This weekend saw the beginning of the great strip down and pretty up. Problem Child and I put in a good few hours in my shed, and everything came off that needed to. I now have all the plastics that are cracked or in need of repair in the back of the car so they can get done this week, and we're off paint shopping on Thursday.
The Damage:Front guard cracked in two places (discovered).
Chrome wearing/worn on front forks (discovered). Repair/replace/just replace fork seals periodically when they bugger out?
Tail light surround broken (discovered).
Three out of eight exhaust collars broken (discovered).
Cush drive worn/broken (discovered).
Front nose cone cracked underneath (known).
Right side lower fairing and left side rear fairing need repair (known).
Lower radiator bracket to be replaced and bottom radiator mount bent (known).
Chain and sprockets to be replaced (known
).
Exhaust to be changed after I remove the can from the buggered pipe (known). There are three dome headed allen key bolts holding it on and all three of the buggers have stripped
.
Right side clip on to be straigtened or replaced (discovered last weekend).
Factory indicators to be fitted.
New rear tyre to be fitted.
Paint and stickers.
I'll get the cush drive new, I doubt anyone would bother with a second hand one?
Chain and sprockets could be a story, should I just go to Kawasaki and get them or are there chains and then there are chains? I'm not a racer and I don't want to spend a fortune but I don't want to have to do them again in a month because I bought crap. Opinions? I've read a few threads and they mention 520 chain vs. 530 and stuff like gold chains (I need more bling) and hard anodised rear sprockets (which may also come in green/gold/blue). Chain Gang. local Kawa dealer or eBay? Oh and for what it's worth the front sprocket nut was a piece of piss to get off, I'll check the manual when we put it back together for the correct torque setting.
As for the other bits I need I'll amend my wanted to buy post but if anyone has any ZXR750J bits feel free to get in touch.
More photos at my
Flickr Photo Page.
Thanks PC for a great day in the shed, hopefully it won't be long now and the beast will look like I've wanted it to for almost 12 months
.