Well, decided to tidy up the bike a bit so started stripping it down. In 2 days my housemate and I have stripped it to bits in the shed.
Plan is to blast and paint the frame,
send bodywork off for spray,
new h'light
new bar-end mirrors from the states
tidy up the wiring,
new clutch cable and head gasket
service (plugs, filters and all fluids)
... and hopefully put it back together within the next couple of weeks and get it to start up again....
Have got the bike stripped to bits already. Have to take some more pics
Going to paint the frame in a gloss black, anyone know what paint to look for? Something strong and chip-resistant
2 pack enamel. Paint + hardener. Get some reducer as well, to thin the mixture if need be, for spraying.
Good work Jules, be sure to put up progress pics.
Do you still want that tyre mate?
Good to see you guys are wearing your hi vis Overalls
And drinking your safety fluid...
Sweet, black painted frame was always on my to do list, but I kept riding it after I got it on the road!
You going black on the bodywork too?
Yeah, thinking of black bodywork with a white or silver stripe (running front to back)on the left hand side.
PS streets, what the f**k is up with the wiring loom??? The back end has wires going nowhere and a confusion of wires taped up together!!! On my todo list is to sort all that out while its apart.
Also need a cheap alternative for more power????
Any ideas??
Your wrench looks like a small hairy dog.
Hope you remember where all those bits go
Had to run a relay back there to make the headlight run on the park position. There isnt notmally a front park light on the GPZ so I had to wire the relay off the back. It was just to keep the roaworthy inspector happy when you bought it. You can just ditch all that and unhook it from the rear brake circuit.
Was that the yellow wire runnong front to back?
guess we'll find out when we're putting it back 2gether!quote:Originally posted by zx12argh
Your wrench looks like a small hairy dog.
Hope you remember where all those bits go
From memory, yeah yellow wire running front to back. Was wired to the relay, but i ripped that out after the RWC.
Some more photo's from last week.
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Took the frame to work to get it blasted.
Before
After
Here's an update on what's been happening with the bike. Not much progress as I've been working on the bike in the evening at work. Which means that I only get 1.5hrs a day and it was just a long weekend.
Anyway got some new parts ....
Air Filter
Fuel Filter
Clutch cable
Rocker Cover Gasket
Bar-end mirrors (my 1st E-bay purchase!!!)
Progress on the bike
Started stripping the wheels. There were bloody tons of layers of paint on the damn things... (orange, purple, grey, white)
Blasted wheels
Frame with Primer
Rim and Swinging arm with Primer
Cool. Love these build threads. Keep it coming Julian!
Just picked up the panels from paint.
Nice!!!!
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