Well the Title, “Next month is xmas” tells you its November, and this month I started to refresh my old 1976 z900A4. It needs a good run and to have it back in original form I need to replace the lower fork piece on the left hand fork. This bottom Read more…
October was a productive month for me, I started with a tried and tested method of rust removal on a tank I recently acquired, stripped and rebuilt the forks on my 1994 zx-9r B1 and picked up the fork lowers for my z900A4 from Specialized Blasting Services. It started as Read more…
With the weather getting slightly warmer and other activities outside of bikes still on hold thanks to Covid-19, I’ve decided to just drop ALL other activities and just focus on finishing bikes for the foreseeable future. With new found focus, September is going to be a busy month starting with Read more…
In May, many Coronavirus restrictions were relaxed which has resulted in nearly every person who owns a bike hitting the roads. I live near the base of the Mount Nebo- Mt Glourious Road so each weekend there is an early morning roar of bikes heading into the mountains, its great Read more…
The world is in chaos, Covid-19 is killing sick people left right and centre and almost everyone has been told to self-isolate. This of course means you can spend some quality time with the one you love (to ride)… your motorcycle(s). In my case I’ve noticed my 1994 zx-9r is Read more…
Well its the start of the New Year, stinking hot and the country is on fire… but on the bright side, it’s great riding weather… hot, humid and dry…. maybe too hot, too humid and the pool is looking really nice today! Despite the heat I have found time to Read more…
It must be great doing bike Maintenance ever six months, but when you have a couple of bikes on the road then every month becomes Maintenance Month! During November and December the zx9r’s have been getting the bulk of love with maintenance and a small collection of new parts. Last Read more…
The year is nearly at an end and its time for an update. November has seen me purchase some larger jets for the z650 and put the carburetors back together. While I was at it one of my ZX9R’s picked up a constant miss-fire issue and a strip down revealed Read more…
Hidden out of site, this chain drives the Alternator and has two adjustment points, one manual and one automatic.
Updated 2023-06-29 Just 30klm shy of completing our 6000klm ride from Brisbane to Tasmania and back (in March 2019), I snapped my chain on the freeway. I was travelling at 100klm/hr and felt the chain change pitch, I slowed down to 80 but obviously not quick enough, next the clutch Read more…