Another Bike Hits the 4th......

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Re: Another Bike Hits the 4th......

Postby Gosling1 » Sat Jun 25, 2016 11:38 am

BrettZZR wrote:C'aarn! Lets get some up to date pics! (-8


was just thinking that this morning !! on the way with some updated pics.

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Re: Another Bike Hits the 4th......

Postby Gosling1 » Sun Jul 03, 2016 2:50 pm

here are a couple of shots of The Ghost, taken this morning at one of the local club rides. Looks OK ;) I also managed to go for a decent strop and this old girl goes pretty good for a bike that is 30 years old. Holds a line nicely, suspension all works good, brakes are good - no wobbles or anything at all.

Really happy with that. Put 3 months sticker so this bike will now be the daily rider through to the end of September - back on the ZX12R after that :kuda: . Down the track I will get the bodywork on this bike cleaned up so the tank matches the rest of the OEM paint.

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Re: Another Bike Hits the 4th......

Postby dickfaber » Sun Jul 03, 2016 7:21 pm

nice! 8)
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Re: Another Bike Hits the 4th......

Postby bonester » Sun Jul 03, 2016 7:50 pm

What a sweet bike! :)
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Re: Another Bike Hits the 4th......

Postby Gosling1 » Sun Jul 03, 2016 8:42 pm

cheers Bonester - it rides really well, just clicked over 42k today and feels every bit like accurate mileage on the speedo. So far it owes me $460 :kuda: and some carbie-cleaner and maybe 4 hours??

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Re: Another Bike Hits the 4th......

Postby Mister_T » Sun Jul 03, 2016 8:58 pm

What happened to the tank? The pic makes it look like it has been done over with a paintbrush.
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Re: Another Bike Hits the 4th......

Postby bonester » Sun Jul 03, 2016 10:58 pm

Gosling1 wrote:cheers Bonester - it rides really well, just clicked over 42k today and feels every bit like accurate mileage on the speedo. So far it owes me $460 :kuda: and some carbie-cleaner and maybe 4 hours??

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My GPZ will owe me nearly 10 times that by the time it is finished! :) Well over 200 hours work so far too. :(
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Re: Another Bike Hits the 4th......

Postby Gosling1 » Sun Oct 09, 2016 3:06 pm

Mister_T wrote:.....What happened to the tank? The pic makes it look like it has been done over with a paintbrush.
Interesting array of vehicles in the background. Is that a 70's-80's club?.....


tank was painted with a brush :lol: but its pretty close to the right colour so it will stay on the bike for the time being.......and yeh, that photo was taken on a run with the local Vintage & Veteran club - they have a lot of members with bikes from the 70's and 80's :kuda:

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Gosling1 wrote:cheers Bonester - it rides really well, just clicked over 42k today and feels every bit like accurate mileage on the speedo. So far it owes me $460 :kuda: and some carbie-cleaner and maybe 4 hours??

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My GPZ will owe me nearly 10 times that by the time it is finished! :) Well over 200 hours work so far too. :(


farken hell - but heh your GPz looks about 10 times better than the GPx mate ;)
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Re: Another Bike Hits the 4th......

Postby bonester » Mon Oct 10, 2016 6:57 am

farken hell - but heh your GPz looks about 10 times better than the GPx mate ;)


From a distance... :) Cheers mate!
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Re: Another Bike Hits the 4th......

Postby Gosling1 » Mon Oct 10, 2016 6:29 pm

I still don't know whether I should drop the coin on a re-spray for this bike........the rest of the bodywork is OK but not perfect - and only the tank needs painting - of course if the tank gets done then the whole lot will need to be done.

Will think about it next year. Other bikes to sort out in the meantime :twisted:
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