Dutch restore of Z650 after a decade of neglection

[phil delivers]

Hi,

After a decade of neglecting i started the rebuild of my Z650.

Tail lights, changed from bulb to LED.

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff449/phildelivers/Kawasaki/28042011103Medium.jpg

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff449/phildelivers/Kawasaki/28042011102Medium.jpg

Worked out wel, really bright, includes light, brake and as bonus lighting for the license plate.

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Took out out the engine as well, the black paint came off due to corrosion, decided to blast it to get the old school look.
BTW it is a GPZ750 engine fitted with big bore 810cc kit with to max ported head and special cams.

Before

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff449/phildelivers/Kawasaki/23042011080Medium.jpg

After

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff449/phildelivers/Kawasaki/04062011155Medium.jpg

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff449/phildelivers/Kawasaki/04062011156Medium.jpg

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff449/phildelivers/Kawasaki/04062011157Medium.jpg

I'm very pleased with the result.
Thanks Paul for the opportunity!!!!!

Philip.

[rod185651]

Nice

[Gitzy]

What he said ^^^ :)

[fimpBIKES]

whoa, after-shot of the engine gave me a bona!!

[RevHead]

wot he said lol^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

[ALBI]

that side cover just gave me shiver's
when i lived i doonside my mate and i were tanked so we got his z500 and did laps in my backyard "only300sqmt" and i hit the fence and bike fell on my calf and burnt the half moon and letters KAWASA in my skin it was there for 4 yrs now its fadded away.
sorry it bought back some good memories.

[phil delivers]

Picture?
This is far cooler than a tattoo!!!

[phil delivers]

Took apart some parts of the engine.
One problem i had is that it jumps out of 2nd gear after turning back the throttle after full acceleration.
Removed the lid on the side and encountered this.

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff449/phildelivers/Kawasaki/06062011166Medium.jpg

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff449/phildelivers/Kawasaki/06062011165Medium.jpg

This might be causing it, i'm trying to glue it!!!!
Did some research (Google) and found that 2 compound PU glue should do the trick, lets find out!!!!

[pav69]

that must be some kick ass glue will be interested to know if it works

[K6Thou]

I was rebuilding an '81 KZ750 before I bought a gixer and found some good info here http://members.tripod.com/gpz_rider/technical/FAQ2000.htm

Lookin good mate..

[phil delivers]

Will let you know the outcome of the glue experiment.

Found a picture when i diassembled the bike with old broken melted taillight.

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff449/phildelivers/Kawasaki/14042011052Medium.jpg

Ciao,

[phil delivers]

Always wanted a bigger oil cooler, but there is no room between forks and engine.
A have seen a racer where is was mounted instead of the head light, lets combine it!!

Pre fitting
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff449/phildelivers/Kawasaki/23042011078Medium.jpg

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff449/phildelivers/Kawasaki/15052011125Medium.jpg

Cleaned and blasted the cooler
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff449/phildelivers/Kawasaki/04062011160Medium.jpg

Modified headlight and assembled it.
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff449/phildelivers/Kawasaki/09062011167Medium.jpg

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff449/phildelivers/Kawasaki/09062011168Medium.jpg

Good bye for now.

[phil delivers]

I glue'd the broken shaft into engine casing, here are some pics.

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff449/phildelivers/Kawasaki/14062011193Medium.jpg

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff449/phildelivers/Kawasaki/14062011194Medium.jpg

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff449/phildelivers/Kawasaki/14062011195Medium.jpg

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff449/phildelivers/Kawasaki/14062011196Medium.jpg

Drying time is about 24 hours, i'll give it some extra time.
Finger crossed, to be continued.

[phil delivers]

Yesterday also found some time to mount the dash.
Made a aluminium bracket, not quite statisfied with the finish yet, but this should be it!

Bought from Koso the RX1N on Marketplace with wiringloom, nice small dash stacked with options.

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff449/phildelivers/Kawasaki/25042011082Medium.jpg

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff449/phildelivers/Kawasaki/14062011197Medium.jpg

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff449/phildelivers/Kawasaki/14062011199Medium.jpg

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff449/phildelivers/Kawasaki/14062011206Medium.jpg

Later more

[phil delivers]

Hi, it rained here so i didn't do much, got some pics of the swingarm.

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff449/phildelivers/Kawasaki/28042011094Medium.jpg

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff449/phildelivers/Kawasaki/28042011099Medium.jpg

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff449/phildelivers/Kawasaki/28042011097Medium.jpg

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff449/phildelivers/Kawasaki/28042011098Medium.jpg

Old wheel

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff449/phildelivers/Kawasaki/28042011096Medium.jpg

New wheel

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff449/phildelivers/Kawasaki/28042011100Medium.jpg

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff449/phildelivers/Kawasaki/28042011101Medium.jpg

It's better weather this weekend so i hope to fit the engine.

