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Peace&Love:side: , Darren
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thats a 79-80 kz frame in that picture not a z1 but the bracing should be about same.the big sheetmetal gusset under steering head is actually a pretty good idea it just needs some beefing up it basically makes the steering head one big triangle that would be really hard to match strengthwise with tubing alone.the backbone can definately benefit from being tied together.me amd solomrus are working on getting a to motor mount kit from paper to actual reality which will really help tie things together(more to follow :evil: )the swingarm pivot area is another spot that needs help once you put a good stiff swingarm on back of one of these bikes it puts more stress on the swingarm pivot area shock mount area is another bad area that needs help.while you are at it id personally reccomend grinding down every weld on any z1 frame or kz frame made in japan and rewelding them all,they really suck from the factory a trained monkey could weld better(sorry gris,kawasaki bob!:whistle: )than that bird crap especially on the z1 frames!the few pounds of weight you add are nothing compared to the improvement in handling you get by stiffening one of these bikes up!Mike, good eye brother! Both sides of the stamped steel bracing behind the neck of my Z1 are cracked. In addition to the kosman kit I want to duplicate this as well as get rid of the sheet metal bracing and replace them with some tubelar gussets.
Peace&Love:blink: , Darren<br><br>Post edited by: kyradawg, at: 2006/12/03 12:43
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