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Thanks again for your help

no problem.
thats what we are here for.

leon

Wow! , nice work Leon. This will help me tremendously. I currently have my gsxr 1000 front end mocked up on my kz650 parts bike. Using the gsxr stem,but I'm having some troubles with bearings. I may try to adapt my kz stem now so I could use the stock bearings. I am a machinist as well, although gov. Jobs are hard to squeeze in.

the neat thing about the stem swap is now you can just buy the replacement neck bearings for your bike and install it.
no muss,no fuss ..


leon

You do good work, Leon!

Leon a quick question. After trying to shortcut and go the ALL BAlLs route I realized the stem ( GSXR 1100 ) is not quite long enough in my opinion. I have the old stem removed from my KZ tree and sleeve turned for the bottom triple..........my question is how do you weld the two together?? On the outside and then turn it down to size??
Your last post said weld on the inside!!?? My stem only has roughly 1/2 I.D and I'm unable to get my tig torch anywhere close........even with the smallest cup. Suggestions??

got any pics of your stem and sleeve?

leon

No............not yet.

no problem.

i usually try to weld the end .















when i machine the stem and machine the sleeve i try to leave a bevel on each so when pressed together they leave a groove i can make sure i get adequate penetration so i can machine the weld down smooth with no worry of the weld failing.

hth,
leon

Huge thanks............I'm going to take a closer look at this.
Thanks again

always happy to help .
thats what this forum is for helping each other keep these old bikes in the wind .

leon

hi I'm new to the forum... I have a 82 kz1000 Ltd I want to swap out the front end with the zx9... my question is do I need a need triple tree and can I still use y old instrument panel??? thanks for all ur help