ZXR750 Updated

Phil · Post by **Phil** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 10:05 pm

james - mate - that looks awesome.

better get it down the nasho one sunday morning, tim will love to see it, he used to own a h1

Dj · Post by Dj » Sat Jan 21, 2006 10:14 pm

God daymn James.....

Ive got one of these that i thought was fairly tidy for its age...

...looks like ive got a lil tidying up to do still....*lol

an EXCEPTIONALLY fine example of one of these beasts

(is it me or are these comin out of the woodwork lately??)
just out of curiosity, how many k's has it done?

James · Post by **James** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 4:30 pm

Thanks again all,

DJ - Im not certain of the k's on it - the original speedo has been replaced at some point.

Heres a pic taken last week just to prove that its not just for show!

Glen · Post by **Glen** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 5:03 pm

Very nice work James.

It's great to see them well looked after

MickLC · Post by **MickLC** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 9:50 am

Nice job! You'd have to be happy with that

Gosling1 · Post by **Gosling1** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 5:18 pm

Good call Mick - every time I see the photos of this bike, it rekindles my latent desire for a '90 model H2 (for obvious reasons

), I still think they are destined to be a *classic* in the 750 class (if not already.)

tape · Post by **tape** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 9:47 pm

James,

how/what did you use/do to polish the frame so good?

By the way, it looks fantastic, I hope I can do something with mine like you have.

cheers

James · Post by **James** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 10:12 pm

Thanks mate.

I was quite lucky in that the frame was already polished. I promised myself after my Z750 that Id never own a bike with polished wheels again due to the maintenance required and now Ive got a bike with polished wheels, frame & swingarm

Just about any metal polish is good these days. I prefer meguiars products, but Mothers is pretty good also. Most of the time though for polished metal I use Brite Shine which is a cotton wadding that comes in a yellow tin. I tear off a bit and dip it in some car polish, then polish until you get blackish liquid coming off the metal and then keep polishing until blackish liquid goes away again. The wipe/buff clean. If the metal is already shiny, I just use washing detergent and it comes up great. Just gotta make sure to dry it properly - water is polished metals worst enemy.

BladeBoy · Post by **BladeBoy** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 10:36 am

Looking good James, I was going to ask you how you went at E.C.

FARK I think I want to buy it back now.........

James · Post by **James** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 1:04 pm

Thanks Mark - let me know if you're serious and I'll work out what it owes me before I spend anymore on it!

BladeBoy · Post by **BladeBoy** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 8:59 pm

James, what times around E.C.?, that is if the laps are timed..

James · Post by **James** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 10:26 pm

The laps arent timed and laptimes arent really a goal for the school. They also cover your speedo so you have no idea what speed you are doing. I started off going a lot slower than I have in the past because I was practicing the drills that they set for each track session. I did improve throughout each track session and am pretty sure I was lapping quicker than I have previously at the end of the day. If I can get some regular tracktime to practice some more then I'll be getting even better laptimes purely because I have techniques to focus on now which I know I can improve upon.

midorioni · Post by **midorioni** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 3:25 pm

Real effort man! the polishing of the frame and detail of your h2