Well done Al, I am going to have to change my tyres to join in with this fun

Leak down test takes about 30 minutes £20 should cover it , Dyno run would be another £40.00,

Hello Phil, it was just a thought that the cam chain tunnel was leaking but if you used the correct gasket it shouldnt be a problem, head gasket issues dont always show up on a compression test, theres a big difference between spinning the engine over on the starter and running at several thousand r...

Hello Phil For an engine to produce so much crankcase pressure, (the reason oil is pumped out of a breather) i would suspect head gasket failure, if the gasket fails between the inside cylinders and the camchain tunnel then the piston pumps up the crankcases with pressure, i have seen engines assemb...

Hello Dave Check the surface of the starter gear too, when you refit the starter clutch assembly but before you fit the idler wheel check the starter ring rotates freely in one direction, it shouldnt feel loose but should turn freely, this free play is controlled by the damper ring (steel and rubber...

1400cc with high compression motors start with no problem on the button so if 1015 wont then its probably poor battery, Yuasa batteries are good, poor wiring, or often its the starter motor now, many starter motors have had no attention whatsoever in 30 years, it could also be ignition timing issue ...

steering bearings, yolks and engine fitted, swing arm needs fitted but needs finishing and forks require more work, this is my favorite stage of the bike build

frame back fro stove enameling so the rebuild and final assembly begin

Wondered where you had dissapeared too, now I can see

Well spotted Ginger bear :shock: I wanted the earlier crank cases because of the way they mount into the chassis, the later crankcase are rubber mounted and use less mounting points. late ZX1100 crankshaft has a better rotor bolt, its much bigger and this means the rotor/starter clutch is less prone...

Been busy for a while so not much progress over the last couple of months but did manage to assemble the transmission into the crank cases today, crank has been balanced and welded and new h/d gerarbox bearings along with slipper style clutch centre http://www.debben.co.uk/z1000ccase.jpg

We just had some experience with soda blasting engine parts (stripped down) and it does take a lot of cleaning afterwards, its not so easily disolvable as I was led to believe and after several washes and blasting with air cycles I still have had a problem with traces of the soda reacting with the p...

Dynojet do a kit pn E2134 or DJ2134 which is a stage 1 and stage 3 kit, we have them on the shelf £99.89 + vat, Regards, Steve

Yes the header pipe spacing is good, but... theres always a but isnt there, the angle of the cylinder head is tipped forward on the gsxr, the z is far more upright so the exhaust sticks out then curves pointing towards the floor, kind of a stick out down swept look, you need to cut and weld the head...

1170 with Mikuni RFS38