76 kz900 + 89 zx10 = a decent streetfighter (I hope)

Hello everybody, sorry for the long delay in posting. Blackbanshee, I appreciate the speedo link, looks like a nice unit. I'm gonna stick with the stock gauges on this one, but maybe on the next project? I actually had a big, indepth post about every detail of the rear monoshocking of my bike but I lost it when I went to submit it so I am gonna do the condensed version here and if anyone has any specific questions on any part of it, I have plenty more pics and would be happy to help anyway I can. That being said, I did end up having to narrow the front of the swingarm 5/16" on either side to get it to fit, and I had to make a sleeve to go inside the original zx sleeve and fit over the kz swingarm bolt. Once the swingarm was in, I set about finding a way to build an upper shock mount that would still allow me to put the battery and electronics on either side of said mount and here is what I came up with-



top view



back view



left side



With a bit of modification to the lower link, I was even able to reuse the center two tabs of the stock centerstand mount without moving them, though I still need to remove the outer two tabs and reweld up the inner two



Like I said, I have some more pics of the sleeve I made and the lower link mods, but I won't waste space posting those unless someone really wants to see them. Hope this helps some others on here, next up for me is footpeg fab, useless crap welded to the frame removal, sandblasting and painting. I will leave yall today with a pic of the bike the way it sits now--

Ben

VERY NICE!!

i like it nice job just 1 question where are you going to put your battery and electronics.

Thanks for the compliments. The battery is going to the right of the angled bar as you look down from the top of the bike(it will be running parallel with the bike instead of perpendicular to it like it does in the stock location and the electronics on the left. That was the hard part of the whole deal, I didnt' want any kind of supports coming up from the shock mount at any angle side to side or I would not have room for the battery but I still felt I needed something resisting the upward force of the shock, hence the angled bar up to the frame under the gas tank. Hope this clears it up a little.

Ben

that is very trick and i can see alot planning and effort went into it. thanks for all the pictures never to old to borrow [steal] ideas. fantastic job can't wait to see it finished.

wow i like it! somebody slipped a 78 a2 frame nder your 76 900 though!:laugh:

if your looking for an off-set sprocket
try the one on your zx10 motor,it fitted fine on my elr
which might be the same size as an older zed,not sure though but worth a try.

here's a pic of my zx10 sprocket on my elr

I appreciate the input kawaman, I actually tried the zx10 sprocket first thing but the splines are completely different. I think the older kz's are different than the early 80's/1000cc+ one's. I actually ended up using an afam sprocket I found-

kzrider.com/index.php?option=com_kunena&...ew&catid=5&id=236896

Plummen, I don't get the 78 a2 frame reference, I'm pretty sure it's the orig. 76 frame. If it was a joke, it went way over my newb head:)

Back out to the garage I head

Ben

stamped rear footpeg brackets onframe 77-78 a2 frame aint no big deal just make sure your title matchesB)

PLUMMEN wrote:

stamped rear footpeg brackets onframe 77-78 a2 frame aint no big deal just make sure your title matchesB)

I checked and up on the steering head the numbers stamped into the head itself match the sticker on the steering head matches the title and they all say it's a 76 so I got nothing there. Kinda a head scratcher I guess- some mystery's are better left unsolved:unsure:

Ben

whats your frame # and build date just for giggles?now im wondering whats going on!:laugh:if the builddate is late 76 maybe its an early 77 heres a random shot of a 76 900 frame i got from gallery;)