This has been a project for well over a year, but stalled out last April when I realized I had to get new pistons and rebuild both cranks....
I showed some pics on board member bikes.....but they only want finished bikes on that section, and I was showing it in pieces.
The first of this year I decided to face the facts that I had to get the RZV back together, and do it justice for such a clean/rare bike.
So.....
We will start this off with lots of pics, as they tell the proverbial 1000 words in some cases.
The last day it was in one piece.....
When I pulled the motor apart, this is what I found...rust along with a near perfect 6000 mile old original bore
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Cylinders got the treatment as well.
Soda blasted then single stage polyurethane paint.
Then sent to Bill Bune as well for a next size up rebore for the new pistons
The frame was in excellent shape, but needed a good deep clean as well.
Soda blasted frame, swingarm, all suspension linkage, and.....lots more stuff....
Carbs got the deep clean treatment too, with soda blasting and the sonic tank.
Ready now for all new jetting throughout, as the RZV was a restricted home market model with jetting being one of the restrictions.
A very tuff and somewhat costly decision was made to upgrade the rolling stock as well as brakes and fork on the bike.
All original parts are being restored as well, and then put up on a shelf.
When the time comes that I need to retire from riding, I will swap the original parts back on....and cash out..... A sad day it will be.
1988 is not that modern anymore, but it is better than 1984 tech.
I wanted to still look somewhat oldskool, but have better rubber and brakes, so the FZR1000 was the best choice for this project.
YZF 5.0x17 rear wheel, would need new spacers to use the original 17mm axle and original swingarm, but the front 3.5x17 FZR wheel and fork would bolt in as original.
Thanks
It has been a lot of work, the financial side of it has been somewhat brutal as well....
But I basically knew this project was going to empty my pockets before I bought it.
Naked for a day.....
Streetfighter style, I love the look, and being able to see all the pipes.
But all the bodywork will go back on when it's time, sadly hiding the upper pipes forever....