Ownthesky2010

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    Ownthesky2010 replied to the topic Z750B1 1976 in the forum New Projects 5 years, 7 months ago

    Carbs as they came off the bike. Pretty grotty and I was worried about what they would look like inside as I have no idea how long this bike has been standing.

    After a brushing down in a bucket of petrol

    I opened them up and I think these are the worst I have seen

    Once I had stripped all the rubber parts and separated them they got…[Read more]

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    Ownthesky2010 replied to the topic Z750B1 1976 in the forum New Projects 5 years, 7 months ago

    My plan was to get this running before taking it to bits so the first this I tackled was the kickstarter as it was flopping around and I had a feeling I was going to need it.

    I’m no stranger to kickstaring big 4-strokes but I had a go at hoofing this one and kept wrapping my foot around the passenger pegs.

     

    I drilled it out to 9mm and made a…[Read more]

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    Ownthesky2010 started the topic Z750B1 1976 in the forum New Projects 5 years, 7 months ago

    This is the project as it came from ebay.

    I will post some more pictures as I get bits done.

    This will be a total resto I think.

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    Ownthesky2010 replied to the topic New member in the forum New Member Introductions 5 years, 7 months ago

    Hahaha

    Hi gents. Good to meet you.

    I’m going to create a resto thread and post some pictures and probably ask a lot of questions.

    Happy viewing 🙂

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    Ownthesky2010 started the topic New member in the forum New Member Introductions 5 years, 7 months ago

    Hello everyone.

    My name is Richard and I have just joined this site after buying my first Z750B1 on ebay a few days ago.

    The courier is delivering it tomorrow and has sent me a picture so I’m getting quite excited.

    This bike will need a full resto which I haven’t done in ages but I did restore a few old bikes many years ago when I lived in…[Read more]

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