Zed thou restoration restarted

[Rich]

As would a nice tub of Ben and Jerrys' as opposed to that Tesco stuff

[RALPHARAMA]

what did you do with your old wheel spacer on the sprocket side i cant find one any where if you still got it pm me il send you some cash for it

Bob

I've been having a tidy up and have photographed the spacer - yer tiz -



If's it's what you want PM me yer address and I'll send it to you.

[ninjabob]

that looks the right one pm sent

[RALPHARAMA]

Pretty much finished the electrics tonight. Can't really put the coils on until I've finished farting about with the cams.

I've been feeling bad about using my professional camera for playing in the workshop, so bought a cheap point and press jobby small enough to go in the pocket. Tested the electrics and decided that the clocks looked pretty lit up and then realised that photographing them was beyond a digital box Brownie so grabbed my D2Xs and a tripod took the shot, undid the mount ... and you guessed it .. dropped the fucker on the floor Luckily it bounced off my feet and the UV filter broke it's fall and the camera and lens survived - not so the filter. (any one got a job lot o 77mm filters )

Sadly I don't think the result justified the damage nor the risk

The rest are taken with the point n press effort.



proof the loom worx


pity I couln't get any of the coulred plug/sockets, but I did put a lot of effort in, before giving up.


Loom correctly routed now




The hairy one keeping an eye on the resto

[ninjabob]

looking good ralph soon be ready to fire it up

got the rear wheel spacer you sent me too thanks very much i owe you a beer

[RALPHARAMA]

Because I was too tight/skint to buy the three pipe kit for the front brakes when I replaced the pipes with braided, there is no connection to the brake light switch manifold so the pipes were a bit wavey around. I previously tethered the pipes with cable ties, but this time I have machined a clamp from some scrap ally kicking around the workshop. I would have preferred stainless, but I didn't have any the right size.
Here's the final result -



I popped the tank and seat on to see what it's going to look like. The project is now nearing completion. Just waiting on a few bits. Need to make some pins for the rear footrests outta stainless. Which I'll do this weekend. I need to make a hangy down stop bit for the centre stand as the original one was part of the exhaust bracket which is now redundant. I might try and make that part of the new exhaust bracket I will need to fabricate outta my favourite metal! Here's how it's looking now:





Bella is standing by ready to help Not doing bad for fifteen years old is she?

[Pasc]

Looking sweet Ralph.
Led's for eyes on the dog are a nice touch also.

[ROZZER]

Lookin' good Ralph. Even the dogs a Kawasaki fan - Green LED's fer eyes , maybe he owned a Zed in a past life and the green is envy over yer bike?

[davejames]

Both looking good Ralph, matching green and looking great for 15 years

[Davy Doherty]

Yep it looks very tidy Ralph.

[Steve Cooke]

Nice one, with all your little fabrications you've certainly given it the personal touch.

[RALPHARAMA]

Put the tank badges in the dishwasher, having had a sucsessful experiment with the cheaper side panel badges and so have decided to use the originals on the basis I am skint and they look a million times better for the dishwasher treatment!

The painter had nicely filled the screw holes with paint so I carefully redrilled and tapped 'em. Noo bother!

[Pigford]

Ralph, Blinky Blimey, all on Target for the ACE cafe run, April 20th
Bell you Monday, for visit...... Barrels & bits....
Looking at Bella's GREEN eye, I'll also give you some photographic tips too

[Ed Z1-R]

Pukka brake hose mod

[chrisu]

my favourite colour - I'm looking forward to seeing it in real life.