Z650 Resto Project

ProblemChild · Post by **ProblemChild** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 10:02 pm

good on ya mick & welcome to the time warp. if ya find you need a hand with anything just give a yell,as yours is my beastys older brother i dont think there is a hell of a lot of difference...........mick.

Gosling1 · Post by **Gosling1** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 10:45 pm

Great stuff Mick, I can see you have needed to buy an old motorbike for a long time !

Tyres - Metzeler Laser ME33 on the front, 100/90x19. Its the *only* choice for one of these old dungers. Lasts for ages, great compound, you will be dragging the pegs easy

- For the back, well there are a few that could be used, Hal has some good 120 Metzies at the moment that will match a ME33 well.

I am looking forward to seeing this rig in the flesh

mick_dundee · Post by **mick_dundee** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 11:05 pm

Great detailed report Mick, sounds like shes going orright.

MickLC · Post by **MickLC** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 11:06 pm

Let me know when you are free to come over mate

the kid · Post by **the kid** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 6:54 am

Mick I had one of those and it never had anything like the issues you are having . You should look after your bikes better

Mind you I had mine around 1980

MickLC · Post by **MickLC** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 8:51 am

the kid wrote:Mick I had one of those and it never had anything like the issues you are having . You should look after your bikes better

Mind you I had mine around 1980

MickLC · Post by **MickLC** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 6:56 pm

Gosling1 wrote:Tyres - Metzeler Laser ME33 on the front, 100/90x19. Its the *only* choice for one of these old dungers. Lasts for ages, great compound, you will be dragging the pegs easy - For the back, well there are a few that could be used, Hal has some good 120 Metzies at the moment that will match a ME33 well.

I am looking forward to seeing this rig in the flesh

Ummm who's Hal?

Gosling1 · Post by **Gosling1** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 7:09 pm

Lars wrote:....Ummm who's Hal?...

I'm sorry Dave, I can't do that...............

Also Sprach Zarathustra (its a hint)

Hal is the guy who runs TJ's Tyres, I get all my tyres for the old bikes there, he has been doing tyres for me for about 15 years, since he bought the shop. The guys who owned it before that had done my tyres for about 10 years .......

He is a good source of parts as well (aftermarket stuff) for older bikes, I basically use him for all the older stuff, and use CMC for tyres for the 12.

Share The Love !

MickLC · Post by **MickLC** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 7:17 pm

Ahhh I see. I've been there but never caught his name. I'll check out what he can do for me

limegreen585 · Post by **limegreen585** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 9:09 pm

Gosling 1

Is this Hal Caston you are talking about ? , if so, could you send me his business phone number at TJ's please.
I am looking for a 140/18 and a 110/18 for my old Z.

Cheers,

Tony

Gosling1 · Post by **Gosling1** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 9:19 pm

Yes mate, that is the same Hal - business number is 6247 6804. He will look after you.

Nanna10r · Post by **Nanna10r** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 10:50 pm

Hey "Smoothie" I spoke to the Wookie about the hoops & he said something about this n that & not being available for the last 5 years.
Gosee would be the go to man with this stuff anyway, but because I'm Getting a rear fitted to the Fzzr tuesday morning i'll stand on Micks pig tail 'til he gives me a definative answer.

MickLC · Post by **MickLC** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 9:03 am

Pontikat wrote:Hey "Smoothie" I spoke to the Wookie about the hoops & he said something about this n that & not being available for the last 5 years.
Gosee would be the go to man with this stuff anyway, but because I'm Getting a rear fitted to the Fzzr tuesday morning i'll stand on Micks pig tail 'til he gives me a definative answer.

Thanks mate, let me know what you can squeeze out of him

...unless it's a bargain basement price it'll be a few weeks before I've saved up enough cash anyway

MickLC · Post by **MickLC** » Tue May 01, 2007 9:38 am

As the money has run out for a little while until I can save up some more (HG was an expensive little trip

), most of the work has been cleaning things up, fixing wiring and doing some polishing. I filed out some fairly big scratches in the alternator cover and polished it up...still needs a bit of tidying up though. I've also spent a bit of time playing around with the fuel tap and carbies to sort out some of the little leaks that were adding up together to be a bit bigger. I also pulled out the crappy old rusted out screws holding the tank badges on and treated the bits of rust behind them, then wacked a bit of primer on to seal it until I get around to doing the respray in a couple of months time.

Hopefully I'll have enough this pay to get the new tyres, then I should be able to get it inspected and registered soonish. I'm also bidding on some new throttle cables on ebay. I wanted it ready for the Blanket Run on the 12th of May, but I just can't see that happening. It's also getting bloody frustrating riding it up and down the driveway on crappy tyres...I just want to get it on the road dammit!

Anyway, here are some up-to-date pics that hopefully show it's starting to look a bit better

bonester · Post by **bonester** » Tue May 01, 2007 9:07 pm

Starting to look sweet! Just like a mini Z1!