Author Topic: Terry's Kawasaki ZZR1100 "Bring it back to life" project. (Read 74972 times)

Trevor from Warragul · « **Reply #350 on:** September 17, 2018, 11:26:45 PM »

Terry put me onto the same supplier. My only complaint about Seafoam is that it seems to make my CBX a bit harder to start after a few weeks of no riding. It does take the "fluffiness" out of the carbies, though...

PeWe · « **Reply #351 on:** September 18, 2018, 08:37:35 AM »

Leo look like a very proud Terry owner on last pic!

MCRider · « **Reply #352 on:** September 18, 2018, 11:45:00 AM »

I take it some things going on in your life? I need to take some time and review your thread b4 comments.
Cheers!

Terry in Australia · « **Reply #353 on:** December 07, 2018, 04:07:07 PM »

Wow, last post was in September, all this medical crap has really slowed me down, I've built bikes from the ground up in less time! Well two more boxes of shiny new Kawasaki Z900/1000 parts arrived from Z1 Enterprises (Thanks Jeff!) and Wemoto in Japan, but as I have to pack up my "winter workshop" (patio) so I can host a Christmas Eve BBQ I probably won't have time to do much until after Christmas.

I would like to put the ZZR1100 back together before Christmas though, so I think I'll make a start again tomorrow. I don't have all that much work to do to the engine to get it back into the frame, and I'm on holidays from the 15th, so I should be able to get it back in the frame and be able to roll (or better still, ride) it around the yard with plenty of time to clean my place up prior to the hordes of relatives descending on Christmas Eve for the annual BBQ. Wish me luck!

BobbyR · « **Reply #354 on:** December 08, 2018, 03:18:33 PM »

Good to see you Mate, I was becoming concerned. Have a Merry Christmas! I hope you can at least eat small amounts of things,

Terry in Australia · « **Reply #355 on:** December 08, 2018, 05:37:26 PM »

Quote from: BobbyR on December 08, 2018, 03:18:33 PM

Good to see you Mate, I was becoming concerned. Have a Merry Christmas! I hope you can at least eat small amounts of things,

Thanks Bobby, I've just had a bowl of cereal for the first time in 4 months so my tiny belly is a little uncomfortable right now, but has given me the energy to want to go outside and tinker with one of the bikes, for the first time in awhile too. I'll report back later!

RAFster122s · « **Reply #356 on:** December 20, 2018, 07:51:41 PM »

You fall over and forget to report back later on your reporting and tinkering?

Hope you are doing better Terry.

Merry Christmas
David

spotty · « **Reply #357 on:** June 17, 2019, 04:52:49 AM »

Been busy for the last 6 months, doesn't that poor little zzr deserve better ?

And yes, I did just read back over all 15 pages to see where progress was at after reading that little teaser on the swamp rat thread .....

Terry in Australia · « **Reply #358 on:** June 17, 2019, 11:19:14 PM »

Thanks for rubbing it in Spotty, but the offers there mate, project swap, you take the ZZR over and I'll take all of your CB750 stuff. Hell, you can even take over this thread and re-name it "Spotty's ZZR1100 Bring it back to life project"! How's that mate? I really could use the bench space for my current builds.....

PeWe · « **Reply #359 on:** June 20, 2019, 10:13:36 PM »

Terry, CB750 projects are more fun than this Kawasaki, right?

Why not a Honda CCB750 to make it spelled tougher?

Terry in Australia · « **Reply #360 on:** June 21, 2019, 04:54:02 AM »

Ha ha, well I don't know if CB750's are more fun than what was once the fastest production motorcycle in the world Per, but I do feel more comfortable building CB750's than I do/did ZZR1100 Kawasakis, and the good news is that Spotty came over to my place tonight and took all the loose bits, the engine and the tubs of parts and new stuff, and dropped off a mixture of CB750 and BSA parts and tomorrow I'm towing my trailer over to his place to drop off the ZZR rolling frame, and to pick up his CB750 and a little BSA 250, that's older than I am. (more about the BSA later)

ZZR to Spotty 21 June 2019 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

ZZR to Spotty 21 June 2019 1 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

I'm really grateful to Spotty for taking this monkey off my back, and getting the big ZZR engine off my bench in my "winter workshop", and now I'm happy to say that the swamp rat frame is sitting on the bench, ready for some more wrenching, and once it's finished and off to it's new owner, I can get stuck into the Kawasaki that I do want to keep, the Z1000 Mad Max bike. Life is good!

ZZR to Spotty 21 June 2019 2 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

PeWe · « **Reply #361 on:** June 21, 2019, 01:19:38 PM »

It is addictive to work on a CB750

Simple construction and not that much stuff to remove. Dangerous with a bike that will enter 250+ kph really quick and can do 300 too.
Fun enough with 150-190kph.

A guy I know wanted to sell his Kawasaki something year model 2000 to me. It had 192 stock hp, increased with exhaust, power commander tweaked som more. He said It has plenty of power when twisting at 250kph. I understood that I should not survive that bike that most likely look much better than new as all his bikes have looked like since early 80's.

The ensurance for that death machine is skyhigh. Both my CB750 cost 150 USD/year together, fully ensured.

Terry in Australia · « **Reply #362 on:** June 21, 2019, 06:37:25 PM »

Very true Per, and the problem I have is that if my bike will do 300 KPH, I'll want to try it out, even though my riding skills are pretty poor compared to a lot of guys who ride these bikes, so if a Kangaroo/Wombat/Koala/Cow/Dog walked out in from of me when I'm going so fast the white marker posts on the side of the road look like a white picket fence, I'd be history.

