous the polish job is from the photos. The product is just so much better than the photos show. But, here they are, without flash, which makes them a bit easier to see. You need something polished? Talk to Chris.