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quincyman:
Thanks guys. I did go to Kawasaki's factory web page and looked at the micro fiche for the various years. 1994 to 2002 the exact same front and rear axles and bearings are used. The 2002 front hub is the same part number as the 1994. 1993 had the smaller axles.

The triple clamps are obviously different due to fork size but the steering head bearings and shaft are identical. The front calipers on a 2002 are different from the 1994 but bolt up to the exact same mount. Front spacers are identical on the 2 years. The rear hub changed and the 2002 is narrower requiring different spacers. There was also a change of some sort with the swing arm. I suspect that the 2002 swing arm is narrower at the axle point. The swing arm mounting hardware (bearings and shaft) are identical.

It appears I cannot use the rear caliper of a 2002 on a 1994 due to the changes in the swing arm dimensions. But I am not sure about that without being able to measure the thickness of the 2002 where the axle passes through it.

It is true that the frame never changed from the early 90s on. Therefore it would be possible to totally upgrade a 1994 frame by attaching 2002 parts.

I learned all this by looking at the micro fiches. It took a while comparing the various years. Thanks for directing me back to the micro fiches. I didn't take the time to look at them in detail when I had asked these questions. It amazed me how little the bike changed when examining bearing and axle sizes.

don46:
I'm pretty sure the hubs are dimensionally the same, in 97(I think) there was a change, they added an additional bearing on the sprocket side, even though it was the same. on later models the swingarm did change, they added 2 mm spacer bolted to the inner side of the swingarm and shortened the wheel spacers by 2mm, thats what I was talking about the 22mm and 20 mm spacers. I don't think the swingarm is any narrower, it's just the 2mm spacer added to the inside. I would think the caliper would work if the guide is the same.

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