kawasaki sitting nine year

stevo1100 · #1 PostAuthor: **stevo1100** » Fri Oct 10, 2014 1:40 pm

haven't been on here in a long time had to sell my last gpz1100 as my leg has give me pain since my crash in 2012.well after three ops on my leg and knee I feel I could start another project to keep me busy.
well today I bought a Kawasaki z1 that had been sitting in a barn for 9 years
from what I can tell it has a gsxr usd front end with zzr1100 wheels.a deep braced jmc mono shock arm.
I know the history of this engine as it was blue printed and had work done on the crank and rods and different cams fitted and was used in a side car outfit many a year ago.
as you can see it needs a lot of work and stripped and rebuilt.
thing to change are a set of renthal bars and risers.
change the rasket rear sets to something more adjustable to suit my leg.strip and rebuild the engine ,I also got a bank of rs flatslides with it which will need rebuilt.so I will be starting a rebuild in the projects section when I start. cheers Stephen

nw66 · #2 PostAuthor: **nw66** » Fri Oct 10, 2014 2:44 pm

Nice one look forward to the rebuild :up

garyd · #3 PostAuthor: **garyd** » Fri Oct 10, 2014 3:56 pm

So which bit is Z1?

stevo1100 · #4 PostAuthor: **stevo1100** » Fri Oct 10, 2014 3:58 pm

garyd wrote:So which bit is Z1?

the frame

freddyz1r · #5 PostAuthor: **freddyz1r** » Fri Oct 10, 2014 6:47 pm

garyd wrote:So which bit is Z1?

thats in the other picture :roll:

stevo1100 · #6 PostAuthor: **stevo1100** » Fri Oct 10, 2014 7:28 pm

freddyz1r wrote:
garyd wrote:So which bit is Z1?

thats in the other picture

explain your self its still a kawasaki

#7 PostAuthor: **chrisNI** » Fri Oct 10, 2014 8:28 pm

Looks like a good starting point where did you find it?

jimmock · #8 PostAuthor: **jimmock** » Fri Oct 10, 2014 8:30 pm

Is that a Yamaha XJ 600 in the background??

stevo1100 · #9 PostAuthor: **stevo1100** » Sat Oct 11, 2014 8:46 am

chrisNI wrote:Looks like a good starting point where did you find it?

I got of a friend in Lisburn but it was built in banbridge trying to find the original owner as he is from my town.

stevo1100 · #10 PostAuthor: **stevo1100** » Sat Oct 11, 2014 8:52 am

jimmock wrote:Is that a Yamaha XJ 600 in the background??

its a Yamaha fz750 which I bough from the same guy I got the Kawasaki of which I have just finished .

haven't fitted the side panels yet and crap photos

Z1parR · #11 PostAuthor: **Z1parR** » Sat Oct 11, 2014 8:58 am

A friend of mine raced an FZ at the MGP this year :up

sanderz · #12 PostAuthor: **sanderz** » Sat Oct 11, 2014 1:59 pm

Good basis to start with, good luck with the strip and rebuild.
Look forward to the updates on this :up

Zomerset Zed · #13 PostAuthor: **Zomerset Zed** » Sat Oct 11, 2014 9:15 pm

Lots of cool parts on that. Will come up nice with a bit of refinishing :up

stevo1100 · #14 PostAuthor: **stevo1100** » Sat Oct 11, 2014 10:57 pm

thanks for all the feedback on my project will get their in the end and I will put a few touches of my own to it.

freddyz1r · #15 PostAuthor: **freddyz1r** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 8:59 am

stevo1100 wrote:
freddyz1r wrote:
garyd wrote:So which bit is Z1?

thats in the other picture

explain your self its still a kawasaki

sorry stevo1100, it's just my 'sarcastic whit' :shock:

I hereby publicly apologise if I caused offence, that was not my intention :smak

as for the bike, you'll have noticed from lots of previous posts that I prefer a well modded z.
I think you have a brilliant starting point, as most of the 'mods' had been done. You just need to bring it back to life with a bit of 'pizzazZ'. Good luck with the project.

cheers feddy

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