front end and swing arm swap

excuse me....i just saw a question about if you can easily swap the front end and swing arm of a gsxr to a kz650...well...i would like to knowif it can be done with a 1988 zx 600 front end and swing arm....or will it take a lil sweet talkin to get it to work..and a lil grinding and welding....

if you have both bikes apart, compare the steering stems to see if they are the same, if so, the front end will directly swap, if they are different, you will need to swap the stems from one triple to the other, using the kz stem in the zx triple, then the zx fron end will bolt on.
for the swingarm, you may need to narrow the front of it to fit in the kz frame. you will probably also need to use the (probably) larger diameter swingarm pivot bolt and to do this, you will need to drill the holes in the frame to the larger size. if you want to use the dual shock setup, you will need to weld tabs onto the swingarm to bolt the shocks to. if you want to use the zx mono shock setup, you will need to modify (add to)your frame. (you need to make new shock mounts)
it can be done, and will take some work, but its not too complicated
My project bike has a zx mono shock setup, so I can help you out there if you need it, and theres lots of other members who can too, as well as the front end swap
Scott
check out this thread for pics of my setup
and this one has pics of the wheel
heres a front end swap thread by Galaxian

Post edited by: 77KZ650, at: 2006/04/30 22:53

I DID THE ZX Forks and swing arm on my bike worked out well real easy just a bearing change onm the front and rear bolted up with a diffrent sleve in the swingarm i had it all laying around ill see if i can get some pics top show guys mine is a 1000

what year zx are we talking about?

I'll take some of those pics also if you don't mind for my conversion.Thanks