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hey zed1015,thanks for the description and the pics.do you have a milling attachment for your lathe?i saw that you said suitably jigged but didn't know if you just used some homebuilt jigs or a milling attachment.
i have noticed that oxy/acet welding is popular with many folks from britain,which can be as strong and nice as tig welding.many planes fly on ox/ac welded air frames.
here is my old leblond,it has built some bike parts as well.


leon holmes

here is my lil mill,


leon holmes

Hi. Got loads more pic's of the build on the uk Z1OC site, There's too many to copy so Click here to view

do you have to join to see the pics?

leon holmes

Like OMR has said 2 times already - fire that thing up, rev it up , and give us some video.

If you can build a hell of a machine like that you have got to be able to give us a video.

Well Done Mate.. now have a couple of drinks. (get it down your neck) to celebrate a fantastic build.

Very impressive work and a fine example of why Kawasaki should reissue a modern version of the old school bikes.

Hats off to you.

KR

531blackbanshee wrote:

do you have to join to see the pics?

leon holmes

No. Shouldn't have to. Clicking the link should take you straight to the thread. Only need to join if you need to post replys etc.

As for video, I'm only on dial up so not possible from here. Will sort that out when i fully complete the build.

I just skimmed through the 17 pages with my jaw agape. Holy shnikeys. Bee-ee-aye-utiful. Troy341

Fantastic bike!

zed1015 wrote:

Hi, Everyone. Thought i'd post on here seeing as my zed has a US Drouin supercharger fitted.
Nothing much left of the std machine and ALL my own work.
Body work is being painted and should be done this week.
Fired it up for the first time yesterday and it went on the fourth prod on the kicker which was a suprise (Sounds like a monster and revs like a stroker so should be fun)
Anyone else got one of these Drouins as i'm told they are pretty rare.

Hi Zed - I feel like we are brothers in a way I too have a blower bike that I have just posted under the "Projects" category listed as "Supercharged - injected Z1R" that you might be interested in.

kzrider.com/index.php?option=com_kunena&...w&catid=11&id=311740

I too started out with a Drouin blower in 1979-80 but got ripped off badly by Tom Drouin. Just about everybody who ever dealt with the guy did. Took the money - then never delivered the parts. I understand that the guy was sued off the planet and hammered by the postal inspectors. Consider yourself to be one of only a lucky handful of people who actually got a full kit together. I ended up going with the Magnuson blower and Hilborn injector because of my problems with Drouin.

Congratulations on a spectacular bike !! Looks (and I bet runs) fabulous !!!

Keep up the great work and keep those pictures comin my supercharged brother !!!

Pip pip - tally ho - off to get some tea and scones now

TTFN

Zippy

zippy wrote:

Hi Zed - I feel like we are brothers in a way I too have a blower bike that I have just posted under the "Projects" category listed as "Supercharged - injected Z1R" that you might be interested in.

Hi,Zippy.Thanks for the compliments. Yeah! i've already seen your bike before on this site (Very nice - always liked the Z1R's) and been in touch with 'supercharged' who has the other Drouin and has given me the answers to one or two questions. Think mine has seen action on a drag bike and was in well used and chopped about condition when i got it, Needed every thread helicoiling and a few mod's to get it useable.Fueling is pretty basic with a Keihin 42mm pumper carb and will find out if it needs something more adjustable once i've given it a ride. Would be nice to track down some spares or enough parts to build another Drouin,sure the bits are out there somewhere?.

zed1015,thanks for the reply.i will check it out from the house,i am just getting red x's on everything from work.

leon holmes

Sweet stuff!!!

I would also love to HEAR the sound coming from these engines!! Please!