The bike is coming together nicely, the wiring is moving on well, and just needs soldering up, awaiting new soldering iron, as the USB one went bang... well I did hook it up to a 12v supply, before reading the instructions... heated up quickly thou..

Exhaust back on, new gaskets and brass stud nuts, plus a few other little jobs, throttle cables and lines routed, little bits that can cause headache later, radiator mounted with fan checked.

A really good few hours...

Once the switch gear is sorted, choke cable is next, as I'm removing the left hand switch gear altogether, then move on to the rain/brake light...

All the best, and stay safe.

 

Time to sort out the calipers..

Had them apart, all pistons removed, cleaned and inspected, no damage or pitting, so after a polish and the fitting of new seals, happy to get them back in, nice new stainless bolts, and a paint, all looking very good..

Now, bleeding these is notorious for being a pain, so started the job on the bench, filled the caliper first, then connect the hoses, and bleed away.. 

It worked pretty well, and after a few pumps bubbles coming up the tube, pleased with that, got some good pressure on the lever pretty quickly, so all in all well worth suffering the cold...

Once the handle bar is sorted, it can all go back on, and the front end is done! 

Looking all nice clean.. the brake pad pins cleaned up with a little scotch bright.

All bled and ready for the new pads and fitting back on the bike, once the bar is sorted....

It was a rather cold couple of hours in the garage, but well worth the effort, and very pleased that its coming together again.

 

A couple of hours later...

Been working on the fairing bracket, removing the "bird cage" set up for something a bit better, this has come from the ZZR, but has a different set of clocks, so had to make up a bracket to fit the bracket...

First attempt looked great, fitted perfectly, till I put the fairing on, and then realised it was 2 inches to tall for the screen,

back to the drawing board, and a bit of thinking had a solution, and job done.

On/Off switch located just above the clocks, gear indicator will go on the left.

Retro Lime green screen will be bright! 

The 6 pots are on the bench, and they will be next to get a seeing too...

 

 Its been a busy time indeed..

A break in the wet stuff gave me a chance to seal the screw holes in the roof, just in time..

Not my doing, before you ask, so thats cured the damp patches in the back, still some more work to do in the back, as I found a few more scattered around the arches and floor, but I'll get there with them.

Also for the van, some new wheels and tyres.. I've had a soft spot for the banded steelies look for some time, and finally found a set local to me, and at the right price, so they are awaiting some attention, thinking of painting them a different colour with a contrast stripe before fitting...

Looking forward to getting these on, then back to the ZXR and the list of to-do's on the wall, but first..

Merry Christmas to everyone, yes its a weird time, but, we're all this together, so lets beat it.

Stay safe and have a great new year! 

  

The weather has been awful, so any chance of sealing the holes in the van roof have been patched with a few layers of Duck tape, need a dry couple of hours to do a proper job..

The seals are on order for the brakes, so with a few hours spare, brightening up the garage a little was on the as and when list, which seems to be never ending at the moment..

Found a few litres of good old emulsion, thinned it down and after a couple of coats, job done.

There's more storage on its way, so will free up some space, also a plan for getting the wheels and tyres on a rack.

Its all coming together nicely, and although 2020 has been up and down, I'm still enjoying this project, and 2021 should see some track time, as well as being able to work away on the bike as I like..

Did the whole wall in the end, once the bike is back on its wheels some matting is going down, and some repairs to the guttering is in order as well, more jobs... lol.

Stay safe everyone. 

I've been busy getting a few more bits for the garage, little bags of nuts and bolts, plus a few oils and sundries that might be needed.

The postman has been bringing a few packages in the last week or so, the garage does look good thou, and there is a lot of bits that have been collected over the last few weeks, all neatly stored ready to go.

The planned new race bodywork has been put to one side for the time being, and the fairings that came off the bike will be repaired and repainted, the colours will be staying Green and Black, nice and simple, but that s a way off at the moment.

Once the seals for the calipers have arrived, I'll be stripping them down, a quick look at them has all the pistons moving about the same rate, but think its better to have a really good look while I have the time, hopefully later this week..

But, I do have a leaky roof on the van that needs attention first...

Stay safe everyone.

  

 Forks are done. 

A bit more involved than first glance, and getting the bottom bolt out of the cartridge was not as easy as I thought it would be, but got there in the end.

A good clean of the sweep area, and some light polishing of some pitting, new bushes, seals and dust caps, with heavier 15w oil should help the front end! 

Moving on to the 6 pots next..