Thanks John,I had never changed my front sprocket and now have received the front, rear and chain from z power and the new front sprocket offsets!!! That explains why it was rubbing the cover and the knackered chain explains the wear

Hi guys,just doing general maintenance before long run at the weekend and found wear on the front sprocket inner cover and side wear on the sprocket.The sprocket nut was tight with no play whatsoever.

Well spotted al. Mine is a 98 zephyr 1100 and hasn’t got that rod and I imagine that would make installation a lot easier

I have taken the tensioner out with the carbs still on but it was bloody difficult to get that long spring back in,it took so long I wish I had taken the carbs off!!!

Definitely started to narrow it down,rings,valves or head

Next thing is definitely a compression test,could swap the coils around just to make sure.My 1100 struggled to start when warm and ended up being the induction coil

PM sent

What about the condition of the battery?

Didn’t they only emboss the numbers on the later models ?

+1 Made such a difference

Thanks Warren

Quick bit of advice from you knowledgeable chaps,when to put the decals on.This is going on a zephyr 1100 ( wire wheels ) choices are after base coat before lacquer,couple of coats of lacquer then apply decals with a couple of lacquer after or completely finish tank then apply

The good news is yours look identical to mine but a little bigger.Now the bad news ,my bike was imported from the states early 1990’s and these were some sort of aftermarket high compression piston.I damaged one of the oil rings and could not find a like for like replacement .In the end managed to f...

SR logistics would be a great place to start,bloke called Richard Baker picked my bike up from Derby to the middle of Kent.Specialist in bike transportation and definitely cares about the bikes

Very similar markings to my pistons