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Zed 900 road racer .

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#46 PostAuthor: Tonto » Wed Jun 20, 2012 7:16 pm

Fantastic work Rob - can't wait to see the next developments.
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#47 PostAuthor: zed1015 » Mon Jun 25, 2012 7:10 pm

Bit more done.
More old ally road sign :wink:
Cooler mount almost there bar a bit of tidying up and paint.

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3mm thick alloy mount bolts to steel hanger with four countersunk bolts.

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Have removed the mounts from the cooler ends which has exposed more finning.


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Rubber 'O' rings around cooler fitting nuts locate in bracket to keep cooler from moving sideways and also provides some dampening.

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Cooler and mount will eventually be painted black

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#48 PostAuthor: Pigford » Mon Jun 25, 2012 7:23 pm

Loverly Rob - good to see your photography was also improving as you went :wink:
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#49 PostAuthor: zed1015 » Mon Jun 25, 2012 7:57 pm

Getting there.

Inserted some steel tubes (will braze these in later)


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To take the tiny Electrex coils

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The bolts for these run through to rivinut inserts on this alloy bracket

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Which provides a home for these cdi units

Not too impressed with the way these mount, Just a hole through the plastic, no anti crush steel insert or rubber mount so ...


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They slide on to this stainless pin (which will be sleeved with rubber)
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Then this bracket slots on.
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And secures them with this bolt.
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Which leaves just enough room to run the throttle cables past.
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Some pic's outside.
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#50 PostAuthor: GUYZED » Tue Jun 26, 2012 1:43 am

Coming along nicely there Rob :up
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#51 PostAuthor: Viktor Larsson » Tue Jun 26, 2012 9:11 am

Looking real classy I must say. Great jo! :twisted:
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#52 PostAuthor: PETER KZ1A » Tue Jun 26, 2012 3:12 pm

1 lean lookin scoot!

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#53 PostAuthor: Royalratch » Tue Jun 26, 2012 8:41 pm

Love this, the whole industrial mad maxness of it.

Don't paint it!

If you've got a spare £80 burning a hole in your pocket, one of these direct fit reservoirs could clean up your yokes nicely. No hose or bracket!

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#54 PostAuthor: chrisNI » Tue Jun 26, 2012 10:10 pm

Looking cool Rob.

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#55 PostAuthor: zed1015 » Fri Jun 29, 2012 9:34 am

Royalratch wrote:If you've got a spare £80 burning a hole in your pocket, one of these direct fit reservoirs could clean up your yokes nicely. No hose or bracket!


Very nice but i don't want to blow my budget all at once :lol:

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#56 PostAuthor: zed1015 » Fri Jun 29, 2012 11:15 am

Snug fitting frame finally finished .
Think i've accounted for everything ?
Even had to clearance the down tubes to miss 2/3 exhaust pipes.


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Hopefully got enough bracing on it.

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Coil mounts and a few nooks and crannys have been sweated with braze.
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Should be nice and shiny black powdercoated in a week or so.
Will have to pull my finger out and make a start on the motor now.

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#57 PostAuthor: zed1015 » Mon Jul 02, 2012 11:51 pm

Time to make some sense of this lot.
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Ex race cases, still painted with Glyptol waiting to go in the blast cabinet
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Newer and slightly tougher MK2 gearbox internals awaiting service.
Will be using the earlier 15t 1000A crank which is going off for welding at Roger uppertons this weekend.

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This early Z1 cylinder head will be used after getting a mild-ish porting job.
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Z1 barrels bored to 1015cc with high comp pistons.
Ran these on my Z1R for only 500 miles so the bores are like new but found one top ring was chipped somehow when i've un-boxed them.
I machined these pistons when i first got them to take CB500T rings after i couldn't find anything to fit and luckily i found a couple of sets on ebay which were a bargain £30 delivered from ......... AUSTRALIA :shock:

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Worn Idler gear rubbers have been replaced with solid billet centers.
Right hand tensioner is converted Z650 item, These have a larger dia wheel and readily takes an idler sprocket and saves buying a new, pattern or expensive Liska item :wink: ( Could do with another couple Z650 tensioner brackets so don't throw your worn out ones) .

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Alloy gallery bungs have been replaced with removable grub screws for ease of cleaning.
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Modified oil pressure switch now serves as cooler take off, Just need a couple of elbows to get them pointing in the right direction.
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#58 PostAuthor: MDM » Tue Jul 03, 2012 1:47 pm

Looking nice Rob. Can I ask, why did you braze those bits in place rather than weld?
Saw your bike parked up at the Farmyard, but didn't see you to say hello...

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#59 PostAuthor: zed1015 » Tue Jul 03, 2012 2:01 pm

The coil mounting tubes were brazed in as i didn't want to put anymore heat in the frame and risk it shifting without the motor acting as a jig.
Also brazed the open ends of the factory gussets and sweated closed some possible rust traps.
Brazing the gussests closed doesn't create a stress point that welding them would.

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#60 PostAuthor: zed1015 » Tue Jul 03, 2012 2:08 pm

MDM wrote:Saw your bike parked up at the Farmyard, but didn't see you to say hello...


Spent most of the weekend sat drying out with the Ogri crew in the corner of the food marquee next to Biker fm's set-up.


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