The Zephyr Zone

I've owned my Zephyr since 1997 and modified it over the years including ZZR wheels different suspension and exhaust etc. Unfortunately in 2013 I had a crash on it which left us both dented and with some broken bits!!. With a job change and loss of storage I stripped it down and put it in the upstairs spare room....apart from the engine which I couldn't lift . Fast forward 4 years and I've now built a workshop in the back garden finished a couple of unfinished bikes and bought my dream bike, a 1978 Z1000
Anyway it's time to get the Zephyr done, I'm pretty much going to re build it back to as it was (there's a pic in the showroom thread before I binned it!) but with a few mods and changes here and there. I'll post updates when I can and hopefully progress won't be too slow, but feel free to comment or take the piss!!



It's finally on the ramp


cheers eddie

The engine suffered some damage to the crankcases which needed welding up so I can re attach the left side cover, these were taken a while ago but I'll put them up so you can laugh at my attempts to move the great lump ....how did they make it so heavy!





I took the passenger seat out of my car, a couple of planks on some bricks borrowed from next doors wall and in it went!!!



The things we do hey!

A local guy to me did the welding and made a lovely job of plugging the holes , I'm sure when I've ground the welds down and painted the engine you'll never know, a big relief as I didn't want to replace the engine as it's such a good one.







Cheers for now eddie

Love It, especially the engine in the front of the car (I really thought that you were joking)
Keep up the good work Eddie !


Swamps

I want to change the rear brake calliper to a under slung type, so I'm going to use a period ZZR one to match the wheels. Will have to cut the torque arm lug off the top of the swingarm and re weld it underneath, job done! Here's a quick mock up:



Unfortunately the Zephyr disc is approx 5mm too small , but I have a good ZZR one that is a straight swap.

Looking good Eddie,i didn't realise that you were a pro at this sort of thing
Good on you

Swamps

Cheers swamps, i'm definitely a pro something as people tell me!!

Quick update, i've dropped off the damaged top yoke at Pretech engineering to have a new one made along with some bar clamps and a nice alloy brake torque arm for the rear, i'll post some pics when i get them back

Good work Eddie.

Looking forward to seeing him back on the road again

Picked up my new top yoke and torque arm etc from Pretech, lovely workmanship as usual I can recommend them if you need any fabrication work done. I'll post some pics soon.

Haven't done much else to it to be honest, I know shame on me!! ....my only excuse is I have lots of bits to paint but until the weather perks up a bit my workshops not warm enough!

I do know that feeling, too cold to get some work done in the garage Looking forward to spring! At least double digits centigrade and no storms...