Earlier this year, I went to pick up a 2nd hand motor with a snapped cam chain to salvage the gearbox for my bike, and ended up getting another ZXR750 as well for $750. After not having a bike to ride for over 1.5 years, something needed to be done. So I decided to give the "new" bike a face lift and get it on the road. Note I say face lift, not restoration as I'm not a mechanics arsehole. I had to do it all to a micro budget, but luckily for me, a box of spare parts came with the bike and I pretty much had everything I needed to complete the project. I decided to paint it myself and use spray bombs, I know it won't last, but could not afford to have it done properly, more on that later. Anyways, I started with the bike below....
Right, I've got the only tools I'm qualified to use below, time to get started!
Now the bike is in the sugilite man cave, it's time to start the strip down
OK, got the skateboards under the motor to catch it!
Turns out I just needed one skateboard, I used it to wheel the motor out to the car to take it to my friend who is going to build the motor for project number two, the post classic racebike. More on that later.
More to come.....
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