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GPZ750R1 -82 Will it be yet an other green Kwack 12 Aug 2019 07:31 #809062

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Tks Leon.
The project progress is at standstill over the summer, I had to use my time and carpenter skills to fight off a water leak and ant colony in my summer cabin :pinch: instead, but give it a few weeks and I will be back at it.
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GPZ750R1 -82 Will it be yet an other green Kwack 15 Jun 2021 11:46 #850233

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Guess you guys have given up on me, but she is alive. Last year I found out that the fork/wheel/brake setup that I had chosen didn’t really wanted to play together.

So it was back at the drawing board and in the end settled for a Zephyr 1100 fork utilizing the original steering steam, a ZR750 front wheel, ZRX400 brake disks and Tokico 4pots brake calipers from a GSX-R600. This off course meant that new headlight brackets had to be hammered out from a new sheet of aluminum and all the other tinkering that came with it.

But finally, last Saturday it was time for start up after trying to remember to tighten up all bolts and nuts.





She fired right up, the only snag was that I hadn’t tightened the petcock properly.

Sunday I was back in the workshop and retighten the cylinder head, fitting a horn and a reflex and It was time for the first test run. I headed out to the closest hotdog stand for lunch. On the way there she ran like a charm, so after stuffing myself with the culinary highlight a “Tunnbrödrulle” I thought what the heck, if she runs let see if she can take me the 50km from the workshop to my home and she did.



So today it was off to the MOT which is usually a bi yearly activity and she sailed through with flying colors and being +40 years old and with approved MOT under the belt she is now MOT exempted until 2099-12-31.



I still have some “pimping” to do, rebuild and repaint the vintage Öhlins, rebuild the front brake calipers, repaint clutch and generator cover, no biggies so its time to place the next victim on the bike lift.
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GPZ750R1 -82 Will it be yet an other green Kwack 15 Jun 2021 12:26 #850237

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Looks like a real performer. Nice job. I'm glad it turned out so well. 
Jim
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GPZ750R1 -82 Will it be yet an other green Kwack 15 Jun 2021 16:06 #850243

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Sweet bike!  Great work....
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Sweet bike!  Great work....
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GPZ750R1 -82 Will it be yet an other green Kwack 15 Jun 2021 21:10 #850256

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Congratulations, Anders. Great job. Thanks for updating us.
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GPZ750R1 -82 Will it be yet an other green Kwack 16 Jun 2021 03:02 #850259

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Nice bike Anders...!!
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GPZ750R1 -82 Will it be yet an other green Kwack 18 Jun 2021 18:20 #850387

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Excellent job.
She's beautiful.
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GPZ750R1 -82 Will it be yet an other green Kwack 20 Jun 2021 21:38 #850510

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Fantastic work on a stunning bike! 
Well done! 
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GPZ750R1 -82 Will it be yet an other green Kwack 20 Jul 2021 08:20 #852109

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After some small issues that aroused during “shake-down”, steering neck that was not properly tightened, massive brake fluid leak from rear copper washers, things rubbing against each other. The stuff you expect, but now she purrs like a charm and runs like a frecking freight train.

Still needs some paint on the rims and the engine covers, a overhaul of the Zephyr 1100 fork and the GSX-R 600 front brake calipers then I will only enjoy it.



 So now, what’s next . . .

//A
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GPZ750R1 -82 Will it be yet an other green Kwack 21 Jul 2021 16:16 #852219

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Looking good Anders.  Your side stand looks good, did you modify anything to get it to stand up without too much lean, mine sits on a much more extreme angle, I'm thinking of removing the mount from the frame and repositioning it to get it ti sit straighter. I've seen lots of Kawasaki's that lean too far over on the side stand...

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GPZ750R1 -82 Will it be yet an other green Kwack 26 Jul 2021 06:19 #852564

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Unfortunately I had forgotten all about the extreme sidestand lean angle when I prepareded the frame for paint. How I could have forgotten the close to death experience I had in a fast left hander on Falkeberg raceway back in the eighties when I hit the tarmac with the lump of sidestand mount and was close to end my racing career there and then.

But you are perfectly right Mike, that sidestand needs some kind of modification. 
Back the I just cut the mount of with a angle grinder, but having a street bike without both center or side stands requires a constant supply of trees or houses when parking, something that limits the available parking options.

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