Z650 / GPz engined Restomod

Its not powder coat (only the engine covers are powder coated), the cases, barrels and head have a high tech heat dispersing ceramic coating, good for at least 900 deg C. Link here.. Camcoat Performance Coatings - Home

Also the photo of the raised liner was taken before, not after. It looks fine now, but you can feel a very slight 'burr' on the liner edge now, maybe due to corrosion of the surrounding alloy. Could get it ground flat as I said, but one heat cycled in a running engine, the liner could drop slightly.. or so I'm told.  

Meanwhile I must be a glutton for punishment.. just started a new Zed project..

Bevelhead wrote:

Also the photo of the raised liner was taken before, not after. It looks fine now, but you can feel a very slight 'burr' on the liner edge now, maybe due to corrosion of the surrounding alloy. Could get it ground flat as I said, but one heat cycled in a running engine, the liner could drop slightly.. or so I'm told.  

Meanwhile I must be a glutton for punishment.. just started a new Zed project..

 

Di you finish the two 1000's you where working on ?

OK, didn't know the photo was before.

The Z1000A1 project is dead, as the frame came from the US, and to get the bike road legal in the UK meant I'd first have to build it as a standard bike, which I didn't want to do. The Z650/1170 is running now but not happy with the outrigger system, so that's going to be re engineered at some point. The work done on the Z1000A1 project to fit Z900RS running gear and XJR1300 swingarm hasn't been wasted, I intend to use those parts on the new project instead.