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Author: chrisNI
Mon Mar 18, 2024 4:45 pm
Forum: Bike Help
Topic: Drive sprocket locking plate
Replies: 2
Views: 68

Re: Drive sprocket locking plate

Good idea :D
Author: chrisNI
Mon Mar 11, 2024 12:02 am
Forum: Bike Help
Topic: Partzilla
Replies: 12
Views: 449

Re: Partzilla

ADRIAN H wrote:If I need any OEM parts I try Cradley Heath kawasaki first or CsMNL in the Netherlands. Parts purchased from CSMNL seem to sail through customs. https://www.cmsnl.com/kawasaki-motorcycle_model11372/


If Cradley Heath can get it invariably so can Z Power. With club discount.
Author: chrisNI
Wed Mar 06, 2024 6:16 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: Z650 Special...not for the purist.
Replies: 34
Views: 15971

Re: Z650 Special...not for the purist.

Looks very smart :jake
Author: chrisNI
Sat Mar 02, 2024 10:24 am
Forum: The Bottom Shed
Topic: Restoration of a 1942 Willys jeep GPW Ford
Replies: 30
Views: 142391

Re: Restoration of a 1942 Willys jeep GPW Ford

This is an epic one Philippe great work as always.
Author: chrisNI
Fri Mar 01, 2024 5:57 pm
Forum: Wanted Adz
Topic: Z900 rear wheel or Hub (Drum Brakes)
Replies: 8
Views: 561

Re: Z900 rear wheel or Hub (Drum Brakes)

Is this sorted? I may have come across a Z1B one (to be confirmed by further research)
Author: chrisNI
Wed Feb 28, 2024 6:35 am
Forum: Projects
Topic: Eddie Lawson Resto Mod
Replies: 30
Views: 15625

Re: Eddie Lawson Resto Mod

I just got my seat (PMC cover) done by the local Polish car set are-upholstery outfit. It wasn’t cheap ( these guys generally aren’t but they’re extremely good) it’s a great job and I got it back in a couple of days. Looks factory. :D I used the original foam they bluffed out the raggedy bits at the...
Author: chrisNI
Mon Feb 19, 2024 6:31 pm
Forum: Bike Help
Topic: Z1B grab rails
Replies: 6
Views: 390

Re: Z1B grab rails

z1bman wrote:The grab rail with the indicator mounts were introduced to prevent frame damage caused by the indicators being mounted directly to the frame


I heard that also but given the metal the indicators were made of I’d have thought they’d have snapped pretty sharpish.
Author: chrisNI
Sun Feb 18, 2024 6:25 pm
Forum: Bike Help
Topic: Z1B grab rails
Replies: 6
Views: 390

Re: Z1B grab rails

The Z1B on the cover of “Sunrise to Z1” famously had this type of grabrail. Whatever pice of bullshit legislation made Kawasaki decide they had to do this abomination it must have come just a the end of Z1B production so a few of them had it and then it was rolled out properly on the A4 and subseque...
Author: chrisNI
Tue Dec 26, 2023 1:10 am
Forum: Wanted Adz
Topic: Z1000 A1 A2 Z1R head wanted
Replies: 12
Views: 49365

Re: Z1000 A1 A2 Z1R head wanted

James wrote:Yes.


Looked like a reasonable buy good luck with it.
Author: chrisNI
Sun Dec 24, 2023 11:27 am
Forum: New Here?
Topic: Back again
Replies: 4
Views: 28977

Re: Back again

Welcome back Mikey good luck with the hip you’ll be back on the trampoline in no time… :D :D

:hur2
Author: chrisNI
Sat Dec 23, 2023 9:23 pm
Forum: Wanted Adz
Topic: Z1000 A1 A2 Z1R head wanted
Replies: 12
Views: 49365

Re: Z1000 A1 A2 Z1R head wanted

James wrote:I have a head i got with a load of parts for a z1000a2 missing cam caps but apart from that it looks ok.


Did you buy that A2 down in Mayobridge?
Author: chrisNI
Sat Dec 23, 2023 9:23 pm
Forum: Wanted Adz
Topic: Z1000 A1 A2 Z1R head wanted
Replies: 12
Views: 49365

Re: Z1000 A1 A2 Z1R head wanted

Thanks for replies. Eventually went with getting Buzzard to comprehensively redo the chap’s original head, it needed a lot of work and wasn’t a cheap option but it’s a good job now and a known quantity, and ready to bolt on as opposed to spending nearly as much on a second hand head with no valves, ...
Author: chrisNI
Thu Dec 14, 2023 9:03 am
Forum: Show us Yours
Topic: My paintwork back home
Replies: 10
Views: 41607

Re: Wrong company posted

Z1B wrote:PAINTBOX NI IS THE COMPANY, head like a siv me


They did my Z1000 (non standard) back in 1999/2000, they’re just out the road from me.

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