Classic Motorcycle Mechanics

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Right now I’m the envy of my Zed Head friends, having been the lucky recipient of the extremely generous gift of a collection of boxes containing a 1976 Kawasaki Z900 from a fellow member of the Z1 Owners Club.

I gave my word that I would perform as good a restoration as I am able to and have been throwing money at the project from day one. Although the bike is mostly apart, the bottom-end of the motor was in one piece so it was time to pull that apart.

Many years ago I designed and made an engine building stand to hold bike motors whilst they are disassembled and rebuilt that allows the engine to be turned though 360 degrees. This was with an eye on selling them on, but with the top-quality parts I was

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