If your fab skills are under developed stay with drum. Gs swingarms are good, square section and stronger. Struts will lower your rear end you won't need to botherwith lowering kits.

the kz1000 arm fits, and the gs1100 arm fits, both are longer than the 650 arm, i have also seen lowering links on 1000s that move the shock mounts back, also try shorter shocks, ive been told that stock HD shocks work well and can be picked up off of ebay cheaply

Fortunately I know a lot about the physics of drag racing, but the bad part is I don't know too much about bikes...I was thinking about having a gas tank made to hold about 1/2 - 3/4 of a gallon, but i want it to look good, so i'm having a bit of a problem figuring that out...I know about removing weight and all, but what all is safe to remove? I know about the fenders and a lot of the electronics, but you said hacksaw, what is safe to remove? I am in the process of saving up some money to find all the little things like the struts, wheelie bars, and trying to figure out how a lot of the parts work, I'm not a welder or machinist, nor do I have the know how, so making something fit worries me, cause i dunno where to go to get stuff made like shims for a swing arm, or stuff. I am waiting on my manual to come in the mail so i can put some of what i read on here to work.

I appreciate the advice...I just hope I can manage to teach myself all the stuff I don't already have any experience with.

900/1000 more popular for drag racing. Extended swing arms not a standard project for 650's. Find out how wide your arm is at the pivot point. Then try to find out what swing arms will fit. Try older GSXR and 750 triples.

Where is the pipe on that thing?? Or is there one?



Anyway - Sounds like there is no specific pipe that is going to solve the problem, but maybe help a little bit if I change to another pipe. (which aint cheap considering this pipe has 200 miles on it) Maybe I should revist raising the front another inch. I currently have the fork cap/nuts above the top of the trees, do you think I could slide it down flush to see if that helps a bit? It probably would give me 1/2" or so. If that doesn't help or wont work, maybe I can add a spacer in the front forks or just get new springs and adjust them accordingly. I'm not sure an inch up in the front is going to make it look that different. Thanks for the compliments.. That picture was the day I drove it home.. I've since polished on the wheels and swing arm.. its looking purdier every day. Enjoying it very much...

- Chris

thetemples wrote:

Picked up this KZ900 1976 on Ebay about a month ago. Great bike. The bike is fairly low to the ground. The rear shocks are 14" but the Calfab swing arm extends it back to make it low. The front shocks are all the way up in the trees (cut springs I think)

The pipe hits the ground when I make any sort of agressive learning right hand turn and also on some uphill bumps..

Also, the foot brake touches the pipe and you actually push the pipe down when breaking hard... Something isnt right...

Anyway - Are there any pipe options out there where the pipes don't hang under the frame? I really dont want to raise the bike to be honest.. just dont want the banging!

<br><br>Post edited by: thetemples, at: 2006/08/13 20:33

wow!:evil: ,did i mention that bike is drop dead gorgeous?:evil: ive got that same swingarm somewhere in a box i bought 25 years ago bt its set up for disc brake.if i remember right havent looked at it in years,the bracket you have your rear footpegs hooked on is actually part of the shock mount like stock kawasaki swingarm.i had a vance and hines pipe on my 1327 bike that would drag,but i only had 10 1/4" shocks on it.i gave it to solomrus to use on one of his bikes and it drug also and his sits quite a bit higher.i personally think its a design issue.ive got kerker 4n1 on 2 other bikes and havent had issues like i have with vance and hines pipes.:whistle:

Post edited by: ran429, at: 2006/08/16 03:34

Picked up this KZ900 1976 on Ebay about a month ago. Great bike. The bike is fairly low to the ground. The rear shocks are 14" but the Calfab swing arm extends it back to make it low. The front shocks are all the way up in the trees (cut springs I think)

The pipe hits the ground when I make any sort of agressive learning right hand turn and also on some uphill bumps..

Also, the foot brake touches the pipe and you actually push the pipe down when breaking hard... Something isnt right...

Anyway - Are there any pipe options out there where the pipes don't hang under the frame? I really dont want to raise the bike to be honest.. just dont want the banging!




Post edited by: thetemples, at: 2006/08/13 20:33

Post edited by: steell, at: 2006/08/13 21:09

I have a set of gpz forks and front rim that will fit a 900 with only one bearing change and i have a gs1100 swingarm and rim with a 140 tire the rims almost match they are close. both are for sale let me know if you want them mystikalanth@yahoo.com

I was thinking of drilling the plates/brackets that were welded on, maybe putting a "kzx" pattern in them with a small bit, and a few larger holes around that, or just make them looke like a drilled disc, but Im open to suggestions:). the rear set pegs are about where the passenger pegs were, I had to cut the PP brackets off, you can see the bare metal on the frame just under the new brackets. they had to go anyway as the brake setup hit the new wider swingarm. you could probly make these work with drum brakes too, just find a way to attach the rod in the back, tire clearance shouldnt be an issue since these are out wider than normal

No, it didnt, but I went on-line and pulled up some other pics of the same bike and your right, it was steel! And here I thought I was getting the deal of the year! Damn. Looks like I am back on the hunt!