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GB's Mean Green 1170R (Time Warp Edition)

Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 3:36 pm
Author: Ginger Bear
Right then, been hankering to start something new for a while.
Back in the summer I won this rolling chassis on good old ebay.
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I have a small stash of GPz1100 engines & plan to put the best of all the parts together to make one good engine & fit it into this frame. This recent find will probably be included :D
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I had thought about doing something fairly standard using all the original running gear.......................... Then thought B*ll*cks to that, so all the original running gear is now on Ebay.

Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 4:26 pm
Author: kano
is that a z1000r ?

Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 4:31 pm
Author: paul doran
Kano it's a Z1000J model

Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 4:31 pm
Author: Ginger Bear
Kano, it's a Z1000J, but I plan to do some sort of Lawson 'clone' with a difference. I have had an on-off thing for Lawson replica's for a while. The 'on' is I just love that 'in your face' lime green paint, the 'off' is that everbody seem's to have one (please don't take offence). They're fast becoming as common as Z1R's :lol: :lol:

Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 4:32 pm
Author: paul doran
soory GB got in before You :oops: :oops: :oops:

Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 4:34 pm
Author: Ginger Bear
I've been squirelling away a few bits & pieces...........
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Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 4:35 pm
Author: Ginger Bear
paul doran wrote:soory GB got in before You :oops: :oops: :oops:


No worries Paully :D

Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 4:41 pm
Author: Ginger Bear
As you can see, I plan to use something a bit more modern to keep the thing off the ground.
Colour scheme will be based around the early ZX7R's....... Lime green & purple. I plan to have the wheel rims polished & powdercoated in purple, with the bodywork being mainly lime green with possibly Purple & white graphics............ But that's a long way off.
This bike certainly wont be ready for next summer!!

Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 4:56 pm
Author: tlc
What on earth do you think you`re doing Steve ?

I mean you`ve a stock paint, stock piped and centre standed 1000J there which was just crying out to be restored :roll:

Surely one of the nicest bikes Kwak ever made !

Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 5:04 pm
Author: Ginger Bear
Not stock any more Chris......... This is how it looks tonight
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You'll find the rest of it on ebay :cl :cl :cl :cl
I will however re-use as many No.7 bolts as I can :D

Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 6:53 pm
Author: Ginger Bear
There is one 'fly in the ointment' so far.
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This frame is a fit fooked, well rotten here & when I removed the forks they were bent :shock: :shock: So now I have some doubts about the overall integrity of this frame :no :no :no
With a bit of luck & several PM's from another member I may have sourced another frame :lon :lon :lon
More details if & when it happens, but until then it's :hon

Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 7:21 pm
Author: Al
Oh my giddy aunt, cutting up a standard J1.

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo :shock: :shock: :shock:




AL

Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 7:21 pm
Author: coldsummer
That's a veritable 'Aladdin's Cave' of treasures you got there GB :shock: :shock: And I though I was a little hoarder :lol:

BTW, you still got that alloy chainguard?

Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 7:27 pm
Author: Ginger Bear
Simon, do you mean the chainguard fitted to this bike? If you do, it's chrome plated steel & it's on ebay http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... :MESELX:IT I'll even deliver for you.... Free of charge!

Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 8:13 pm
Author: tlc
Why do those frames always seem to rot at the same point around the side stand ?