The Zephyr Zone

Hi All Been gradually tinkering away with the 1100 Zephyr since getting her back from the dealers for the jammed in gear problem. I'm slowly getting her back to her original factory look and picked up a couple of used airbox covers. But when I came to fit them they seem to small and wont fit. I cont...

ZR468 wrote:That is a very nice job! You must own a machine shop.
Kenny

No machine shop Kenny Just knocked them up at home in the garage

Ross

Took the bike back to the dealers yesterday. (Sunday) Had a phone call this afternoon (next day) to say the problem had been sorted. Apparently a bolt had come loose on the selector fork jamming the bike in first gear. The bolt was refitted and tightened to the correct specifications along with any ...

Been really busy on the Zephyr 1100 this week. Made and fitted the exhaust baffles, replaced the road horn with the twin originals, Replaced the non standard handlebars with original ones along with the bar end weights and grips. All looking good until yesterday. Went for a ride the exhaust mod was ...

Some of you may have seen my query a few days ago about the noisy exhausts on my Zephyr 1100. I was advised by one of the members that the rear baffle had been removed from my silencers. This evening I have made one baffle and almost completed another. The one I have fitted has significantly reduced...

The baffles have been removed. Someone has physical cut out the baffles. There was a thing for modifying the exhausts to make them louder at one time. The old Zephyr Zone had a few posts showing how to do it. There not supposed to be removable, they have to be cut & drilled out. Not sure what y...

Thanks for all the info guys and the gear change video. At the moment it seems to be fine no jumping out of gear.. Picked the bike up on Friday and did a 100 mile ride home. It rode fine and had loads of grunt even with the two of us up. We’ve been riding it all weekend and have clocked around 250 m...

Hi and thanks for adding me to the forum. My wife and I live in west Cornwall and have just pulled the trigger on a 1996 Zephyr 1100. It's in really good condition and has covered 16,000 miles. This is a totally new bike for me having never owned one before. My wife and I have been looking for a bik...