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sportster shocks/kz1000e
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Just checking to see it all this sounds reasonable to the group, or at least to anyone who has made this swap. It's not going to be a big deal, but from what I had read on the forum about it, I was expecting it to be a bit more straighforward.
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KZ1000E- Close to 700lbs made in Japan
Sportster- 400-500lbs made in China??? At least Harley shocks were all Chinese last I heard. Are these Harley shocks any good? Big surprise to me if they were.
321,000 miles on KZ's that I can remember. Not going to see any more.
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An old KZ1000 wieghed 518 pounds, dry- closer to the Sportster's dry wieght!
Harley's wieght lots and lots dude!:laugh:
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When you mount the shocks put the right side one on first and tighten the bottom mount first. Note the amount of gap between the shock mount and the frame on the top stud mount. Don't just tighten it down or you have jacked the shock into an angle and either it will bind enough to notice in washboard roads or it will cause the shaft seal to start to sideload and leak. You'll have to come up with a spacer to shim up the difference.
Good time to check the swingarm bearings for play or "notches" in their movement, too.
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dude- the 883 Sporster is 574 pounds DRY- more like 630 without fuel!
An old KZ1000 wieghed 518 pounds, dry- closer to the Sportster's dry wieght!
Harley's wieght lots and lots dude!:laugh:
I'll check out some magazines and get the stats one of these days. All I know is I have a KZ1000E and it's one brute of a bike to put it mildly. If a 883 Sportster weighs more than it, I'll be more than mildly surprized.
Update: I searched online and the Harley does weigh like 550 dry. Call me surprized. I think a KZ1000E will still beat it out in the weight department, but not near the margin I thought. The shocks should work out pretty good actually.
Post edited by: RonKZ650, at: 2007/10/04 22:50
321,000 miles on KZ's that I can remember. Not going to see any more.
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CruisingRam wrote:
dude- the 883 Sporster is 574 pounds DRY- more like 630 without fuel!
An old KZ1000 wieghed 518 pounds, dry- closer to the Sportster's dry wieght!
Harley's wieght lots and lots dude!:laugh:
I'll check out some magazines and get the stats one of these days. All I know is I have a KZ1000E and it's one brute of a bike to put it mildly. If a 883 Sportster weighs more than it, I'll be more than mildly surprized.
Update: I searched online and the Harley does weigh like 550 dry. Call me surprized. I think a KZ1000E will still beat it out in the weight department, but not near the margin I thought. The shocks should work out pretty good actually.<br><br>Post edited by: RonKZ650, at: 2007/10/04 22:50
I pulled those specs right off www.bikez.com
H-D's lumps are very, very heavy compared to japanese models- even older ones.
H-Ds are pigs man!
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