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WELL i finally found one to restore. its in a shambles at the moment but i intend to rectify that. its a 72 . the engine turns over! i thought it was seized going by the picks but is in pretty good nick. stripped it tonight will send to sandblasters and powder coat in next couple of weeks. if i do anything wrong or out of the ordinary i will accept any criticism or advice from anyone( yes you gosling and kawadave)
also the guy gave me a parts catalogue and worksop manual!
cheers
amr

Cool ! Got some work ahead off you there but will be watching with great interest good luck and dont worry about Gos and Kawadave i think they just get a bit jeleous ocassionally.

Where are you located?....my brother runs a sandblasting and powder coating buisiness and is/was a member here untill he sold his bike.....I'm sure he'd look after you

mount annan near narellan. thanks

TITANIUMBULLET wrote:mount annan near narellan. thanks

Haha it's Narellan Powdercoating so nice and close ask for Trevor tell him Dave sent ya....

Gosling is gonna love this thread!!

Disco wrote:

TITANIUMBULLET wrote:mount annan near narellan. thanks

Haha it's Narellan Powdercoating so nice and close ask for Trevor tell him Dave sent ya....

ok will do ! cheers

s man wrote:.....Gosling is gonna love this thread!!.....

got that right mate love a good triple thread ......

lot of work ahead of you TB but every journey starts with a single step.

Looking forward to watching this build

I will be watching with great interest...not criticize, but to offer advise if need be, and see someone else enjoying the ups and downs of a resto project.

As I've said before...nothing gives you more pleasure than bringing something back to life after so many years. Its addictive BTW.

Yep, I like to watch too. Goody luck with the build

thanks guys , will be a slow build as i have a new job which is rotation shift. first time ever and struggling with it, but will get stuck into it every chance i get!

best bet is just to concentrate on one thing at a time. Get each thing fully finished before you start the next.

I should take note of my own advice, but insert the word 'bike' instead of 'thing' !!

but thats the best way - get the frame all done first say, then work on front/rear suspension, then wheels - to get a good tidy complete rolling chassis....then bodywork. Then engine. Engine last because that is where the most money is, and by the time everything else is done, you can't just stop without finishing the donk

Gosling1 wrote:best bet is just to concentrate on one thing at a time. Get each thing fully finished before you start the next.

I should take note of my own advice, but insert the word 'bike' instead of 'thing' !!

but thats the best way - get the frame all done first say, then work on front/rear suspension, then wheels - to get a good tidy complete rolling chassis....then bodywork. Then engine. Engine last because that is where the most money is, and by the time everything else is done, you can't just stop without finishing the donk

this is exactly what i had planned to do. i knew i would lose some motivation at some point, so a shiny black frame attached to sparkling chrome wheels on the bench would be inspirational to get me back into it

guys i have everything stripped bare and ready for blast,powdercoat and chrome. i'm finding it diificult to split the cases. i followed the instructions on the kawatriple forum to a t but it won't budge. what am i doing wrong??

Time for the FBH TB.....hammer time.

Here is a PDF...not sure of your source though------page 35 >>>> http://www.3cyl.com/mraxl/manuals/hseries/sec3.pdf

More help here....http://kawasakitriples.myfastforum.org/ ... ght=#38968