Z650 refresh...
Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2014 2:53 pm
... not that there's actually much Z650 left now...
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Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2014 3:24 pm
Phwarrr - lovin' that tank
Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2014 3:54 pm
Oh Lordy....... 
Tell us more. 
Tell us more. Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2014 4:02 pm
More info required please love it.
Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2014 6:37 pm
Crikey! 
Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2014 6:52 pm
Gon tell us where you got that tank.
I'd love one of them but all havn't been able to get a reply from the peeps that make ally tanks
I'd love one of them but all havn't been able to get a reply from the peeps that make ally tanks
Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2014 2:52 pm
the tank was made by John Williams at the Tank Shop, up in Dumfries, as a direct replica of the original Z650 tank. As the engine now fitted is taller than the 650 lump, I wanted some extra clearance over the cam cover. Originally I just lifted the mount at the rear of the tank for clearance, but it looked a bit shonky, so I decided on a new tank. I've got some pics of it as it progressed from the original, bog standard 650 somewhere, I'll post them up when I find them...Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2014 5:03 pm
Hi Dave sorry to hear about the mag Clink was telling me... Bike looks good like the swingarm!
Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2014 5:07 pm
MDM wrote:the tank was made by John Williams at the Tank Shop, up in Dumfries.
Nice guy, great work....... kin awful lead times
Even for 'stock' items; I waited over a year for an oil tank for my Triton.Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2014 7:26 pm
Just found a similar tank on Webike if anyone's interested......
http://japan.webike.net/products/2025258.html
http://japan.webike.net/products/2025258.html
Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2014 10:21 pm
Webike £520 before taxes and shipping.
or £475 from the tank shop.
Must admit I tried to contact them a few months ago by email and got no reply.
Think I'll try again.
or £475 from the tank shop.
Must admit I tried to contact them a few months ago by email and got no reply.
Think I'll try again.
Re: Z650 refresh...
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2014 10:03 am
MDM wrote:... not that there's actually much Z650 left now...
Luv it, that's why I purchased a wreck of a 650 and a GPZ1100
More pics, more info on the build please - if you would be so kind
Cheers
PJ
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2014 11:52 am
Very nice. It has a good overall feel to it.
This bloke is a couple of hundred yards from me Gary might be worth a call.
http://www.bespoke-bodywork.co.uk/page1.php
AL
garyd
PostPosted: Sat Mar 01, 2014 11:21 pm Post subject:
Webike £520 before taxes and shipping.
or £475 from the tank shop.
Must admit I tried to contact them a few months ago by email and got no reply.
Think I'll try again.
This bloke is a couple of hundred yards from me Gary might be worth a call.
http://www.bespoke-bodywork.co.uk/page1.php
AL
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2014 6:01 am
Very interesting, looks brilliant. What brand/length are those shocks?
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2014 5:27 pm
I promised that I'd post some pics of how the Zed has evolved since I got it, and I found the pics last night and got them scanned today...
As it was when I bought it... bog standard import from the States, original exhaust, single front disc, horrid rear mudguard etc.
It didn't stay standard for long. Started taking the horrid bits off the day I got it. Managed to find a twin disc front conversion from a shop in Stoke-on-Trent. The 650B1 had a factory option twin disc, so I had to get the second disc and caliper, which was theoretically dead easy as the Z1 had the same deal. Except the Z1 disc was slightly different (thicker, if I remember rightly), so took a bit of finding to get the right disc. The exhaust went in place of a Harris Works Performance 4-into-1, the hooge rear mudguard went and a new little number plate and dinky indicators fitted. Oh, and a horrid tool roll...
Stayed like that for a year, went to the Isle of Man TT etc, and picked up a few more bits. The spoked wheels went becuase I got fed up of twatting my fingers cleaning them, so found a pair of three spoke CMA alloy wheels. I'd also had enough of the marginal braking, even with the twin disc arrangement, so took a trip to see Sweary Bob at Spondon for a pair of discs and some plates to take the GSX-R four pot calipers. New springs and oil in the forks, some Raask rearsets, a ZXR master cylinder and a pair of drag bars.
It stayed like that for a while, while I was searching for a GPz750 turbo engine. I couldn't find one, and was going to settle for a ZXR750 front end, new swinging arm and 750 back wheel, but then found a cheap GPz1100 Unitrak engine... Took a while to get all the bits, the Z1000J carbs, get the top yoke risers welded on, and wait for the swinging arm (and wait, and wait, and wait). Finally got it all together, with new engine mounts and braced frame by Big 4 Engineering. Fitted some engine bars (don't know why, it seemed like a good idea at the time). New shocks built specifically for this bike by Maxton. Massive exhaust silencer on some aftermarket headers that needed loads of work as they were full of dents and scuffs.
The Martek swinging arm wasn't finished as I'd asked, and I had to modify the frame so it'd work. But it was lovely in this incarnation, pulled wheelies from tickover, really stable handling too. Made a smidge over 100bhp, if I remember rightly (got the dyno sheet somewhere), and was huge fun until it chewed up the alternator. It was then parked up while I hunted for an new alternator, but then got made redundant and went travelling for three months.
It was while I was in Daytona for Bike Week that I met Terry Kizer, and a plan started...
As it was when I bought it... bog standard import from the States, original exhaust, single front disc, horrid rear mudguard etc.
It didn't stay standard for long. Started taking the horrid bits off the day I got it. Managed to find a twin disc front conversion from a shop in Stoke-on-Trent. The 650B1 had a factory option twin disc, so I had to get the second disc and caliper, which was theoretically dead easy as the Z1 had the same deal. Except the Z1 disc was slightly different (thicker, if I remember rightly), so took a bit of finding to get the right disc. The exhaust went in place of a Harris Works Performance 4-into-1, the hooge rear mudguard went and a new little number plate and dinky indicators fitted. Oh, and a horrid tool roll...
Stayed like that for a year, went to the Isle of Man TT etc, and picked up a few more bits. The spoked wheels went becuase I got fed up of twatting my fingers cleaning them, so found a pair of three spoke CMA alloy wheels. I'd also had enough of the marginal braking, even with the twin disc arrangement, so took a trip to see Sweary Bob at Spondon for a pair of discs and some plates to take the GSX-R four pot calipers. New springs and oil in the forks, some Raask rearsets, a ZXR master cylinder and a pair of drag bars.
It stayed like that for a while, while I was searching for a GPz750 turbo engine. I couldn't find one, and was going to settle for a ZXR750 front end, new swinging arm and 750 back wheel, but then found a cheap GPz1100 Unitrak engine... Took a while to get all the bits, the Z1000J carbs, get the top yoke risers welded on, and wait for the swinging arm (and wait, and wait, and wait). Finally got it all together, with new engine mounts and braced frame by Big 4 Engineering. Fitted some engine bars (don't know why, it seemed like a good idea at the time). New shocks built specifically for this bike by Maxton. Massive exhaust silencer on some aftermarket headers that needed loads of work as they were full of dents and scuffs.
The Martek swinging arm wasn't finished as I'd asked, and I had to modify the frame so it'd work. But it was lovely in this incarnation, pulled wheelies from tickover, really stable handling too. Made a smidge over 100bhp, if I remember rightly (got the dyno sheet somewhere), and was huge fun until it chewed up the alternator. It was then parked up while I hunted for an new alternator, but then got made redundant and went travelling for three months.
It was while I was in Daytona for Bike Week that I met Terry Kizer, and a plan started...