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12 Nov 2007 10:52 #180692
by Bluemeanie
1980 KZ650F1, Bought new out the door for $2,162.98!
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Couple kudos to jjdwoodman for advise on how he straightend his forks! I decided to do mine and after about 1 1/2 hours with a 40 ton press it is virtually perfect! Checked on four sides with a straight edge and am amazed with the result. Thanks to everyone who advised me with my "wrong fork" issue, I can now reinstall my original front end. Thanks guys... John
1980 KZ650F1, Bought new out the door for $2,162.98!
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12 Nov 2007 12:16 #180703
by mariozappa
1977 KZ650C1
and the KZ650/KZ750 Conversion
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That's awesome!
One step at a time.
One step at a time.
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12 Nov 2007 17:22 #180762
by jjdwoodman
77 650b
81 550 Mostly there
83 ZN1300 Voyager
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Thanks Bluemeanie, I'm glad you got them straight. I really like the looks of your blocks. Looks alot easier to use than my oak blocks! Hope you get the bike up and running soon.
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12 Nov 2007 18:33 #180775
by SLEEPER650
78 650sr my baby
78 650sr waiting for rebuild
82 kz1100
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thats great that you straightnd them. but you may have created stress cracks in the tubes. i think the tubes are hardend.you may want to think about that. cant you just use the upper tubes from the new forks and the lower part from your old forks?
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78 650sr waiting for rebuild
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12 Nov 2007 19:33 #180779
by BSKZ650
77 kz650, owned for over 25 years
77 ltd1000, current rider
76 kz900, just waiting
73 z1,, gonna restore this one
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way cool, glad you got it fixed.
I dont think you would have put any stress cracks in them but you could get them maginifluxed if you wanted to play it safe
I dont think you would have put any stress cracks in them but you could get them maginifluxed if you wanted to play it safe
77 kz650, owned for over 25 years
77 ltd1000, current rider
76 kz900, just waiting
73 z1,, gonna restore this one
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13 Nov 2007 05:19 #180822
by mariozappa
1977 KZ650C1
and the KZ650/KZ750 Conversion
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I see guys doing this on the Concous website quite a bit. Stress cracks? Probably not...
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