Hi Gary

welcome to the club !
It's not easy to find a Z1 to restore.
Most of them are restored already and if they aren't they cost a lot of money!
But, never mind, just go for it!
Good luck
Greetings from Belgium
Philippe

Hi men thanks again! @ Mozeau : the "original exhaust pipes" serve now and then as a template to bend or shape metal...or perhaps I could also use them to act as a gun barrel when I'm restoring a tank or some other military machine in the future :shock: :tooled who knows :D Grtz Philippe

Hi men
thanks for the compliments!

@ Deka: they're not new, they're second hand from Germany and they're not rechromed, because rechroming them black is the only way to let them look great again.

GrtZ
Philippe

Hi men last monday the fork tubes were ready! Finally after 3 months. On his website the rechromer claims that it takes about 3 weeks...OK so far, so good. On tuesday I started the work at 07,15 hours and worked until 17,15 hours. This morning I gave the final touch and cleaned her up a bit. So she'...

Hi Barnett

welcome to the club!
You have a very nice Z1A, congratulations!
Greetings from Belgium
Philippe

Hi Pete

yes it will go on for quite a while and when you put the first paint on, you have to fill up more...
GrtZ
Philippe

Hi Pete I prefer 2 K epoxy paint but you need to take precautions! A good breathing mask to protect your lungs is important! make sure that your compressor can provide enough air because painting a frame takes me about 1,5 hours. I use RAL 9005 black paint), with 80% gloss. You can buy the black pai...

Hi Pete

you did a great job !
I see you use the same tape as I do.
The paint will become harder when it's completely cured .
Keep up the good work!
GrtZ
Philippe

Hello guys this morning the spokes for the front wheel arrived, finally ! They were mounted and afterwards, this afternoon, I mounted the tyre. Finally I could put her back on her wheels. Now it's only a matter of time before the second tin of paint is available. If the temperatures stay the way the...

Hi Adrian90s

beautifull bike! Congratulations!
GrtZ
Philippe

Hi Zoso welcome to the club ! The ZX1100A (Gpz1100 UT) is a lot easier to work on compared to the Z1300. The only difficult things to find are the sleeves for the linkage system of the rear suspension. As Chris stated: show us some pictures of your pride and joy please, don't be shy. Greetings from ...

Hi men I'm back with some more news. Good and...bad. First of all @ Bill P and Peter K. :thanks for the compliments guys! Let's start with the good news: the rear wheel turned out to be OK after some gentle blows with a rubber hammer. The spokes run straight to the rim and I was able to get the whee...

Hi men more news about the Saroléa ! The engine was cleaned, painted and I mounted it in the frame on saturday. On sunday, I had a closer look at the bike and I noticed that I couldn't reach the bolt to change the position of the gearbox once the protection of the primary chain was on... I had a clo...

Hi guys @ David Z1R: thanks for the compliments! No NOS parts available, I have to do it with whatever I have, good or bad. Today I made progress in putting the Saroléa puzzle back together. I was able to mount the gear box in the frame but had to dismount the main stand because the bolt of the main...

Hi guys it's been a few days since my last post but here I am back with some news. I managed to paint most of the parts, OMG I never realised that there were so much parts that needed painting. It took me five paint sessions to get the job done so far. I have to wait for a new tin of paint because I...