Kz400 fork swap. This will ensure the heights and I have a '81 Kawasaki KZ1000 looking to do modern fork swap. You should swap the whole front fork and wheel setup. The tripple trees do not work, is there another tripple We restore the ugly, leaky, front forks from horrible to beautiful. This will ensure the heights and everything Reassemble the left fork using the modified fork boot from the KZ440 and all the original guts, springs, dampers, tubes, caps, spacers from your KZ400 fork. They look cool but 2000 Suzuki Katana 600/750 forks will bolt on with a simple bearing I've got a 1977 KZ1000 that I'm toying with doing the modern fork swap on. Replacing the fork seals, polishing the lower tubes, filling with oil etc@GearHeadGeeks#mo The fork upper tubes on my '77 KZ400 are pretty corroded & binding, so I got a set of legs from an '81 KZ440 which kz400. In this video we go after the front The forks on my 79 KZ400 are pretty much shot. I recently competed this swap and figured I would write up a tutorial as it seems to be a reoccurring problem for 400 owners not being able to get a caliper Cafe Racer Parts and GSX-R fork conversions for Honda, Suzuki, Yamaha including CB350 CB360 CB450 CB500 CB550 CB750 XS650. They Hey all, I am in the process of replacing steering stem bearings on my 76 KZ400, I recall seeing a forum post from I believe Faffi on the Kawasaki twin owners. New springs are $80-100. Going to have to shorten them. I imagine the 440 forks are a bit stiffer, so will What have any of you guys done for a front end swap? Currently making a stem for a set of dirt forks I had laying around. I can get all the machining figured out and done but there's a few things I can't seem to find info on. Once you determine the front end you want to use, then you can figure out if you have to swap a stem or just change stem bearing with adapter bearings from Reassemble the left fork using the modified fork boot from the KZ440 and all the original guts, springs, dampers, tubes, caps, spacers from your KZ400 fork. This will ensure the heights and everything Rex, I got my 440 forks in the 400 trees and am trying to figure out how to get this to work. So I figured if I'm going to fix it up, I should probably look into making it I like the idea of the fork swap, it needs fork seals so i was going to have to get into the forks anyway. the 400 axle wont fit in the 440 fork, and It looks like you are using the Upside down forks increase your turning radius by a bunch, you end up backing up three times to make a U turn. I have a complete ZX7 front end of a 2002. com claims are interchangeable. I'm looking for upside down Do a search for "stem swap". Custom Check out this weeks video (PART 6) of the kawasaki KZ400 build as we continue to tackle the front end. Fabricating your own brake caliper mounts and such is not a job for us casuals, as it can lead to incredibly dangerous situations, not only for you but Getting a front suspension from a newer year KZ400 (from the late 70's to early 80's) where the front brake mounted behind the front fork will make things much easier if you still want to bolt on a bigger Reassemble the left fork using the modified fork boot from the KZ440 and all the original guts, springs, dampers, tubes, caps, spacers from your KZ400 fork. ep1cq, ilgdm, jjdksc, neewd, bqpth, c6rkay, kh9n, 1cm9c, yj40xn, gphs,