Simondo
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Post by Simondo on Nov 25, 2011 18:30:40 GMT
i decided to take on a project bike for the winter with a friend of mine luke who some of you have met at this years BSB at croft hopefully fixing up a bike for him to use next year will motivate him to fly through his test and actually get into biking like hes always said he would  we have been scouring ebay for a little while for something dirt cheap and bikes have come and gone.. we went for this early example of a zzr600  picked it up for £320 its a non uk import model, only done 16,000km but its quite old so the engine may need a rebuild, its a 1992 bike    its all there very little needs replacing it just really needs a good tidy up and re paint and anything else we find wrong with it (we suspect quite a bit) this should keep us busy for the winter |
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Post by bettyswallox on Nov 25, 2011 18:38:21 GMT
Nice one Simon. Good cheap biking and bringing another brother to the fold, good man. Get him to the Pitstop one Tuesday |
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Post by carlos on Nov 25, 2011 18:40:22 GMT
Looks like it has bags of potential!! You'll have a lot of fun rebuilding her!
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Post by Chandler93 on Nov 25, 2011 18:42:22 GMT
Not too shabby, looks like quite a deal!
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Post by Simondo on Nov 25, 2011 18:43:01 GMT
aye i cant wait to get stuck in.. and i would bring him to the pitstop but he lives in Richmond and doesnt normally finish work on a tuesday night til 8. :/
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Post by gipsykev on Nov 25, 2011 19:09:12 GMT
looks like a little beauty in the making, uncle gonzo will make something special outta that |
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Post by denty91 on Nov 25, 2011 20:39:12 GMT
Nice one Simon. Good cheap biking and bringing another brother to the fold, good man. Get him to the Pitstop one Tuesday were wer you last week brother from another chapter ! |
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Post by bettyswallox on Nov 25, 2011 21:41:21 GMT
Nice one Simon. Good cheap biking and bringing another brother to the fold, good man. Get him to the Pitstop one Tuesday were wer you last week brother from another chapter ! Dentster, I apologise broth but I was stuck in a meeting until seven and then just wanted to veg. I will however be back in book writing mode this Tuesday so be there or be.......somewhere else!! |
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Post by zeddman on Nov 26, 2011 21:52:54 GMT
shouldent need a rebuild at 16000 kms...the only thing to worry is 2nd gear spittin its dummy...I got the next one the zzr600 e..44000 MILES of kickin its nuts in and had no probs .......replaced rear shock with a koni from roffes in sweden,and did the caliper seals and pistons...any advice go to www.zzr-international.co.uk/forum/ . |
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Post by zeddman on Nov 26, 2011 21:55:11 GMT
oh and if yer front brakes are paggerad .........stick some honda nissins on .............as you can guess id found out this mod too late
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Simondo
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Post by Simondo on Nov 26, 2011 21:58:29 GMT
alright thanks for the advice |
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Post by Fordy on Nov 26, 2011 23:12:22 GMT
looking sweet simon
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Post by chaindrive on Nov 27, 2011 16:02:03 GMT
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Post by Simondo on Nov 27, 2011 18:21:31 GMT
thanks mr drive!
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Post by chaindrive on Nov 27, 2011 18:35:00 GMT
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Post by Simondo on Nov 27, 2011 18:38:09 GMT
im in darlo but i will call through one day next week out on my travels if you are free
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Post by chaindrive on Nov 27, 2011 18:41:36 GMT
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Post by Simondo on Nov 27, 2011 18:45:23 GMT
ha im only free on wednesday cos they may be on strike, and on sunday il hopefully be going to pick up this zzr.. cant wait  |
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Post by Simondo on Dec 4, 2011 22:17:56 GMT
we have the bike! big plus 1 to gipsykev for taking me all the way down to birmingham to get it.. well done to him for putting up with me for 9 hours :S i couldnt do it! having got the bike back to mine and had a little look around it.. my first impressions were.. what on earth have we bought :S but iv had a closer look this evening at it and its not actually that bad what we know so far.. it need the electrics looking at.. nothing is wired up right and theres loose cables and odd bits going everywhere.. the bodywork isnt actually that bad, needs a tidy up and paint but theres only one panel that really needs replacing the fueling needs looking at as the bike wont start but it has a spark the exhaust is dire.. the welding job that was done one the link piece is shocking.. i could even have done better :S rear brakes arent bled or fitted properly this is going to be a busy winter by the look of it  lets see just how cheaply we can get this done!    |
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Post by gipsykev on Dec 4, 2011 22:24:53 GMT
im sure theres someone on here with zzr600 bits laid around , been a long day no doubts but we got there and back safely thats the main thing even though i dont drive much past 60 in my van  ;D |
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picked it up for £320
at the hospital 
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