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Just keep looking, there's is a bunch of little things keep popping up to me. :woohoo:
What's is that cable leaving the left hand controls? Also what controls?

Les

Dear Bozo: I know we just met and all,but I want to have your children! :woohoo:
My god that bike is incredable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Welcome to z-jungle

bozo,
welcome.

it appears that you will fit right in :laugh: .

so you have owned this machine since new?

you have a very nicely done bike.

thanks for posting the pics.

leon

That's a pretty sharp looking bike! But I think we'll need more pictures to verify...

Welcome aboard!

Also, I'm very curious about the Yoshimura sticker on the swingarm. Any Yosh parts on the bike?

cool..

how do you like those ikon shocks ?

Guys, replies are great thankyou, answers are -
The controls on the handle bars are suzuki Busa 1300, these were specials I bought on ebay for $100 with fittings (haven't seen them advertisd since).

Steering dampner is a hyperpro, it works well but I did have trouble ensuring it doesn't rotate on the fork leg so I have a small bracket attached to the triple clamp base. The adapters were something I had left over from my ZRX1000 hyperpro (old model that leaked). I had (my friend again) a set of spacers machined to fit the clamp onto the smaller diameter fork.

Koni shocks work well, the only time I can see problem when we go on weekends through some tight corners (close to the frame limit), you can get just a hint of fade but then maybe others would as well.
The cable leaving the left hand controls (I assume)is my hydraulic clutch line, the feel and pull are much better than the cable without the faults of having a cable. I run synthetic fluid to prevent the usual corrosion in clutch fluids

Make no mistake evey weekend this beast gets hammered, and every time it just needs a wipe (once a month)and off she goes. It uses a small amount of oil every 5000km so even that I don't worry about. Lets put it this way, the ZRX (dragged a couple) will just start pulling away over 170 kph.

The one thing no-one mentioned was the pipe, without doubt my best addition I highly recommend it, it's a Marving (yes the Italian mob) racing pipe but its very pleasant and less noisy then Kerker or equivalent, the power gain was noticable to my three previous pipes (you have to remove it for the filter.
I also have digital Voltmeter and fuel gauge (I'll post pictures) which look/work 100% better than standard.
let me know if you need other info, once I finish replying I'll start looking at your bikes and asking questions.
I've posted some pictures of this bike going through central Australi dirt roads in the wet season,,, yes I know give me a break I was young and foolish.





I'll post pictures before the weekend (where is a good place to post them?)

Bozo wrote: Les, thanks for your comments, on thing i forgot to mention was that I spaced the discs 3mm out on both sides so that the callipers clear the wheel spokes. When I had the R6 discs / adapters made I added the extra 3mm. The disc itself runs very close to the fork leg on either side.

I know I'll regret this but I could take more photos and maybe add drawings (the originals I lost) IF some one wants to give this a go. The calliper adapters were actually made using a piece of thin wood board and shaped till everything fitted. I also had to make sure the pads ran the total disc surface.
The R6 discs are 5mm in diameter bigger than the Z1R discs but 2.5mm either side made little difference to the calliper.

Welcome Bozo.
Very nice Z1R.

I'd be interested, as I'm sure almost everyone here, on info on the front brake swap.
I already have an 18" Z1R front wheel on my 650, and I'm sure the 650 may have different fork spacing (maybe we could compare that too), but I've been looking for brake upgrades while keeping the kz wheel.

they are only for looks, sorry to dissapoint you.

thanks RSnick, I'm certain the wheel spacing is the same but I can post my details for you to compare, watch for my addition sometime over the weekend, I might need to strip one brake assembly to show measurements, the reason I chose the R1/ R6 (same) callipers is because they are mono block whereas others are assembled in pieces. These are ceap on ebay as their owners add Brembos and such but for our bikes they are perfect.
Keep in mind that these brakes are for experienced riders and if you panic the results might not be good.

Nice Bike! Thanks for sharing the details about it.

bozo,
right here is the place to post all those pics sir.

leon