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yeah mines a tranzac.

but its up for sale now booooooooooo bloody women i tell ya i mean lovely women, best timing and everything

heh zx9...

yeah i do like the idea of tinkering over a few years while i ride a newer bike. especially considering the only thing i really want left upto a shop to do is the engine and exhaust, parts that either shit me off completely when working (10 minuite streams of obscenities... like this ...

So ive come to that usual crossroads in having an older bike.

I want to have a bike that feels, and in most respects IS a new bike, but not if you catch my drift.

ive come to the point where ive realised how i will be spending near the cost of getting a new z750 to rebuild most of this bike to a ...

so i started polishing everything up today.

used:
400 grit wet and dry
800 grit wet and dry
1200 grit wet and dry
autosol paste.

now i was told in the past on a different forum "dont even bother trying to polish metal, it takes too long and your results wont be anything like you wanted"
i was ...

no probs.

basically the engine is in decent condition, the only real problems are the starter clutch and the primary chain.

however i was planning on doing a semi ground-up rebuild on the bike in the near future, its going to be my bike for a long long time and want it back to near perfect ...

Ok, so im preparing to get my engine fully rebuilt in a few months and it will take 6-8 weeks of sitting at the shop to source some of the parts, so they said its in my best interest to find some if i wish, or if i have preferences/cheaper options.

this is on my GPz750 air cooled donk.

so i'm ...

yeah this used to happen to my ole GPX250 alot, dirty/shitty/loose/dead connections. nearly every electrical connection in that bike was the same, indicators, ignition barrel (had to jiggle it to get it to come on), ignition switch etc.

oh dear lordie.

so i replaced the missing exhaust stud today.

homemade threaded rod from hi tensile steel, 5 attempts to work out how to get it in without something to grab onto (tried the double nut thing, couldnt gettem off, tried sticky tape, etc etc etc.

eventually a single nut on sticky ...

... is it aircooled?


sorry i have nothing useful to post

exhaust has been fixed. soon on the list is some new shinkos and brakepads.

colour has been eliminated down to a few choices.

very metallic green mica, brighter than british racing, but darker than kwaka.

a metallic blue found on skylines. blue mica... not really mica though is it?

and ...

So ive done a search and found some results in relation to loud cans... which is my issue.

the 4-1 shorty pipe isnt loud until you scream it... so it should pass blueslip. although I am usually doubtfull and have considered looking into a plug or baffle? or even stuffing it with heavy steel wool ...

id love to, but the cost to run them to melbourne would be the same cost of sending them to a shop here ... but cheers for the offer...

ive never tried VHT but i might.

on this note, when i get some gear together, is there anyone in the sydney area that could show me a thing or two? just how to get started, use the controls on the gun (although thats what books and the internet are for) and just basically kick me off the edge.



decided to go HVLP gravity feed ...

well were fixing up the missus ZZR250 (fallen_angel) and weve gotten it to a nice point, but need to hang the fairings back up. they were always held on by a mishmash of bolts and allen bolts.... and dont want / need genuine flat top bolts from kawasaki.

does anyone know what the size/thread type ...

cheers mate, yeah i was thinking of getting one of those gazebos if they sealed up ok.