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 completed include: Work done and still to do! Last night Read more
Work in progress – Update 2026-06-16 – updated as new items come to hand or work is completed. Not too long ago I crashed my 99 ZX9R while riding to work, it was not a good start to the day! While I walked away with a few deep grazes, the 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 my house and keeping all my vehicles maintained rather than 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 front when I lightly touched the front brake. This happened 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 from home after that ride! The least successful work has 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 started asking around for any solution to my B2 tank 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 details like wheel bearing part numbers so I didn’t have 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 some pictures for my next book (more on that below). Read more
ResurectionTime Over the 2021 Christmas break I started to resurrect the GPz1100B2 (which is painted in ELR colours). The bike started first go which was very positive so I took it for a ride around the block a few times to see what it felt like and to check out Read more
Well another year has drawn to a close and a new one started. This COVID crap has taken its toll on everyone and for the last 2 years a group of us were trying to organize a group ride to the Victoria Alps, which is a 4000klm round trip… border Read more