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
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
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
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
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
Background I was riding to work one morning on the zed when I applied the front brake only to hear a loud clunk sound and see something fly from the front. I stopped carefully and discovered one of the caliper mounts had broken. I quickly located the missing piece and Read more