xa-mont
26-01-2013, 04:35 PM
Hey guys.
Some of you may know i picked up a very corroded XZ550 from pete at the drags in Dec. It's for a mate who lives in Darwin and i'm going to be doing a fair bit of the work for him.
Here is what i brought home
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/Tulls%20XZ/IMG_20121209_131234.jpg
Within the space of about 30 minutes it looked like this:
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/Tulls%20XZ/IMG_20130126_165618.jpg
Plans are to first get it running (just to make sure it does), so i whacked on some new carbs that Tully (the bikes owner) had send from the UK
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/Tulls%20XZ/IMG_20130126_165630.jpg
I gave her a shot with my bikes battery... no joy there. after a bit of searching around i found that the starter was sluggish as feck. After pulling it apart it was pretty obvious that that fucker was full of oil. a rebuild kit is on its way for the starter then hopefully we'll get some fire in it's belly.
while i wait for the rebuild kit i opened up the shaft drive to see what i can do about converting it to chain drive so we can put a more modern rear end on it (and a normal sized 17" wheel)
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/Tulls%20XZ/IMG_20130126_165657.jpg
Seeing as it's just a normal output shaft front the tranny (goes through a pinion gear to the drive shaft) i reckon it should be pretty easy for me to make/buy an offset front sprocket or some sort of shaft extension or something.
I hopefully will have an 06 CBR front end on the way for it shortly, then we have to decide what swing arm will work. any suggestions would be helpful. the shaft drive on on there currently kind of has 2 prongs with a space in the middle where the frame is, kind of like the VFR800 units, so it would ideally be something similar. Also the shock top mount is almost above the engine, so something with a high up shock mount would also be a good thing.
https://www.google.com.au/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=4U6I5X1pz-raKM&tbnid=V8mB7tGMDxAJuM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kawiforums.com%2F2005-2006-zx-6r%2F131328-swing-arm-swap.html&ei=rHgDUb7HD4TykAWN5YGgCw&bvm=bv.41524429,d.dGI&psig=AFQjCNHAF2bzADCGOyVEcell_R2nTPbW3Q&ust=1359268396826734
That's all for now. I'll try to keep it all updated.
Some of you may know i picked up a very corroded XZ550 from pete at the drags in Dec. It's for a mate who lives in Darwin and i'm going to be doing a fair bit of the work for him.
Here is what i brought home
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/Tulls%20XZ/IMG_20121209_131234.jpg
Within the space of about 30 minutes it looked like this:
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/Tulls%20XZ/IMG_20130126_165618.jpg
Plans are to first get it running (just to make sure it does), so i whacked on some new carbs that Tully (the bikes owner) had send from the UK
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/Tulls%20XZ/IMG_20130126_165630.jpg
I gave her a shot with my bikes battery... no joy there. after a bit of searching around i found that the starter was sluggish as feck. After pulling it apart it was pretty obvious that that fucker was full of oil. a rebuild kit is on its way for the starter then hopefully we'll get some fire in it's belly.
while i wait for the rebuild kit i opened up the shaft drive to see what i can do about converting it to chain drive so we can put a more modern rear end on it (and a normal sized 17" wheel)
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/Tulls%20XZ/IMG_20130126_165657.jpg
Seeing as it's just a normal output shaft front the tranny (goes through a pinion gear to the drive shaft) i reckon it should be pretty easy for me to make/buy an offset front sprocket or some sort of shaft extension or something.
I hopefully will have an 06 CBR front end on the way for it shortly, then we have to decide what swing arm will work. any suggestions would be helpful. the shaft drive on on there currently kind of has 2 prongs with a space in the middle where the frame is, kind of like the VFR800 units, so it would ideally be something similar. Also the shock top mount is almost above the engine, so something with a high up shock mount would also be a good thing.
https://www.google.com.au/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=4U6I5X1pz-raKM&tbnid=V8mB7tGMDxAJuM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kawiforums.com%2F2005-2006-zx-6r%2F131328-swing-arm-swap.html&ei=rHgDUb7HD4TykAWN5YGgCw&bvm=bv.41524429,d.dGI&psig=AFQjCNHAF2bzADCGOyVEcell_R2nTPbW3Q&ust=1359268396826734
That's all for now. I'll try to keep it all updated.