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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

Nice one look forward to the rebuild

So which bit is Z1?

garyd wrote:So which bit is Z1?

the frame

garyd wrote:So which bit is Z1?

thats in the other picture

freddyz1r wrote:

garyd wrote:So which bit is Z1?

thats in the other picture

explain your self its still a kawasaki

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

Is that a Yamaha XJ 600 in the background??

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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