Looking for a project

[warren3200gt]

As nice as the upside down forks and monoshock sanctury style etc is they just don't quite look right to me. If modding I like bikes which have the period correct mods personally. Keeping the mods to that which could have been done back then kinda keeps the bike as a whole rather than a now and then affair.

[wheelysteve]

Nice one, Good luck with the resto/modding.

The previous owner must have some inside leg measurement judging by length of those shocks !

[Davehales]

Thanks again, i think i will keep it stock ish, maybe some wheels from webike or depending on the whhels, re-built with aluminium rims, the zephyr 750rs route sounds good but like you say, hard to find, best thing to see how bad it is when it arrives friday, how much needs to be actualy replaced

[ADRIAN H]

That is a good starting point, well done. It's your bike do whatever you wish.

[Davehales]

Ok so how do I find out what the original paint job is, I assume it’s as it is but shiny?

Paint code?

[chrisNI]

First do not cut the exhaust hangers off, they are unique to the A1 and A2, do everything you can to keep them where they are.

The A1A2 hangers are unique to those bikes because Kawasaki must have realised they look shite and didn't make the same mistake again. Also they rot inside....

[warren3200gt]

Ok so how do I find out what the original paint job is, I assume it’s as it is but shiny?

Paint code?

If it's an A1 Dave and you need to take measurements pop round mine with a CLOTH tape measure

We can talk paint when your here.

[Z1streetfighter71]

The A1A2 hangers are unique to those bikes because Kawasaki must have realised they look shite and didn't make the same mistake again. Also they rot inside....

All so very true, the Z1 exhaust hangers worked grand, so did the Z900 and the Ltd and the Z1r , those rust prone upside down rabbit ears were a bad idea from the start and rust off in rain any soaked countries but...thats what makes them unique.

[chrisNI]

what makes them unique.

So that’s why you have to be careful what you replace them with - it’s not always done properly


To be fair they look worse left on a modded bike than they do on one with standard pipes…

[Z1streetfighter71]

So that’s why you have to be careful what you replace them with - it’s not always done properly


To be fair they look worse left on a modded bike than they do on one with standard pipes…

So im not selling the rabbit ears then, to be honest iv taken them off a frame of my own but the were rotted off anyways for being out in the rain, the trick is to sand the weld seam on the front and back but no touching the frame with a flap disk till the near fall off, then put them in a box for safe keeping...

[Davehales]

Bike has arrived and in the garage, need to order a battery, will then have a look aver it to see if it will start