Project Winter Hack

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.

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Project Winter Hack

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Thought I'd chuck some of my ongoing projects on here, in an attempt to embarass myself into working a bit harder/faster on them...

First up is my (actually technically my fiancee's) Honda CG125 BR-J. I commuted all through last winter on it, washed it about once, then in March it failed it's MOT for steering head bearings, and it's sat in the garage ever since.

TO DO LIST:


- Pull pretty much everything apart and clean the rust/salt/crud off it.
- Apply some paint to the bits of frame and swingarm that look rusty.
- Fit new rear shocks (a whole £27.00 from eBay!)
- Top end engine strip/rebuild to replace leaky cylinder base gasket and adjust rattly valve clearances. Will put in new rings as well while I'm at it.
- New chain - sadly through neglect rather than wearing out the old one.
- MOT and tax it.

So far I've taken everything apart and cleaned a few things!
In the garage:
Kawasaki ZXR400 L3 - shiny
Suzuki DR800 - bouncy
1978 Suzuki GS400 - PROJECT RETRO RACER!
Kawasaki GPz500S - for sale soon
Honda CG125 BR-J - in bits
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Update:

- Swingarm's nice and clean and coated in hammerite. Next job is the frame.

- Engine is stripped down to the crankcase, just need to source gaskets and rings and it can go together again. Was ridiculously easy to take apart but then it is a single cylinder pushrod motor!
In the garage:
Kawasaki ZXR400 L3 - shiny
Suzuki DR800 - bouncy
1978 Suzuki GS400 - PROJECT RETRO RACER!
Kawasaki GPz500S - for sale soon
Honda CG125 BR-J - in bits
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