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Sorry, too busy at the moment to find the old thread...
Had a few days off so i was able to get stuck into the RZ500 again. Made some really good progress in spite of a few minor set backs.
I let the pictures speak.
Yes, they are the original klms for this bike.
Cables everywhere. It's a good thing that I took heaps of pictures before I pulled this bike apart and it's been very handy to have the lap top in the work shop while I'm building this.
I also couldn't believe how many brackets were bent from his crash back 20 years ago. Even cable brackets were bent.
I was fiddling for a while to get them all adjust right again.
This is his original tool kit when he bought the bike.
Manage to fire it up today. Sounds great. Nice even smoke (even though it doesn't look like it) and pretty quiet too.
Such a relief to hear fire up after being in so many pieces as you would imagine.
Problem is now that I'm starting to want one of my own.
Had a few days off so i was able to get stuck into the RZ500 again. Made some really good progress in spite of a few minor set backs.
I let the pictures speak.

Yes, they are the original klms for this bike.

Cables everywhere. It's a good thing that I took heaps of pictures before I pulled this bike apart and it's been very handy to have the lap top in the work shop while I'm building this.
I also couldn't believe how many brackets were bent from his crash back 20 years ago. Even cable brackets were bent.
I was fiddling for a while to get them all adjust right again.

This is his original tool kit when he bought the bike.

Manage to fire it up today. Sounds great. Nice even smoke (even though it doesn't look like it) and pretty quiet too.
Such a relief to hear fire up after being in so many pieces as you would imagine.
Problem is now that I'm starting to want one of my own.