73 Z1 finally on the road

well after about 8 months of messing with the guy across from me's bike we put her on the road. He got it new back in the day and road it a lot then about 20 years ago he parked it for some reason. well after a nice chunk of $ and messing with a few issues we got it all worked out... or 95% anyways its still got a poping when at idle and cold but its just a detail to work out.
heres a pic of them today. He musta rode for 3 hours on Sat. and thanked me time after time.

larry on 73 z1 by BadAssRX-7 , on Flickr

Nice bike.

You are a nice neighbor for helping him...he's made many change on the bike and it looks good.

Looks like a "Rack Factory" aluminum luggage carrier, one of the lightest and strongest ever.
Wish they were still in business.
Used one while touring during the gas shortage, carrying a 7 gallon jerrycan plus two 1 gas cans all full of gasoline. A heavy load, and with nary a whimper from the rack.

The rack came with removable amply padded back rest in either tall or short version.
The carrying surface was either metal strips, rough finish or sturdy hardwood strips.

Noting among other bike mods what appears to be air shocks, rear brake conversion from drum to disc, and conversion to dual front discs (drilled). Mags (possibly Morris). Cruise pegs.

Recalling fond memories.

If not already done, invite him to join us here at KZr.

Good Fortune!

Patton wrote:

Looks like a "Rack Factory" aluminum luggage carrier, one of the lightest and strongest ever.
Wish they were still in business.
Used one while touring during the gas shortage, carrying a 7 gallon jerrycan plus two 1 gas cans all full of gasoline. A heavy load, and with nary a whimper from the rack.

The rack came with removable amply padded back rest in either tall or short version.
The carrying surface was either metal strips, rough finish or sturdy hardwood strips.

Noting among other bike mods what appears to be air shocks, rear brake conversion from drum to disc, and conversion to dual front discs (drilled). Mags (possibly Morris). Cruise pegs.

Recalling fond memories.

If not already done, invite him to join us here at KZr.

Good Fortune!

dont know the brand of the rack but its all welded and is STRONG. its got grip tape on the top.
a vetter fairing, dual drilled front rotors and rear was swaped to a drilled rotor also... all with s.s. lines. spot on with the mags. has a dyna ing setup and solid NGK plug boots. air shocks, dont think its stock pipes. hwy pegs. and not the oem carbs something a few years newer... has a excelirater pump on 1 carb that feeds all 4. and a good upgrade from the shop that redid them. Redline i think is who did them. he had a monster old school chain setup like 600's i mean it was almost an inch wide.... swaped that out for new stuff from sidewinder.

It'd be awesome to get the specs on the rack. I'm toying with the idea of a CA to PA to CA ride in a few months, I was thinking about getting creative with an old grab rail.

Ill see if i can get a few pics of the rack with a ruler to help you with that trip.



And I told the owner about this post and he has signed up but when he tryes to login via the email it wont let him. guess i need to tell a mod.

that was nice to help a former rider to get back on the bike ,you did good man.

bike looks great

Patton wrote:

Used one while touring during the gas shortage, carrying a 7 gallon jerrycan plus two 1 gas cans all full of gasoline. A heavy load, and with nary a whimper from the rack.

You mean the Summer of '11 gas shortage? :S

BadAssRX7 wrote:

Ill see if i can get a few pics of the rack with a ruler to help you with that trip.



And I told the owner about this post and he has signed up but when he tryes to login via the email it wont let him. guess i need to tell a mod.

If it's not too much trouble, that would be great! I can't quite see, but it looks like the grabrail was removed in lieu of the rack, correct?

I've got a black Rack Factory on my 1982 GPz1100 B2, purchased a few days after I bought ny bike.

Yes, the grab rail is removed as one of the mounting points would be where the grab rail went.

I re-inforced my rack by using some rectangular aluminum tubing attached to a license plate mount I made out of 6061 aluminum plate.I've used aircraft Hi-lok hardware to mount the aluminum tubing to the license plate.

The upper tubing mount going to the rack is held by 1/4-28 aircraft nut plates(one on each side)secured by SS 1/4-28 12 point aircraft bolts.

The re-inforcement makes for a strong,rigid assembly. I've got stick on anti skid strips now but plan on installing a medium sized box to carry items(just have to select the right one).

The rack makes for a good mounting place for LED running lights and additional rear braking lights.

mtbspeedfreak wrote:

BadAssRX7 wrote:

Ill see if i can get a few pics of the rack with a ruler to help you with that trip.



And I told the owner about this post and he has signed up but when he tryes to login via the email it wont let him. guess i need to tell a mod.

If it's not too much trouble, that would be great! I can't quite see, but it looks like the grabrail was removed in lieu of the rack, correct?

sorry been down with the chest bug. I hate getting sick! Well I am planing to get the z1 and roll it over here to my house. you know your never "DONE" with toys. Larry Got a Battery Tender jr so im gonna slap on the bikes side of the plugup and he also got a new alarm. He had(has) a king cobra alarm pager but with all that has been done the wiring wasnt marked and google didnt help any and nomatter how i hooked it up it didnt do anything so he went and got a new unit. Scorpio i900 with all the bling bling. So ill remove the old snake and install the new scorpio. Ill get some pics of the rack then. Larry said about 6 weeks ago there was 1 on ebay and it went really cheap.