900 rebuild or swap

does anybody know of any online articles about rebuilding a 900? or any articles that show maybe putting in a newer engine or a 1000? any recomendations from people who have done this?

Somebody did a good job of documenting a 650 rebuild. I can't imagine a 900 would be much different. As far as putting a 1000cc engine in a 900 frame, the engines are pretty much the same 73-80 so a later 1000 engine will have the same motor mounts and countershaft offset so you can just bolt a 1000cc in.

but would a 1000 engine be as good, i know that later years of cars had less power do to smog heads etc, is it the same for bikes? btw, i have a 73 z1 for sale or trade for parts for my kz.

bangshift440rt wrote:

but would a 1000 engine be as good, i know that later years of cars had less power do to smog heads etc, is it the same for bikes? btw, i have a 73 z1 for sale or trade for parts for my kz.

where are u localed? and how much?

i have sum parts..from a kz1000.. head(ported), block, 1200 high comp pistons. and sumother stuff.. let me know!

i am in bradford pennsylvania, tell me what else the 1000 would need to run, and is it bored to the correct diameter, and the pistons, does that mean displacement or is that a model number?

bangshift440rt wrote:

i am in bradford pennsylvania, tell me what else the 1000 would need to run, and is it bored to the correct diameter, and the pistons, does that mean displacement or is that a model number?

o no its just parts i have that i was going to use on my 900 but got other parts to use.. i do have a kz1000/900 drag frame also.

well, if anybody else is interested in this bike, u2u me or email me at bangshift440rt@gmail.com or bangshift440rt@yahoo.com or call me at 814-598-5037. i also am interested in finding an article on stiffening up my frame, i would like to do this for my engineering project for school.

If you come up with an engineering analysis for the original frame. i.e. find it somewhere or do it yourself. please submit a copy to the kzrider site. A before and after would be nice.

-Duck

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