1994 zxr 750

Quiet day today so I got a chance to get the speedo mount sorted, Drilled the holes for the Trailtech rubber mounting grommets & some holes for the wires & dash lights, Hope the ZX7 forks get here soon so I can get it all back together

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looks good mate

I have not had a chance to get much done lately, My tank & tail were painted gloss black today & they turned out much better than I expected especially for the price I am paying (Feck all), I will pick them up tomorrow

Still waiting for my damn forks to turn up, Tracking is going slooooow!!!
I might just get them in time to get the bike back together by Chrissy or this year at least?

I got hold of a Harris exhaust hanger bracket, Needs a bit of a polish, Looking at the Harris site it looks like they dont make them for the ZXR 750 / ZX7 anymore?

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Coil set & leads on the way, I will get the Dyna crank trigger & 2000 ignition module kit next year, Should run much better anyway replacing the near 20 year old leads & coils

DC1-2

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Finally got my forks after a month? OH well I expected the mail (from the USA) to slow down but not almost stop

I got time to get one side sanded back "shiny" (using 240, 400 then 800 paper) & ready to be hit on the polishing wheel

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Nice wok mate,
Making steady progress, It may just inspire me.......:)

Thanks Kartras
On the 30th of this month I will have had the bike for 4 months so its all going faster than I expected it to
Between a lack of dollars due to less work & a lack of time due to too much work its getting there
I will hopefully get the other fork leg shiny today & get it rolling again

the bottom of the fork looks great, good work

Thanks Pete
I got the other fork done this arvo, It does not take long to get them shiny with sandpaper, I will get them polished later some time ;)

The front wheel is almost as shiny now too but considering you cant really see much of the wheels (especially at the front) + it is near impossible to maintain the shine behind the front discs I might have the wheels painted or powdercoated? black or green?

after doing my alloy for NFR this yr by hand aswell ,ya done good mate!!

now dig deep and get other side done buddy.

Other side is done & the forks are on, Fugg it, The wheels are going to be satin black, Should be a nice contrast between the polished aluminium, gloss black tank, tail & front guard & some Kawasaki lime green here & there

Finally got the bars I wanted on the way, The FLY tapered SX bend bars I have are OK, Just a little bit too straight (10 degree) & the gunmetal grey does not suit the bike so I will get rid of them or maybe keep them for a dirt bike

Sno X Mountain Bend (20 degree)

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I am going to give an old ZX7 shock a try, I will have to modify the battery box mount setup and fab some kind of aluminium cradle to replace the stock YTX12-BS with the YTX9-BS (ZXR 750 M model) battery that is 25mm shorter so I can get some clearance for the shock reservoir

This is the ZX7 shock I found, Should work a bit better than the old shock in there now?>
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Looking into different batteries I came across the much much lighter Lithium ion batteries at around 0.8kg compared to around 4kg for a stock (YTX9BS) battery
I have read a few threads on here about the A123 etc battery packs but would like to go with something with a warranty & hopefully proven to be reliable & wont turn into a fireball
Apparently they can be charged with a normal 12v car charger too which makes it easier not having to buy a special charger & supposedly more than 10 Years design life, All sounds good but....
WTF is the actual CCA on these? Lotsa different info>

140CCA
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/LITX9-BS-...item4ac010e98c

I messaged this seller (below) & they confirmed this listing is for an LITX9-BS, Handy to know what you are actually getting when you buy something on Ebay
180CCA
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI....:X:RTQ:AU:1123

Same seller (As above) & same battery but listed as 120CCA & dearer?>
http://www.ebay.com/itm/LITHIUM-ION-...-/290748497480

280CCA 0.6kg now? This one lost weight?
http://www.allpurposebatteries.com.a...roducts_id=313

290CCA 1.1kg, This one has gained weight with the supposed extra 10 CCA's & price tag $286.29, WTF?
http://www.hollyhockbatteries.com.au/YTX9_BS.html

The cheapest seller I have found (Incl postage)>
http://www.cheapbatteriesonline.com....&product_id=62

I could not find a page for the LITX9BS battery on the Super Start site only the LTX9BS?

320CCA on this one?
http://www.superstart.com.au/Product...8/Default.aspx

http://www.superstart.com.au/Product...5/Default.aspx

Has anyone here used one of these batteries? Any troubles? What about SSB batteries in general? Surely one of these sellers has got the info correct but which one??? I might have to call SSB direct?

I like the Kawasaki green too>
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Frontend looking much better with ZX7 forks, calipers & guard

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Originally Posted by mr.zxr

i'm running dyna coils. i have had them for years and never any problem. i don't know if you'll get much more out of it though. if you advance much more than 5 degrees it'll start knocking and you can get a better spark by running different plugs. NGK CR9EK plugs are the the go for the old zxr. they're not cheap but they are good.

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I received the DYNA coils & leads today & just fitted them this arvo, It starts much easier (It started pretty easy before but now its even better & I still dont have a choke cable fitted) & it picked the idle up nearly a few hundred RPM, I had to drop the idle back down, I had a feeling the near 20 year old coils & leads were buggered
I think the DYNA crank trigger & ignition module will make it run even better again

Got a few other goodies also, A new billet black fuel cap to put on the freshly painted tank & bought some stainless allen heads to fit it, A very nice looking billet master cylinder reservoir all the way from Osnabruck in Germany for just under $74 including postage
Damn nice quality item, Excellent fit & finish, Only takes about 5 minutes to fit, I could hardly see where the top cap screws on to the body when it is screwed together

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I also got a rocker cover gasket & some o-ring seals to cure a bit of a weep of oil coming out around the front of the rocker cover, I can checkout the rocker gear, Valve clearances, Cams & timing chain tension etc while I am in there too, I will fit a manual timing chain tensioner if needed?

Do you currently have access to the vacuum piping under the airbox? If so can you take some pics or diagram of where all the piping goes and comes from. I can't find anything on the net.

I tried the float bowl vacuum mod on the weekend which didn't work for me and am trying to reinstall everything, but I think I have some hoses in the wrong places.

Cheers, Jed

I have also done the float bowl / clean air vent mod & it all went good, Where did you run the carb vent hose to? I ran mine out the right side & straight up into the airbox into the rubber grommet on the right so basically this tube is venting in between the filter & the carby's so it would have a bit of vacuum in this position, Block off any other left over holes in the airbox & plug the tubes coming from under the manifolds/intake after the mod & it should be good?

I cant find the diagram that I used that showed pics of a ZXR not a ZX7 but this one gives you the basic idea>

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/webzxr/.../ventbowl.html

Can you explain where you ran the pipes etc & why it did not work, I imagine it was not running right but what was it doing exactly?

the float bowl vacuum mod the pipe has to be in the top side of the airbox or it wont work

i cut a hole in the filter and ran it up from the bottom straight through the filter and it worked perfect

Yeah I have read about pressurising from the front of the airbox in some guides
If we were to fit a superbike style airbox with the carby's in the airbox the bowls would also be pressurised or?
It would only be pressurising at high speed anyway too

In this guide it mentions at the bottom of the Float Bowl Mod section - "Note: No matter how you connect it, connect the line where the clean air is, between the air filter and the carbs." ?
http://www.jonesisland.com/7r/motor/

I will try mine out both ways later on even though it is mentioned in a few guides to run it to the front of the airbox but the guide I found at the time said to run it into the conveniently placed grommet on the right side of the airbox just above the bowl vent hose