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Posted: **Mon Jan 18, 2010 1:46 pm**

Oh dear.... I'll just tart her up I thought. Ooo... what's behind here? Oh I'll just take that bit off too.. gosh that could do with sorting... and before your know it... the bike's in a thousand bits

Ho Hum

Sorry chaps but I guess there'll be a few of these questions coming up as my '78 Z1R gets fettled (I'll post separate threads so future searches are easier for folk) but to start off with;

What was the standard finish on the ally fork sliders? AFAICS they appear to be linished and laquered - is that right?

And the rear brake calliper? Satin or gloss? mine's gloss but has obviously been repainted at some point.

TIA

Posted: **Mon Jan 18, 2010 9:46 pm**

ruffle wrote:Oh dear.... I'll just tart her up I thought. Ooo... what's behind here? Oh I'll just take that bit off too.. gosh that could do with sorting... and before your know it... the bike's in a thousand bits

Ho Hum

Sorry chaps but I guess there'll be a few of these questions coming up as my '78 Z1R gets fettled (I'll post separate threads so future searches are easier for folk) but to start off with;

What was the standard finish on the ally fork sliders? AFAICS they appear to be linished and laquered - is that right?

And the rear brake calliper? Satin or gloss? mine's gloss but has obviously been repainted at some point.

TIA

fork bottoms laquered
rear caliper is satin owt else my man

Posted: **Tue Jan 19, 2010 9:46 am**

compo z1r wrote:
fork bottoms laquered

Ta. I take it that's linished and laquered not polished and laquered?

AFAICS (I'm peering through the remains of a few square centimeters of faded yellow crusty laquer between the mudguard mounting bosses) mine were linished but just wanted to make sure before getting it wrong.

Posted: **Tue Jan 19, 2010 10:51 pm**

ruffle wrote:
compo z1r wrote:
fork bottoms laquered

Ta. I take it that's linished and laquered not polished and laquered?

ruffy thats correct but ive' polished and laquered think it looks better :?:

Posted: **Wed Jan 20, 2010 9:35 am**

Well I went for just the linished look; a bit of time last night with lots-of-nasty-solvents and some fine and super fine fibral wheels and one fork leg has gone from skanky to not bad

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