Hi I'm Douglas or user name badboynot fighteing my 1991 zxr750

Hi I'm Douglas I'm in a small town in the middle of nsw Condobolin.Not a financial member but soon to be wen I get my bike road legal and get my license back after not having them for 3years!!,have a 1991 zxr750 fairly stock apart from muffler jetted carbs bit of a polish and paint.i had been talking to Ian Yella for a couple of years so decided to have Ian sort and rewire my acewell dash and get all the lights sorted for me.do won't to lower it and extend the swing arm alittle I also have a t25 garrett and few pumps lines and fittings left over from my little cars I had turbocharged over the years so I'm looking to have bits made up and sorted later on .have fitted carbon fly flat bars drilled the top clamp "for now" and green longer lines.wen I get the bike home from Ian's I will set about polishing and painting the bike again and go from there.sorry I'm not much chop on this posting info and picks do bear with me

welcome aboard Douglas...rip into it

Too many words and not enough pictures.

Welcome.

Welcome aboard mate.

Attachment 6589 Relocated key switch
Attachment 6590 on the bench
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Some pic's of Doug's bike as it sit in my shed, soon to be back in the land of the living. Welcome Doug :)

Welcome; good to see another ZXR being fightered!

You gonna start a build thread?

Welcome mate

Hi just seen Ian's picks and post thanks mate,should be getting the bike back in a bit over a week then I can set about cleaning it up and new rubber to take to the drags in October,I got my l plates for the bike again so will go for my p plates next month and get bike done and wen I'm legal the bike will be on the road again.

Will see about posting a build thread but I'm very slow in progress and I'm not good with these computers and iPhone and shit lol

Welcome dude!

Welcome fellow '91 fighter owner!

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That was the 1st time I polished painted and cleaned it up.

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Thanks guys,now I worked out how to post picks I will go about doing a build thread,il gather up all my older picks and go right threw it went up hill and back down again the last picks are how it went to Ian's no tank all the shitty paint and so on.but yes will go again now the wiring was done for me! Yes I suck at wiring and computers haha

Thanks guys,now I worked out how to post picks I will go about doing a build thread,il gather up all my older picks and go right threw it went up hill and back down again the last picks are how it went to Ian's no tank all the shitty paint and so on.but yes will go again now the wiring was done for me! Yes I suck at wiring and computers haha

Good stuff mate. Keep it coming.

Attachment 7007. This is how I got the bike with box full of bits,probably 3 years ago now

Mate, good progress.

See this is spurring me on to get my ZXR fighter sorted too.

Thinking a trip to the Yella studio might be in order for me too for some engine work!

I got the bike like it was in the last pick mate,I cleaned it up but the harness was missing so much I tryed to get the dash working,stripped the harness then the bike sat for 12 months not going,and one pissed of bloke every time I looked at it.im glad I finally manned up and got the bike to Ian's place about 500k trip each way he saved this bike I know that I see wires and just loose my shit.i know I will get it sorted now he done the harness for me.my biggest thing was not having any lsence the last 3.5 years! So now I'm set can not waight to have it home again and get stuck into it

My every day bike is a gv250 hyosung,I only picked up a nother one last week that been crashed for $300.1400k road trip got it home stripped it today to sell off and keep bits,allso found a gs500 il be getting next week to clean up and prob sell off.Attachment 7013

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Sounds like the ZXR will be out riding very soon!

Hi mate I going to get it saterday after a day at the drags with Ian and his crew so will be good to get out and get my bike,will get it sorted but won't be able to ride it on the road until I get my full license in about 12 months so will only be doing the odd drag event wen its mostly done,I do won't to turbocharge it but again won't be for a wile

Attachment 7094Attachment 7095. Little update went to Ian's on saterday got my bike back all wiring sorted,spent a few hrs at Sydney raceway to have a look and watch shed built race,got home after a long day just got bike fired up done oil change will pull carbs to clean out pull plugs,sort a few things out most new bits then go about sanding the white off and painting or polishing the frame and bits.so I think il start a build thread sometime on hire and show from start to finish hope to ha e the bike on the road in a couple of months or at least road going and to a drag event in a month or so.

Nice work mate. Keep up the motivation levels!

Got my self some paint stripper,taking back the white paint on the frame think il sand and polish it all in not sure yet.
Anyways will clean subframe tomorrow wen I get time will post a few picks.think I just need to plug along and do little hire and there not all at once like I have been trying to Attachment 7096Attachment 7097

Attachment 7098 fitted foot pegs I got a wile back looks a lot more cleaner then the old ones will mount the little blinkers soon also

Attachment 7099Attachment 7100 the bike table is one of the best things I have ever made,I'm not in the best shape and having one hip replacement and due for the other side I have to sit down more then most

Got the sub frame paint stripped still not perfects 3rd time might get it all,also sanded back the frame that I had polished.
Not sure on what to do raw alloy, polish it,or paint it black.

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Attachment 7113 bit more stripped and bit of wet sanding by hand,only wonted to get the white paint off but keep going you know how it is,brake arm rear wing on the zxr will do foot Gards chain Gards and few more bits as I go.Attachment 7114 my shed helper shorty keeping me company.

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You know how much work you have put into polishing so far? Well imagine doing that every few months. Does that sound like a winner? If not; get it powdercoated.

I know what it takes mate,wen I got the bike it was a j model they came blacked frame,I sanded frame foot Gards top clamp and rad tanks and hit them with hi speed soft wheel and white wax,then I would just use micro rag and metal polish every few months or if it got wet would dry it off and lightly polish by hand with the rag and some polish again.the hardest part is the sanding to get all the marks out to start with then the polish off the wheel then it's just a matter of keeping polish on it every few months.i don't won't to pull bike to bear frame to have it powder coated just yet,I got a 79 sportster I won't to start doing that with,been told a few times to clear the metal after I polish but I don't see it staying on to well.after today think il go back to polished frame and swing arm sides and black the rest out with gloss black

In the picks I have posted,I haven't polished anything only paint stripped and some minor sanding with 800grit.the more you sand alloy up in grades the lest it takes to polish I like the raw alloy look tho.

Fair enough. You're right about the effort involved in full strip down compared to polishing a few times.

Yeah mate I won't to keep it a roller and get few things done so I can ride it and take it to the local drags hire and there to see if I get the racing bug and a bit of fun.

Attachment 7194 been at it stripping things and cleaning and painting,stuffed a few threads on the sprocket cover that holds the clutch slave all sorted now,done the back brake will do the front tomorrow frame been cleaned up better and some metal polish to protect the raw alloy,sub frame is back on tonight,drilled and tapped a thread into the old coolant sender for the acewell dash also made a bracket out of alloy and painted it mounted for the speedo pick up off the back wheel,poking along with it.