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I'm building an '84 Gpz750 with my 15yo that will be his when he's a Senior in H.S. The deal is he has to keep a 3.0 or better at all times and play a sport and quit pestering his younger brothers. He currently has a 3.4 gpa and plays water polo, so we've started work on it.
Here's what we started with, an '84 Gpz750 roller.
It was free and it came with a title... can't beat that. A friend made off with the stock Gpz suspension so I was left with just a frame. We shortened the tail to make a solo section out of it.. (so I won't have to worry about all the girls wanting rides.. LOL)
I picked up a set of '00 ZX7 forks and clamps for very cheap, and had a stem made to adapt the Gpz stem to the ZX7 clamps.
The rear suspension was a freebie, '99 GSXR 1000 swing arm, wheel, axle, caliper and brake arm. All I need is one wheel spacer, rotor and spacers for the SA to mate up to the wider Gpz frame.
The shock that will be used is still unknown at this point, once a tire is on the rear wheel I can set the ride height and figure the length of the shock and start looking around. It just may end up a Tmod Franken-Shock
The engine is an '82 Gpz750... supposedly it has a holed piston but I'm in no hurry to make it run. So once the shock is sorted he will learn how to tear down an engine, bag parts and take notes on what he's doing.. The bottom end will go in the frame so we can figure the off set of the sprockets to sort that out. Good thing I produce custom sprockets eh?
Here is what we have so far...
Here's what we started with, an '84 Gpz750 roller.
It was free and it came with a title... can't beat that. A friend made off with the stock Gpz suspension so I was left with just a frame. We shortened the tail to make a solo section out of it.. (so I won't have to worry about all the girls wanting rides.. LOL)
I picked up a set of '00 ZX7 forks and clamps for very cheap, and had a stem made to adapt the Gpz stem to the ZX7 clamps.
The rear suspension was a freebie, '99 GSXR 1000 swing arm, wheel, axle, caliper and brake arm. All I need is one wheel spacer, rotor and spacers for the SA to mate up to the wider Gpz frame.
The shock that will be used is still unknown at this point, once a tire is on the rear wheel I can set the ride height and figure the length of the shock and start looking around. It just may end up a Tmod Franken-Shock
The engine is an '82 Gpz750... supposedly it has a holed piston but I'm in no hurry to make it run. So once the shock is sorted he will learn how to tear down an engine, bag parts and take notes on what he's doing.. The bottom end will go in the frame so we can figure the off set of the sprockets to sort that out. Good thing I produce custom sprockets eh?
Here is what we have so far...
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