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#16 PostAuthor: KWACKERZ1 » Mon Mar 03, 2014 5:50 pm

Great evolution and pictures.


With regard to alloy tank fabrication (or any fab work) these guys are the dogs,

http://www.alumacraft.co.uk/
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#17 PostAuthor: Ginger Bear » Mon Mar 03, 2014 7:50 pm

KWACKERZ1 wrote:Great evolution and pictures.



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#18 PostAuthor: Spen72 » Mon Mar 03, 2014 9:09 pm

+2 :up :drool
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#19 PostAuthor: MDM » Tue Mar 04, 2014 5:58 pm

chrisNI wrote:Hi Dave sorry to hear about the mag Clink was telling me... Bike looks good like the swingarm!

Thanks Chris -I'm freelancing now, and also involved with the new online mag at www.worldwidebombermagazine.com as well as having my own website at www.flat-out.com
The swinging arm is a Martek one - needed some fettling to fit and wasn't finished to the spec that asked, but looks nice! :wink:
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#20 PostAuthor: MDM » Thu Mar 13, 2014 6:54 pm

Hmmm, so back into the shed and start off with sorting out the rear wheel spacing that I was wittering about months ago. Ah. Just one problem. The spacers that I had made appear to have hidden themselves away somewhere. No matter, I'll get on with something else and hopefully they will turn up. Working on the principle that as soon as you give up on looking for something it appears, usually under your knee when you kneel down, or in the bottom of a shoe, or in the fridge...
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#21 PostAuthor: MDM » Thu Mar 13, 2014 6:56 pm

jphaynes669 wrote:Very interesting, looks brilliant. What brand/length are those shocks?

They're Maxton Konis, built to suit the weight of the bike and me :wink:
I am considering getting something more adjustable though, and chunkier looking...
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#22 PostAuthor: jimmock » Thu Mar 13, 2014 7:22 pm

Glad to see you've "lost" the leather roll thing at the front!!!

I'm sure George Michael has one of them too!! :ooops
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#23 PostAuthor: MDM » Sat Mar 15, 2014 5:03 pm

So, while trying to find the wheel spacers, I managed to find a shitload of rear caliper hangers, and one caliper. Somewhat unsurprisingly, the caliper doesn't fit any of the hangers, and the chances are that none of the hangers will be suitable for the Zed, but there's something to play with for a bit, anyway...

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#24 PostAuthor: Big Fluff » Wed Mar 19, 2014 1:59 pm

MDM wrote:Hmmm, so back into the shed and start off with sorting out the rear wheel spacing that I was wittering about months ago. Ah. Just one problem. The spacers that I had made appear to have hidden themselves away somewhere. No matter, I'll get on with something else and hopefully they will turn up. Working on the principle that as soon as you give up on looking for something it appears, usually under your knee when you kneel down, or in the bottom of a shoe, or in the fridge...

Dave - I've got a bag full of spacers with various ID's.
Giz a tinkle if you want them.
Also got a caliper and carrier off a Z1000J if you could use the carrier.?
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#25 PostAuthor: MDM » Thu Mar 20, 2014 10:23 am

Ta Fluffster! I'll be in the Bhurtie on Saturday night if you're about? Chinwag about the issues that I've found... :roll: :wink:
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#26 PostAuthor: MDM » Tue Mar 25, 2014 5:48 pm

While waiting for the spacers to show themselves I cleared out some crap, and decided to use an SV650 headlight instead of the original Zed one, as it's 246g lighter!
Made up some brackets to suit, with an angle of dangle that matches that of the control levers...
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#27 PostAuthor: Big Fluff » Tue Mar 25, 2014 8:22 pm

Mmmm... Lick that tank :P
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#28 PostAuthor: MDM » Mon Mar 31, 2014 1:32 pm

Rooting through more bits and found these, which I'll be needing...

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Mikuni HSR42 and float bowl extension kit.
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#29 PostAuthor: MDM » Tue Apr 01, 2014 2:11 pm

HSR and extension together as one...
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Which is all well and good while I waited for the carb adaptor to arrive from Allens Performance.
But when it did...
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Bugger!
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#30 PostAuthor: Pigford » Tue Apr 01, 2014 7:35 pm

Errrrrrr - the fuel level will be OK when the power hits in hard :lol:
And on the 7th day... Zeds were created!
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