Work continues on my 1999 ZX9R, I assembled the front brake calipers back on the bike to help bleed them through and they now work very smoothly! Since the front benefitted from new seals I decided to remove the rear Read more
Updated 2026-07-15 My enthusiasm for finishing my C2 model has not diminished from my efforts in June, (See: https://sidyoung.com/zx9-r-june-progress-report/ ) and I now have a number of items from the crash completed as well as some long over due maintenance Read more
Updated: 2026-06-22 This post is a follow up to this post: https://sidyoung.com/zx9r-crash-and-rebuild/ During my holiday break I spent two days working on the zx9 and now that I made some progress I decided to finish it off without delay! Tasks Read more
Updated 2026-07-15 My enthusiasm for finishing my C2 model has not diminished from my efforts in June, (See: https://sidyoung.com/zx9-r-june-progress-report/ ) and I now have a number of items from the crash completed as well as some long over due maintenance Read more
Updated: 2026-06-22 This post is a follow up to this post: https://sidyoung.com/zx9r-crash-and-rebuild/ During my holiday break I spent two days working on the zx9 and now that I made some progress I decided to finish it off without delay! Tasks Read more
Work in progress – Update 2026-06-26 – Check new posts for more updates! Back in 2023 I crashed my 1999 ZX9R while riding to work, it was not a good start to the day! While I walked away with a Read more
Now that 2025 is coming to an end, I decided to review what little work I’ve done on this project and make a plan to get more done in 2026. Through the year I’ve been doing major renovation work on Read more
Death of a ZX9R November 2023 – I crashed the 99 ZX9R while riding to work. What I think happened is I went to back off but the throttle stuck (didn’t snap back) and the rear wheel over shot the Read more
I’ve written a few posts about my GPz1100B2 over the years, the most successful work has been getting it running with a 6000klm ride to Tasmania and back and the 530 chain conversion after the old 630 chain snapped 30klm Read more
Trying to find a 1982 GPz1100B2 tank has been harder than finding rocking horse poo. The solution I went down was to use a modified GPz1100B1 tank with the tap relocated. This tank came out of the blue when I Read more
As I start my Cafe Racer build based on a 1977 z650B1 I discovered that most of the wheel bearings are the same as a classic “Zed”, but the sprocket carrier is different. This led me to start recording minor Read more
I decided to get stuck into this project again, I really want a cafe racer on the road and to achieve that, I need to do some fabrication and source lots of parts. The bonus is that I can have Read more