Z1OwnersClub GB

Just picked up an 83 Z1000r in euro colours Made room for her with the sale of my vfr
The plan is to restore her to her former glory keeping as close to standard as we can.I'm going to see if I can get her running this weekend,carbs off cleaned and some fresh fuel and then she'll have to be stored for a wee while till our KR1s project is finished.
I've known about the bike for a while but thought I had too much going on to take her on.Then I saw the nice ELR's at the scottish rally when I was up on the Z1b,that got me thinking,went to see the bloke who is an old work mate,did the deal,and thats that.As they say.

Very nice. Nice to have chatted with you at scottish rally. Brett and Linda (fj1200,knackered hip!).

That looks a very nice bike, great for a restoration project - not much to do??

Oh I don't know PJ it's a very flattering photo.I took it this afternoon and when I saw it on the laptop I thought you could easily mistake it for a much cleaner bike.
There's abit to do.lot of wear and tear she's done 54,000.My main concern at the minute are the brakes two out of three bleed nipples snaped off,and I know there will be some other surprises along the way.
I'm pleased with her though our KR1s was a reet knacker and she's coming along nicely.Time money and patience,never seem to have enough of any

Very nice 1Beelee..... I'm gonna take another look at mine this weekend, and yours has given me a bit me enthusiasm

As for your brakes, the calipers are unique to the Lawson Reps.... so you can't swap them with other models... unless you don't mind lack of authenticity

That looks cracking 1beelee. I will follow your progress with interest.
Good luck with yours Piggy, you must be getting close to Mikey's solution............... A gallon of petrol & a box of matches

nice 1000R
good luck with it

Pigford wrote:
As for your brakes, the calipers are unique to the Lawson Reps.... so you can't swap them with other models... unless you don't mind lack of authenticity

Er just had a look at my GPz and they are same apart from the colour....

Taffus, I do believe the caliper mounts are alloy... not steel....

But, perhaps it was the "J" that had the steel jobbies & the Lawson & GPz had alloy

Very nice. Those bikes cost a mint over here and none come in those colors! No shortage of rep knockoffs though.

I was looking at some GPZ calipers today and thought they looked the same (different mount tho).I will have to get them off and do a proper comparison.Or spark up the parts michrofiche
I said I was'nt going to touch the thou till the wee KR1s was finished,but I'm being drawn in I think I will have to have a partial strip down just to have an idea of whats going to be needed then I can be on the lookout for bits.
I really will have to do the KR1s first tho

Im looking forward to seeing this one done. As i mentioned elsewhere,if you ever need an extra pair of hands to help,message me,and if im free,i'll happily come ad muck in. Are you keeping the exhaust??? If not ,id like to buy it!! Brett aka dixiethedog. (im going to have to start on my own z1000r project again!!).

Pigford wrote:Taffus, I do believe the caliper mounts are alloy... not steel....

But, perhaps it was the "J" that had the steel jobbies & the Lawson & GPz had alloy

Just checked and the carriers are alloy (GPz 1100 B1, used a strong magnet) roughly 73 mm between centres for the mounting bolts (steel )

check out http://www.kz1000r.com loads of info.
there is a registry of all the elrs still in one piece try and register your bike bro.

kano.

Thanks for the encouraging comments chaps.After the Z1 it was always the Z1000r or the MKII i fancied.Now that I've got it I can't believe I dithered over it,MKII next maybe .
Brett,will do,see'in as you're just up the road,and Kano its partly thanks to you I've got it cos after the Scottish rally as I mentioned at the top of the the thread I got the Z voices,looked for z1000r on the forum and your project was at the top.Thanks mate
Great link you posted, thats in the favorites now.
Nice bike mr pigford.