The Re-Birth Of Burt
Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 10:18 pm
The Re-birth of Burt
Well those of you that know Chris and I well, will know we can’t pass up a bargain and/or a bike that needs some work
A guy Chris works with was talking about selling his 1992 ZXR750-J2 .. Chris came home and told me about it.. Well I just couldn’t get it out of my head and asked Chris could we go around and have a look at it
So a few phone calls later we are in the guy’s garage. Me trying not to drool lol (what can I say I love Kwakka’s and especially when they are green).. The guy was so nice and because he works with Chris he let us take it home for 3 weeks (without paying), because he was going to Melbourne and wouldn’t be using it anyway.. So we took it to a mechanic and had them do a pre-road worthy on it (didn’t cost us anything).. A few things need fixing, but nothing we can’t fix ourselves
I was jumping for joy.. All we had to do is get it for a bargain Which we did WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
So we are the proud owners of Burt (I have to name everything lol ).. So we have had it for a while.. We rode around on it for a while as the guy from Chris’s work said he doesn’t want the plates until we have finished fixing it up But we couldn’t wait to strip it down and start getting dirty .. We are just starting to get back into it. As I have been a little bit sick in the last few weeks.. But good things come to those who wait
So here are a few pics..
This is what it looked like before we started stripping it ooo green
Let the strip begin
Chris hard at work
Me hard at work as always
Back wheel off.. We also have taken the front off.. This is good as we can just take the wheels to the shop to get new tyres.. Just leave them there and come back later.. No waiting
Also we had to replace the rear wheel bearings.. That didn’t take very long at all.
We have to replace the head stem bearings.. We have to take it down to the shop tomorrow to get the bearing off the stem because we can’t get it off ourselves.. This is going to cost us a 6 pack of beer
We are re doing the forks because one seems to be weeping.. Although they did not pick this up in the pre roadworthy test.. But we might as well do it while the bike is pulled apart.. and then we know they are done
The chain will be off tomorrow to soak for a while.. The chain and sprockets are in pretty good condition
We picked up some really cheap fairings for it today Because some of the fairings are a bit aged and have a few cracks and stuff like that in them.. We thought it would be less hassle to find really good ones rather than try and fix the others up.. We had to re do most of the FZR fairings and it was a pain in the bottom really.. So I am happy with my find And hopefully sometime down the track we can get it re painted Kwakka green
That’s what Burt looks like tonight
We also need a new clutch lever.. But I am really happy with our purchase I love stripping bikes down and doing them back up again .. I don’t know something weird with me lol
So Yeah this is our little project and a new addition to our garage.
Well those of you that know Chris and I well, will know we can’t pass up a bargain and/or a bike that needs some work
A guy Chris works with was talking about selling his 1992 ZXR750-J2 .. Chris came home and told me about it.. Well I just couldn’t get it out of my head and asked Chris could we go around and have a look at it
So a few phone calls later we are in the guy’s garage. Me trying not to drool lol (what can I say I love Kwakka’s and especially when they are green).. The guy was so nice and because he works with Chris he let us take it home for 3 weeks (without paying), because he was going to Melbourne and wouldn’t be using it anyway.. So we took it to a mechanic and had them do a pre-road worthy on it (didn’t cost us anything).. A few things need fixing, but nothing we can’t fix ourselves I was jumping for joy.. All we had to do is get it for a bargain Which we did WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
So we are the proud owners of Burt
(I have to name everything lol ).. So we have had it for a while.. We rode around on it for a while as the guy from Chris’s work said he doesn’t want the plates until we have finished fixing it up But we couldn’t wait to strip it down and start getting dirty .. We are just starting to get back into it. As I have been a little bit sick in the last few weeks.. But good things come to those who wait So here are a few pics..
This is what it looked like before we started stripping it
ooo green 
Let the strip begin
Chris hard at work
Me hard at work as always
Back wheel off.. We also have taken the front off.. This is good as we can just take the wheels to the shop to get new tyres.. Just leave them there and come back later.. No waiting
Also we had to replace the rear wheel bearings.. That didn’t take very long at all.
We have to replace the head stem bearings.. We have to take it down to the shop tomorrow to get the bearing off the stem because we can’t get it off ourselves.. This is going to cost us a 6 pack of beer
We are re doing the forks because one seems to be weeping.. Although they did not pick this up in the pre roadworthy test.. But we might as well do it while the bike is pulled apart.. and then we know they are done
The chain will be off tomorrow to soak for a while.. The chain and sprockets are in pretty good condition
We picked up some really cheap fairings for it today
Because some of the fairings are a bit aged and have a few cracks and stuff like that in them.. We thought it would be less hassle to find really good ones rather than try and fix the others up.. We had to re do most of the FZR fairings and it was a pain in the bottom really.. So I am happy with my find And hopefully sometime down the track we can get it re painted Kwakka green 
That’s what Burt looks like tonight
We also need a new clutch lever.. But I am really happy with our purchase
I love stripping bikes down and doing them back up again .. I don’t know something weird with me lolSo Yeah this is our little project and a new addition to our garage.
