Nice tidy machining work there. Has it clocked true when fitted to the motor?

Nice looking bike and a nice stable mate!

Hi, I’ve had two sets of genuine Kawasaki indicators re chromed, one set from a Z1000A1 and one set from a Z650B1. The Z650 set came out much better than the others and I think it’s the case that the less corrosion/pitting you have, the better the finished item will be. The ability of the polisher t...

It’s looking good Rob! Will it be on the road for springtime?

Hi z1bman,

Just sent you a PM.

Cheers.

Hi,

I need to talk about the differences between the balancer shaft mounting brackets (Different part numbers) and their orientation within the engine, particularly relating to the rounded shape of the ends of each of the 4 brackets.

Cheers.

Thanks for the input guys.

I’ve been all over the kz400.com site for a long time now but questions still remain.

Regards.

Hi Guys, Is there anyone on here who has or knows someone who has a good in depth working knowledge of the engine internals of the 75/76 Z400D twins. I have a couple of questions that are very specific and would like to contact someone who knows these mechanically odd engines inside out. If anyone c...

Cheers Rob. I live in Sheffield and that’s who I use and I have used for many years. Mostly, the service is great but they do sometimes lose bits. I’ve just had two full bikes worth of everything that was zinc including spokes and nipples etc and they lost the large centre stand shaft from one bike....

Who do you use for your zinc plating Rob?

Do they lose anything? I’m getting a bit fed up with things going missing!

Hi Bill,

No PM from you yet. We seem to be having trouble with the PM black hole!

I’ll keep a look out for it!

Cheers.

Pete.

That looks superb! Who did the paintwork?

Hi Bill,

Just resent my PM. I didn’t enter anything into the subject box so it didn’t send the message.

Regards

Pete.

Hi Bill,

PM sent.

Cheers

It’s looking good as usual Rob. How much do you think you’ll be taking of the stems to get the biggest shim size?