[Personally the Dremel method of tipping the valves does not sound accurate enough.[/quote]

Ditto

Good work so far Freddy :up The circlip in the master cylinder is steel - the cylinder is aluminium - with enough persuasion it will yield. Both the steel and aluminium have corroded, the mixed corrosion reacts and sets like concrete - but is not as strong as it looks - I have had success using a h...

neilbarrett wrote:how much of a project are u prepaired to take on ?

What have you got Neil?

but u cant blame people who bought them back in day and have held onto them; when I bought my ELR 1100 about 8 years back, the mudguard wasn't great, I contacted dave marsden who said he had a NOS one, it cost me £200 then; I took the original off and found a local car guy who welded and repainted...

1962royp wrote:Just doesnt look right that would just wind me up every time i looked at it

One of mine has the stays cut down to lower the mudguard, but standard that's how they are.

Thant's not my bike so I can't comment on the tyre.

It's the wrong bracket, that's the 1000J GPZ1100 1000R type the 1100R had one like this....



You can also see what I mean about how high it sits off the tyre too.

Hi Can anyone let me know the best place for a re spray on a Z1B. It must be not too far from Bedfordshire and not a stupid amount of money if such a place exists? I have been quoted £712 from Dream Machine nearly the same money as a set of panels and tank already painted. Any info would be apprec...

I will Mark.

I'm on the case to have some braces made up, but the folds are curved so it's taking the company that's doing it some time. It's a love (of me) job so I can't push too hard, but I've just given them a £20k order so maybe that will concentrate their minds a little. I have 2 genuine mudguards, but I ...

If that was mine I wouldn't even consider restoring it, it's gorgeous as it is.

Just to add my 2p, I bought a new 1100 back in the day, it was not on the 1100.

zorded wrote:Sounds like a plan Mark but no pictures of you 'pumping away' please!!

AL

There are videos around if you look hard enough Al.

keep you fingers out of the way!! Someone very clever (not me) said that you can pump out jammed pistons with a grease gun. AL I've got a stuck piston in a GS1000 caliper at the moment, compressed air won't shift it, I'm going to rig up a front master cylinder to and old set of bars, connect with a...

Steve Cooke wrote:you need to be extremely careful if using compressed air to remove pistons as that can be very dangerous, it's not really advisable.

keep you fingers out of the way!!

Thanks men, not as hard as I thought then :) Make sure you clean out the groove where the piston seal sits, it can get corroded and aluminium expands when it corrodes, if you don't clean it out properly it can be a devil's own job getting the pistons back in and if you do they can drag. This is in ...