1981 Z750E1 resto-tart-up

i got a z750 in my back garden....its 100% standard but needs a lite resto...i just cant get my into gear it doesnt do it for me! i might try and adapt a 7650 tank and seat on it make it a lil prettier

Well, been off work after a bout of surgery and have been busy with the Old Zed.
The motor is now in the frame-





Managed to source a pair of Z650F front discs as the others were deeply grooved.



Part of me being allowed into the garage with a gammy foot is that I'm not allowed any heavy work. This meant that I could get started on the bodywork.



As you have seen, the previous colour was red and I did sway towards classic GPZ red with graphics until a mate suggested that, as the motor is a mix of matt, gloss and satin black with silverhighlights, maybe a graphite/anthracite colour would be good.
Hence the Vauxhall Moonland metallic-





This was a trial fitting so I could get a right look before laquering which I did this morning and will take pics of once dry and fitted.

A few niggles have cropped up though.
One being the oil cooler pipes. They are steel with rubber hoses in the centre. They've been repaired by a previous owner with brass pipe and sealed using god knows what. First thought was to get them brazed but, as it's so close to the crimped union, it would probably render them useless.
Silver solder has been suggested but I was wondering about getting braided Earls-type hoses made up. Anyone here know who would do such a service?





Jobs still to do-
Repair and fit oil cooler pipes
Fit Harris 4-1 exhaust
Fit bodywork
Fit front calipers and bleed
trim and fit belly pan and fairing then paint and laquer

Probably loads of niggly bits to do yet but mostly finished now ;D

Total cost so far-

£314.49 including the bike itself

So, with MOT and tax should still keep final total under £500


Lastly, a question-
This is a pic of one of the front discs. On this bike they are handed left and right. My question is-
What is the reason for the unusual pattern of drilling?



Most drilled discs have a symetrical pattern of drilling.

Anyone got any ideas?


Ian

amazing work, looks so good, love the style of bike

Chuck em, if you look about on wemoto you might find other kawasaki discs that might fit yours. they sometimes have a few dimensions written in other information.

or ebay might furnish you with a list of bikes that have the same disc as yours.

Tank,seat and other bodywork done. Just to line up and fit the tank badges, refit fuel cap, fuel tap and fuel level sensor.





Almost at the finish line now!

the drilling isnt normally dead straight on the discs, i fitted a disc on my mx125 once from my mx50, both the same but left handed on the 125 becasue right hand side drive. because the holes were wrong way, it used to push the pistons out on the calipers...not nice to have to pump ther brake a few times to get it to work..

Ooops, sorry chap. There's a fella on my local VW forum with the username of Mercman & his name is Ian...........Good work on the bike all the same. ;D

This was the biggest mystery on the bike!!

I've trawled through loads of pics on the net of GPz's and other Kawas and still couldn't find a match!!

The closest I got to identifying the wheels was early Marvic alloys.
I never thought about CMA wheels, to be honest. They look the same as early GPZ wheels. The infill in the spokes is hollow with larger webbing on the spoke/rim on the Gpz whereas the wheels on my bike are solid with less webbing.
Cheers for that

I'm off to trawl the net again for pics!

niice