Re: The 2nd Rebirth.
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2013 8:56 pm
Well, Ive actually started to do something!
Having been out on to building sites for a week as part of my job, I managed to pick up some containers we use to keep resin in for electric joints. They stack perfectly, waterproof and just about big enough to put bits of bike in.
So last weekend I decided to dig the zxr out of the gravel in the garden and get it up on the stand on the patio, have a look round and start taking bits off.
I started with the brakes as they are stopping the bike from moving. The front pads were rusted onto the front disks, and the rear caliper is so seized that the rear wheel barely turns. Front calipers, lines and master cyclinder came off fine:
however, the rear caliper did this to my allen key....
So to get that off its gonna be a case of removing the rear wheel and taking it of that way. May be able to save it if i can drill the bolts out but i may just replace the lot.
Next i stripped off some of the bodywork and took a look under the tank. I noticed as i was taking things apart, stuff like the allen bolt holes were full of water, and clearly going by the state of the motor, carbs and the throttle stop, corrosion is an issue, looks like someone has been round it with a bottle of talcum powder!. Thats what leaving a bike outside does in 3 years!
Going to try and get it started again as soon as the weather clears up a bit. Im expecting a few issues as I didn’t drain the carbs out last time of starting so could well be gummed up. In addition to that the throttle cable has become very stiff, weather that’s the throttle stop I don’t know just yet., and also the choke cable is stuck. Pleased to say though that the fuel switch wasn’t gummed up, blew through no problems at all, so just have to wait and see about the rest.
Having been out on to building sites for a week as part of my job, I managed to pick up some containers we use to keep resin in for electric joints. They stack perfectly, waterproof and just about big enough to put bits of bike in.
So last weekend I decided to dig the zxr out of the gravel in the garden and get it up on the stand on the patio, have a look round and start taking bits off.
I started with the brakes as they are stopping the bike from moving. The front pads were rusted onto the front disks, and the rear caliper is so seized that the rear wheel barely turns. Front calipers, lines and master cyclinder came off fine:
however, the rear caliper did this to my allen key....
So to get that off its gonna be a case of removing the rear wheel and taking it of that way. May be able to save it if i can drill the bolts out but i may just replace the lot.
Next i stripped off some of the bodywork and took a look under the tank. I noticed as i was taking things apart, stuff like the allen bolt holes were full of water, and clearly going by the state of the motor, carbs and the throttle stop, corrosion is an issue, looks like someone has been round it with a bottle of talcum powder!. Thats what leaving a bike outside does in 3 years!
Going to try and get it started again as soon as the weather clears up a bit. Im expecting a few issues as I didn’t drain the carbs out last time of starting so could well be gummed up. In addition to that the throttle cable has become very stiff, weather that’s the throttle stop I don’t know just yet., and also the choke cable is stuck. Pleased to say though that the fuel switch wasn’t gummed up, blew through no problems at all, so just have to wait and see about the rest.