Back in the day I hankered after customising my Uk bike but didn't have the finance or experience to do it justice so didn't do it. With a entire 650 spare I thought I would now build the bike I wanted too 35 years ago. With the bits and pieces laying around in the garage accumulated over the years added this is what it turned out like!
Thing is, I have enjoyed building it but I REALLY don't need another bike laying up in the garage along with all the others I seldom get a chance to use, so what do we reckon it's worth? I'm pretty sure it'll be on ebay in the spring of next year but don't intend to give it away!
Plenty more pics if anyone wants them.
Just need to MOT it and UK register it which I'll do over the winter.
Period black and silver custom.
Stainless steel allen head bolts throughout.
1. New Avon road rider front tyre
2. Period Z900A4 3 cma spoke alloy wheels new paint
3. Twin Disc conversion
4. regound (not skimmed) discs
5. New Brake pads
6. Twin overhauled calipers with new seals
7. Stainless braided brake pipes.
8. Refurbed master cylinder with new seals and gaskets.
9. Period fibre glass front mudguard New paint.
10. New fork seals and dust covers.
11. Progressive fork springs.
12. New fork oil.
13. New headstock tapered roller bearings.
14. Frame new paint Simonez tough satin tough black and striped of obsolete brackets and mounts.
15. New Stainless steel 4 into 1 Piper replica.
16. New primary chain.
17. New Cam chain.
18. New bearings throughout engine.
19. New complete starter clutch.
20. Shimmed and timed correctly
21. Engine vapour blasted and repainted in heat resistant Simonez tough satin black polished covers.
22. New coils, and Plugs & black non condenser plug caps.
23. New points and condensors.
24. New oil and hyflo filter.
25. Stainless crankcase breather filter.
26. New Motobatt gel battery.
27. Carbs ultrasonically cleaned and polished covers.
28. New float valves and full inlet needles plus gaskets. Carbs set up correctly.
29. Polished aluminium velocity stacks + Stainless steel mesh filters.
30. Polished period Raask rearsets.
31. Side panels new paint.
32. Period Dresda box section swingarm new tapered roller bearings.
33. New rear brake shoes.
34. New Avon roadrider rear tyre.
35. New gas adjustable rear piggyback shock absorbers.
36. Aluminium tail tidy / number plate mount.
37. Smoked lens rear light with indicators built in.
38. Period Guiliari rear seat. Recovered with detail stitching & keeping 650 & Guiliari signatures intact.
39. Original duck tail with new paint.
40. Period polished aluminium chain guard.
41. New chain and front and rear sprockets.
42. Billet automatic chain tensioner.
43. Tank internally cleaned and new paint.
44. Mini smoked lens front indicators.
45. Polished billet headlamp brackets.
46. Refurbed switches. (with the troublesome kill swith bypassed).
47. New black Renthal bars.
48. Z900 black mirrors.
49. Bespoke polished aluminium instrument pod.
50. Led idiot lights.
51. New ignition switch.
52. Bar LED rev counter.
53. Polished handle bar clamps.
54. Simonez tough satin black top and bottom fork yolks.
Just remembered, some more
Valves reseated.
New valve stem oil seals
Cylinders honed.
New piston rings.
New cables as required.
Polished Fork Brace.
