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Re: Double the troublezz. AMA style Racecrafters Z1000 and Moriwaki Z1R Turbo.
Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2023 7:54 pm
Author: Z1streetfighter71
She is starting to look like one mean ass bike.
Re: Double the troublezz. AMA style Racecrafters Z1000 and Moriwaki Z1R Turbo.
Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2023 8:47 am
Author: r3sc
Good work and really well thought out!
Keep the updates coming!
Re: Double the troublezz. AMA style Racecrafters Z1000 and Moriwaki Z1R Turbo.
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2023 6:18 pm
Author: zed1015
Racecrafters dry build is complete and i've now found a local custom trimmer who says they can re-upholster and cover the seat how i want once the pan is ready so went ahead and pulled it all apart on Sunday.
As well as getting the seat base fit for service i decided i may as well get the rest of the parts done too that needed it so took the wheels ,rear mudguard, clock mount and a few other odds and ends over to the powder coaters yesterday for a coat of satin black. When i dropped them off i was told they are very busy and the job will take 10 to 14 days so not wanting a further delay i got up and out early this morning and pushed to finish the frame, sweating any rust traps with fillets of bronze and gave it a final going over ready for another trip to the coaters in the morning along with the side stand and rear motor mount to be done in Gloss black..
Re: Double the troublezz. AMA style Racecrafters Z1000 and Moriwaki Z1R Turbo.
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2023 7:21 pm
Author: Z1streetfighter71
That is one solid frame
Re: Double the troublezz. AMA style Racecrafters Z1000 and Moriwaki Z1R Turbo.
Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2023 3:46 pm
Author: zed1015
Pile of new parts on the bench growing daily in anticipation of the call to say the powder coated parts are ready.
New tyres , discs, wheel bearings and seals, swingarm bearings, fork bushes and seals,brake pads, steering bearings, newton aero filler, spark plugs. including a lucky Ebay find of a batch of NOS NGK C9H 10mm short reach for the additional holes in the eight plug head and an Electrex race alt that allows the use of the starter motor which unbelievably they are still selling with the unresolved fault that short circuits the oil from the main oil gallery straight back to the sump and starves the cams..
Unfortunately the alt is only available to fit the later mk2 onwards big taper cranks and as i'm going to run a welded small taper Z9 item i'll have to devise a cunning plan to sort that out
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Re: Double the troublezz. AMA style Racecrafters Z1000 and Moriwaki Z1R Turbo.
Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2023 12:01 pm
Author: Bevelhead
Could that case not be repaired? Had the same issue with my case and had the crack ground out, filled with weld and then machined back to standard.
Re: Double the troublezz. AMA style Racecrafters Z1000 and Moriwaki Z1R Turbo.
Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2023 12:33 pm
Author: zed1015
Bevelhead wrote:Could that case not be repaired? Had the same issue with my case and had the crack ground out, filled with weld and then machined back to standard.
Yes! It could easily be welded which i may do at a later date if i build something else.
The case will probably be just fine as it is to be honest and i know it was used like this because it's the cases from the engine that was last run in the drag bike when it blew the top end in 82. ..
The crack can't spread because it ends at the casting hole and it's flanked by case bolts and you can't even see it without the maker pen which makes it look a hundred times worse than it is.
These cases have been bored out to take bigger liner spigots and i'd rather have the increased base gasket sealing area of a stock set anyway.
Re: Double the troublezz. AMA style Racecrafters Z1000 and Moriwaki Z1R Turbo.
Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2023 3:44 pm
Author: zed1015
Crankcase crisis sorted courtesy of a set from club member Keefleaf .
Just needed some light cosmetic fettling with a pass on the mill and one lone iffy thread sorting and they are now ready to start again with the dry block mods then jet wash, blast, paint and prep for fitting the internals with hopefully no unforseen suprises this time round (fingers crossed) .
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Re: Double the troublezz. AMA style Racecrafters Z1000 and Moriwaki Z1R Turbo.
Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2023 3:35 pm
Author: zed1015
Had a half hour spare today so used it to mill the hump on the main bearing cap level with the surface of the bolt holes.
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Once the APE support plates arrive for both engines i can mill off their matching thickness ready for fitting.
I was going to make my own as i've done in the past but the cost of the correct grade of steel and additional faffing about cutting, drilling and machining hardly makes it worth the bother when they're only £23 each from Z1 Enterprises.
Re: Double the troublezz. AMA style Racecrafters Z1000 and Moriwaki Z1R Turbo.
Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2023 5:45 pm
Author: r3sc
I wish I’d got you milling machine- and the room to put it in! Looking good!
Re: Double the troublezz. AMA style Racecrafters Z1000 and Moriwaki Z1R Turbo.
Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2023 8:48 am
Author: zed1015
r3sc wrote:I wish I’d got you milling machine- and the room to put it in! Looking good!
This Harrison is a nice little machine but a bit limiting with no quill and just 15" of table travel but ideal for jobs like this.
Much better than some of the dodgy set ups i had to perform on the lathe though.