I've restarted my Kawasaki ZXR 750 L1 restoration.
When I first bought it,I changed the oil and coolant as the oil was oil and water and the coolant was just coloured water. I tried to start it to no avail, so i thought that it was the stale fuel in the carbs. There's plenty of spark and compression, which is surprising as it had been dormant for around 5 years before my ownership accoring to the DVLA MOT check. So set about removing the carbs with a view to cleaning them. This came to an end when I got the job here at Gatwick.
So after moving jobs, house (twice) and Maseratis, I got round to finally rebuilding the carbs after finding a lot of crud (Felonious, no less!) in the jets but had a few bits missing, (gone somewhere between Westbourne, Southbourne and Chilworth. I've duly ordered them and should have them by the weekend to finish them off.
Last Night, I connected up a battery and gave it a few spins, after injecting 3inOne, WD40 and IPA into the cyclinders. Got some bangs and farts from the spark plugs igniting the mixture, all good fun but the valves are filthy. If after fitting the carbs, I manage to get it started I'll take a view whether the engine should come out for rebuilding or just leave it in and get it roadworthy. The brakes need rebuilding, both front and rear, I have new brake lines and a new chain and sprockets to fit. I'll need to repaint the black metalwork , touch up the frame and refit the fairing. The tyres are 2008 vintage but luckily there's a bike tyre place in my village. There's not much in my village in terms of retail shops but we have one of those! So they'll get my custom once it's ready to roll. If you're interested I'll post pictures.
But this is what it should look like.