Here's a chance to show off your zxr400, so get them digital cameras out and show us some piccies.Rebuilding your bike or modding it then let everyone in on it.
Once here it will get a quick make-over and when the other project builds are out the way will spend some more time on it getting it into shape again - it will also be getting kept well away from Honda's !
What a great way to start the new year - hope yours is just as good
All the very best,
MM!
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looking GOOD MM. It's in the best colours too. Would be interested in seeing some pic's of it with the fairing off. Still have a few Q's about mine?!. Which auction site bid it come off.
masterofinsanity wrote:jammy bugger, why a new frame?
That's over 4yrs since getting a bike as cheap as this but have to agree jammy for a SP
Bike has no paperwork - most likely lost so no hope to make it legal for the road, bizare system they have here but once you loose the Shaken sheet ( Thats the MOT and Reg doc in one) your stuffed !
The only thing you can do is by a frame that does have it's paperwork or another bike with it. As luck would have it Mick bought a SP frame earlier on this year with documents - I had put them into my paperwork box when I sent the frame out so still have them. He hasn't done anything with the frame and later on this month he is coming over on a holiday so will bring it with him:
I've got a SP frame here to ship back out and will also have the frame of this bike spare too
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Phone call this afternoon, being delivered between 1~2pm tomorrow - I do love Saturdays
Rumaging through my cupboard today to gather up the RG parts and found some SP parts too
Soon as it's running it will be off for a test ride to see what it handles like and how the FCR's work hooked into an airbox with the TPS circuit and fuel by-pass working - assuming that it is still in standrad trim which I guess with the standard zorst on it.
Then the power magic will happen with my box of F3 parts
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Duely arrived , gave it a quick look over and spent a bit of time cleaning it - makes you aware of what condition it is in.
Generally it's very good underneath the grime, the bodywork lets it down some what but I am pretty sure I will have it back to it's former glory
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So then came time to get panels off , make sure the airfilter wasn't dust and fit a battery and get a jam jar of fuel ready.
Nothing was overly tight - this made my nose twich , I had noticed there was fuel in the tank when wheeling it up onto the stand. No battery in it and I soon realised it had CVKs on it too
Off with the seat cowl and there's a SP Mitsubishi CDI that with the SP suspension and genuine tail certainly indicates it is a SP Never heard f any being fitted with CVKs before.
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Filter in the box was very clean - never a bad thing , out with an allen key and drain down the float bowls - when I removed the tank the fuel was fresh so some one recently has tried to get it running.
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The usual stale green goo coming out the float bowls, so out with the carb cleaner and give them a squooshing. Filled up the jam jar and got that into place and fitted the Lithium battery. Next was to wash the carbs , throttle valves were jammed solid so more carb cleaner then finally they released ! It was gum on the needles that had jammed them.
First few turns left the drains open with rags underneath , by a few turns more I'm thinking the jar isn't emptying up so remove the fuel line and plug the end with my thumb - press starter and no relay chatter, looks like the fuel pump is stuffed or at least glogged. Pop the feed pipe off and press starter and nothing is coming out, OK lets by-pass the pump and just have fuel out of the tank directly into carbs. But before doing that I chucked some fuel down the carb throats and turned it over, vroom it fired up - lots of cleaner smoke out the zorst but sounding very good
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Get tank on and a float bowl is jammed as fuel exiting an overflow - few taps with the screwdriver soon stopped that but suspect the bowls aren't filling up (mesh filters are likely blocked solid) so some more fuel down the throats and it fired up again. Done this several times with no probs, but trying to film was difficult as it really is a two hand operation messing with the choke at the same time too.
Would have liked to have tried it with the CVKs on but stuff overhauling them when I have FCRs in the cupboard ready to bolt on, will keep the standard zorst on for a laugh So will haul it out again sometime next week and get it running right
Oh, I suspect they tried getting the bike running with the original FCR's , not realising the fuel pump wasn't working or the relay decided to sawp out with L CVKs & box as the FCR will raise 30k+ on their own - a non running bike will never fetch good coin and even less with no paperwork. Having failed with the CVKs they gave up. The onlet manifolds werent even clamped on to the carbs and I observed fuel escaping past the the kead to manifold surface so some major airleaks going on too. It is a SP as the loom is also right having the TPS and fuel by-pass relay connectors on it , so happy days once the FCRs are on
BTW, a lot more squat than the H so not ideal for taller riders compared to the H , pushing it about also felt different but that might be slightly binding brakes.
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MM!
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Nice work... I'n not even sure that the bike would start on a non-mitsubishi cdi even if it had the cvk carbs. Wouldn't you have to replace the trigger and loom too. What trick f3 bits have you got.
spacebar27 wrote:Nice work... I'n not even sure that the bike would start on a non-mitsubishi cdi even if it had the cvk carbs. Wouldn't you have to replace the trigger and loom too. What trick f3 bits have you got.
Added some more photos.
The bike is an SP which is missing the FCRs. All the electrical side will work with any carb's so the CDI & trigger are correct for each other Oh, all the lights work too so once I get it running it will be off out for a jaunt
F3 parts I can remember:
33mm FCR Kit carbs - full spec.
Kawasaki Racing Team hard coated cam's (Adjustable)
Race CDI
Race Loom with tip over kill switch (will splice into a spare SP loom I already have)
Race exhaust system
Race Ram-Air box (Will change radiator for road use)
If I like the way the L handles compared to the H then it will get the above otherwise it will get:
33mm Bito R&D FCRs , Race CDI , cam's adjusted , one of the free flowing exhaust systems I have.
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Finally got the bike running off some FCRs - still doesn't want to tick over but that can come later
Got the engine well warm and not a single puff out the zorst and rev's picked up real quick too Would fire up off the button no prob's too so suspect air leaks causing the tick over issue. Next is to resolve enough to get it out for a test ride before I strip it down.
So nice to get it running and know it's a good un Spark plugs are also new , oil change was less than 1,00Kms ago with filter Going to check the valve clearances as it looks like it was given a service to get it going but they failed
Once cleaned up happy to run the bike as is ( except for binning power restricting OEM parts lol ) and try pick up as new panels, if not I will have all these fixed and painted back to OEM except the tank ZXR as that'S just plain ghey
Wont be havin Pink on my bike
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I told you to buy that ITOHAM I showed you - I would have bought it off you if and when you go , 'tis a nice looking bike even if a bit Honda looking ( But I think Tamiya)
"Sunshine Tours " is another option but the lettering would double the price of the spray job
Making it look the same as my H would be OK though Had a hunt about and found this kit for a baw hair under 10,000 Yen ( about 80GBP):
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An unused BEET Titanium/carbon that would look the dogz baws on it but costs more than the bike did
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Looks what's popped up with a 50,000 (about 400GBP) start price with no reserve !
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