Hmm been through this one picked up a lovely z650 (ok kz 650) 6900 genuine miles, a minter apart from the patina of being 29 years old. Bought the guilari seat, cma wheels, dual disks ,etc got me spanners out and..... couldn't do it it is (at present) a piece of history, maybe only to us zedheads bu...

thanks for the replies, took the simple option and filled the tank from a known good petrol station, had to reset the idle to 1500. Ran the bike this morning no pops or bangs and idle running at 2000! I guess it was bad petrol (dregs?) as one of the stations I use is a Shell at Ripley just off the A...

Hi
took my Z650 out today as the GPz has fried its rectifier.
Haven't used for a few weeks, it was very hard to start this morning and will not idle, turned up the idle but it backfires a lot on closed throttle
Any ideas?

done this conversion twicew now, gt750 and z650, you can use a standard 7" light in the shell. Vehicle wiring products do wipac units. If you use a 55/60w halogen bulb there should be no issue (at least I haven't had one!) the light is much better, you could try a cibie unit but you will need a...

for what its worth... 3 ohms on points, dyna s works with these or green dyna coils there are lower values for stock pei (programmed electronic ignition) or stock ignitors but can't remember the ohmic value (seem to remember 2.2 for grey dyna but don't quote). I have dyna s on my z 650 which is pukk...

The boys name is Alex. Piggy, she got me drunk and took advantage. :lol: Just had to order a pile of stuff from ZPower before the mothercare bill comes in. Sorry for the thread hijack guys. Now back to the Z1 Project. Shit, that's what happened to me 6 years ago ! Though I love my boys to bits, thi...

Check the advance mcganism with a timing light there is 1 mark for running at low revs, I think the advance should come at about 4k

Spent some time fettling on Sat, stripped and cleaned the carbs, replaced fuel filter and fitted pingel tap from debbens. Took it for a spin but couldn't get above 70! Problem was fuel starvation. Seems fuel filter was restricting flow, popped down to the bike shop and bought a rebuildable filter an...

norwegian bits are all "troll"

How about mountain bike suspension pumps? I think they run higher pressures but they may do the job, usually about a tenner

Hi All
I am in Godalming and work in Weybridge, lived here for 12 years but still get lost!
Go to Boxhill when wife permits

hope to meet up soon
Mark

Is there a meet in the SUrrey area eg Box Hill etc ?

(Ducking expecting flames for not knowing)

no worries new bike to me so I expect to have "Challenges" though my first fears were for the electrics but this was the first time I truly hammered the beast ,no pwer loss, some hesitence but not to worry given I was pushing it. it's now pissing petrol out of the pod filter which is serou...

Or Came home from work this afternoon and had a blast......Got off the bike and there was smoke coming from under the seat! Panic ensued and I took the seat off and was relieved to find that it was not electrical but coming from the engine breather. Ok, so I had been caning it but it begs the questi...

Paul Jones wrote:I agree - seen a lot worse,

Looks a really nice bike - was it from ebay?

Cheers

PJ

Hi
Yes, did a deal with my 74 kettle came away with this......and love it!