Spotty pointed out an obvious problem that I hadn't thought that hard about last night as we were filling up the tiny available space in my garage (after I wheeled my RC51 project outside) that somehow I have to find room for not only the engine and spare parts that he brought over last night, but also a complete bike, and most of the little BSA. I might have to spend the rest of the weekend sorting out my garage, it really is getting very, very tight...........

RAFster122s · « **Reply #363 on:** June 21, 2019, 08:02:19 PM »

Sounds like an opportunity to expand the workspace, if only temporarily.
But, SWMBO might have other ideas on that thought!

Good luck reorganizing Terry.
David

PeWe · « **Reply #364 on:** June 21, 2019, 10:42:36 PM »

A good looking running BSA will match a good looking Royal Enfield on a cafe or burger joint tour in speeds where the surroundings can be enjoined while riding

I almost forgot, this thread will be taken over by the new owner of the Kawasaki?

spotty · « **Reply #365 on:** June 22, 2019, 01:10:35 AM »

Tis true, I am now contemplating life at close to 300kmh but first........

Spent the morning tidying the carport and underhouse dungeon in anticipation of a large black motorcycle, discovered that the dungeon contains far too much crap closely associated with gardening ( an activity designed to rob right thinking people of time, money and the will to live ) so after young Terry helped me get the zzr motor in there and on the bench I had to put all the gardening rubbish back in so it's now all in the way of the engine.....
So tomorrow I get to build another set of shelves for the even more useless other dungeon and re-arrange crap all over the place
This will free up space in my dungeon to then finish cleaning and painting the rear wheel from the VMAX so I can then get that off the bike lift and get the zzr onto the bike lift and get started on that ....
In the meantime the zzr needs a good clean before the motor goes back in, the exhaust needs a rustkill and repaint session with the mufflers getting a mild polish
The bodywork needs a clean and polish
Tyres and brakes need replacing and upgrading
Seat to be cleaned
Tank needs the rest of the rustkill treatment and repaint ( do I paint the whole thing while I'm at it ? Kawasaki green, Matt Black, cover it in fake fur just to REALLY annoy people)
Oh dear.......what have I done this time !
And several of my mates are going to be well pissed off, they could tolerate cb750 levels of Japanese 4 cylinder technology but are less kindly disposed to hypersports stuff
Ah well, fcuk 'em

Terry in Australia · « **Reply #366 on:** June 22, 2019, 02:25:07 AM »

Well now the official project handover has been conducted, I can happily go back to the Swamp Rat project, and leave the ZZR in Spotty's capable hands. I look forward to reading how it's developing, and hopefully seeing some pics along the way. All the best Mark!

spotty · « **Reply #367 on:** June 22, 2019, 03:52:35 AM »

A start has been made, brought the seat and screen indoors for a clean

Both came up better with a spray of gentle household cleaner but I'll take them to work and see if the car detailing Dept has anything like plastic polish to get the screen a bit better and some vinyl treatment for the seat
If I get a chance tomorrow I'll give all the bodywork a bath and see how that comes up

Also just got a call from a mate round the corner asking if I fancied watching the Gaelic football with him at 3am tomorrow......
I sort of passed but Mrs spotty said " why not, go round get pissed and sleep all day tomorrow " ....... who is this woman and what has she done with the real Mrs spotty ?
If I didn't have stuff to do tomorrow I'd be setting the alarm for 2.45 and making sure there was cold beer in the fridge
Ah well, zzr1100"s don't put themselves back together

spotty · « **Reply #368 on:** June 22, 2019, 04:31:28 AM »

Okay, this just got a bit weird, Terry gave me a pile of paperwork with the bike and I just saw the address of the original owner.....3 houses away from where I was living at exactly the same time in junkie infested north Richmond

Fcuking weird

PeWe · « **Reply #369 on:** June 23, 2019, 12:59:33 AM »

So you'll start a new thread for this bike's awakening from the dead?
Like Terryfying ZZR.....

jgger · « **Reply #370 on:** June 23, 2019, 09:14:03 AM »

New name time for this thread Spotty.........Flashback boomerang Kow.

spotty · « **Reply #371 on:** June 23, 2019, 05:20:22 PM »

tiny chip on the outside of the headlight has blown out a large crater of glass on the inside - unfixable...bollocks

my research has since shown that the streetfighter handlebar conversion is cheaper than another headlight....hmmmmm, who needs a full fairing after all, shall see how we go along the road to reassembly and how ugly all the air ducting and pipework is without the fairing

Terry in Australia · « **Reply #372 on:** June 23, 2019, 05:39:30 PM »

Good idea Spotty, but you're right, the non fairing versions I've seen are as fugly as, the good thing though, is that lots of ZZR's blew up early in life, so there should be tons of bits on Gumtree or FB going cheap? Of course, if it's only for a red plate RWC, I know a guy who'd probably let it thru.......

spotty · « **Reply #373 on:** June 23, 2019, 06:46:25 PM »

i did just spens a while looking at google images of zzr sheepbiters and fugly is def the word for a lot of them, unless you spend a lot of time ( and money ) hiding plumbing and bits of frame or attacking things with an angle grinder
and none of the headlights look right

Terry in Australia · « **Reply #374 on:** June 23, 2019, 07:56:52 PM »

Speaking of headlights, amongst your tubs of interesting parts was a box full of lights, was I supposed to have them? I don't have any use for them so you're welcome to have them back?

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