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Z1000 A1 New Project

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#16 PostAuthor: DavidZ1R » Sun Dec 04, 2016 4:39 pm

Finally got my wheels back from the chromers, new spokes fitted, patten parts for the back wheel, stainless for the front, the front spokes were 3mm shorter than what the spoke man was happy about, Zed Head confirmed that his old spoke was 3mm longer, so with that in mind went for stainless.


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Spent an hour today just to put the wheels back on so I could move the frame about easily, well its coming on, slow but steady.

Got the correct disc's front and rear now, the engine rebuild looms on the horizon.
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#17 PostAuthor: needaz1100r » Thu Dec 08, 2016 3:05 pm

PAULJAC47 wrote:
pertonpc wrote:I am watching this with interest.
Getting a bit of a Z Thou bug myself at the mo.

Wonder if anyone will ever start to do a decent repro silencer set for them ???

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You can get them Mark,place in Dunkirk,got some pics from him,but hard to get complete info due to language barrier.


These look good too..

http://www.osmc.co.uk/exhaust.htm

Anyone had any dealings?
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#18 PostAuthor: Gus » Thu Dec 08, 2016 3:24 pm

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I don't think that looks good at all.
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#19 PostAuthor: PAULJAC47 » Thu Dec 08, 2016 3:57 pm

Agree Gus,saying that he did some cans for a Gs thou, a few years back,couldnt fault them,they are on his site!fitted to my Gs1000g
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#20 PostAuthor: wheelysteve » Thu Dec 08, 2016 4:57 pm

That's my Z650 on their website.

The pipes they made were the first attempt for a Z650 and they used an old rusty original set to copy.

The quality of work is very good and although 8 years old the silencers still look like new although the downpipes have tarnished. They weren't cheap though....over £800 then.
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#21 PostAuthor: Garry.L » Thu Dec 08, 2016 5:54 pm

Looking rather Luscious David. :D
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#22 PostAuthor: needaz1100r » Thu Dec 08, 2016 8:07 pm

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I don't think that looks good at all.


No, this does though...

http://www.osmc.co.uk/kawasaki_z1000a.htm
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#23 PostAuthor: ADRIAN H » Thu Dec 08, 2016 8:30 pm

I like the angle of the silencers, but they look a bit oversized.
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#24 PostAuthor: needaz1100r » Fri Dec 09, 2016 7:53 am

ADRIAN H wrote:I like the angle of the silencers, but they look a bit oversized.


The angles under the engine look wrong though.

Shame because everything else on the site looks top notch.
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Re: Z1000 A1 New Project

#25 PostAuthor: DavidZ1R » Fri Mar 17, 2017 7:42 pm

Done a bit more to the frame work, refurbished the seat, engine block away for attention before it goes off to steve smethurst.
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Re: Z1000 A1 New Project

#26 PostAuthor: DavidZ1R » Fri Mar 17, 2017 7:43 pm

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Re: Z1000 A1 New Project

#27 PostAuthor: DavidZ1R » Fri Apr 21, 2017 6:43 pm

Slow business this project lark, and expensive, got my engine cases back from Steve Smethurst today, quite a bit of corrosion revealed but not where it will be seen tho.
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Re: Z1000 A1 New Project

#28 PostAuthor: chrisNI » Sat Apr 22, 2017 10:07 am

Looking somewhat better... :D

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Re: Z1000 A1 New Project

#29 PostAuthor: DavidZ1R » Sat Jun 03, 2017 6:45 pm

Slow progress, had a few problems with the engine cases but sorted now, managed to get the bottom half of the engine back in, managed to get a nos left pipe, hunting for a right one, if anyone knows of one.
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Re: Z1000 A1 New Project

#30 PostAuthor: DavidZ1R » Sun Jul 02, 2017 3:23 pm

Finally got the head back from engine teknicks, valves reseated, new stem seals, all valves reshimmed to 0.1 , head back on, turns well, carbs next up . Thanks Will for supplying two shims as required.
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