75 Z1 Resto

Done.

I finally got the right shocks in, even though I should have ordered the ones with the reflectors. Does anyone know how to change those over?

Here's some final pics, the bike isn't as pristine as when it was first done since I put about 200 miles on it already. There's a link to a short video at the bottom.

Over the winter I'll replace or refurbish small items like some hardware, switches, etc. But she's done for now.

Awesome! The video really puts the icing on the cake. Was the camera mounted on top of the points cover? Interesting perspective. Congrats.

Thanks. I have the POV 1.5 cam mounted on the case guard with some zipties. There's a cable between the camera head and the recorder with an in-line mic, to prevent wind noise I wrap it with some pajama cloth. I'm going to make up a mount for the top of the tank, either suction cup or magnet mount. Gotta figure it out yet.

It looks like you had it fairly well figured out to me. The only thing wrong with that video is that there wasn't enough WOT. :woohoo:

Yeah, I know. Too much traffic, I'll get some better ones.....

I've been slowly working out the bugs, little oil leaks and tuning. I finally sourced some decent directional stems. I don't know what happened to the originals since my Pops installed a Vetter. So I found some slightly used OEM's on Ebay to keep with the light "patina" this machine has.

I'll eventually get it to an all original rider. Need: pipes, rims, paint, one mirror, NOS levers and 2 airbox clamps for it to be 99% original. With only the pipes, bars and shocks being aftermarket.

Nice video, Beautiful bike!

awesome restoration, great video

Here's some updated pics. Switch blocks restored, ZRX shocks, etc.







Soda blasted the engine




ZRX shocks

sweet....