Z750 twin project

[...] At the end of August the tax run out on the Z750 twin, as this year has been pretty pants weatherwise I decided to put the bike off road and SORN ( [...]

[...] replacement at the right price (anyone have a rear mudguard in good condition for a Z750 Twin?) and so another plan was hatched. Cue A Team music as I cut a piece of metal, and mig [...]

[...] So now I’m waiting for the rain to stop when I’m not at work so I can get out on the Z750 twin once more [...]

[...] time coming (ooh err missus) but here’s the low down on what has been happening with the Z750 twin about which this blog kind of revolves. Firstly we had lots of rain, and I had lots of work so [...]

[...] a look around. The following pics show some of the bikes which were there.. A bike at the Super Sausage today Another bike at the Super Sausage today Another bike at the Super Sausage today Some bikes [...]

[...] to get a little preparation towards being fitted, as you can see from the picture below the rear wheel needs a good clean (the front is no better). So I set about it with the degreaser, and some wet [...]

[...] the bearings in squarely, and getting it all back together, I admitted defeat and left the rear wheel for another day. In other news, my brother called me to arrange to meet him and my dad [...]

[...] loose I found it didn’t come past the numberplate which was also removed. I now had the rear wheel cleared enough to remove, and with a little lift of the swingarm to clear the calliper out it [...]

[...] In our last gripping instalment we’d replaced the rear tyre, welded the rusted out mudguard and refitted the wheel before running out of warmer drier [...]

[...] later. Dad arrives with his tyre levers and after a little moaning and a lot of levering the rear tyre was off, inner tube out and the rim exposed. Where there should have been rim tape someone had [...]

[...] her car was playing up and we had errands to do) so I uncovered it to discover the newly fitted rear tyre was flat. I pumped it up with a foot pump (manual labour is also something I am averse to so [...]

[...] am going to change the wheel bearings in both wheels and fit a new front tyre and my barely used rear tyre will be swapped onto the new(er) rim. [...]

[...] to get there for months. Well tonight was the night, finally I got the Kawasaki out, started second kick and on my way up the A5 to Towcester. It was just after Pottetspury when I checked the rear [...]

[...] a bump start. It started easily enough, but then I had to kick the twin, which usually starts second kick, but obviously I had used up all my energy on the other Kawasaki as it wouldn’t go until the [...]

[...] by the archaic kick start. You know what happens now, every time you start a bike it starts second kick unless someone’s watching, so true to form, one kick, two kicks, three kicks, four kicks. A [...]

[...] should tell our dad. So this morning I pulled out the Kawasaki Z750 and started her up, second kick, get in. I stopped en route for fuel and checked the tyre pressures, the front was a [...]

[...] Finally I made it out on the Kawasaki Twin for a Thursday night ride out, but only just. When Graham phoned me I was waiting for dinner [...]

[...] allegedly pinched in the rim tape or something. Once again I fitted the wheel and parked the Kawasaki twin back in its position, where it sat until today, Sunday 4th August. I made arrangements to go [...]

[...] that keeps happening. So all in all another nice ride out which has convinced me to keep the Kawasaki twin a bit longer. [...]

1st Friday of the month is Bike Night at Jack’s Hill Cafe in Towcester, and I have been threatening to get there for months. Well tonight was the ni [...]

[...] A little late, but following my ride out to the Bike Night at Jacks Hill Cafe, the next morning (a Saturday) I had some tickets for a VIP day at Santa Pod raceway which I’ [...]

[...] in a nice gloss black again. I’m also in negotiation for some new (old new) parts like a rear mudguard and alloy wheels. That will entail removing the wheels again and swapping the nice new rear [...]

[...] being too fussy while awaiting a suitable replacement at the right price (anyone have a rear mudguard in good condition for a Z750 Twin?) and so another plan was hatched. Cue A Team music as I cut [...]

[...] wrong side. Still the mudguard looks nice. Next on the agenda was a quick replacement of the rear brake line as previously mentioned, so I undid the old banjo bolts and removed the hose. The new one [...]

[...] .  And now it’s all back in one piece again. Next on the list is to replace the rear brake line before the end of the month at which time I will tax it ready for the road once more. [...]

[...] wife made a new MOT appointment and I got out of work early enough to make it to get the bike MOT’d again, this time a new certificate was issued. And I rode it the long way home happy and [...]