RZ restore

**smudge** · 9th September 2007, 15:29

arrived there hungover and just as everyone was packing up. Not an RZ part to be seen. Bugger.

All I have done this week is more scraping and sanding, hopefully will paint the frame this week.

**smudge** · 22nd September 2007, 21:41

Got the frame and the swingarm all finished, time to start bolting things on now.

**smudge** · 3rd October 2007, 20:35

Got the motor in the frame, time to start spending money on things like tyres, brakes, fork seals and revinning.

Oh yay. Any ideas on how I can smuggle away some money so the wife don't find out???

**SVboy** · 4th October 2007, 19:55

Try "Excuse me, sweetie pie, I need to spend a few $$ on my bike and I understand the importance of fairness in a balanced and loving relationship such as ours. Therefore, I think its only fair for you to spend some $ on those new shoes/dress/handbag that you wanted. Is that ok with you?"
If you can do that with a straight face and/or not throwing up, not only will you get your $$, you might be in line for a new bike, roast meals all week and that thing you only get on your birthday[if you are lucky!!]

**smudge** · 10th January 2008, 20:51

progress has ground to a halt. I got some fork seals for Xmas! One day....

**gijoe1313** · 10th January 2008, 20:58

Originally Posted by smudge

progress has ground to a halt. I got some fork seals for Xmas! One day....

At least you have done something recent! All I've done on my RZ250s is to bung in a RD250LC race spec engine to see if it would marry up to the frame (it does)

I'm spending my time doing a patio of all things! (mind you, when its done, I'll be able to purloin it for my selfish anti-social biker restore program!

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**Wired1** · 16th January 2008, 19:41

Photos please... at least you have swap meets up there.

**smudge** · 26th September 2008, 20:34

Ummm well it's like this see.... I ran out of cash but I found some under the sofa and it's time to start putting things back together / funny how that ties in with the onset of the better weather, what a coincidence. Still looking for parts like pipes etc so if there are any around let me know.

GiJoe, is it you selling bits on Trademe? Did you get yours going or are you still making excuses for not building the patio?

Chancey, see I told you no one would see it!

**gijoe1313** · 26th September 2008, 22:08

Nope! I be the one buying the bits off tardme!

Patio is all done, workshop all set up, just hard yakka and procastinating!

Would ya know it ... I was looking for some RZ350 bits and bought some off ebay from UK ... and now a whole ferk'n lot of them have turned up locally ... always the way ... always the way!

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**Wired1** · 27th September 2008, 15:37

Keep going - at least half of all bike rebuilds is labour so concentrate on the stuff you can do now like cleaning up the engine parts, getting the dirt out of the wheel hubs etc. The best treatment for the frame is sand blast and powder coating and it is a little expensive. All the small parts like brackets and bolts can be cleaned up with a wire wheel on your bench grinder and painted black with something like engine paint but the frame and swingarm are probably best powder coated. It is about $150-$200 for those two but that includes powder coating and the finish is superior to anything else. The next bext thing is a wire brush on your electric drill and something like POR15. Painting the tanks and side covers, guards etc is the sort of thing you should do yourself as it is bloody expensive to get it done uless you have a mate in the business. Either with spray cans or better - with a cheap spray gun - either way it's a lot easier than you probably think to get a good result. Get a book out of the library to learn how to do this or any other jobs you want to learn. If you have spare parts or bits that aren;t going to be used then stick them on Trademe and flick them off - use the cash to buy bits you do need. While you're on Turdeme you may as well have a look around the house for other items the kids and wife no longer use and flick them off too to raise funds.
The first step in this whole process is to sort everything out and figure out what you have to start with - do it this week, you'll feel better once you have started and it only takes a couple of hours to go through it all

And post some pictures so that we can give you some feedback and encouragement - you may think your pile of crap isn;t very interesting but I'll bet we all will.
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**smudge** · 28th September 2008, 21:01

It's mostly all done, I did the wire brush and POR15 trick for the frame. I own a 1972 TS185 Suzuki - I painted the frame on that with a spray can - that was about 15 years ago and its in better nick than the Yamaha paint job!

All I need to do now is overhaul the brake cylinders and calipers, new pads, tyres, battery, re VIN etc ... you know ... the expensive stuff! I've owned bikes for years and have always done my own work so it's not the work side that's holding me up, just the cash.