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Thanks Gosling, I think it will be really nice when I can get my act together haha.
cheers for the tips on the z650, unfortunately the starter clutch is slipping as well as the kick start cog!
But i put it in gear and turned it over by the back wheel and it turns freely with heaps of compression ...

Hello again,

Well its been a really long time since I started my gpz project and I have not really progressed as far as I would have liked by now, due to numerous factors money, work.....lack of enthusiasim after swinging spanners all week for a job haha. The work completed so far- complete strip ...

Yeah ok no worries I thought as much with the cases, cheers for that. the z1 case looks like it is nearly brand new so I thought I would ask. Yeah it doesn't show that well in the pics but you could measure the loosely formed carbon with a match head.

Oh and also, the spare cases that he had are Z1 E eng number but are in great shape compared to my KZBT case (original ) could I use this earlier case with my internals? Or should I just stick with the original case?

Cheers

Below is a pic of the engine removed, must have been running really smokey ...

I bought an engine and a fair few spares to use for my rebuild off of a guy who ran a kz b engine in his sprint car so I am cheering as I have scored some great stuff!

Cool thanks again Gosling, I am fine with making brackets etc and making harnesses, I just mean the speedo drive etc would it be electric or gear driven, as well as where it picks up it rpm signal.

Cheers josh

Hello again, I am slowly gathering parts I need for my bike when I eventually get time to work on it, so I know no gauge clusters actually bolt on from other models, but I am going to change the original one it due to most of the gauges not working properly and I hate the look of it without any ...

Hi it's a bit of a play on words actually, I am a diesel fitter and I mainly work on Caterpillar machinery haha

Hahaha thanks mate I will snap that right up!

That's good about the rocker cover bolts, I have used helicoils before but just wasn't sure whether that was considered a bodge up job when restoring old classics. Cheers Brian yeah I am having a bit of a love affair with it at the moment haha, the mrs was not too impressed when I changed my phone ...

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Thanks again Gosling i was definately replacing the rotors and lines but didn't think of the M/C, will start looking round ebay.
It looks like someone has stripped a couple of rocker cover bolts into the head, any thoughts on this? chase up another head or take to engineering place for repair? if ...

Thanks for the warm welcome guys