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Gday

I have been long time looker on this forum You brits do the most awsome builds! I bough myself a kz900 from the states about 6 months ago been cleaning it up, sprad panels tank etc, slowly working through some dodgy maintenance. thats another story.

This build appeals to the style i am after, does any one know if this is a metmachex swingarm?? i have been looking on the net and can't find much info or pictures for z900. I like the small brace, and want to fit a 160 tyre on 4.00 - 4.5 rims any one know if this is possible? How to people stabilise the drum brake?

http://www.z1ownersclub.co.uk/forum/vie ... &start=105

Any help is appreciated cheers Jason

It could well be. I have a low brace Metmachex that looks like that for my Z650. The main difference being that my adjuster centre is black and not gold.I would add a photo, but neither the bike nor the arm are at home at the moment.

I dont think there are too many low brace arms about, almost all the one's I see are deep brace.

Thanks Charlie

What size wheel you running? Drum brakes?

No mine is a disc rear. The only difference in swingarm though is one has a torque arm fixing on the top (disc type) and one on the bottom. It's easy to swap em over if you can access a welder.

I am on stock size 120/90 x 18 rear at the moment but I do want to go to 17" front and rear.

I have just too many other jobs going at the moment to add another to the list. It may have to wait until winter to do that. I am undecided which way to go. the easy way would be to get some spoked hubs and build into 17" Supermoto type rims....but I prefer alloys and I need to check front clearances anyway to find out if I can run a 110/70 or a 120/60 or 70x 17 front with stock forks or if I need to change those as well.....hence the job being on hold probably until winter.

Think its a JMC as far as Im aware metachex adjusters are different.

Did Davida do that type as well

samspoons wrote:Did Davida do that type as well

Thats what i thought it was...i could be wrong though.

the way the eccentric adjusters are secured it does look like a davida but i cannot see any wheel spindle or wheel nut so how is the wheel secured ?

z1bman wrote:the way the eccentric adjusters are secured it does look like a davida but i cannot see any wheel spindle or wheel nut so how is the wheel secured ?

Caphead bolts are countersunk into the eccentrics.

Never heard of Davida. I assume this is past tense as looking at their website they sell clothing?

Anyone have any ideas on the metchmex

thanks for the comments

This any good to you Jason

http://www.metmachex.net/p0_0_0.htm

its a metamex... bgb has one hes taking out off a mk 11

They are all much of a muchness anyway. Metmachex, JMC. etc

Davida's tend to be a bit more rare and I haven't seen a braced aluminium coloured one, only black - but that's not to say they never existed.

thanks for replies

O have looked at the Mechamex site on and off for many years was looking at one for my YPVS 350 a while ago. There is little info on the site and the z1000 picture is heavy braced. i have emailed them waiting on reply. There is little info on the site such as dimensions? does it use needle bearings? can it fit a 160 tyre? do you use standard wheel spacers? If it is the one in the thread then that would answer a few of these Qs.

There is also http://www.win-pmc.com/draft/sa.html but think mechas a little nicer.

metamex take up to a 160 tyre max