I found another stray, and it followed me home

**neels** · 14th August 2012, 13:07

As seems to be a habit lately, I've found another bike lurking in the back of a shed in need of some TLC.

Never heard of a Zephyr 750, but at $200 for a complete bike that was running when parked with rego on hold was too hard to resist.

So far I've stripped the carbs, freed the float valves and unblocked the jets, stuck them back on and fired it up. Seems to run ok on 3 cylinders, number 4 not so good as it's being flooded to death due to a float that doesn't, bits ordered off the interweb and on their way.

Once it's running I guess the cleaning begins.....

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**ducatilover** · 14th August 2012, 13:27

Nice score. I've always thought they were a tidy looking bike.
MoAr picccs!!!!!!!

**Crasherfromwayback** · 14th August 2012, 14:04

Awesome score for that coin mate!

**slofox** · 14th August 2012, 14:07

That's a quackersaki innit?

**Bald Eagle** · 14th August 2012, 14:13

blimey complete with screen & packrack, reasonable rubber. Good score

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**Edbear** · 14th August 2012, 15:04

One of Kawasaki's best retro's and a damn good bike! I liked the one they did in the gold and brown colours! You got a fantastic score there!

**mossy1200** · 14th August 2012, 15:22

Great find. im having trouble finding something like that to fill a gap in the garage at the moment. Good cheap bike projects are getting hard to find.

**scumdog** · 14th August 2012, 15:41

Bloody tin-bum, getting all the good scores!
Well done and keep us all posted huh?

**neels** · 14th August 2012, 17:09

Originally Posted by ducatilover

Nice score. I've always thought they were a tidy looking bike.
MoAr picccs!!!!!!!

Fair enough...moar pics...

Originally Posted by slofox

That's a quackersaki innit?

First kwaka I've ever owned

Originally Posted by Bald Eagle

blimey complete with screen & packrack, reasonable rubber

Not loving the screen, it's already off. rear rubber not so sharp....

Originally Posted by scumdog

Bloody tin-bum, getting all the good scores!
Well done and keep us all posted huh?

Will post more pics when I get around to shinying the shiny bits of it, fortunately I have a willing minion to help with that bit..

**mossy1200** · 14th August 2012, 17:13

Polish the muffler tips perhaps. im thinking they will look good. Maybe add 10% value straight away.

**neels** · 14th August 2012, 17:21

Originally Posted by mossy1200

Polish the muffler tips perhaps. im thinking they will look good. Maybe add 10% value straight away.

I think I'm going to need a bucket of autosol before I'm finished, but most of it should scrub up ok.

Some more pics, sure is a big lump of an engine for a 750, at least the cans look to be in reasonable nick and everything appears to work.

**mossy1200** · 14th August 2012, 17:27

I switched to Mothers metal polish. It seems to last longer and give the same results with same effort. Big container lasts a long time.

**Ender EnZed** · 14th August 2012, 17:33

Originally Posted by mossy1200

Great find. im having trouble finding something like that to fill a gap in the garage at the moment. Good cheap bike projects are getting hard to find.

You could fix up another GSX550.

**mossy1200** · 14th August 2012, 17:39

Originally Posted by Ender EnZed

You could fix up another GSX550.

Only made 300 from about 30 hours working on it. Because i dont ride to work I sell everything I finish due to rego costs. If they do change to levy petrol instead of rego ill do a few for myself to keep.