Old Motad

They thread into a captive nut welded into the frame on my bike.
Had an outer nut shear off, so had to pop one of them out.
It took a pair of mole grips to wind it out. Thread is 10mm i think.

And the garage isn't normally messy i might add.. :oops: Yeah yeah we've heard it all before. My garage is probably worse than this. I'm posting this in memory of Phil Churchett. :wink: Tis true! Been a dumping ground for crap over the christmas period. The few cases of Corona get in the way too!

Finally got all the bits together to fit my new Vance and Hines exhaust. Its been a long time coming. Took me ages... Getting the collets lined up and getting the clamps done up! What a fiddle. Got the downpipes on, and the bloody silencer mount is in the wrong place! The exhaust fits everywhere and...

Garry.L wrote:

octanejunkie wrote:Registered new in the UK in the first part of 1978 on a T plate.

First part of 78 should make it an 'S-Plate'. 'T -Reg' is 1.8.78 to 31.7.79.

Yes, you're right. I'm sure it was May 78 on the document, i'll have to check..

Jobs to do, are fit a replacement front mudguard, as the current one is dented and some of the chrome has been damaged. The front brakes need a good bleed and some fresh fluid. One caliper has a broken bleed nipple, so that may present itself as a fun little job. Need to do a compression check, and ...

Yesterday, a gorgeous looking Vance and Hines complete exhaust turned up. I had a seriously dribbley moment unwrapping that baby. Even my wife was impressed. "Oooh, that looks shiny..." Praise indeed. Normally when bike parts turn up, they're greeted with a curled lip and a distinctly unim...

So far, work has been confined to the rear of the bike. Its had a good used rear mudguard fitted as the other one had some serious flaking and rust marks. Also had a new rear tyre, and the completely worn out chain and sprockets have been replaced, including a rather blinging gold O ring chain. http...

Swapped a Blackbird for this Z1000. Blackbird was up for £1500, so i don't think i did too bad. Always wanted one, and this one popped up locally. The seller was after something more modern, and i was looking for something older! Registered new in the UK in the first part of 1978 on a T plate. I th...

Looks good.
A bit of fettling should see that nice.
Is it a yank import?

garyd wrote:Hi,
I've got a box full of the non finned ones.

I'll go to the garage tomorrow and dig them out.

Brill! how much do you want for them?? Drop me a PM.

Thanks!

Thank you, really appreciate that! Gives me a datum

Thanks, i'll give him a shout if nobody has any used ones. Z Power have the J type at £14 a throw, but was trying to avoid paying that much. The exhaust has caused me enough grief and expense already!

Just taken delivery of my new exhaust, and it didn't come with any clamps for the headers...
Anyone got an 8mm set kicking around for a Z1000.
I wanted to fit it before christmas