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Fork identification ?
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 10:36 am
Author: sparky650
Hello all, ill be needing to replace my fork seals on my z650 but i was told the forks on mine were changed to z750's ? Ive been looking at z750 forks and they dont seem to look like the ones ive got on mine. They look more like GPZ forks ?
Any ideas as to what bike they are from ?
Cheers.
Fork identification
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:46 am
Author: Mark Stratton
Sparky
the forks look definitly like GPZ because of the anti dive units however I'm not sure that these are 750 because the the type of spindle. I have a set of GPZ750A1 forks and the spindle is not like that one. Perhaps they could be GPZ550.
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:06 pm
Author: sparky650
Cheers mark, all i really need to know is what size fork seals to order and what grade of oil i should use
Its a bit baffling , ive got some 43mm fork seals for a z750 cos i was told thats what they were of but as i suspected these are not z750 forks
Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 5:44 pm
Author: sparky650
All sorted
i took the bike down to the kwak shop and there nearly 100 % sure they are off a gpz550 although they did say that all the gpz550 forks were originaly black and these do look like they have been polished .
Cheers.
Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 9:05 am
Author: sparky650
Bad news
..i was told wrong by mr kawasaki !!! These forks are off a gpz750 not a gpz 550 !
Now all i need is the correct cc's to put into each fork leg ? Could anyone help on this or should i risk going to mr kawasaki again
Any help appreciated
Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 1:44 pm
Author: Mark Stratton
Sparky
According to my genuine Kawasaki manual the GPZ750a1 takes 248.5ml of SAE10W oil. Oil level 185mm (compressed).
If you need any further info I could probably scan the manual and send via e-mail.
Mark
Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 8:38 pm
Author: sparky650
Cheers mark, thats the info i needed