same bike old thread, restore time

I'll start over. I have an older post about this 75 i picked a few years ago. As usual it was Americanized and retired to the shed. It took me few years to buy this bike and was finally able to drag it home (great story ). In the previous post after i got it running it is one of the better running Z1's I have owned, so it was shoved in the corner , waiting.
I don;t have heat, and my garage is primitive, so with the unseasonably warm weather the 75 is in the "restore" spot.
The last couple days, I wrenched. First thing I do is swing arm and this one was bad, completely froze up. Today was install new bushings. It took awhile to get the old old ones without heat,torch , I am not repainting the frame or swing arm. I hate spray paint and powdercoat and this original paint on the frame is nice.

Here we go, this is how I got the bike




This is 2014 getting it on the road again after a 20 year hibernation

Today , swing arm bushings

I picked some crappy pipes off fleabay and they cleaned up nice , not sure i will use them on this bike tho





I soaked them in apple cider vinegar and scrubbed them with aluminum foil they actually look good

Nice! Ed

Greg, you have too much time and too much money :laugh:
Insulate and heat that garage!

z1kzonly wrote: Greg, you have too much time and too much money :laugh:
Insulate and heat that garage!

Garage is insulated and I just picked up a nice older never used with paperwork down draft gas furnace for $10,yes $10 at a estate auction plus the A coil for AC. I'll scrap the a coil

I miss those old pipes.
Steve

The goods

complete set of polished engine case covers




And all the hardware that was re zinked




The Rooster and i are going to have fun with this z

It's a party. :woohoo:
Steve

Been a few months but I have been wrenchin \

Not my best work , I'm a little burned out

Bookends
I was going have chepo black paint job but considering a repo blue body set

Forget doing a crappy black paint job; your bike is far too nice for that. It will look GREAT with a stock paint job or body set. Ed