Fork upgrade on KZ1300

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Re: Fork upgrade on KZ1300

06 Feb 2014 18:54
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Here is mine with zx9 and zx6r swingarm. These are old photos but as you can see I had to weld in a cross-member for the mono shock mount point.

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Re: Fork upgrade on KZ1300

06 Feb 2014 19:11
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Very nice! I like to mix up old with new.

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Re: Fork upgrade on KZ1300

07 Feb 2014 15:37
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kzrider.com/forum/11-projects/478810-thr...til-winter?start=840

Just scroll thru the thread.

ZX7 front with 19" KZ wheel, it's possible to get the original 1300 wheel in later model forks. :)

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Re: Fork upgrade on KZ1300

09 Feb 2014 09:38
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problem with the 19" wheel is lack of tire support. It also depends on what your doing with your KZ1300, if you want to take corners hard then you would be better going with the 17" front.

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Re: Fork upgrade on KZ1300

09 Feb 2014 10:14
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Be careful about changing tire size or the bike's height. The stock front tire for KZ1300 is MN90-18 which is rough equivalent to 120/90-18. A 17" tire will lower the front end by roughly 1/2". The KZ1300 has a wide engine and pipes, so unless the height of front forks make up for the lower tire things will scrape more in hard cornering. Notice pipes in pic below. If bike was lower they would be hard aground. Ed

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Re: Fork upgrade on KZ1300

09 Feb 2014 11:41
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I appreciate all the input. I will probably have to sort a few things out if there is clearance issues. For my wife's sanity I kinda need to make sure I can't ride too fast. :) My last bike was a Hayabusa that I raised the rear and tuned the forks for handling. I was a bit crazy on that bike. Here's a pic for viewing pleasure. Also one pre paint and mods.

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Re: Fork upgrade on KZ1300

09 Feb 2014 11:42
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I appreciate all the input. I will probably have to sort a few things out if there is clearance issues. For my wife's sanity I kinda need to make sure I can't ride too fast. :) My last bike was a Hayabusa that I raised the rear and tuned the forks for handling. I was a bit crazy on that bike. Here's a pic for viewing pleasure.

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Re: Fork upgrade on KZ1300

11 Aug 2014 19:03
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I finally got the forks mocked up. I am using a set off of a 2001 ZX12R. So far so good! What do you all think?

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Re: Fork upgrade on KZ1300

11 Aug 2014 19:04
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Another pic with the tank on it.

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Re: Fork upgrade on KZ1300

11 Aug 2014 19:17
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Will you have enough clearance? Looks like rim is on same plane as bottom of frame.
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Re: Fork upgrade on KZ1300

11 Aug 2014 19:38
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I can see your going to need some fork extensions. cycle one off made a set for my bike.
You can see in the pic, they slide over the top of the fork tubes and into the top tree to add length.
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Re: Fork upgrade on KZ1300

11 Aug 2014 19:43
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The forks are lowered in the pics. They came off of a drag bike. I have then torn down to remove the spacers then I will get a better feel for what I need to do. I am also going to see if I can use a little bit bigger front wheel than the stock 17". That will help as well.
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