Found a Kawasaki frame

[sharky]

I'm looking for a donor frame...something that can take a Zzr600 motor.
Ideal would be a Zxr400....Other possibilities are late..2003ish Zx6r or even Zx636...these weigh in at 165kg dry...the cbr400 was 161kg so pretty close.
Open to ideas if anyone has any intelligent ones.....Bugger what am I saying...on this site.... [:p]<s></s>

[sharky]

Got a result today...picking up a slightly damaged zx636 frame friday for $50 :D....well slightly as in the headstock has nearly split from the frame rails....G-cramp and 5 minutes with the welder...good as new [:0].At that price if the prototype doesn't work then it can just go to the scrappy...
Checked out a 636 today and they are real light...and the rear engine mounts look like they match up to the zzr6.
Plan is to fit the motor and stock zzr gear but dropping the forks to 636 USD length and lowering the back end...
Dry the 636 weighs in at 165kg stock...the zzr6 is 195kg...so thats 2/3rds of her body weight less.
If all goes well I will be parting out the zzr bits and on the lookout for nice light modern gear.

[sharky]

Got this today....should be interwesting...
http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/75849733226217.jpg

http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/75849733235496.jpg

Its around 3-4kg lighter than the zzr frame so thats a start...and the headstock to 'rear of tank' is about 100mm less.
I'm going to pull the zzr motor out so we can see if its the bike that is too big or just too heavy for her.
If its too heavy I'm thinkin I will attack the zzr...start again with just the frame and motor...would be easier as its still rego'd etc.
If its still too big without the motor then I'll pull the frame roughly straight and do a rolling chassis based around the 636/cbr400 measurements.

[JackTar]

For someone who hates kwaka'a so much you sure do take a keen interest in them and buy a lot of them Russ :)

[sharky]

Well...there 2nd place to Yam's...but way above suki's & h***a's[xx(]