lowering links or lowering a GPZ

Charles Scappaticci scapco at ecentral.com
Wed Apr 7 16:00:49 PDT 2010


You'd have to ask Steve Northrop who has done the conversion.  I
understand it involves some machining.

Charles S.

On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 4:42 PM, Randy noneofyourbusiness
<tuner_delorean at yahoo.com> wrote:
> bummer.........
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> what kind of work is required?  since I have a parts zx11 sitting outside with decent wheels, & nearly new rear tire. I had planned to do a look see when GPZ wore down.
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> I used to love the 2 sets of wheel & tire combo, so I always had a set of fairly fresh tires for when I got an urge to do a trip even if spur of the moment. I would run 1 set till worn & have a good set, & swap back & forth as needed to wear both out. but always have 1 set new or nearly new & I used to ride up to 40,000 miles a year. normally 20,000 to 25,000 miles, & only under 15,000 when had too many bike problems.
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> from reading I saw where people were using the ZX9 wheels on the ZX11 for reduced weight? how about them for the GPZ?
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> but a good interchange reference woiuld be great, what fits or can be made to fit or worked with.
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> Later,
> Randy
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> --- On Wed, 4/7/10, Charles Scappaticci <scapco at ecentral.com> wrote:
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> From: Charles Scappaticci <scapco at ecentral.com>
> Subject: Re: lowering links or lowering a GPZ
> To: "GPZ List" <gpzlist at micapeak.com>
> Date: Wednesday, April 7, 2010, 5:34 PM
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> The ZX-11 rim is wider and not interchangeable without some hard work.
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> Charles S.
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> On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 3:06 PM, John Soliday <johnsoliday at msn.com> wrote:
>> I see quite a few ZX11 rims on ebay, does anybody know if they are the same
>> size?  P/N on bike bandit is different but that could be color or finish.
>> Also, has anyone compiled a list of differences between the GPZ1100 and the
>> ZX11 and kind of swap guide?
>>
>> John (Charles the snow if gone up here, I'm off to the post office on the
>> GPZ!)
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: gpzlist-bounces at micapeak.com [mailto:gpzlist-bounces at micapeak.com] On
>> Behalf Of Charles Scappaticci
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 11:58 AM
>> To: GPZ List
>> Subject: Re: lowering links or lowering a GPZ
>>
>> That's the advantage of having two sets of rims.
>>
>> Charles S.
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>> On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 11:22 AM, John Soliday <johnsoliday at msn.com> wrote:
>>> http://www.grandprixmotorsports.com/
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>>> Here's the link, says the mount while you wait.  I'll have to remember
>> them
>>> for next time as I can't drive all the way into Denver to drop off my
>> bike.
>>>
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