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great job so far....maybe one of these day ill get around to restoring mine.

nice job finding those "bits" i see the rubbers are pmc but did you buy direct or go through another shop webike perhaps ?????

yss seem to have a good reputation.

leon

spdygon wrote: great job so far....maybe one of these day ill get around to restoring mine.

Thanks mate! Good things take time

531blackbanshee wrote: nice job finding those "bits" i see the rubbers are pmc but did you buy direct or go through another shop webike perhaps ?????

yss seem to have a good reputation.

leon

I bought them direct mate. The guys at PMC have pretty rubbish English and I have no Japanese ability at all but with Google translate things got sorted no worries. Heck of alot cheaper than webike too.

You are going to be sooooooooo impressed with all my hard work today Springs finally in and on the side stand. The long spring at the back was the one giving me all the grief as I couldn't find one the right size. Bugger was that this one was to long. No dramas, bit of cutting and bending and hey presto she fits sweet as. Least my bike will stand up now!

holy double spring batman

i have 4 z1r's and have never seen a kickstand like that.

looks nice tho
leon

531blackbanshee wrote: holy double spring batman

i have 4 z1r's and have never seen a kickstand like that.

looks nice tho
leon

Haha I know its an odd setup! This was how the German domestic models came out with the forward mounted stand and double spring. Also had a engine stop on the side stand as well. They wouldn't start if the stand was down. Couple of crap photos but you can kind of see how the stand is mounted. Even have to have a weird bent over gear lever to accommodate the stand set up.

hmmm well i never

thanks for the lesson sir

leon

What did we do before phones with cameras! I would be so buggered trying to remember where all the bits n bobs fit back in without the before photos. Probably why I always had bits left over when I used to build bikes pre digital camera! On a great note though the clocks are now officially attached to the bike, whaaaa farking hooooooooooooo!

My small tank is nearly ready for painting. Had a few issues with rust that needed to be sorted out but I really wanted the bike to have the first style of tank. They might not hold much gas but man they look cool!! Tank is looking absolutely spot on but......................................yep the big but. My mate that did the panel work noticed that the side of the tank has the flush bit at the bottom and thought it was a defect and fixed it. So now the tank has a nice edge all the way round. To be honest I think it will look better for it but bit bummed as that was an original molding of the early tanks. Such as life though. Circled bit is the bit I am whinging about that I don't have any more.

yeah that is always kind of an odd spot on z1r tanks.

leon

Not hard to figure out that my mate Tony is a single bloke lol


Back on the blow by blow Z1R updates..................................inner fairing cowl now attached.