Bye!

[RevHead]

nice fuck,n work bro,

[pav69]

very nice bugger me those dashes are nice

[phil delivers]

Thanks, really nice SF scene in Australia.
How about the specs to be road legal overthere, cause in the Netherlands there isn't much regulated for bikes yet.

[FIGHTERMC]

nice build mate.
don't know about the regulations in oz
but here in ireland there are none
we don't even have to get them tested.

[Jinx]

More bike and car regulations in Oz than you can poke 2 sticks at and it changes from state to state. Problem is the transport departments so called engineers aren't really sure whats legal most of the time. Seems like they make up the rules of the game and then change the goal posts to suit themselves. The cops are even worse as they know fuck all but if it looks modified it must be illegal and worth a ticket. Not all doom and gloom here though, great weather for bikes and plenty of open roads. Lived in the UK years ago, rode motorbikes all year round and I aint going back.

[fimpBIKES]

looking sweet mate,
i considered turning my gauges like that around at night-time
bright enough to be a headlight LOL

the rear wheel with the single-sider looks sick IMO

[phil delivers]

In the Netherlands the things that are regulated are the wheelbase (+/- 6cm), color and E certification on headlight en off course NOISE.
Got this info from a friend who worked at DOT, don't know if its valid anymore, let alone that the law enforcers have this knowledge.

[HOS]

Nice work [8D]

The Z650 always was a sweet little mill :)

[phil delivers]

Quick update;

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff449/phildelivers/Kawasaki/26062011217Medium.jpg

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff449/phildelivers/Kawasaki/26062011216Medium.jpg

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff449/phildelivers/Kawasaki/26062011215Medium.jpg

Later more!!

[RevHead]

any reason why your forks dont travel up to the top of your triples ,looks a little dangerous,,i dont think the top triple could hold on to the fork,,just my 2 cents worth,

[evad]

Hey Boet, great to see another z650 :-) bike is looking sweet.

[phil delivers]

Hi revheadpete.

The adjustment thingies will hit the bottom of the steeringbar and i'm unable to adjust the damping. The yoke is 4 cm thick and the fork itself is inserted for 3.25 cm, if have seen thinner yokes so i think its more than safe enough. I have to agree that the picture shows some reason for concern though.....

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Haven't had much time, but did manage to get something done.

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff449/phildelivers/Kawasaki/12072011281Medium.jpg

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff449/phildelivers/Kawasaki/12072011282Medium.jpg

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff449/phildelivers/Kawasaki/12072011283Medium.jpg

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff449/phildelivers/Kawasaki/12072011284Medium.jpg

Things to be done;
Oil lines
Brakes lines
Chain
Ignition
Turn indicators (LED)
Exhaust, NOT silencer ;)
Fairing

Ciao

[phil delivers]

Picked up some stuff to get brakes and oil in order.

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff449/phildelivers/Kawasaki/18082011346Medium.jpg

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff449/phildelivers/Kawasaki/18082011345Medium.jpg

It is nice weather coming weekend, holiday is over no more excuses.

Go!!!!!!!!!!

[phil delivers]

After running some flush oil i opened the side panel where the gear changer is located, remember that i glued it? Well, failure, it broke.

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff449/phildelivers/Kawasaki/26082011359Medium.jpg

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff449/phildelivers/Kawasaki/26082011358Medium.jpg

So, same idea but different glue.

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff449/phildelivers/Kawasaki/27082011361Medium.jpg

I'll keep you informed of the result, fingers crossed!!!!!!!

Philip

Current state.

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff449/phildelivers/Kawasaki/22082011355Medium.jpg

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Test

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy5ALcrVDvI

Philip

[BANDITROD]

Good stuff mate

[phil delivers]

I'm already driving 2 days and he did behave very well, changed clutch lever and fitted the turn signals. But front tyre is gone, rubber didn't survive 10 years of neglegance, so need new one.

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff449/phildelivers/Kawasaki/04092011372Medium.jpg

And found ignition off 1000RX, let see....

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff449/phildelivers/Kawasaki/06092011373Medium.jpg

Glue'd shift mechanism is still holding!!!!

Philip

I know, seat needs to change color!!!

[Gix11]

Got any photos from the other side mate? Looks great. well, ...apart from the seat anyway. (yea yea, I know you mentioned it, but I couldn't help say it).