stretching 77 kz650

650ed wrote:

RonKZ650 wrote: I don't know about stretching, but see no sense in it personally. Just to let you know though, your bike is not all that original. Wrong bodywork, paint, wheels, mirrors, handlebars, air filters, exhaust, shocks, fenders, seat, turn signals. Missing grab rails. I really don't see any resemblence to original. Not trying to downgrade the bike. Nice if you like it, that's fine and. KZ650 is always a good motorcycle.

As usual you're right; there's practically nothing original about that bike other than the swingarm (if that). When he said "I bought a 1977 kz650 all original..." I thought he meant before he made a bunch of modifications to it.

Regarding liking the look of a stretched bike - well it's your bike, so if you plan to look at it rather than ride it here's a suggestion:

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:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Forgive me,

You should really get a new picture or get a new joke it is played out many times already!!!!!
I agree with Les these bikes did not handle great when new let alone 30+ years later, If you put a 2-4 inch over swingarm and a inverted frontend it will handle,brake,feel,and look better than it did new. Now I will say this it will never handle like a newer GSXR with a 2-4 over arm but you are talkin apples and oranges totaly different animals.

Ok, I'm convinced. I will contact Jorge Lorenzo this afternoon and explain to him that he needs to stretch his swingarm if he wants his bike to handle well. I simply don't understand how he and his fellow professional racers overlooked the advantages of the stretched swing arm, but I will tell him to change this:



to this:


or this:



Or maybe if I could get a good picture of that sweet handling rslingshot machine in your avatar (perhaps with an engine in it?) I can forward it to him. I'm sure he will be happy to apply the mods to his crappy handling stumpy little bike.

thanks les if you could beable to give me ideas on improving the handling please tell, and ed i will post pics asap and can get that figured out

Ok Ed it has three allen bolts inside the circle and a kz650c

pics

more pics

l

my dads bike you guys probably wont like it cause its a Harley bt its an 06 Harley RoadKing

dayum,kickass paintjob :evil: !

nice king.

oh yeah,


in case you don't know who the trolls are,

650ed,ronkz650 raise yer hands guys :silly: .
they are good guys they just have there opinions and don't mind letting them be known.
they are a valuable source of info.esp.for the kz 650's they do know their stuff,but tend to like stock bikes over anything that has been modded.

but hey it would be a pretty boring world if everyone like cool stuff :woohoo: .

leon

thanks 531blackbanshee,
yes they seem to know what they are talking about but im 16 and hopefully ill learn everything i can about the kz650 and they can help if they are interested in teaching me some of the bikes problems and cool features and when i tear it down in the winter and run into bumps id get on here and ask em.

Concider it done Bradley! When I get home I'll pm you some helpful areas to work with.
650ed, I reread my post to see where I said it would handle like a race bike or better than a well prepared stock bike and couldn't find it, guess it's something gained in translation. I guess I didn't know you couldn't make a stretch bike handle at all.

Les

thanks Les for your help