Rebuild of the z1r

So we start off with all of the powder coating coming back from the boys at Redditch ShotBlasting and Powder Coating, another brilliant job…

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I also got the forks back from Philpotts, another great job…..

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I also had the switches refurbished by a guy from VJMC…Another great job…

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Had a couple of bits that needed replacing and decided to fire the lathe up, it had been a while…

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Then it was onto cleaning up all of the bits as i go…

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Started adding bits to the frame as I sorted them out… Plan will be to build all of the bike, apart from the engine, make sure its all good, the strip, fit the engine and rebuild..

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Decided to strip down the Harris exhaust system I had acquired…. Someone had been in there with a Hacksaw…Notice the missing baffle!!

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Had to improvise a little with some of the clock wiring as one of the many previous owners had been in there with the the wire cutters.

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Got the rear shock bodies back from the powder coaters, so decided to clean up some of the parts and loosely assemble them, think they will look great when I get them complete.

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Got all of the paintwork back from Flakey Dave. Another great job.

   

Started out with a set of black wheels, but wanted to powder coat them…

 

Went for Silver powder coat, think it looks great.

                                   

Set the wheels in the bike to see what they look like. Very happy.

       

Got the front mudguard on…Paintwork looks great..

     

Side and Main stand fitted.