Recent content by JFarhanbod

Still riding this thing around. A crazy amount of stuff has happened to this thing since I last posted in here. Next big milestone is going to be boring the motor to 615cc

First time working on it since last week. Played some Tetris and got her to crank. Gonna work on her all tomorrow and hopefully get it running

Thanks! The motor is actually original, just wiped the dust off of it!

Here's my bike! This is my first bike and first build. I'm really big into the vintage BMW scene though. If anyones interested, I'll sneak a few pics of those projects. This thing was pretty thrashed when I picked it up. The "owner" said he never rode it and it sat for a couple years. I figured...

Do ya have a complete kit for an 84 gpz550?

Yep I checked over there but there's nothing for the 550s. According to some people over there, their swingarms are 9 1/4 while mine looks to be 9 1/16.

some quick measurements from mine, and just in case someone in the future is looking, the gpz550 swing arm is 9 inches without the dust caps and 9 1/16 with the dust caps on which is 230mm. Would I just have to find something that 230mm also and it should work? Also how do you figure out the...

I posted this on kzr but that forum seems kind of dead so I figured Ill throw it here too. I cant seem to find any info on swingarm swaps for a gpz550. Does anyone know what would work? The bike is already monoshocked too so if I can use the existing points it would be great. From looking at...

I'm also looking for a hoop for my bike, its 8.5 center to center or 9.5 outer to outer. Its an 84 gpz550. Would the 9" hoop look really messed up if pulled .5 inches?

Front End Swap Questions Any ideas on how to go about making those?

Ahhh I wrote up a big post but it got deleted. Oh well. I ordered the bearings, came out to 60 for the top in bottom which aint bad. Cool that it comes with the spacers too, makes it plug n play. How important are the steering stops? I dont really have any welding skills so I dont think I can...

Front End Swap Questions Yep! I'm gonna do the bearings for the peace of mind. It sucks that it's 60 bucks but that's better than doing it twice

Thanks for all the help BTW :)

Ahh crap no races but the ones on the gpz frame are the same OD. Either way I'll probably order some new bearings just for the peace of mind. The weights between the 2 bikes are similar so spring rate should be ok (hopefully) I sorta accepted that it gonna be lower like 4 inches but the front...

Do I need conversion bearings if I'm using all the gsxr front end parts though? Or do I have the wrong idea on how the swap works?