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Me too, got five old Zeds at the moment.. current project is putting a tuned GPz750 engine in a 650 frame, with modern wheels, forks, brakes etc.

It was standard colour scheme, though over the years it became Kawasaki green and then later I sprayed it red. Bought it from Knott Mill Kawasaki in Manchester.. £1650, seemed a huge amount at the...

Is a Z750L3, same engine as the previous years GPz750. Never had a problem with it, sold with 180,000 miles on the clock.

Talking of old Ducatis, this is my 78 SS900 Desmo, owned it 20 years, and sold it for no good reason, just before prices went through the roof. At least i kept its sibling, a MHR..
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The later ZR7 also has a tensioner for the primary chain, sadly you need the ZR-7 cases to fit it. Link to camcoat here https://camcoatperformancecoatings.co.uk/

I bought this old Kawasaki GPz750 engine for £300, to be used in a new project. It hadn't been used since 2000, but it turned over ok when the crank was turned manually. Found a couple of problems...

Last year I decided to do something with a pair of crankcases from an old Kawasaki Z1000, that arrived as part of a deal for a different bike sometime ago. The cases were tired and their black finish...

I wouldn't sell it on Ebay or even here, prefer to use a dealer, will get less but there's also far less risk.

Its 39mm not 36.

Its a 2013 Explorer 1, I had sold a couple of Rolex watches to the same dealer a few years ago and got a fair price, so was surprised by the low offer. The watch was damaged when only a few months...

Thanks for the recommendation, will contact them on Monday. Its needs to be sold soon, dealer offered £3300, so with the new part fitted that should help it sell for a lot more I hope.

The...

This part of the clasp was pulled off when playing with a puppy, it was bent, tried to straighten it, but its not secure on the bracelet. Before I take it to the AD to have it replaced, any idea how...

The Guzzi build and my others are on YT... https://www.youtube.com/@Merch131ho/videos

I've owned it for ten years, always been a side project, always at the back of the queue, its been rebuilt twice now as I wasn't happy with the look the first time. This is the second of five project...

I bought this Guzzi as a non runner, it started life as a California, the Guzzi version of a Harley tourer, its changed a bit since then. As standard it weighed 250kg, now its down to 193kg with all...

For old Zeds, this is the place I use https://www.z-power.co.uk/

If your bored, all of my recent bike builds are on YT https://www.youtube.com/@Merch131ho/playlists

After 12 weeks the Z650 is almost finished, haven't fitted the air filter in this pic, as I wanted to be able to spray fuel directly into the carbs when trying to start it for the first time..
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I'm now 8 weeks or so into the Z650 project, I've rebuilt the wheels with lightweight alloy rims, and resprayed the bodywork outside on my drive.. March isn;t the ideal time, but the weather wasn't...

This is in my living room....

https://i.imgur.com/YauS1iE.jpg

Got the frame powder coated, then carefully protected the new finish before the engine went back in. The engine was leaned on its side and the frame dropped over it, much easier than trying to lift...

I bought this for my birthday present last week, a US import, 1977 Z650B
https://i.imgur.com/efZi6d9.jpg
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By the end of the day... Got around six weeks to get it...

Oh I'm just an amateur, I'm better at the theory than the practice, but I know people who know what they are doing.

This week, surprised myself, by pushing a bike, sans engine, more than two...

The MK2 with the Maxton shocks still has about 10mm I could lower it by, and probably another 10,with the additional 85kg of the engine. Also there is the option of moving the spindle in the...

I've been plodding along with my projects, first the Z650 engine has been taken apart, to be rebuilt with new cam and primary chain, and anything else needed. Found old crash damage to the...