Zstar 250 engine into 2008 KFX 450r

Knbzstar · 04-15-2020, 05:46 AM

Cracked the frame on the zstar and 450r motor wont be built for a few months now!
So heres what i came up with.....

Weldangrind · 04-15-2020, 01:27 PM

I think I understand; you're putting the Zstar motor into the Kawasaki frame. Is that right?

Knbzstar · 04-17-2020, 11:30 AM

that was plan except i miscalculated the carb clearance cause kfx has fuel injection

Knbzstar · 04-17-2020, 11:31 AM

so welding the zstar frame and see if it hold up this time

Weldangrind · 04-17-2020, 12:35 PM

It'd be tough to sleeve those corners without a bender, but it's workable with some heat and patience. I've used random pulleys in a vice to bend tubing like that.

04-15-2020, 01:27 PM	#2
Weldangrind Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Sardis, BC, Canada Posts: 25,977	I think I understand; you're putting the Zstar motor into the Kawasaki frame. Is that right? __________________ Weldangrind "I figure I'm well-prepared for coping with a bike that comes from the factory with unresolved issues and that rewards the self-reliant owner." - Buccaneer
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04-17-2020, 12:35 PM	#5
Weldangrind Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Sardis, BC, Canada Posts: 25,977	It'd be tough to sleeve those corners without a bender, but it's workable with some heat and patience. I've used random pulleys in a vice to bend tubing like that. __________________ Weldangrind "I figure I'm well-prepared for coping with a bike that comes from the factory with unresolved issues and that rewards the self-reliant owner." - Buccaneer
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04-17-2020, 11:30 AM	#3
Knbzstar Join Date: Feb 2020 Posts: 4	that was plan except i miscalculated the carb clearance cause kfx has fuel injection
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04-17-2020, 11:31 AM	#4
Knbzstar Join Date: Feb 2020 Posts: 4	so welding the zstar frame and see if it hold up this time
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