Were do you start

jimmybon wrote:

This is my brothers Z1A, has been in a shed on a mates farm for 20 years.
With the AU dollar high and reco parts available at cheap prices, it's time
First thing we did was spray her with insect and spider poison, next is to do a list of what is needed to give her a new lease of life, what to recondition and what to replace with new

Where in Au...RU?

There's a gem under all that rust & crud....

Droooooooooooooooooooooool!!!

Spit shine, some polish & elbow grease and she will stand out no doubt... That alone will make her look like a new bike and give you some incentive to really get at her...

It becomes an obsession at that point... Once you start seeing things take shape, all her curves showing and being sexy, it's balls to the wall non stop... :evil:

Then as mentioned, start getting her internals, carbs and electrical worked out... Rubber, chains, sprockets all come in due time...

We truly are a sick bunch.... :blush: And no, I'm not the only one who thinks this way damn it.... :laugh:

Where in Au...RU?

There's a gem under all that rust & crud.... [/quote]


I'm in New South Wales, an hour SW of Sydney

Doin an 8 day ride/trip to Phillip Is RaceWay for the World Super Bike race in 3 weeks, about 2500km round trip though some of the best mountain roads in Oz. That will cost me heaps so the start on the project will be delayed to our start of winter