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To recap following the meltdown I bought this Z1B from Edinburgh in jan 2011. It was taxed ,MOTed and running albeit a little roughly. My intention is to rebuild it with a few improvements making it a usable bike rather than a concourse show bike. My memory of the 900s is based on the fact that by the time I started riding they where at least 5 years old and by then the original exhausts and shocks where long gone replaced by a 4 into 1 and uprated shocks. This is the look I’m going for. I’m outsourcing lots of the work and just assembling the bike myself.

The “beforeâ€￾ pic. Note the chrome frame/swingarm



Chipped fin



Various strip down pics. Everything labelled and stored

Its all there somewhere


Heads a bit of a mess another sourced from Mr Ebay


Carbs refurbed thanks to DogsbolloxZ1b


Crank was showing signs of rust and a little notchy. General opinion on the site says it would probably have been Ok but I really want to avoid stripping the engine twice so it got refurbed and balanced


Mikey got the frame and swingarm stripped of chrome while rechroming and polishing various other bits.






After much head scratching I went down the powder coat route for the frame. He achieved a good finish with all the numbers still visible


I’m awaiting second oversized pistons from Zed power before rebore and aquablasting of the engine cases and head recondition before the engine rebuild.

That’s about it for now I’ll be sure to update as and when I make any progress

Bits and pieces all coming together

Paintwork back from Hutch today and looks stunning

pics added soon camera fecked at the mement

Chromework looks superb!

That's all looking rather lovely.

yes I remember this it was coming on nicely

paul doran wrote:yes I remember this it was coming on nicely

It took a bit of a back seat while waiting for oversized pistons on back order and me out playing on my other bikes.

Now the weathers not so great I'm back on the case

Superb Janluke,

keep the pics coming!!

Very very nice job

Hiya Andy

Good to hear from you again - get that camera fixed mister - dying to see your latest progress.

Noticed some of your engine looks like it was painted black at some time - wonder what the story was there??

Best wishes from Mark

Thanks for the positive comment Gemts

Paintwork fresh from Hutch

Bloody hell thats nice

Going to be a nice one when its finished Andy. If you're needing a hand with the heavy stuff just shout and we'll pop down drink your coffee and watch you working.....

Iain marshall wrote:Going to be a nice one when its finished Andy. If you're needing a hand with the heavy stuff just shout and we'll pop down drink your coffee and watch you working.....

Thanks Iain I may well take you up on that

Andy

new paintwork just makres You want to drool