Sage advice Wise Ones, thank you.

The tank did come from our friends at Z Power. It seems to be living up to expectations.
I'll have a go at the rubber pucks following your guidance.

Today I spent a happy dozen hours pushing my Z900 up the slippery slope to some sort of completion. The sun was out and all four pipes were on. Today was also that chilling point where there is a need to have the engine run for the first time. Naturally a carefully and expensively rebuilt top end an...

My year-long refresh of a Z900 is stumbling to an ending. I have never carried out a frame-up rebuild before, so this has been a learning event. I cannot paint things, weld things, plate things, mill things, turn things or any of the creative skill-hungry things that seasoned restorers seem to have ...

Panic over. I found a superb image on the Z power website that answers my question.

I have a z900 with an old aftermarket swinging arm and no centre stand. During the restoration I want to fit the original swinging arm and centre stand. The stand has been powder coated. However, it struck me that I can't see anywhere for the centre stand spring mounting points, frame or swinging ar...