Progress, at last!

Matty21 · Post by **Matty21** » Sat Mar 27, 2010 9:04 pm

Glad to have done business bud

Cant wait to see and hear it running in your bike , have fun!

matty

Howie · Post by **Howie** » Sat Mar 27, 2010 9:27 pm

Cheers Matty,

The original engine is now going to go into the Kr1s frame I got from Al, along with the usd forks generously donated by Charles & the plethora of parts I've collected over the past couple of years.

I am now in the very happy position of almost having a Kr1 on the road

, a Kr1s in the 'almost ready to start building stage' & the possibility of another Kr1 'special' lined up as the next project $\:D/$

ooh its good to be busy

Howie

Matty21 · Post by **Matty21** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 10:59 am

Sounds good to me

il be sure to pop in to see how the progress is going. and if i ever get the money to get that zxr750 off you, im going to!

Looks a great project to do.

Good luck Howie!

Howie · Post by **Howie** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 10:03 pm

Well even though I didn't upset Mrs Howie last night, I still ended up gardening today

Had to go to a garden centre as well

However I did take these,
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The 'patient'

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The 'doner'

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The 'swarbricks' can't wait to hear what these sound like

Need a bit of a clean up but these are practically brand new!

So work will start tomorrow on the bikes & hopefully I'll have some more pics to proudly display tomorrow evening

Howie

Matty21 · Post by **Matty21** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 10:33 pm

God my girl looks good naked

Howie · Post by **Howie** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 8:02 pm

Do you know what Matty, I was thinking the same thing, a bit like that French streetfighter that is in another section of the forum.

Maybe when I get round to the Kr1 special

???

Anyway, been far too busy to stop & take pics of the rebuild, so here are a couple taken while I was on a tea & tab break.

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From Matty's race bike I have taken the engine, which is running on premix until I get round to testing the oil pump not that I have anything against premix, its just this bike will spend the majority of its time on the road & I don't want the hassle of messing about at the petrol station. I have also used Matty's wheels & brakes, all of which are in far better condition than the ones on my bike. However, once I have restored the other set of calipers I have (new seals/pistons etc), they will go on.

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I also used Matty's fairing bracket as mine is in the 'paint removing' stage.
Clock bracket on & I have tested all the backlights. Everyone worked except the neutral light & for the life of me I couldn't figure out what the problem was.........until I came to fire the bike up!

It wouldn't start, well at least not with the sidestand down

Because my oil tank is still empty, the bike thinks its out of 2 stroke & won't light my neutral lamp

I'm such a nob at times! I quickly bypassed the side stand switch & hey presto.....fired into life

Anyway, I popped the fairing on after my well earned cuppa & apart from a bit of tidying up here & there, its almost ready for its mot $\:D/$

The rest of the stuff I want to do will get done next winter, like repair & paint the fairings & for now its just rolling restoration all the way $\:D/$ $\:D/$

Howie