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Frame - rear section shortened, seat and suspension mounts repositioned to accommodate wider swinging arm and shorter seat. Tail piece mounts repositioned. Powder coated in black. Seat pan shortened and reshaped to fit frame with new mounting points all aligned.

Swinger - ZRX 1200 with modified shock mounts aligned with frame, powdercoated in dark grey to make it stand out from the rest of the chassis.

Bodywork - custom painted in Kawasaki wildfire orange pearl, Z1b pattern with black/red custom striping (fishnet black airbrushed with fade in over metallic red). Very nice and expensive! Sidepanels have No.7 logo as the whole project was themed as No.7 as a bit of a piss-take! Tank fitted with flush fit filler cap, hole reworked and welded to suit, pressure tested.

Front end - USD 2003 Z1000 complete. Forks extended and anodised black.

Yokes - custom made for forks, stepped alloy, new stem, anodised black.

Wheels, Z1000, 6" rear newly powder coated in satin black.

That's it for now, more pics the weekend I hope or over christmas if not

Cheers

Awesome paint work needless to say, an exciting
project - looking forward to next instalments

Just needs putting together PJ, can't wait to see it built

keep the pic's coming, looking good

sounds perfect from the off. the black is going to contrast really nicely with the orange. another cool project to keep us all entertained through winter!

coldsummer wrote:Just needs putting together PJ, can't wait to see it built

If only I had the free time!!

Your fishnet stocking paintwork looks fantastic!!

It Sure does who did that paintjob Pj?

Yep paint work is ace
any pics of no7 side panels?

PAULJAC47 wrote:It Sure does who did that paintjob Pj?

Can't remember - I will ask Coldsummer - Simon who painted her?

andyb1962 wrote:Yep paint work is ace
any pics of no7 side panels?

Sort them out Tomorrow

PJ the paint was done by Ace at Ace of Sprays in Bristol.

http://aceofsprays.co.uk/

I had quite a definite idea about the finished look based very loosely on the Z1b style. I originally wanted a burnt orange metallic finish on the main sections but in the end chose the wildfire orange pearl as it allowed the stripes to stand out more. There was a lot of work involved, building it up layer by layer finally finishing it off with some subtle air-brush misting on the edges. Ace didn't like the idea of fading the lower stripe as he likes clean edges but I wanted it that way and I think it looks fine and works really well on the tailpiece.

The no.7 concept was, as you have mentioned, a light hearted piss take as the only thing on the bike with a no.7 on it was the slightly cartoony graphic on the side panels!

The overall look was planned to be short, squat and muscular whilst retaining the overall lines of the classic Zed.

Well it's over to you now PJ, it's your baby, I can't wait to see it built up, thanks for taking it on, I'd love to see it finished.

Built my trolley this morning ready for the onslaught





Waiting for the headstock bearings to arrive and I can post some pics of the beautiful yokes

That's cool daddio, just what I was doing !

Here you go Andy