Now there is a resto for one brave enough. Hard enough finding a D1 exhaust...

Congratulations Philippe! Cant wait to see you the Wife and Thorben in your olive drab out and about it it.

These guys made a stamp for me years back for my machine building business.

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ah sure it will be turning heads again in no time. be nice to follow its recovery.

That is a sweet looking if not slight bent A2, one of my top 3 paint schemes, black and gold. It looks loke a pristine bike before and will be again no doubt.

An absolute credit to you Philippe, its another cracking job and a mammoth task to boot. I bet it brings a smile from ear to ear.

Thanks for the replies, gratefully appreciated. It’s going to Motoliner for repair. Head on collision into back of a car. Forks are bent. The headstock is damaged. The top bearing cup has deformed….it’s now pushed forward. Motoliner think its an easy repair. Yikes, hope you wer'nt the one that was ...

There is always Doremi Japan but it would be spicy.

https://www.japan-webike.ie/products/1355908.html

What kind of damage are you talking about? twisted... bits missing? I repair frames all the time. from this. IMG_5103.JPG To this. unnamen.jpg Can you post pics and an explanation of whats up with the frame? It might cost way less to fix than replace and keep the value of the bike too keeping the fr...

My first big boy bike, cracker!

All good, and thank you for the look, I’ll keep my eyes peeled. It’s just one of those things that will pop up when it pops up.. I just hope I have the cash this time when it does, thanks again

I had a gut feeling the regulator was on the other side but wasnt sure enough to commit ...its bin a long time :roll:.. glad you rorted :up Nobody wants to look like the fool bar the guy whos bike it is... everything is in place now, finishing the carb rebuild tonight and should be tackling the wir...

Grog wrote:Hello mate: just been out and run a bit of string round the wiring on mine to get a decent idea of length. It told me two things:

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Thanks for that but now I know you have easy access to a Z1r I might be annoying you with more questions

Hello mate: just been out and run a bit of string round the wiring on mine to get a decent idea of length. It told me two things: 1. The length of the wire from exiting the green plug to entering the regulator is 375mm give or take a few mm. 2. I now know how long a piece of string is. :D I've atta...

rpeters wrote:i will take a look

Appreciate that mate, but just so you know the Kz1000ltd had a set like this with internal routing of the wires too but he bars were taller and more cruiser like and also rare bars now.