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15 Oct 2017 18:02 - 15 Oct 2017 18:03 #773014 by Nerdy
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JWKZ750 wrote: Ive always wondered, whats the logic behind extending the swingarm?


short wheelbase = wheelie machine

A long[er] wheelbase allows the rider to put more power to the ground without flipping over backwards. :)

Basically it puts the heavy parts (rider, engine) farther away from the pivot point, which is where the rear tire contacts the pavement.

1979 KZ400 Gifted to a couple of nephews
1967 Yamaha YCS1 Bonanza
1980 KZ440B
1981 Yamaha XT250H
1981 KZ440 LTD project bike
1981 GPz550
2013 Yamaha FZ6R
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15 Oct 2017 18:04 #773015 by JWKZ750
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Nerdy wrote:

JWKZ750 wrote: Ive always wondered, whats the logic behind extending the swingarm?


short wheelbase = wheelie machine

A long[er] wheelbase allows the rider to put more power to the ground without flipping over backwards. :)

Basically it puts the heavy parts (rider, engine) farther away from the pivot point, which is where the rear tire contacts the pavement.


Ah. I often wondered as I thought the longer swingarm looked a bit weird, and prefer stock.

Never have done a wheelie. Probably wont either.

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15 Oct 2017 18:10 #773017 by SWest
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Helps stability at high speeds. Cuts down tight handling though. It's a trade off.
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15 Oct 2017 18:12 #773018 by JWKZ750
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SWest wrote: Helps stability at high speeds. Cuts down tight handling though. It's a trade off.
Steve


Good to know. As you may have seen in another post, Im stunned by my KZ650. In the week Ive had it, Ive discovered it to be amazing. However my fave bike is my 77 Yamaha XS650. Its like a dirt bike. Amazing.

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15 Oct 2017 18:24 #773019 by Casey H
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Not new but a fairly recent pic

You can't go back:)
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15 Oct 2017 18:31 #773021 by JWKZ750
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Casey H wrote: Not new but a fairly recent pic


This pic makes me very unhappy....that I dont have a 900

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18 Oct 2017 16:02 #773257 by BCScott
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Hi all. New member here with a 1977 KZ1000A1 that I've owned since 1979. It was stored for 30 years while life happened, but I put it back on the road last year. It's been a blast riding again! Quick question for the KZ gurus...was this black on black model only available in Canada? I bought it in Vancouver and it was/is stock. Besides the black paint with gold striping, it also has black levers and shocks. I never see a similar one in pictures and searching for black levers that match hasn't returned any results.

Back in the saddle and loving it! KZ1000A1
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18 Oct 2017 16:12 #773258 by tomsbadkz
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Hey BCScott, double check production date on your bike. It has the striping of a 78 KZ1000A2. Tom,

1977 kz1327
Cavanaugh Head 38.6/33
38mm Flatslides
MRE racecut trans
300mm rear tire
Web Cams 435/465

1984 GPZ1100
Cavanaugh Head
1170cc
Web 415 cams
RC Hp Inj.
Bored throttle bodies
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18 Oct 2017 16:32 #773259 by BCScott
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I just checked and it's 2 / 77. I bought it 2 years old in 1979, so I wonder if the previous owner had it done. I see what you mean, though. My 40 year old service manual has thinner, straighter stripes on the tank.

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18 Oct 2017 16:54 #773262 by bluej58
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That is a beauty BC, I know what you mean about life getting in the way.
I'm sure that you are very happy you didn't get rid of it.

I also think it is a A2A because that is how mine came, you should see on the frame sticker that it was made in Lincoln Nebraska
and the side covers and tail should say made in the U.S.A I'm told by a reliable source that it was painted here, a lot of US stuff went into it, I'm not sure but I have also heard that the frame may have been made here as well.

Back then the shops were customizing the brand new bikes with all kinds of things and we were too custom tanks exhausts, longer fork tubes, sissy bars, chrome was in
The shocks were crap from the start ,

I just looked at your bike again and it has a 77 front brake set up? now I am confused.
Very clean machine, ride the heck out of it, enjoy
and be careful where you park it

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18 Oct 2017 17:26 #773265 by BCScott
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Definitely a '77 A1, I think. The yoke plate has the 2/77 build date and on the frame beside the plate it's stamped Made in Japan. It's been registered in BC as a 1977 since new. I'm wondering if the dealer might have "customised" it a bit before the original sale. I had the top end done before putting it back on the road (pistons/rings/honed the barrels/valve guides) and the shop owner in Calgary swore to me that he was a previous owner, in the 80's. I assured him I'd owned it since '79. He told me he had one identical, so I wonder if someone "tweaked" a few out of the crate.

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24 Oct 2017 18:06 #773673 by Dr. Gamma
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Very recent photos of my Kz1000 with a couple of its little friends.






1972 H2 750 Cafe Racer built in 1974.
1976 KH400 Production Road Racer.
1979 Kz1000 MK. II Old AMA/WERA Superbike.
1986 RG500G 2 stroke terror.
1986 GSXR750RG The one with the clutch that rattles!

Up in the hills near Prescott, Az.
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