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New Project

#1 PostAuthor: Bill P » Sun Jan 05, 2020 7:40 pm

Don't know if these are allowed on here :rock Moderators feel free to remove
Heres my latest little project wrong Manufacturer for most i know but thought you might have a slight
interest , as usual looked brill on ebay pictures but in the cold light of day reality was different, but
thats how i like to buy them :)
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Re: New Project

#2 PostAuthor: deka » Sun Jan 05, 2020 7:43 pm

Very good be interested in seeing the progress
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Re: New Project

#3 PostAuthor: chrisNI » Sun Jan 05, 2020 7:54 pm

Non Kawasaki Zeds in the Bottom Shed Bill you can have whatever you like in here.

Interested to see how this goes... :D :D

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Re: New Project

#4 PostAuthor: zed1015 » Sun Jan 05, 2020 11:56 pm

Closest motor to a Z1 you are ever going to get and copied almost directly from the Z engine design.
Even the cylinder stud spacings are the same and the GS head will drop straight on the Z motor.
A mod that was popular in drag racing to take advantage of the GS's bigger valves until the 'J' motors came out.

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Re: New Project

#5 PostAuthor: r3sc » Mon Jan 06, 2020 8:57 am

Please keep this coming!
I have a really nice GS1000G which is also one of my favourites and it will be interesting to follow your progress on this rebuild!

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Re: New Project

#6 PostAuthor: zapo » Mon Jan 06, 2020 3:24 pm

Bill,
Always interested to follow your rebuilds, you are a glutton for punishment :D

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Re: New Project

#7 PostAuthor: RAYZ1 » Mon Jan 06, 2020 7:23 pm

Bill P wrote:Don't know if these are allowed on here :rock Moderators feel free to remove
Heres my latest little project wrong Manufacturer for most i know but thought you might have a slight
interest , as usual looked brill on ebay pictures but in the cold light of day reality was different, but
thats how i like to buy them :)


Problem is if you went to see it you would probably walk away , so now you have a project and you would have stripped it anyway no doubt !
yes you can have too many bikes

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Re: New Project

#8 PostAuthor: Bill P » Mon Jan 06, 2020 7:55 pm

Cheers Zapo i certainly am ,i've a z650 on the go as well :lol:
Your right Ray i love to get them in bits ,it is only really frame thats rough and paintwork
on tank isn't quite correct so Shaun the painter will sort it after ive removed the breather
somebody added to front

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Re: New Project

#9 PostAuthor: r3sc » Mon Jan 06, 2020 8:32 pm

Is Shaun the painter in Ilkeston?

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Re: New Project

#10 PostAuthor: Bill P » Mon Jan 06, 2020 9:00 pm

Yep he's the man :)

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Re: New Project

#11 PostAuthor: r3sc » Mon Jan 06, 2020 10:53 pm

He’s always done great work for me, top lad! He’s painted three or four complete bikes and I’ve been pleased every time!
He painted my A1 as well!
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Re: New Project

#12 PostAuthor: Bill P » Tue Jan 07, 2020 9:21 am

Ive never had a problem apart from sometimes he don't achieve his deadline :lol:
he's done me a lot of stuff including modern like a ZXR750 couple Triumphs
thats how diverse he is ex Dream Machine i believe

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Re: New Project

#13 PostAuthor: Bill P » Tue Jan 07, 2020 2:12 pm

All the black stuff dropped of at the powder coaters today , a hell of a lot of little bits
compared to Zs so he was thrilled :) , wheels stripped and ready for polish and paint
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Re: New Project

#14 PostAuthor: Julian_Boolean » Tue Jan 07, 2020 3:56 pm

zed1015 wrote:Closest motor to a Z1 you are ever going to get and copied almost directly from the Z engine design.
Even the cylinder stud spacings are the same and the GS head will drop straight on the Z motor.
A mod that was popular in drag racing to take advantage of the GS's bigger valves until the 'J' motors came out.


GS750 engine was designed by the same person designed the Z1 engine (he left Kawasaki and went to work for Suzuki) hence why the engines are so similar, GS1000 is a stretched GS750.
An expanding collection of parts pretending to be a Z1100R and a Yamaha FZ750

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Re: New Project

#15 PostAuthor: zed1015 » Tue Jan 07, 2020 4:36 pm

Julian_Boolean wrote:
zed1015 wrote:Closest motor to a Z1 you are ever going to get and copied almost directly from the Z engine design.
Even the cylinder stud spacings are the same and the GS head will drop straight on the Z motor.
A mod that was popular in drag racing to take advantage of the GS's bigger valves until the 'J' motors came out.


GS750 engine was designed by the same person designed the Z1 engine (he left Kawasaki and went to work for Suzuki) hence why the engines are so similar, GS1000 is a stretched GS750.


Yes! I was going to mention that in the same post but was fending off the 2 year old grandson trying to press all the keys on the lap top so gave up intending to add that info later when he was asleep but forgot :lol:


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