zxr revival :D
Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 11:24 pm
Cansa's asked me to add this on here 
Did have this up on tjtuning but it appears that sites gone now
Heres how my bike looked back in 2008 when I bought her, it's a 1992 ZXR 400 L:
Was running a bit rough and generally needed a tidy up so here goes.
Unfortunately I didn't have a camera at this point, but basically the only bit i dont have pictures of is stripping the whole bike down into bits, cleaning the engine, stripping it apart then replacing gearbox bearings and big end surface bearings and all seals down there.
New rings back on the pistons:
New base gasket and rehoned cylinders back on:
On the stand me and a mate knocked up one afternoon.
Just ignore the hammer:
Freshly skimmed cylinder head:
Reground valves:
All the valves, springs, seals, collets etc back in:
Rocker arms back in:
Cam covers back in, with new chain. All the valve clearances were measured and luckily I only had to swap 2 of the shims around.
Forks stripped apart (never used those nikone seals in the end because they sent the wrong size)
New seals and oil, quick bit of polish:
Bits got back from the powder coaters (wish they had masked of the places I told them to and put bolts in the holes):
New bearings for everything:
New swingarm spindle from wemoto which was the right diameter but 23mm too long:
Went to a turners to see if they would shorten it but because its hardened they wouldnt touch it. So took it into work and used the wire eroder to cut it down to the correct length:
Et voila!:
Headrace bearings:
Some rubber:
Frame/swingarm/suspension going back together:
And the test fit of a cbr600rr tail fairing from ricambi weiss on ebay (would never ever use them again after the trouble i had with various fairings from them)
And yes, that is the dining room table
Back outside and ready to take the forks:
Engine back in:
Exhaust on...hmmmm stainless....
Fake pazzos, bobbins, renthal grips
Fairings arrived....good work ricambi weiss....not
Disks:
Stripped paint from calipers:
This looks a little more tarty xD
Seriously contemplated streetfightering it:
Spacer machined up to allow a press fit 52mm(i think, cant remember now) end can:
Mivv Silencer:
Trail fitting fairings:
Link to the first running video:
http://s944.photobucket.com/albums/ad29 ... EO0010.mp4
Tarty lines to match the tarty brakes
Set of samco hoses:
DID chain and talon sprocket:
Mocked up seat support:
Mocked up undertray:
Undertray finished:
Some random teasers:
Carbon goodies:
New screen and mirrors:
The 3 kawasakis i've had since passing my test reunited
Subframe off for chopping and powdercoating:
Painting (thanks to a friend from work)
Bottoms done black and stickered up:
And finished, apart from the foam seat which i still dont like.
So if you're still awake after all that feel free to throw some comments/criticism my way. I don't normally post much here but it's nice to finally add my project xD
Did have this up on tjtuning but it appears that sites gone now
Heres how my bike looked back in 2008 when I bought her, it's a 1992 ZXR 400 L:
Was running a bit rough and generally needed a tidy up so here goes.
Unfortunately I didn't have a camera at this point, but basically the only bit i dont have pictures of is stripping the whole bike down into bits, cleaning the engine, stripping it apart then replacing gearbox bearings and big end surface bearings and all seals down there.
New rings back on the pistons:
New base gasket and rehoned cylinders back on:
On the stand me and a mate knocked up one afternoon.
Just ignore the hammer:
Freshly skimmed cylinder head:
Reground valves:
All the valves, springs, seals, collets etc back in:
Rocker arms back in:
Cam covers back in, with new chain. All the valve clearances were measured and luckily I only had to swap 2 of the shims around.
Forks stripped apart (never used those nikone seals in the end because they sent the wrong size)
New seals and oil, quick bit of polish:
Bits got back from the powder coaters (wish they had masked of the places I told them to and put bolts in the holes):
New bearings for everything:
New swingarm spindle from wemoto which was the right diameter but 23mm too long:
Went to a turners to see if they would shorten it but because its hardened they wouldnt touch it. So took it into work and used the wire eroder to cut it down to the correct length:
Et voila!:
Headrace bearings:
Some rubber:
Frame/swingarm/suspension going back together:
And the test fit of a cbr600rr tail fairing from ricambi weiss on ebay (would never ever use them again after the trouble i had with various fairings from them)
And yes, that is the dining room table
Back outside and ready to take the forks:
Engine back in:
Exhaust on...hmmmm stainless....
Fake pazzos, bobbins, renthal grips
Fairings arrived....good work ricambi weiss....not
Disks:
Stripped paint from calipers:
This looks a little more tarty xD
Seriously contemplated streetfightering it:
Spacer machined up to allow a press fit 52mm(i think, cant remember now) end can:
Mivv Silencer:
Trail fitting fairings:
Link to the first running video:
http://s944.photobucket.com/albums/ad29 ... EO0010.mp4
Tarty lines to match the tarty brakes
Set of samco hoses:
DID chain and talon sprocket:
Mocked up seat support:
Mocked up undertray:
Undertray finished:
Some random teasers:
Carbon goodies:
New screen and mirrors:
The 3 kawasakis i've had since passing my test reunited
Subframe off for chopping and powdercoating:
Painting (thanks to a friend from work)
Bottoms done black and stickered up:
And finished, apart from the foam seat which i still dont like.
So if you're still awake after all that feel free to throw some comments/criticism my way. I don't normally post much here but it's nice to finally add my project xD
