Z1 900 making my dads old bike look new *now Pics*

Ya, whats up with you young guys sittin on the computer on a friday night (monday morning here i guess)!! You must be a bunch of pitiful bastards, haha;)

You hit that on the head jordan....lol. I did paint my top tripple tree clamp chrome. What do you guy's think? Yay or nay?

Did the finish turn out consistent across the whole piece? Cant really tell in the pic, but looks ok to me. Did you use chrome in a can?

it turned out some what consistant, i didnt prep it at all, i just sprayed it on to see what it would look like. It was the rustolium chrome in a can. When i get my frame sandblasted i will have him sand blast all the little frame bits, batter box, tool tray, upper and lower tripple tree clamps. I know it will look alot better when the surface is smooth.

your as bad as me you have no life

lol.......what can i say im a kz-holic......i know i know i have a real problem..........and no i don't want or need help...lol

jordan wrote:

Ya, whats up with you young guys sittin on the computer on a friday night (monday morning here i guess)!! You must be a bunch of pitiful bastards, haha;)

Did you just say "...you young guys"???
:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:
There's a comparison that I'm thinking of...has something to do with a 'pot' and a 'kettle'...:lol:

Get that sand paper out and going get those scratches of of that cover and it should look like chrome before you start in with the mothers. I bought this stuff from harbor freight and some polish bars brown white green and black. I can tell you that it is so much nicer using a corded drill than battery powered drill plugging in your ipod and spending your hours after sanding using the drill. And then when you think it looks like chrome going back with polish. I use the flitz but I have used mothers. God what a way to spend your weekend.:ohmy: :huh:
I sanded all of the casting marks off of my points housing and made that bad girl look like better than it did new. Blisters on my fingers for days and black fingernails. But it was well worth it.
Better yet bring those parts over to my house and spend the weekend and I will take the parts off of my 79 and we can be bored hanging out polishing all weekend. You saw how good I got those spoke on my rims in front? It took me weeks of after school drinking and sanding and then sanding some more. I polished them up and they looked good but when I compared it to the professional job on my valve cover I realized the surface has to be perfectly smooth to look really shiny. So all the work is really in the sanding back and forth from 800-2000 grit. And Cro Dog was telling me he used 4000 grit sand paper on his bike. The one I took the picture of that you could see the zx-14 and model on. Then once that has been done the polishing part is a breeze. If you don't do that sanding part just right it won't look nearly like chrome although it may look good it will go back to not so shiny later as the uneven surface gets filled in with dirt and road grime. I am no pro but I am learning quickly. It's a dirty job but then who will do it more meticulous than yourself right?

same boat with the sanding, anyone have a picture of the whole engine when its done, looking like chrome? Please,...i need some inspiration on this glum saturday night!
Peace & elbow grease

pburnhamb wrote:

same boat with the sanding, anyone have a picture of the whole engine when its done, looking like chrome? Please,...i need some inspiration on this glum saturday night!
Peace & elbow grease

Oh yeah, check out Cro Dogs bike in the gallery z1 900s Although not all the pieces look quite like chrome he has replaced them with aftermarket jap stuff that will be polished to chrome likenes in due time. One bad in black Z1

Not a whole lot to report of, im done cleaning the motor, so now i get to move on to the frame, now that will be fun. Im going to send my guages to Bob at Z-Resto in the next week or so for a rebuild so they will come back all pretty and new. It's funny every time i work on the bike i forget to bring my camera:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: , I promise i will snap pics of the cleaned motor and such when i work on it monday.

Ok i actually rmembered to bring my camera today. I hot the races knocked out of the neck today.......that was a fun one.....:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:. Here are a few shots of the clean motor, but of coarse after taking a picture of it i still have some to clean.......lol......its never over. Enjoy.

Here is the underside of it with the 30 years of road grime and such removed.:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: