Race Tech springs and emulators will completely transform the front suspension. That combined with a fork brace will really have an impact.

Replacing the brake lines with braided lines should return a lot of feeling back to the brake lever.

Hagon shocks are a good budget choice for the rear end. Take a look at the swing arm bushings too, those need periodic servicing and can worn ones can impact handling.

Hi Myke,

Sorry to hear about this trouble. I do not know what brand piston is in there. I know who put the big bore kit in "Mad Jack", he liked Wiseco back then, but there is no guarantee that is what he used, the original owner would have chosen what brand, sometime in the 90's I suspect.

If I were you, I would hone the cylinders and install new pistons and rings. It is not horribly expensive, and you would have piece of mind for many more miles. APE has a good selection of quality stuff for the KZ.

kzzone.com/

The engine were it still in my hands would have been rebuilt eventually, It was the weakest link, although solid enough for the time being. I am surprised a stuck ring did not damage the cylinder wall. The thought I had about the engine was a real big block with mild compression pistons. Avoid going too big or you will over heat the motor. Valve guides should be replaced and the crank inspected for alignment. For about 2K you could have a real punisher of a motor, complemented by the ignition module I installed and the flatslides. You will not be disappointed.

If the tensioner is broken, make sure you find all of it. I broke a cam chain in another bike once, when some debris from a broken part did not get removed, the bike ran along after fixing initial problem for years, then one day it just got caught up in the cam chain and whack ! broken cam chain totally stranded.

kzzone.com/blocks.html

I will shoot you a text so you have my number, but it is still the same as before, even though I am now in Washington.

Ted

Ted how are you. Hope you had good holidays.
I had a can chain guide break internally and needed to take the motor apart. In doing so we found a stuck ring on one piston. I can save the piston however I need to fine an exact ring. Can you tell me what piston and ring was used.
I know it s a 998 . However other 998 I have seen do not have the dome these have.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Myke
(925)787-8601

Have to pull the needle bearings to mill the suspention linkage to the spacing of the mainstand mount brackets.
It was very difficult, i need a lot ot pressure, heat and the right bearing puller to get them out.




Had to mill 10 mm on both sides.



Made some brass tube sleeves for the Z1 16 mm OD swing arm pivot to press and glue into the 20 mm ID GSXR needle bearing tubes.



and have to shorten the stainless steel foot rest bolts to not to collide with my GSXR swing arm.



more to come later this week.....

I was very diligent today.
My heard was bleeding but have to do the final cut off to the hangers for the 4 in 4 and rear break pedal.
I need the space for the new GSX-R 1100 WP/WR (93-94) i have shot for 175 Euro on e-bay privat sells with all
suspention parts, wheel axis, swing arm pivot, chain gard, rear brake caliper with new brake pads.
The swing arm is 600 mm long, (eye to eye) and 60 - 80 mm longer as my excentric swing arm.
The swingarm to frame width is 232 mm and is plug and play to the frame. Only the swing arm chain rubber buffer
need some some cuts. My rear wheel with sprocket hub, rear caiper hub and all spacers fits a little tight in .
My old swing arm opening width is 250 mm and i have to remove 0,50 mm on right side spacer to get an easy wheel in and out.
Wheel is in the middle and sprokets/chain alignments looks perfect. Need a longer 630 chain with 6 extra links.
Don´t want to do a 530 chain conversion now, all sprockets are like new.
So far so good here are the pics.




........and three beers later






more coming soon

I believe you will find a tire that wide (at least 6.25") will cause problems. Better measure things, including drive chain clearance, very carefully before spending $$$ Ed

Created with:
GPz750 front fender.
GPz550 fairing.
KZ750 LTD rear mud gaurd.
KZ1000 Rear Shocks.
Progressive front springs.
Lockhart Oil Cooler.
Wiseco 810 piston kit. Motor OverHaul, new valve seals, new cam chaine etc...
Dynatek coil and ignition.
630 to 530 chain conversion.
Dynojet stage III carburetor kit.
4 in 1 Vance and Hinse.
Tomaselli drag bar.
Raask rear sets.
Steel braided brake hoses.
Do it yourself Braced Swing Arm.
4 winters to build.

Cognito moto hooked me up with the custom stem I needed. No crazy machining needed, just press in the replacemnt (longer) stem.

I have installed the 2011 GSXR Showa front end on my kz, BTW. and the Suziki bandit 1200 swing arm.

I was contemplating using newer kawasaki stuff, but suzki info is readily available.

Some little news to my project bike.
I could not resist and have to buy some parts for the long winter evenings.
Bought a mono swing arm/Susuki motor frame conversion kit,Kawasaki frame bracing kit and a gsxr 1100 Motor for 250 Euro from Z-Fever.de.
Does anyone know if it is worth to do a engine swap like this???
I need some opinions.

Can anyone running a GS1100 swinger on a KZ1000 tell me the length of your brake torque link?
I am working on another GS swing arm.
I want to make a torque rod / link. Just want to know the eye to eye length of one running on a KZ1000 with disc brake.
Thanks. Picture is a stock Suzuki GS 1100 81-83.