Woohoo! got my head back

[T.W.R]

After a few weeks wait, minor hiccups & a slightly lightened wallet, I picked the head of the ZXR up today from the engineer's

So all going to plan, within a couple of days it will bark back into life & be ready to rock n roll again

[Flyingpony]

All the best with the reassembly T.W.R.
Sounds like you'll be having some fun and spending quite a few hours over the next few nights in the garage.

[thehollowmen]

we all like getting head, especially when it is such good head.

Tell us how the performance goes

[Goblin]

Congratulations mate! Can I shake ya hand? Looks nice and shiny...even better than a new one ! Hope it all goes well for ya

[emaN]

wot'd you get done to it?

[T.W.R]

Cheers ppls

yeah an hour or 2 will be soaked up in the re-assemble, just have to do a static assembly 1st to do a shim check, then once thats done it should be all sweet.
Basically it soaked up close to $1500 with a good tidy-up of the important bits, total strip-down, crack test, HD valve-springs, guides, seals, mill etc.
Replaced a couple of dodgy valves and had the good ones reset & lapped.

its going to be good having the bike back on the road no more withdrawal symtoms

[miSTa]

... HD valve-springs,...

Say what? Harley Davidson parts in a mighty Kawasaki? Noooooooooooooooooooooooooo....

p/t

[sugilite:Me]

Heyya T.W.R that head looks great! Let us know how she runs when you have got her back on the road!

[T.W.R]

Got most of it of it assembled, done the shim check (new ones arriving tomorrow )

heres a couple more pics ( the quality isn't to flash, its a pxt phone)

[T.W.R]

Well had another hiccup while sourcing the shims but they got here today (mix of genuine & precision shims) got a reasonable deal on them, kawasaki list price was $16-17each got the whole 16 shims for $160.

So the engine is assembled & ready to be slung into the frame tomorrow get all the vital fluids etc done and it should be running by early arvo, then I'm .

[sugilite:Me]

Now theres a ride report I'm looking forward to reading!

[nudemetalz]

Good stuff, Bill....looking good !!!

Looking forward to seeing the whole lot when we get there at Easter.

[Goblin]

:spudwave:

[T.W.R]

It Farkin goes people!! being christened on a bottle of Jimmie the old bitch fired into life just over an hour ago

and bar one small coolant leak on the front feed gallery, it fired up revved cleanly & held an idle

the bottles gone, the bike goes !

[nudemetalz]

Congrats on getting her fired up !!!