Graham fr which stayed with me until around om Sussex UK

Hi All,
Joined the forum a while back but been lurking.  I was active here (I think) a long while ago, but that may have been under a different name tag.  My Zed history (Zee for some)! is that I bought a wonderfully green '78 A2 way back in about '94 which stayed with me until around 2010.  It was a US import with a twin disc conversion and a trick braced and chrome swinging arm.  I loved that this and rode all over the UK and took it into Europe a few times.  Back then I rode a lot so felt very 'at one' with the old heavy lump and so often surprised modern stuff when I overtook them, gently weaving with all my camping gear on the back....

Anyway... back to the present, I missed the green A2 and a red one of the same year fell in my lap for not a lot of money.  It was a runner but a bit rough so I decided to rebuild it.  As often is the case, life gets in the way and it's taken ages to get it back together.  I'm now really close and first start up may well be this weekend (fingers crossed).  Another US import which I've converted to twin front disc, engine has been all apart and vapour blasted, everything painted by me in the shed or powder coated, tank repainted etc etc.  You know, the things that you do....  It's looking pretty presentable, not perfect but a nice condition runner when its back on the road.  Looking forwards to a few fun rides out this year  .

 

Welcome to KZRider
Nice Bike and a big smile too
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Dave

Welcome to the fun! That is a beautiful looking machine. I do look forward to learning more about it.

Great looking bike

Welcome from Massachusetts.  I have the same smile when I sit on my Z1   

Welcome from just up the road by Brands Hatch. 
Fellow A1 owner. 

Welcome from Leicestershire, bike looks great 

Welcome back to the forum and nice work on the bike! Post more pics !

hi graham yes welcome just wait another month it would be a shame to get it dirty ,im in chichester with z1r david

Thanks for the welcome guys.  Not sure what happened to the title of my post - must have been tired that day  .

Bike first start up has been delayed slightly as I found I hadn't properly seated the gasket on the case over the gear change mechanism, so it's been off with the cases on the left, front sprocket off, chain split (to get it back on properly) - all back again with a new gasket and a little bit of Yammabond.  I want to set the timing lastly as I fitted a new Dyna S and only chucked it on approximately.  I also suspect that the Dyna S-to-coil wires have been wired backwards, but not quite convinced yet - so tracing them with a meter when I get a moment.  Exciting stuff - more pics (and hopefully smiles ) to come.

Welcome Graham.
Nice looking KZ!