Looks like a lot of us cut our teeth on those. My first big bike was an RD250c. I loved it and would have gone for a red & white 400 after that. But the 'elsie' came along which turned me into a drooling teenage wreck.

The chaps in the GPZ900 club know lots about those. They're not an uncommon engine swap when your 900 goes bang, and some of them run 1000s as well as their 900s. Helpful fellows as well when I did my 900 rebuild. Could be worth joining if you need advice.

There's a picture of the one I did in this thread:- http://z1ownersclub.co.uk/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=18606&p=164525&hilit=aoshima#p164525 The paint job was really hard, but turned out ok I think. The badges were printed on photographic paper to make them look 3d which you don't get u...

Yes please on the carbs. I'll pm you. I think I'm pretty local to you so could come and get them. :-)

A blue RD250C. Very nice. I had one of those as my first learner bike. I got spat off it - the footrest bracket under the pipe would ground out - looked good at night though. I nearly became a human torch with it once, when the fuel tank balance pipe let go all of the fuel over a hot engine once. Na...

Sunday is looking very good here weather wise now. The best thing is there's been plenty of rain to wash away all the salt. Time to go down the garage and see if I can get the old girl started! I'm looking forward to seeing you all again.

Not too far away. I'll be there on my B as usual.

Probably a few of those new ones will turn up.

I think somebody wrote a guide to the standard carb setup on here. I searched, but couldn't find it. Does anyone know the link? Ta.

Great to see you all again. I'm going to get myself along to the SW Rally again this year for sure.

The weather's looking good for the day. For the last two weeks here, it's been a better than predicted by the BBC.

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I never knew he was a zed head. Fair do's

On the Ltd version, the sidepanels don't extend forward over the vertical frame tubes and makes it look a lot better.

Some top tips I've found useful keeping my zed in the shed over winter. WD40 down the 4x4s and then surgical gloves over the end of each one. I find that draining the carbs down has a downside. The O rings on the fuel union tees shrink and leak like a bastard when you put new fuel in for the new sea...

Have a good time guyz. I wish I could go again.

But I fell over at Spa while pissed, and broke a metacarpal in my left hand on a concrete stair.

Clutch hand in plastercast. Fell over and broke it while on the sauce at Spa. I hope it'll be ok for the SW rally this year. Just as the nice weather is kicking in. Dammit!!