Restoring a 1981 Z1000J1 in Australia

Hello from the Redlands in Queensland Australia, back in 1982 I bought a brand new Candy Cobalt Blue Z1000J2, rode it until the wheels fell off...
Fast fwd 42 years and I've bought an 81 J1 that needs some work to bring it back to life, the plan is to get it painted in Candy Cobalt Blue (I know the J1 didn't come in that colour but hey who'll know) and original as possible, seat is being recovered in OEM pattern, IKON replica shocks are ordered, the best I could do for exhausts was the Delkevic Megaphone in Stainless (at least from one side it will kinda look close to original)
Would love to source an original Grab Bar, Doremi did do a replica but has been discontinued...
The things I'm going to need help with are the Speedo and Tacho, all the dial screws have come out and are floating around and the damper rings have basically disintegrated, the Ignition Switch is a bit dodgy and cuts out if you bump the bike so that needs to be sorted before hitting the road, oh and the carbs are leaking fuel, new needle and seats are on their way.
The rest is cosmetic mostly rusty nuts, bolts and brackets...
Cheers for Now

Welcome from the UK

Welcome to the fun! When you can post a pic or 2, we all (at least me) like seeing what you are working on.

First photo is how the bike appeared in the sale ad, I was never going to live with that seat, turns out he had another seat which he put on but it wasn't much better, I have bought a cover off ebay and the upholsterer is reshaping the foam back to original 

Nice, the J models never got the attention they deserved here in the US, and certainly not from those who resurrect old motorcycles.  And I never understood why we here in the US got the small fuel tank for the J series while every else got the cooler 'GPz' style fuel tank. Looks much nicer with your style fuel tank.  And my Z2A came with the same seat as yours did. Awful. Welcome to KZRider...I'll be following your resurrection. 

Welcome.

It looks like it was not in terrible shape to begin with. You should start a proper build thread so we can track your progress.

Good Luck.