new member with Z900 project

[garyd]

Dear Mr Z1..or may I call you London.

Your bike is going to out Santuary the best that Santuary have made. I can't concieve of any Mod that you've done could be any better. It's going to one crackin bike.

You've inspired me to drag my sorry arse into the garage to work on mine.

[LondonZ1]

I have a new ignition switch which I will fit, the one in the photo came with the original bike. The new one is not fitted as I have been thinking about reducing it from six wires to two. I have never used the parking light function in 30 years of riding bikes so I just want a simple on/off function which only needs two wires. But that means unsoldering four wires, dismembering the block connector and fitting a new smaller 2-way connector. It's probably the right answer but it's not something I am especially looking forward to. I don't like the threaded black plastic lock nut, so I had a new one made in knurled alloy, which you can see in the dash pic.

[Pigford]

Sorted

[LondonZ1]

The seat arrived from Japan about a week earlier than I expected. It fits really well and the quality is much much better than the UK one I fitted before. The seat pressing is very smooth and its sits completely level. I am also very happy with the shape, although I will probably still get it recovered. I have finished the hydraulics (although it's still dry at the moment) and sorted out a bracket for where the rear hose passes the side of the swingarm. The torque arm bolt was in just the right location so I bought a stainless P clip, trimmed it with a dremel and moved the rubber sleeves that Venhill fit on the hoses to suit. I have also completed the speedo sensor cable. The supplied cable was a really thin 2 core so I covered it in heatshrink and then used some adhesive shrink where the cable joins the sensor for protection and strain relief.


Before:

...and after

[LondonZ1]

Now that I have a seat I like, I wanted to see how it all looks, so I took some photos. The wiring is about 50% done. I am going to remove the existing wires from the handlebar switches and run new thinner ones. The m-unit only uses the switches for a very low signal current so you don't need heavy gauge and I can lose the surplus circuits at the same time. I think I can reduce the size of the overall cable harness from each switch by about 2/3 which will look much neater. This also means I can put the connector blocks just where I want them, which is behind the coils, where they will stay warm and dry.

So, 'all' that's left is finish the wiring, install the lights, bleed the hydraulics, fit a chain, sort out the rear tail tidy, trim the side panels, sort out a reservoir for the rear master cylinder. There's an oil cooler on the way which has been a complete nightmare, but that's another story.

Thanks for all the positive comments, hope you like the way it looks. Visually it's about 95% now.

[paul doran]

stunning Zed that

[Z1parR]

All that time and money spent and it looks absolutely shit





















HOT

[slappa13]

Looks fantastic londonz1, I was pleased with mine when i finished it but yours is stunning well done.

[morten]

NOW WE ARE TALKING

She's just that sweet that she can be pal


Very very well done ...... WANT it

[bunnysZ]

stunning , will it be at the ace on kawasaki day

[LondonZ1]

That's the plan, to take it to the Ace on 28th April for its first public outing. Lots to do before then but it looks do-able.

[Anuar Kamaruddin]

Wonderful project Mr LondonZ1

[Mark Stratton]

Simply STUNNING

[StephenW]

That is stunning, I will have to take large amounts of tissues to the ace.

[Strebe]

What a gorgeous bike! It has to be one of the best looking Zeds that I've seen. Sanctuary would have been happy to have made it. Looking forward to seeing her in the flesh in April.