200 kgs of nails...
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:54 am
Time for another build thread methinks.
1993 zxr 750 L1.
picked this up last sunday in exchange for my celica, i was looking for a bigger bike and wanted rid of the celica which was struggling to sell so when someone offered through ebay to exchange i thought why not. (yeah i also thought why do they want to swap?) anyways, its got 12 months MOT, new chain and sprockets and looks like a full stainless micron system. (either that or its a brand new oem but i thought they were bolt on jobbies?) new front tyre, done 51k miles ooooeerrr!!! and from first looks not too bad, ok i didn't like the paint scheme too much but something to work on.
First impressions... sh*t its fast!!, feels very light and rides well!
had a look around yesterday, its got LED indicators on the back that work, and mini indicators on the front of which 1 don't work, twat has drilled holes in the fairing to fit them instead of using the blanking plates, not to worry i'm gonna ditch em for original indicators anyway.RHS fairing is damaged and will need replacing, engine sounds like a bag of nails, apart from that it seems ok.
First time i've used it today since getting it back, starts up fine, ticks over fine and revs fine, drops it into first and it starts to pull with the clutch in, mmmmmmm there is no fluid in the reservoir, job for lunchtime.
My plans are to respray the whole bike in black with green wheels. we'll see..........
1993 zxr 750 L1.
picked this up last sunday in exchange for my celica, i was looking for a bigger bike and wanted rid of the celica which was struggling to sell so when someone offered through ebay to exchange i thought why not. (yeah i also thought why do they want to swap?) anyways, its got 12 months MOT, new chain and sprockets and looks like a full stainless micron system. (either that or its a brand new oem but i thought they were bolt on jobbies?) new front tyre, done 51k miles ooooeerrr!!! and from first looks not too bad, ok i didn't like the paint scheme too much but something to work on.
First impressions... sh*t its fast!!, feels very light and rides well!
had a look around yesterday, its got LED indicators on the back that work, and mini indicators on the front of which 1 don't work, twat has drilled holes in the fairing to fit them instead of using the blanking plates, not to worry i'm gonna ditch em for original indicators anyway.RHS fairing is damaged and will need replacing, engine sounds like a bag of nails, apart from that it seems ok.
First time i've used it today since getting it back, starts up fine, ticks over fine and revs fine, drops it into first and it starts to pull with the clutch in, mmmmmmm there is no fluid in the reservoir, job for lunchtime.
My plans are to respray the whole bike in black with green wheels. we'll see..........