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Posted: **Sat Sep 17, 2016 5:41 pm**

I have bought this off Martin B, been on here before, but I am undertaking to bring it back to life, as it was meant to be.

Started to strip her down

Finding all the faults

Alot of the wires had been cut and 'modified'

Some parts off for plating, chroming, powder coating

The left mud guard was on the bike, very poor state, I bought the one on the right from germany for 20 euro, much better, of for chrome.

Hubs cleaned up and new bearings fitted

Calipers re furbished and ready

The disc brakes are wrong, wrong size and rear one wrong bike altogether, hunting for standard ones, if anyone has any?

Will post more as I go.

Posted: **Sat Sep 17, 2016 8:00 pm**

Great Start David.

When it's done you'll be in a VERY exclusive club, ie a genuine UK A1 looking how the good people at KHI intended.

You sorted for paint?.

Posted: **Sat Sep 17, 2016 8:48 pm**

Not yet Garry but will contact you for your blingy paint man, she who should be obeyed wants a blue paint job not wine red. :lol:

Posted: **Mon Sep 26, 2016 3:11 pm**

Got my frame and bits back from triple s powder coatings , chrome guys stating two to three months :shock:

Posted: **Mon Sep 26, 2016 4:47 pm**

2 to 3 months sounds a bit too long :!:

Posted: **Mon Sep 26, 2016 7:20 pm**

I know but tried two placese and both the same, busy they tell me, to many bloody restorers :lol:

Posted: **Sat Oct 01, 2016 7:33 am**

Just put my Rear rim in to chromers in Bristol, 2 month... :shock:

Posted: **Fri Oct 28, 2016 1:13 pm**

Bling Bling Bling

Some parts back from the chrome man, still waiting for my wheel rims and grab rail.

Few bits done for the handlebar mounts

And how the controls started out

Happy days

Posted: **Fri Oct 28, 2016 1:56 pm**

Looking rather Nice David.

Who did the chroming, and how much?..

Posted: **Fri Oct 28, 2016 1:56 pm**

I am watching this with interest.
Getting a bit of a Z Thou bug myself at the mo.

Wonder if anyone will ever start to do a decent repro silencer set for them ???

From Mark

Posted: **Fri Oct 28, 2016 2:12 pm**

Garry.L wrote:Looking rather Nice David.

Who did the chroming, and how much?..

Leigh polishing Garry, 330.00

Posted: **Fri Oct 28, 2016 3:08 pm**

DavidZ1R wrote:
Leigh polishing Garry, 330.00

That seems pretty good David, do you know if they do Zorts?.

Posted: **Fri Oct 28, 2016 3:10 pm**

pertonpc wrote:I am watching this with interest.
Getting a bit of a Z Thou bug myself at the mo.

Wonder if anyone will ever start to do a decent repro silencer set for them ???

From Mark

You can get them Mark,place in Dunkirk,got some pics from him,but hard to get complete info due to language barrier.

Posted: **Fri Oct 28, 2016 4:25 pm**

Garry.L wrote:
DavidZ1R wrote:
Leigh polishing Garry, 330.00

That seems pretty good David, do you know if they do Zorts?.

Only if the baffles can be removed, he had four pipes on his shelf today, can't do my z1r pipe :cry:

Posted: **Fri Oct 28, 2016 4:28 pm**

Need a nos brake lever spring for it, found one in America, going over for it next week, while I'm there might as well take a cruise

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