Renovation Time

[Spitfire]

It's really nice to see a nice shiny engine, nice one

Cheers

Den

[UK Pete]

All looking good, what sand do you use
pete

[z1100r]

My outdoor blasting is crude....I use one of those big bags they deliver sand/gravel in to put the componets in. I then wear a balaclava and goggles and weild my shotblasting gun in basically open air. The bag catches some of the sand. I use Kiln dried sand from BandQ and just poke the pipe that hangs from the gun into the bag.
  I usually only do the crankcases like this with the engine assembled and sealed up because the stuff goes everywhere.

 Individual parts then go in my Vapour blaster...really just a wet blasting cabinet..which uses Pink saftigrit alumina oxide stuff - which has just run out unfortunately so I've come to a halt.

 I spent all last night on a polisher doing the covers instead.....wow ... wait till you see those, like bloody chrome, amazing.
Got the clutch and gen covers left to do tonight. A very mucky job though.

 Only the barrel left on the engine now to be blasted and painted then it can be put back together again.

[z1100r]

some more pics.....I'm not blasting painting and polishing at the moment as I've had to order bloody expensive grit for my wet blaster. Never had to buy any before as the machine came full...oh well it certainly lasted a long time.

Stainless bolts and screws still not arrived...!!!  polished ally bits look alot better than photos...gotta stop taking pics in the dark.

[UK Pete]

Beautiful, i just love blasted and polished metal
pete

[AshimotoK0]

Re: the frame power coating. I had the following done for my 750K0 by a guy in Castleford last year, who was recommended by Andrew Parnaby and I think John Wyatt uses him too. Got all these done including blasting for 130 GBP, which I reckon was a bargain. He did them in less than a week too.

Frame
Swinging Arm
Side Stand
Centre Stand
Battery box
Bottom Yoke
Front footpegs
Engine hangers
Rear Lamp bracket
Ignition switch bracket
Various tiny bits

My mate payed well over 200GBP for less stuff from Triple S for his 750 K2  and I reckon mine is as good if not better than his.

PM me if you want his details.

cheers

Ash

[z1100r]

All engine polishing finished...can put the motor back together now.

[z1100r]

Did my head/barrel oil seal mod today..who knows, might work...!

[z1100r]

 Mega bling..!!! haha...engine ready to go except oil filter and sump which I'll do when they come off for engine to go back in the bike.

[Spitfire]

That is a thing of beauty, it's a shame really to put it back in the frame and ride around getting it dirty !

Cheers

Den

[Yoshi823]

Nice to see a clean double disc setup...but there's a lower mount bolt missing from the pivot bracket on the left fork leg...just in case you didn't realise.

[z1100r]

Yes, thanks for noticing, but half the bolts are missing, I left them out to measure them so I could order stainless replacements. They have since arrived and all is sorted now.

 My second new swinger has arrived from the states friday and I have done everything now ready for the frame, swinger, and stands to go to powder coat. Just a lovely assembly job of all new or refurbed parts to do when it comes back - with mostly stainless nuts and bolts.

Oh shit forgot the petrol tank and clock cases...hmm still undecided wether to get another or fix a few small dings and paint my original. The original is spotless inside but every other I've seen so far on ebay has significant rust inside. Going for a bath to think about it....!

[captaindonutbikes]

selling my tank. no rust problems.

had the dent pulled and the badge mounts filled but they are still there.

currently in black, new cap and duel fuel tap which has one hole threaded if you just wanted to run one.

Pm me if interested.

[z1100r]

I am loving doing this bike..!! I owe it alot..its seen me through the kids...its done all my long trips...its been my work hack....I've fell off it twice, its got my old race engine...it means something to me. I have 15 bikes and only 5 mean anything to me. My old z1100r, cb500, moto guzzi 250, my first RD500, and my 350 YPVS. The rest I bought as investments, I have about 7 or 8 RD500's which seem to have gone ballistic cash wise so i'm going to flog one of those and fund the rebuild of the 5 I want to keep.

 Something else I forgot was the switxh gear, done that tonight on the polisher, I just polished both switch gears and master cylinder to mirror finish...they look superb....just got to get some new high turn back bars from somewhere now and jobs a good un.

 Refuse to take frame for powder until the rest is done. I want the fun of rebuilding with all new or equivalent parts.

Now whats all this stuff about oil coolers...I have a Yoshimura oil filter adaptor for mine and was thinking of using it with a z1100r oil cooler that i have. The Z oil cooler is a neat effort and will fit really easy with a couple of brackets....I must make and weld on the brackets before frame goes to powder so whats the beef with oil coolers that I have picked up on here in a few threads.

[UK Pete]

Hi Its great to see your getting stuck in, 15 bikes is alot, i also  have afew, and to be honest it has got a bit out of control
I am sticking an oil cooler on my cafe build, it does more good than harm, eventually some air cooled bikes were getting them as standard as a means of keeping the temperature down, the only thing i have to consider when i fit mine is do i use a thermostat or not for when the engine is cold and needs to reach its operating temp, that is the only thing iam not sure of, my gpz,s have oil coolers but no thermostat
Pete