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19 May 2008 13:26 #214588 by zzrmkII
Replied by zzrmkII on topic 76 900 Turbo
He does do good work...don't he ? ...:woohoo:
Mine is almost done,just have to take a ride up and see him one more time...He wants to put a set of those triples on my rex,I'm on the fence about that...Later, Chris.

Oh yeah..talked to the "swede" on Saturday and he was crying cause it was snowing on May 17th...:laugh:

In the middle of town with my
74 750 triple dragbike
78 KZ1000 dragbike
80 KZ1000 MKII
81 KZ1000 J model
00 ZRX1100
and my 97 Dyna

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19 May 2008 13:28 #214590 by zzrmkII
Replied by zzrmkII on topic 76 900 Turbo
mark1122 wrote:

Sorry Hen im stupid .and im sure i will look stupid after i ask this.:side: What is SOSDD ?


Same old s--t different day.....:P

In the middle of town with my
74 750 triple dragbike
78 KZ1000 dragbike
80 KZ1000 MKII
81 KZ1000 J model
00 ZRX1100
and my 97 Dyna

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19 May 2008 15:28 #214612 by 893cv
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Nice looking work! I'm about to start making my own t/clamps and I'm wondering what offset you are using?

1980 kz1000 LTD
1978 Z1R

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21 May 2008 11:54 #214937 by henrymski
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yes, same old s**t different day.

The offset was a topic of many long discussions between me and the machinist and we finally decided to stick with stock KZ offset of 50mm. The donor ZRX has 30mm of offset. The KZ runs a much higher rake than the ZRX, but has less trail. Since I'm changing so many other things about the bike's suspension, eg ZRX swingarm, which slightly longer, shocks, 17" rims, that I would just have to play with front and rear ride height to get the sort of handling I want. My goal here is stability, not corner carving. Once I get initial set up done, I'll figure the numbers and work from there using both "seat of the pants" and good old fashioned ciphering.

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21 May 2008 11:58 #214938 by henrymski
Replied by henrymski on topic 76 900 Turbo
zzrmkII wrote:

He does do good work...don't he ? ...:woohoo:
Mine is almost done,just have to take a ride up and see him one more time...He wants to put a set of those triples on my rex,I'm on the fence about that...Later, Chris.

Oh yeah..talked to the "swede" on Saturday and he was crying cause it was snowing on May 17th...:laugh:


Yes he does, and I haven't even seen it in person yet!!

Yeah, he posted some pics the other day. :silly: Suks to be him. hahahaha! I've been following your MkII build, btw. Good stuff.

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21 May 2008 11:59 #214939 by henrymski
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Forgot to mention that the Garrett turbo should be in Thursday. Yeeee-haw!

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21 May 2008 15:55 #214973 by Bad Kaw
Replied by Bad Kaw on topic 76 900 Turbo
henrymski wrote:

...I've been following your MkII build, btw. Good stuff.





...YEAH...BTW, I think I saw some "progress" pics of that wickedly cool ride ... on a different green bike forum! :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: ...no thread jack, but that bike is sweeeeet, also!

-KR

78 Kawasaki Z1R
81 Kawasaki KZ1000J (mods)
82 Kawasaki ELR Clone (1000 J)
82 Kawasaki KZ750R1/GPz750 ELR-ed
70 Kawasaki KV75
83 Honda CB1100F (few mods)
79 Suzuki GS1000 (rolling frame / project / junk)
84 Suzuki GS1150ES (modified project)
83 Yamaha XJ900R (project / junk)

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21 May 2008 16:27 #214982 by 893cv
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Thanks for the information! Right now it looks like I will be building mine with 40mm of offset. I'm going to use KYB forks from a YZF600r. RaceTech sells lots of revalve bits for them.

Thanks again!

1980 kz1000 LTD
1978 Z1R

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23 May 2008 04:53 - 25 Sep 2008 13:00 #215278 by henrymski
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The manner of my death is upon me!! B)


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23 May 2008 08:38 #215319 by JohNLA
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I'm drooling!

s49.photobucket.com/albums/f255/JohNLA_photo/1983%20GPZ%20550/
83 GPZ 550 Stock with 3600 miles_83s.
83 GPZ 550 4-1,pods,Mikuni 36,000 + miles

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25 Sep 2008 13:06 #238642 by henrymski
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Lots to report this time around! Here are some pics of triple clamp in progress and finished:







Unneeded tabs have been removed and the gussets have been welded in on the frame:









And the ZRX 1200 swingarm has been fitted (note spiffy shocks!):




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25 Sep 2008 17:58 #238674 by PLUMMEN
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Still recovering,some days are better than others.
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