Galaxian's KZ1000 project
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The forks are 96 ZX7R and the front wheel is from a ZX9. THe clearance of the pipes is truely a concern but in that pic its even more deceiving in that the driveway is sloped so the bike is closer to the ground then if it were sitting on flat land. I am going to make some new pipes but this was in the garage at the time.
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Wow..... awsome 
:-* ;D 
makes me go all funny
:-* ;D makes me go all funny 
Swagger
Putting boot to ass since 1967!
Regarding your exhaust......
It appears that there's a typical cloverleaf, four tube collector right under the engine. Eliminating that may take care of the worst of your clearance problems. Take it to your fabricator (unless it's you...) and have the collector repositioned in the open gap under the swing arm pivot. Turn it 90* and then route to your muffler of choice. The longer primaries will only help to broaden the powerband of that brute too so double goodness!
Great bike!
It appears that there's a typical cloverleaf, four tube collector right under the engine. Eliminating that may take care of the worst of your clearance problems. Take it to your fabricator (unless it's you...) and have the collector repositioned in the open gap under the swing arm pivot. Turn it 90* and then route to your muffler of choice. The longer primaries will only help to broaden the powerband of that brute too so double goodness!
Great bike!
Swagger
Putting boot to ass since 1967!
What kind of swingarm is that? Did you fab it up or is that from something else?
In the short term, unless it'll make the bike twitchy....though looking at the rake on the front I doubt it, you could swing those chain adjuster eccentrics so that the rear axle is on the bottom...that'll raise the rear of the bike a bit and perhaps give a smidge more clearance untill you can come to a good solution.
Since it appears that nobod yhas asked yet....how's it ride?
In the short term, unless it'll make the bike twitchy....though looking at the rake on the front I doubt it, you could swing those chain adjuster eccentrics so that the rear axle is on the bottom...that'll raise the rear of the bike a bit and perhaps give a smidge more clearance untill you can come to a good solution.
Since it appears that nobod yhas asked yet....how's it ride?
galaxian said:
Ya, my bike has a '04 ZX10R front end on it. It must be a little longer than the ZX7 that you have. I haven't had an issue there.
It really does transform the handling of the bike, doesn't it?! Not to mention the added stopping power!!
My frame has been raked and braced as per the old Superbike specs back in the 80's. With all the mods and upgrades, she stops, turns and handles like a dream!
The only thing I'd love now is more HP and a retro paint scheme like yours! 8)
Regarding the clearance issues you have. You could also go with a 4 into 2, into 1 design with the header. This would eliminate the bulky 4 pipe collector.
In any case, enjoy it! It's a cool ride! 8)
Originally i was using the 96 triples that came with the front end that i bought. But i stripped one of the bolts and ended up maching a 95 upper triple to fit the 96-03 front end. Using all Kawasaki parts really hindered this build, i think in the future for the next project i am going to use GSXR parts since they are abundant and cheap but mostly abundant. Actually early gsxr stuff especially the air/oil cooled front ends are very close to the Kawasaki ones so i suspect there is less to do. But its the rear ends from early Suzukis that really shine. Since early suzuki frames are basically have the same dimensions at the swingarm pivot as the kawasaki so you could just bolt entire rear ends in to your bike. Just my .00000000000002 cents worth or opinion. 