This bike is still for sale.  Hit me up if your are interested.

This bike is for sale now.

If anyone in Georgia / Alabama area are interested let me know by posting a comment.  It still needs some work, front fork seal replaced and carb's sync'd up buy nothing major.

Got a new bike.

Picked up a new bike 2007 ZZR600 with 1600 mile.  Been riding it alot and letting big red rest for a while.  Getting ready to start some serious work on the 1000R.  Stay tuned...

Been riding alot.

Sorry for no post in while. Been enjoying the bike. Here is a pic from a ride up to pine mountain. The bike is second from the left. I know, I could have got a little closer. I am going to do some more work on the bike so I will be posting again soon. later.

Some thanks.

Just wanted to give a shout out to some of the products that I used along the way on the bike. POR-15 tank coating is excellent. Columbus Powder Coating does great work for a reasonable price. Bikebandit.com is a great source for vintage bike parts. Thanks to the guys at Advantage Cycle in Columbus for the work and tips.

Still have more touch up to do but have taken a break to enjoy some riding. see ya.

Been riding some.

Well I have been riding when its not raining and enjoying the bike. Had to get new front rotors and that fixed the brakes. I am going to try and get the carbs sync'd sometime soon but it is pretty close to right. see ya.

Finished for now

Got the bike all back together today and went for a ride. Put about 50 miles on it with no major problems. The front brakes are pulsating some so I may need some new front disks. I will wait for the pads to seat and see if it is still happening. Here is a picture all most done, missing the blinkers. I guess I forgot to take a pic after I got all back together.

Finally coming back together

Almost back together. Should be ready for some riding this weekend.

Finally coming back together

Started putting the bike back together this weekend. Have to fix some cracked/broken bodywork along the way so it is going kind of slow. Here are some pics.

Finished front fork seals

Finished front for seals. The manual make it seem easy to do but it was mistaken. It took all day but with some help from Carlos we were able to get it done. So I think I am done with all the stuff I am going to do, so I started putting the bike back together. I am cleaning and painting as I go. Here is a picture of the progress so far.

Front fork blown apart.

Wheel back on bike.

One more of new powder coat

Powder coated wheels (before/after)

Been Slacking on the blog

I have been slacking on keeping the blog up to date but I will try to catch up. Since last post I got the rims powder coated and new tire put one. While the wheels were off I went ahead and put in new bearing. Also went with a sliver powder coat on the wheels instead of the original black. I think it looks better. All the brakes have been redone and a new clutch slave cylinder installed. Replaced all light bulbs with new one and found out that the headlight using a car bulb (H2) so I was able to pick up a silver start bulb from autozone pretty cheap. It is a whole lot brighter than the stock one. I am waiting on the front fork seal which should be here tomorrow. After that all that will be left is to get the carbs sync'd up. I have been riding around the hood and everyone is looking like what the heck is that. I still don't have any body work on the bike so it look like something from mad max. I will try to keep the blog up from now on. later.

Took the bike for a ride.

Got the back brakes working so I figured what the heck, Let see if it still goes down the road. So I pushed it out of the garage and fired it up, put the seat on it and took off. Got to the end of the drive way and noticed it was hard to steer. Check the front tire and it only had 10 psi. Went back and aired up both tires and took it for a spin up and down the street. So it looks like I might be able to bring it back to life after all. Today I am in the process of taking the front and back tire off to get new tires and I am thinking about getting the wheel powder coated. If I do I will post so pic of the results. Stayed tuned.

I have been slacking on the blog

I have been slacking on the blog so I will try catch up with what has been done to the bike. Finished rebuilding the clutch and brake master cylinders. Do you self a favor if you ever what to do this get a set of 55mm snap ring plyers from Z1 enterprises. I tried for a hour with another pair and gave up and order them, when they got here it took longer to get them out of the box that it did to remove the snap ring. Anyway while I had the brakes apart I thought I would try a experiment. I got some spray on caliper paint and painted them and the brackets. Check out the pics, they look good now. We will see how well it holds up onces I get bike going. Got the gas gauge fixed with a little solder so I will be putting the gas back together hopefully for the last time.

see ya

Back running again

Put the tank on and turned on the gas and after a few tries it started up. Finally. Need to adjust the carbs but at least it is running again. Did some rear brake work also. Looks like I need new piston seals and brake line so I ordered them tonight. Think I will concentrate on the brakes and give the carbs and me a break. The gas gauge wasn't working and after some checking I found a broken wire connector. I think a little soder will fix it up. Maybe a can talk my friend Carlos into doing it for me sense I can't find my sodering gun.

Carb work.

Over the past few weeks I have become a Keihin CVK carb expert. I have taken them apart 5 or six times now to clean and adjust them. Hopefully today I will hook up the gas tank and it will run. I would like to move on to something else on the bike. I did work on the clutch slave cylnder and it was full of the same sludge that was in the clutch master cylnder. Had to order a new seal so it is on hold till it gets here.

The engine started yesterday

The engine started yesterday but only ran for a few seconds. I had to squirt some gas into the carbs and it fired right up. Took the top off the cards and there is a lot of varnish in the carbs. So I cleaned the top part of the carbs and put them back together and it ran till the bowl emptied I think. I think the fuel filter I put on the tank may be slowing the fuel flow down to much so I may remove that today and give it another try. I may need to remove the carbs and completely clean them, I hope not. I will post the results of today attempts in a litte while.