It might even just be the standard high bars and mirrors I have fitted now. Never had these before my latest refurb.

Cheers

Haha!! Stabilisers, new I was missing something

I guess I just need to man up

Thanks for the tips, I'll check everything and then try the same bend at 120 futoomshes

OK. OK. So don't flame me, but it's been a while since I've had the Z on the road, and to me it's now handling worse than I can ever remember. I ran a Buell 1125R for a year or so and perhaps that's skewed my views on how the old Z handled before. I was in a nice smooth long sweeper at about 90 - 11...

Cheers Mark. I have two of these and I just noticed something, (both are slightly different) don't know if it makes any odds but perhaps those with the low profile jobbie can tell me what one they have fitted and if they fitted it as per OldKawmans instructions. http://www.oldkawman.com/z1parts.html...

Cheers guys, this kind of negates the need for a low profile breather over the standard one though. Any thoughts on why oil blow back is a problem with these fitted?

What's the verdict on these? I've heard some folk say that they can cause oil blow back on a major scale, others say they have had no problems. I'm about to fit one and was just going to use it with a small K&N breather. Any talk of having to fit a catchment tank will put me off as all I want is...

I'd say deff go for powder coating the JMC Mark, more than worth any loss of 'apparent' bling as it will never again fur up, lol. All imo of course ;) Your bike is looking great so don't worry a jot about the naysayers :D Just make sure you ask whoever is doing the coating to carefully mask off the ...

Thanks Craig m8, think I'd much prefer your approach and do the job right.

Cheers Garn.

Having asked earlier I was wondering if that was possible. Folk were saying the old seals could be a problem to remove so didn't think it would be possible with the forks in one piece.

How did you drift the new seals in with the forks assembled?

Ta.


Cheers Craig, will give you a bell when I get the forks off. Might poss be Thursday before I get a chance to get up if that's OK.

Thanks guys. ADRIAN H, do the progressive springs use the standard spacer or do they remove the need for the spacer? I don't have any instructions for the progressive springs. zorded, I take it the 3/4 " extensions were used to hold the damper rod steady while you undid the allen bolt? If I tak...

I've never replaced the seals on my 77 Z1000 but one of them is now leaking a fair bit. Anything I need to watch out for, any tips for dismantling the forks, removing the seals etc, best type / weight of fork oil, amount of oil recommended if anything other than standard. I'm on standard springs at ...

Ah yes, but it's period classic with a 'modern twist', hence the modern JMC, modern front brakes and modern end can

New pilot jets arrived today. Fitted the 20's and as soon as I fired the bike up I knew it was running 100% better. Thanks everyone. It just goes to show how sometimes the simple things are the easiest to overlook. The only slight problem now is the tickover. It ticks over at about 1500 - 2000 rmp. ...