Fitting sportbike front end and rear wheel
- Julian@MotoCARR
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So I guess my first questions would be:
-Where/how do you guys with front end swaps find out what stems will work with your bike?
-And the tapered bearings?
I have yet to find OEM KZ750 length & OD so I can search other bikes that have a similar/close setup and buy the appropriate bearings and shims to get the triples to bolt into the neck.
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1978 KZ1000 A2 Click--->Build Thread
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And, have posted details on fitting 2000 GSX750 Katana front end and rear wheel to a 1980 KZ750E.
And where to get info on what bearings to use on what frame/fork combo.
If you can't find the info using search terms, then search for posts by author.
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Is it really as simple as drilling 4 new holes for the brackets/hardware to get bars on top? I was under the impression that the top triple shouldn't be alterned or machined at all. If it is, that's even better!
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my rear swingarm came off a '03 kawa 636, it fit perfectly after I ground away less than a couple of 16ths off each side of the frame and had a custom spacer made for the one side of the swingarm.
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racer54 wrote: Use the cables and lines from your bike. Controls from your bike should fit the bars from the new front-end as they are 7/8" bars or clip-ons. Some guys even drill the top tree and mount risers so they can use whatever bars they want instead of the bars that come with the donor bike. Only problem you may possibly have is if there is enough room on donor bike bars to fit all the controls from your bike. Different bikes...different size controls. Will probably have to come up with a way to mount gauges also as lots of the newer bikes mount theirs on brackets, etc. instead of the top tree like older bikes do.
Did you just reroute the cables different ways? I have an LTD which I would think has longer cables due to the fact that the handle bars are higher. With the front end swap, maybe I should get cables from a non LTD KZ750/650?
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