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Katman,
Timely post. I'll let you take all the heat for straying from the collective. I'm just getting started on my 74 Z1 that's been sitting around for 25 years.
Picked up a new set of 74 Brown/Orange reproduction body work from Z1 Enterprises. I could just put the body work on a table in my living room and be happy staring at it. Wife might object though.
Going to try and mount a set of RSU 05 Yamaha FZ1 forks/wheel/brakes to the front. There's going to be a lot of issues with this mating since the FZ1 uses a digital speedo that doesn't connect to the front wheel.
The good news is the FZ1 forks are very tall so no header clearance issues. Haven't decided if I'll use a spare Bandit swing arm on the Z1 rear or my old GS swing arm. Bandit swing arm might be too wide. Have a spare set of Ohlins to use as well. The Z1 build will take all winter if not longer.
I've been going through a lot of mental anguish about putting the Z1 back to stock or modding it but I know I wouldn't feel comfortable riding that Z1 widow maker with the stock suspension any more, and I don't need a museum piece in my cellar even if its worth much more that way (I don't sell my bikes or parts for that matter). Plan is to mod everything so its reversible.
Also switching the 82 GS1100 over to a 83 frame after getting rear ended. Hope to have that finished in the next month and a half. Not to mention a full time job with an hour commute in both directions.
Timely post. I'll let you take all the heat for straying from the collective. I'm just getting started on my 74 Z1 that's been sitting around for 25 years.
Picked up a new set of 74 Brown/Orange reproduction body work from Z1 Enterprises. I could just put the body work on a table in my living room and be happy staring at it. Wife might object though.
Going to try and mount a set of RSU 05 Yamaha FZ1 forks/wheel/brakes to the front. There's going to be a lot of issues with this mating since the FZ1 uses a digital speedo that doesn't connect to the front wheel.
The good news is the FZ1 forks are very tall so no header clearance issues. Haven't decided if I'll use a spare Bandit swing arm on the Z1 rear or my old GS swing arm. Bandit swing arm might be too wide. Have a spare set of Ohlins to use as well. The Z1 build will take all winter if not longer.
I've been going through a lot of mental anguish about putting the Z1 back to stock or modding it but I know I wouldn't feel comfortable riding that Z1 widow maker with the stock suspension any more, and I don't need a museum piece in my cellar even if its worth much more that way (I don't sell my bikes or parts for that matter). Plan is to mod everything so its reversible.
Also switching the 82 GS1100 over to a 83 frame after getting rear ended. Hope to have that finished in the next month and a half. Not to mention a full time job with an hour commute in both directions.
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