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got the gauge mounts turned out tapers and all.ready for welding .


leon holmes

get these welded on and some holes for bar mounts drilled and these will be ready.

leon holmes

i got the mounts welded on and ground back to shape.still need to do a little finish sanding and drill some bar mount holes.i thought they turned out nice,the forged aluminum of the tree and the extruded aluminum that i made the gauge mounts out of didn't want to play nice together.welding aluminum is tricky.


leon

anybody with machining tools willing to take my kz stem and 99 r1 bottom w/stem still in and put the kz stem in the r1 tree? I will pay whatever a machine shop would charge. I have access to nearly no tools here at school, and would prefer to support a KZR member with experience than taking it to a machine shop.

got the pilot holes drilled for the handlebars mounts,and the final machining of the gauge mounts done.ready to send back to benhurmx,so he can get them mounted and get us some pics of this bad machine he is building.




leon

Great documentary Leon. Many will benefit from your time well spent.
Thanks for taking the time.Very COOL.
Mark S.

it seems the question comes up alot and thought it would be good to show what it takes to get it done.i am glad so many people are into these old bikes,and i can help.

leon

Got the trees. Awesome work. I am still waiting for a swing arm to start the project. Thanks Leon for your effort, detailed work and documentation. Love this site.

i am glad that you are pleased,and that i was able to help keep one of these old bikes going.thanks tony,

leon

Old Man Rock wrote: Here's a tutorial I wrote when converting my KZ900 to a ZX636 front end swap....

kzrider.com/index.php?option=com_docman&...d&gid=431&Itemid=108

OMR

Did you end up welding the lower triple tree to the stem like the stock one had been? If not, what held it in? If yes, was the triple tree steel? Sorry for all the questions, I'm new to this.

kawiman636 wrote:

Old Man Rock wrote: Here's a tutorial I wrote when converting my KZ900 to a ZX636 front end swap....

kzrider.com/index.php?option=com_docman&...d&gid=431&Itemid=108

OMR

Did you end up welding the lower triple tree to the stem like the stock one had been? If not, what held it in? If yes, was the triple tree steel? Sorry for all the questions, I'm new to this.

with most of these swaps you are putting the steel kz stem into the aluminum lower form the donor bike.

so,
no welding dissimilar metals together.

if the kz stem is originally welded in the lower then i make a stepped sleeve that will register on a counterbore in the lower triple,and weld it together inside.








you can see the counterbore in the bottom of this lower triple,that the step that is now on the stem will register on.



once they are pressed together the force of the clamping action of tightening the nuts will insure that it is not going anywhere.

leon