Thanks guys. Got the head off today and the valves don't look too good from what I can see.

Thanks for that, I did think that after puzzling over for hours. Think the timing is ok. Just going to take the head off and have a good look, work through everything. I poured some 2stroke petrol down the spark plug holes last night and it was gone this morning. Does that mean the piston rings coul...

Thanks Adrian. I set cams in place there and took photos but will need to figure out how to get them on here later. Cylinders 1 and 4 are at tdc. intake lobe on 2 is up and exhaust on 3 is up. think I need to bolt it all back together and turn it over see where the marks are at. Thanks again.

Hi folks, looking for some advice before I cause damage. I have a 1981 z1000j which was smoking and using oil when I bought it. I have the engine out and on the bench. I did a compression test cold which was 80 70 80 80 then poured some oil down each hole retested and all four came upto 100. Now thi...

Thanx z1bman, i'll give it the snip in the morning. Was needing some reasurance it's definately just a relay before i axed it..

Hi guys, was looking for some advice about my butchered dodgy wiring loom that i'm trying to tidy up... On the right hand side the wire that comes from the (pick up coil i think) to the ic igniter has two wires comin away from the plug which go to a small black box which has another two wires coming...