The Zephyr Zone

hi we all know the 750 engine started out as a 650 many years ago and was a good bike ,i have been reading about a project on the kzr forum for the last couple of years of a 650 engine which has quite a few 750 bits inside to improve and update it im blown away by what this fella has done ,its on th...

hi terry you should be ok with that if you use it and dont leave it parked up over the winter months or just use super unleaded its just cleaner without all the nasty stuff in it that e 10 will corrode all the older stuff its designed to get it off the road ,

i have had a black one since 2013 and just fancied a change i had to wait along time to get it back but very pleased with it now its done ,david

hi freddy ,makes you think with all these non start bikes here why now ,a while back now my z1r ignition played up its only got 12 k on it and i got some electrical cleaner spray called deoxit d 5 and its been fine since i did not want to have to change the lock and have 2 keys it may help ,for year...

im not sure what the reason would be for the lack of activity here i look most days and just read old posts some people talk about sites on face book ,i dont do that so wouldnt know its a shame dennis renewed the contract for another year .i am out on mine when the weather permits and im still waiti...

hi thats very good of you but yes if there is a link to contribute im sure most members would put there hand in there pocket ,i to open the zone most days to see whats been posted ,it does tick over quite slow sometimes but it would be a shame if it folded ,can you post a link ,thanks david

hi seano ,yes looks very good ,do you have any photos of it before ,what have you done ,david

well it seems that from my brief ride last monday was not a fluke i had time to do about 15 miles this evening and all is well the motor worked very well so thats one more watch ,i remember a few years ago we ran a old merc diesel and that went through a faze of clocking the pre filter up which had ...

hi yes i remember when you were doing your jets and the difference it made, its good im not looking at any thing electrical ,in the summer in the uk we might be up to 10 per cent ethanol in our fuel .likewise my filters were clean and i have a inline one ,but how come in ozz you have more choice of ...

hi freddy ,yes thanks for your thoughts ,yes i agree with modern petrol and what they put in it ,i always use a higher octane over here i know it has less ethenol in it to ruin things and yes its good practice to run the bike dry if it wont be used for a couple of weeks ,but as you say its stil in t...