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- Tue May 01, 2018 7:55 am
- Forum: Bike Help
- Topic: Brake Pad Thickness
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2682
Re: Brake Pad Thickness
Yes, the disk size would explain the thickness difference. The surface area, I think, is down to manufacturers. The pad I put in there after the rebuild was an Armstrong and these have a steel backing plate on the outer pad as well as the usual plate with screw thread for the inner pad. This style a...
- Sat Apr 28, 2018 5:47 am
- Forum: Bike Help
- Topic: Brake Pad Thickness
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2682
Re: Brake Pad Thickness
Excellent information, thanks. The first 550 had the same front end as the 400j but only for 1 year (the A1). The Z-Power listing looks like this:- http://www.z-power.co.uk/z400500550/front-disc-pads-fa33 It shows the 550 in this list as well as Z650, Z1000A etc. This listing mentions the thickness ...
- Fri Apr 27, 2018 10:52 am
- Forum: Bike Help
- Topic: Brake Pad Thickness
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2682
Brake Pad Thickness
Hello all, I bought a set of replacement pads for the Z550 (A1, same calipers as Z1R and Z650) and they are thicker than the originals. The outer pad also has a depression cut into it where the piston sits and has no metal backing plate. Reading up on this, there are 2 listed pads for these calipers...
- Tue Nov 08, 2016 12:12 pm
- Forum: The Bottom Shed
- Topic: Z400J
- Replies: 34
- Views: 18070
Love the project. Who needs a van? I got 2 x 400F's in the back of an Austin Maestro back in the day. 400F had great geometry and I put my 550 engine in it for a while. Handled lovely but monoshock linkages wore out fast so I binned it. Engine went back in the twin-shock and I restored it here:- htt...
- Thu Jun 16, 2016 9:08 am
- Forum: The Bottom Shed
- Topic: Z550
- Replies: 49
- Views: 26812
- Wed Jun 15, 2016 12:29 pm
- Forum: The Bottom Shed
- Topic: Z550
- Replies: 49
- Views: 26812
Passed it's MOT first time and out on the road. Rides lovely but revs feel slow to rise. Hard to explain but feels similar to retarded ignition timing. Plugs are soot black. I've got an eye on the pattern air filter (may try it without) but any ideas? http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a247/mole24/20...
- Fri Jun 10, 2016 10:25 am
- Forum: The Bottom Shed
- Topic: Just bought a Yamaha
- Replies: 28
- Views: 12571
- Sat May 21, 2016 8:15 am
- Forum: The Bottom Shed
- Topic: Z550
- Replies: 49
- Views: 26812
- Sat May 21, 2016 6:54 am
- Forum: The Bottom Shed
- Topic: Z550
- Replies: 49
- Views: 26812
Ah, thank you, sir, and thanks for the inspiration in the first place. I prefer your colour as that was how mine looked when I bought it in 1980-something but I wanted to do it myself in the end and the candy defeated this amateur painter. Now it's finished I'm tempted to do another around some of t...
- Fri May 20, 2016 7:31 pm
- Forum: The Bottom Shed
- Topic: Z550
- Replies: 49
- Views: 26812
- Fri May 20, 2016 12:23 pm
- Forum: The Bottom Shed
- Topic: Z550
- Replies: 49
- Views: 26812
After a fight with the fuel tap (2 different rebuild kits later).... http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a247/mole24/20160520_121843_zpstdufyzbp.jpg http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a247/mole24/20160520_121902_zpsudsy7ezo.jpg Bit of blue smoke from LH pipe on start but hoping that's the hone and not ...
- Wed May 04, 2016 7:54 am
- Forum: The Bottom Shed
- Topic: Z550
- Replies: 49
- Views: 26812
- Tue May 03, 2016 1:11 pm
- Forum: The Bottom Shed
- Topic: Z550
- Replies: 49
- Views: 26812
- Sun Aug 02, 2015 6:29 pm
- Forum: The Bottom Shed
- Topic: Z550
- Replies: 49
- Views: 26812
Managed to pick up a NOS front guard on German Ebay. Not bad for 15 Euro but wrong colour:- http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a247/mole24/IMG_20150802_172815_zpsaghkzaie.jpg The tank and plastics all needed loads of work but here in primer:- http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a247/mole24/IMG_20150802...
- Fri Jun 26, 2015 2:52 pm
- Forum: The Bottom Shed
- Topic: Z550
- Replies: 49
- Views: 26812