Ok, after picking up this '89 ZXR 750 - I've decided to do a bit of a 'street fighter' on her.. and get it all looking nice in the process...
Before:
After...
Scrubbed the wheels, regreased the chain.. scrubbed some more... scrubbed some more.. took off the front cowl..
Replaced the battery...
Just replaced the brake fluid too, was dark brown and funky looking.. like a cup of black milky tea.. pulls up much
harder too now !
cluster is removed.. ( and ready to tag the plugs with numbers.. )
Gotta be atleast 15 kilo's of metal there... add that to the front cowl - that's about 20 kilo's.. that front wheel's gonna be hard to keep down..
phase 2 begins, removing the exhaust.. but to do that.. you gotta remove the radiator, oil cooler and associated pipes... fittings and stuff..
L/H ( clutch side ) radiator top bolt
what an odd nut.. the spacer is to stop the rubber getting crushed...
Now, on to the R/H ( brake side ) radiator bolts...
Bolt out..
Here's the wires to the thermo for the radiator.. on the L/H ( clutch side ) coloured blue.. ( photo for reference )
wires off...
Ok, didn't get any pics of removal of the actual radiator ( takes both hands to pull it out - but it involves removing the horn - and pulling it forwards and out..
leaves a big hole, like this..
Stainless pipes, nice !
Filthy... and note the oil cooler below.. that's gonna pose a problem...
Here's the radiator..
Starting to remove the split flanges around the pipes..
a little superficial what would appear to be corrosion.. but it was like a powder, and just rubbed right off with the touch of a finger..
Flanges off cylinder 1 and 2..
And here's the bolt holding on the oil cooler.. just 1 lonesome bolt..
Mission complete, here's the pipe... can.. etc..
KHI = Kawasaki Heavy Industries...
Carbon fibre 'devil' can..
Stainless steel, filthy... needs serious cleaning...
Now, to the removal of the engine.. this will be phase 3..
I've located the main bolts.. Front R/H Top ( Brake side )
Bottom, same side..
Here's the oil cooler, which sits seperate from the bike on a metal frame..
Also attached is the oil filter - never seen an oil filter that wasnt on a sump before - this threw me for a couple minutes looking at all the piping..
And with it all off, the block is looking much more accessible..
facing the front r/h side..
facing the front L/H side.. ( clutch )
Removed the footpegs..
footpeg off the otherside...
Cmon! More pics! Im bored!
I take it by that rear disk you havent ridden it for a while?
Ok, haven't undone the chain yet.. but I'm working top down..
Unplugged the wiring from the cluster to the rest of the bike..
Removed the coils from above cylinders 1 and 4
Wiring's disconnected and out of the way.. easy access to the motor..
bolt's out from the top of the motor..
lets have a look under there...
bloody clean for a 20yo bike..
here's some bling bits.. CF bar mirrors, head bearings..
close up..
shame i've got solid bars.. will have to devise a work around..
about $35 inc shipping... cheaper than local.. from ebay, ex UK..
Here's the carb's before i started trying to drop the engine... ( airbox off.. )
Ok, so i realised that 'supercheap' tools, live up to their name.. super cheap, super shit...
So i went out and bought these puppies..
what ensued...
The engine is removed easily, by removing 2 bolts from the following locations ( as seen in the 2 pics below ) 1 on the top, 1 on the bottom..
As you can see, the motor requires support to lift and hold in the frame - to remove the 2 retaining bolts.
I used my hydraulic car jack for this.. which made the bike unstable on the rear stand.. but i kept an eye on it..
( working unassisted )
there's alot of space there now...
I had to remove the front sprocket cover, to remove the retaining nut from the frame.. having never done this one the kawasaki, i can safely say that I'll never allow it to look like this ( filthy ) once it's back together again...
pretty disgusting in there, been 20 years since it was detailed from the looks of it...
and miscellaneous wiring...
from this pic here, it's pretty clear - but the white container on the right is the fuel filter... and the metallic cylinder on the left of it is the fuel pump...
chain is off.. wheels still on.. but only just...
Top down, motor out...
there's still plumbing in there that's gotta be removed - but at this stage it was about 2c in the shed.. and i was freezing.. so lets put it to bed for the night..
Bloody hell mate! are you writing a workshop manual on the thing? Nice work.
nice one Euk dont think the boys wil be asking for more pics on this one LOL
Nice effort Chris, that must have taken you hours to photo and write up. Cheers mate.
The bike obviously has only be used as a work horse for the last 20 years. Sounds so wrong saying 20 years! I remember the day they came out my mate brought one over and we thought it was the maddest looking race rep bike we'd ever seen - how can that be 20 years ago? That was yesterday ....wasn't it?
I was just thinking the same thing.quote:Originally posted by kookaburra
nice one Euk dont think the boys wil be asking for more pics on this one LOL
Keep em coming.
Nice write up, but PLEASE don't cut it up! [:0]
I love those H1's as stockers (I have one in my dream shed....) []
Do you hold slide nights at your house on the week ends and have all your friends over[?][:I]
Good work mate it's good to see more zxr's getting some love[8D]More pic will be nice. asap
hey its like a haynes manuel great stuff just a bit fof advice [uve probably done this anyhow ] i owned one of these fine machines ..make sur u check
.1 the gearbox sproket nut retaining ring ..my nut came off and wrecked my crankcases at 85 mph[ask my bro colin he was on the back lol][thers 2 diferent types the later one feels like its done up and it aint] ,,and
.2 change the little o rings on the water gallery behind the head under the carbs ..there a bugger to do when its all back together
good bikes those one of the best front ends for its time
Hillsy, I'd love to keep it all stock bro but the simple is, that it was dropped quite hard.. the plastics are pretty much U/S, the mounting brackets are all munted.. replacements will cost more than i spent on the bike.. and it's just not economically viable to 'restore' to original per se.. but my plans are..quote:Originally posted by Hillsy
Nice write up, but PLEASE don't cut it up! [:0]
I love those H1's as stockers (I have one in my dream shed....) [
1) polish the frame ( professionally done )
2) soda blast the block to remove the paint
3) carby rebuild, pull the head off.. check the rings etc..
4) shorten that tail.. but keep it looking like it did in the first couple of pics..
I reckon it looks awesome in that 'green' even though i'm a honda fan.. the green just screams ' check this shit out ! '
I'm looking at something along these lines..
just without as an 'agressive' tail.. something a bit more sedate..
fuckin A mate, get into it and make a german style MOSTROSITY
+1 for sidchrome over cheap shitty tools
Rev the fucker!!!!!
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