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Re: Another Bike Hits the 4th......
Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2016 11:38 am
by Gosling1
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.

Re: Another Bike Hits the 4th......
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2016 2:50 pm
by Gosling1
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

. Down the track I will get the bodywork on this bike cleaned up so the tank matches the rest of the OEM paint.

Re: Another Bike Hits the 4th......
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2016 7:21 pm
by dickfaber
nice!

Re: Another Bike Hits the 4th......
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2016 7:50 pm
by bonester
What a sweet bike!

Re: Another Bike Hits the 4th......
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2016 8:42 pm
by Gosling1
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

and some carbie-cleaner and maybe 4 hours??

Re: Another Bike Hits the 4th......
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2016 8:58 pm
by Mister_T
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?
Re: Another Bike Hits the 4th......
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2016 10:58 pm
by bonester
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

and some carbie-cleaner and maybe 4 hours??

My GPZ will owe me nearly 10 times that by the time it is finished!

Well over 200 hours work so far too.

Re: Another Bike Hits the 4th......
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2016 3:06 pm
by Gosling1
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

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
bonester wrote: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

and some carbie-cleaner and maybe 4 hours??

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

Re: Another Bike Hits the 4th......
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2016 6:57 am
by bonester
farken hell - but heh your GPz looks about 10 times better than the GPx mate

From a distance...

Cheers mate!
Re: Another Bike Hits the 4th......
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2016 6:29 pm
by Gosling1
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
