74 Z1b Refurb....

ollie · #76 PostAuthor: **ollie** » Fri Sep 16, 2011 12:25 am

Kev ,she looks super mate ,ok i will say this to you cos i can see a failure mate.Number plate looks on the small side .I had a failure because of one and i know Mart (z1prowler )also had one for a spacing on his .So to make sure i'd get a big un for the mot .Then ......happy days ahead :wink:

pertonpc · #77 PostAuthor: **pertonpc** » Fri Sep 16, 2011 7:31 am

Hi Kev,
Looking great now matey. Fingers crossed for your MOT (agree with ollie about reg. plate by the way - you could phone the tester with dimensions to save a wasted journey). Paintwork is a lovely shade of blue - is it original or who painted it for you??

Noticed your 4:1 pipes have somewhere for the centre stand to park under the bottom of the pipe. What make is that cos my 4:1 didn't have that.

Cheers from Mark

coldsummer · #78 PostAuthor: **coldsummer** » Fri Sep 16, 2011 7:49 am

She looks great Kev. For insurance valuation I would suggest getting an 'agreed value' policy, most insurers do them. You will need proof such as photos, receipts and a valuation from the club (Jerry) to back it up. I would go for around Â£7500, others might suggest higher. As for true market value, well you know yourself that is a can of worms. As an indication, I sold my original blue unrestored Z1b earlier this year on ebay (after offering it to club members) which was quite similar to yours for just under Â£6K.

uk kev · #79 PostAuthor: **uk kev** » Fri Sep 16, 2011 4:20 pm

pertonpc wrote:Hi Kev,
Looking great now matey. Fingers crossed for your MOT (agree with ollie about reg. plate by the way - you could phone the tester with dimensions to save a wasted journey). Paintwork is a lovely shade of blue - is it original or who painted it for you??

Noticed your 4:1 pipes have somewhere for the centre stand to park under the bottom of the pipe. What make is that cos my 4:1 didn't have that.

Cheers from Mark

Paint is all original, complete with scratches

Pipe is a Wirges (I know! nobody else had heard of them either) it uses standard Kawasaki side & center stand rubbers.

coldsummer wrote:For insurance valuation I would suggest getting an 'agreed value' policy, most insurers do them. You will need proof such as photos, receipts and a valuation from the club (Jerry) to back it up. I would go for around Â£7500, others might suggest higher. As for true market value, well you know yourself that is a can of worms. As an indication, I sold my original blue unrestored Z1b earlier this year on ebay (after offering it to club members) which was quite similar to yours for just under Â£6K.

I thought a value of Â£5500 would seem to be fair, if it had a 4/4 system then I would bump it up.

Roll on tomorrow..

tlc · #80 PostAuthor: **tlc** » Fri Sep 16, 2011 5:08 pm

Good luck with it Kev. Sure she`ll sail through.

I`m amazed at how quickly you turned this around, what with being on call !
Guess you weren`t busy :wink:

uk kev · #81 PostAuthor: **uk kev** » Fri Sep 16, 2011 6:16 pm

Here is a little trick I use Chris, it works real good too...

Just do one hour a day on the bike, every day, everybody can find an hour :wink:

uk kev · #82 PostAuthor: **uk kev** » Sat Sep 17, 2011 7:07 pm

So it passed the MoT, but I have a couple of small things to sort out, the master cylinder needs rebuilding, caliper dust seal, needs changing, and I need to line the tank, as it keeps going rusty, even after using rust cure!

So I am close to finishing, but as I don't intend to tax it until October, I have a little time left. :smk

ADRIAN H · #83 PostAuthor: **ADRIAN H** » Sat Sep 17, 2011 8:07 pm

Well done mate.

pertonpc · #84 PostAuthor: **pertonpc** » Sat Sep 17, 2011 8:33 pm

Well done Kev
good result mate.
I researched wirges pipes and apparently Bill Wirges is a small american supplier from the 70s - who had a bigger name for making 2 stroke expansion chambers.
Looks like that could be a rare pipe in this country, it's the only one I have seen that exits on the left and uses original stand rubbers - so a good find!!
From Mark

jimmock · #85 PostAuthor: **jimmock** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 4:08 am

Kev, just been looking at your rebuild pics.

IMPRESSIVE.

I can remember how chuffed you were when you bought it a few months ago.

You have inspired me to get the finger out of my fecking jacksey and get some of my stuff done.

Well done.

Jimmock.

uk kev · #86 PostAuthor: **uk kev** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 4:29 pm

Wow where did that day go! I just spent the whole day prepping and sealing my tank, Marine clean, metal prep, and PoR 15 sealer, now it is curing for the next 96 hours :shock:

time well spent as it does look good inside now. :wink:

Rich · #87 PostAuthor: **Rich** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 7:19 pm

uk kev wrote:

Just put the fag out before playing with the tank :boom

Steve S · #88 PostAuthor: **Steve S** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 5:52 pm

Saw another KKK registation today Kev on a brown/red Z1B,rode into Bury hill car park then out again,may have been with the VJMC rideout.

bedlow1 · #89 PostAuthor: **bedlow1** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 6:46 pm

looks realy good

uk kev · #90 PostAuthor: **uk kev** » Sun Oct 09, 2011 11:21 am

Today I have been doing the last few little jobs that seem to come up when you get near to the end, removed all the rusty exhaust clamp nuts, cleaned the threads, and replaced old nuts with new stainless ones. Adjusted the exhaust system so that the new centre stand fits.
Fitted new old stock oil pressure switch. fitted NOS plug lead numbers, Fitted new polished cam cover, gasket, and NOS chrome cover screws. Fitted new front metal brake pipe (thanks Gez)

Tank is away having some bad scratches touched in, as I am trying to save the original paint, and awaiting new top rubber brake pipe from US.

I am all but done now. :wink:

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