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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 tasks completed. One of the key tasks was to rebuild 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 completed include: Work done and still to do! Last night 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 tasks completed. One of the key tasks was to rebuild 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 completed include: Work done and still to do! Last night 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 few deep grazes, the bike suffered some damage resulting in 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
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
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
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