Gpz / zx

[John Soliday]

Thanks for the advice.  You may not recall that I sold my 88 ZX10 when I got
the GPZ.  I'll save your email and we may talk more as the snow flies. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Colin Fera [mailto:colin.fera at gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 8:32 PM
To: John Soliday
Cc: Steve Northrop; gpzlist at micapeak.com
Subject: Re: Gpz / zx

5 pounds lighter, I could take a picture side by side on the fish scale to
prove it.

If you intend to build a drag bike, go for a gsxr 750 SRAD arm, this one can
be made to fit just about anything without machining, is lighter than the
zx11 arm, and can be extended with bolt on swing arm extenders.

The zzr1200 arm is compatible with the zx11 arm (bolts in place) is lighter,
and is easy to come by.

A friend of mine has been running and ebay store selling oem bike parts,
that has given me the opertunity to compare many parts side by side.

I originaly had a zx10 (early zx10) arm, which is bolt on for the GPZ,  but
have changed to a zx11 arm because I got it for free and its in better shape
than the zx10 arm was.

On 8/8/07, John Soliday <johnsoliday at msn.com> wrote:
> So what is it group, lighter or heavier.  I'm thinking about building 
> a GPZ based dragbike this winter to keep busy.
>
> John
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Colin Fera [mailto:colin.fera at gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 6:45 PM
> To: Steve Northrop
> Cc: gpzlist at micapeak.com
> Subject: Re: Gpz / zx
>
> The zx11D arm is about 5 pounds lighter than the GPZ arm in the same 
> configuration (no axle, no bearings, have chain adjusters), on my 
> digital fish scale.
>
> back to lurking......
>
>
>
> On 8/6/07, Steve Northrop <blackgpz at rochester.rr.com> wrote:
> > I came to the same conclusion with the ZX11 swingarm. The pivot 
> > needs to be machined to make it fit. However, when I weighed the 
> > aluminum
> > ZX11 swingarm and compared it to the steel GPZ swingarm, the ZX11 
> > swingarm actually weighed more! That is why I chose to fit just the
> > ZX11 rear wheel to the stock GPZ swingarm. The 5 1/2" wide wheel is 
> > all I really wanted anyway. As for fitting a ZX11 front end, they 
> > are still old technology damper rod forks, not really an improvement 
> > over the GPZ forks for a lot of work and money. Graft on some 
> > cartridge forks at a minimum or some USD forks to make it worth the
effort.
> >
> > Steve in Western NY
> > '96 GPZ1100
> > '02 Daytona 955i
> > "You Can't Fix Stupid", Ron White
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Stephen Hampson" <shampson at beeb.net>
> > To: <gpzlist at micapeak.com>
> > Sent: Monday, August 06, 2007 1:29 PM
> > Subject: RE: Gpz / zx
> >
> >
> > >I think Steve Northrop has done the swing mod. Don't know of any 
> > >front end  mods though.
> > > I email the seller heres his replies;
> > >
> > > Re the swingarm.
> > > Hi steve yes have put a zzr1100d rear end on. You need to machine 
> > > the pivot by a couple of mm. make surer if you have it done they 
> > > machine they do it equally .
> > > Many Thanks Geoff
> > >
> > > Hi Steve, one thing for got to mention is you will have to get a 
> > > block made up for the anchor arm for the rear caliper.
> > > Many thanks Geoff
> > >
> > >
> > > Re the forks.
> > > Hi Steve, only machining to be done was the stem needs the threads 
> > > exstending. Make sure you get a c model as the stems are the same 
> > > diameter d models have thicker stems might be too thick?. I 
> > > brought a complete front wheel,axle as they are drifferent from
gpz1100.
> > > Many Thanks Geoff
> > >
> > >
> > > Steve
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: John Soliday [mailto:johnsoliday at msn.com]
> > > Sent: 05 August 2007 14:16
> > > To: 'Stephen Hampson'; gpzlist at micapeak.com
> > > Subject: RE: Gpz / zx
> > >
> > > Has anybody on the list done this total modification?  Just 
> > > curious as it seems like it would be almost a bolt-on and wonder 
> > > how it feels on the bike.
> > >
> > > John
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Stephen Hampson [mailto:shampson at beeb.net]
> > > Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2007 2:32 AM
> > > To: gpzlist at micapeak.com
> > > Subject: Gpz / zx
> > >
> > > A Gpz on ebay with zx11 front and rear ends.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem
> > > <http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180145915191
> > > &s
> > > sPageNam e=ADME:B:SS:UK:1>
> > > &item=180145915191&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:UK:1
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Steve
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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