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The Friendship Bike - NobleHops restores a 75 Z1

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17 Oct 2015 11:06 #694908 by NobleHops
Yoicks, I found that the large fork is aftermarket only, or eBay, so I popped for the aftermarket part from Z1enterprises.com. Partzilla had the two identical forks, so that's ordered too. Going to speak to the machinist before ordering the guides, just to be safe.

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17 Oct 2015 11:45 #694911 by NobleHops
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z1kzonly wrote: Nils, will you adopt me? I will live in that garage! :laugh: :laugh:
Nice shop!


Let me try this again.

Thank you very much. This shop is my dream come true. This is what it looked like on May 1.

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And this is pretty current, although there is another room on the other side of the double doors with the compressor, buffer, and soon a paint booth.

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17 Oct 2015 12:02 #694914 by SWest
Be sure he doesn't take any meat he doesn't have to. The KZ 1000's have beefier large forks. You may need oversize guides. APE has them.
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17 Oct 2015 12:22 #694916 by NobleHops

swest wrote: Be sure he doesn't take any meat he doesn't have to. The KZ 1000's have beefier large forks. You may need oversize guides. APE has them.
Steve


Gotcha, thanks as usual.

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17 Oct 2015 20:06 - 17 Oct 2015 20:10 #695002 by NobleHops
So this afternoon I managed to get a few hours at the shop and so I finished cleaning the engine components with the vapor blaster in preparation for the machine work. What a difference.

Upper crankcase:

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Lower crankcase:

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Cylinder head:

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Cylinders:

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Stuff:

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And with that, I am pooped. More next week as things start to go back together.

N.

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19 Oct 2015 11:56 #695232 by NobleHops
This just followed me home today. On my trailer :-)


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So now I can have a Z1 two (sic). :-)

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19 Oct 2015 12:15 #695241 by SWest
The more you work on these bikes, the more you like them. Too bad Kawasaki decided to cut corners on the other small fours. Too reliable I guess. :whistle:
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19 Oct 2015 12:48 - 19 Oct 2015 12:49 #695246 by NobleHops

swest wrote: The more you work on these bikes, the more you like them. Too bad Kawasaki decided to cut corners on the other small fours. Too reliable I guess. :whistle:
Steve


I really DO like them - a lot. They are built like tanks in some ways the Hondas are not, are simpler than the Hondas in some ways I appreciate (the shifter comes to mind). I like the ball bearing crank, although bearing maintenance is a PITA. I like the cam chain tensioner system - but not the fragile rubber rollers on it.

Really, I have enjoyed working on the Friendship Bike, a lot, and this one will be that much easier to do of course. I think this one may stick around in my own stable for a while when I finally get to it :-). There's a CB750 and a CBX queued up too :-).

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19 Oct 2015 13:05 #695248 by SWest
Get the liska cam chain rollers. They'll out last the build. Half the price of the OEM's.
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19 Oct 2015 13:52 #695256 by NobleHops
Tooooo late. Next build.

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19 Oct 2015 16:40 #695276 by Kidkawie
Nice pick up on the new bike! Looks unmolested.

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19 Oct 2015 17:46 #695287 by NobleHops
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Kidkawie wrote: Nice pick up on the new bike! Looks unmolested.


Great choice of words, I think I may have said the very same thing, verbatim! Yes, it's rough, but it is actually all there. Not sure how quickly I will be able to get into this one, but I am glad to have it. Thanks Kid.

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