ZXR400/600

Here's a chance to show off your zxr400, so get them digital cameras out and show us some piccies.Rebuilding your bike or modding it then let everyone in on it.

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Re: ZXR400/600

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left top mount relocated further back
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right top mount relocated further back
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sorry this one's hard to see anything in
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gives a better idea of where the rear mounts are
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coil brackets and tank brackets removed, plus two threaded inserts behind the headstock to take new tank mounting bracket
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left front mount complete with CNC'd other .. um bit ..
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right hand side modification so that you can get to the new top rear mount with a socket
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probably not essential.

hope that gives you some idea ..
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Re: ZXR400/600

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Cheers! I was hopping to make a bracket that will fit onto the standard mounts, are they the standard mounts just moved back?
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Re: ZXR400/600

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yeh, the original mounts have been hacked off, re-shaped and remounted in the correct place..

rear mounts are all new too, dont have a stock L frame here to compare dimensions, but they are different.

i guess the rear mounts were done first then the engine was bolted to them which gave the position for the fronts..

been looking at the H frames i've got though, and i reckon it'd be an easier job to convert an H, mainly because the front mounts only bolt to the ally frame anyway. but there is the crossmember on the H which may be in the way.

this is another 4/6 i found a pic of, mounts look way better than mine

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but, seems the engine in that is further forward, there's no way in hell the sprocket cover will fit on mine, and i reckon there's already too much weight on the front. so god knows what that one rides like. also, notice how close the rad is to the front wheel ? and how the titchy rear sprocket brings the chain runs a bit close to the swingarm ? only way round that is bigger sprockets front and rear. fortunately 520 front sprockets are readily available for the 6r lump, so you can run those, plus 520 chain and stock zxr400 sprockets at the back, and renthal go from 38-52 (?) rear and 14-17 (?) front.. for mine i think 16/42 is about right, but it depends on exactly where your drive sprocket ends up being located, and what state of tune the lumps in.

Brian from AMS put an 'F lump in an H a number of years back, and is still working on the 636'd L, he may be worth a call when you get nearer to starting.
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Re: ZXR400/600

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zimm, is that lucys zxr4/6?
Don't forget people there is more to the zxr400 than this forum... check out www.zxrworld.co.uk also.
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Re: ZXR400/600

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could be, its just a pic i found .. rings a bell though.

assuming it is do you know anything much about it ?
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Re: ZXR400/600

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think it is mate, same frame covers http://zxrworld.co.uk/zxr400oc/viewtopi ... &sk=t&sd=a
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Re: ZXR400/600

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That looks liek the 636 engine to me, could use diffrent mounts?

So the H's mounts bolt onto the frame? Would make it a toad load easyer to mount that
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Re: ZXR400/600

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the engines are externally the same all the way through to the first 636's .. J model ? its just the FI, airboxes, and loom that will make a difference for this kinda thing.

and yeh, the H front mounts are a casting that bolts both to the engine, and to two lugs on the bottom of the frame spars, so in theory, you just replace the casting with a machined bracket that reaches back to the mounts on the 600 lump instead of forward and down to the 400. Also means the frame is stressed at the same point as intended (albeit in a different direction) which has to be a good thing.

cant promise there's room for airboxes/carbs and wotnot .. its been done, but how much nibbling was involved i dont know.
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Re: ZXR400/600

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masterofinsanity wrote:think it is mate, same frame covers http://zxrworld.co.uk/zxr400oc/viewtopi ... &sk=t&sd=a

yeh, thats the badger, i didnt save the other pics as they didnt show the conversion. I already had this one at the time, or i'd have bought it.
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Re: ZXR400/600

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minor progress,

stripped, cleaned, repainted and re-assembled the rear suspension linkages, + fitted new bushes/sleeves to the "dog-bones" as mine were fubar

then got a bit carried away doing some shopping,

woodcraft 50mm clipons
renthal race grips
42th renthal sprocket
quick release fuel coupling
some stainless fasteners
zx6r clocks (to nick the tacho out of)

just waiting on a rear shock and i can build up the whole chassis, start thinking about bodywork, sort out the loom and build/install the engine !
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Re: ZXR400/600

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well, the clocks arent quite what i was hoping for, but some careful prising n dremeling should get the 600 internals into the 400 clocks

trying to work out how to attach the rear light/numberplate/indicator gubbins without the rear half of the subframe.. anyone got any idea's ?
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Re: ZXR400/600

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zimm wrote:
this is another 4/6 i found a pic of, mounts look way better than mine

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Re: ZXR400/600

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lol

if you like that just wait till mine's finished, your head'll fall off !

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Re: ZXR400/600

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some shiny bits have arrived ..

cnc'd titanium disc bolts ..

i got them for cosmetic reasons, (all mine look manky) but f*** me ! they aint half light, all 10 ti ones weigh less than two OE bolts ..

42th renthal sprocket to hopefully get the gearing somewhere near

woodcraft CNC'd clipons .. same angle as stock, but adjustable length, lighter (lots) and basically lovely.
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Re: ZXR400/600

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couple of crappy pics showing the clipons zx6r switchgear and renthal race grips all fitted up,

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ZX6r innards nestling away inside zxr400L clocks..
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clean shock :)
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