Thank you for making these videos. I have a 1993 ZX-750. This is my original bike that I learned how to ride on. These videos give me a ton of inspiration for restoring my bike to its former glory. When I first bought it in 2013, it had all the bodywork and was in pretty good shape for being a 20-year-old bike. I ended up crashing it and ruining most of the fairings. Then I lost a good portion of them when I moved to my current house. But I have bought pretty much all of them again off eBay and your videos are giving me a lot of information on how to fix the piecesI have got, since apparently no one has unbroken fairings for sale anymore.
Thanks Nic, I’m glad you’re enjoying them and finding them useful. Enjoy the process of restoring the 93, they’re a wonderful bike. You’ll have a fun time doing it.
You made some really good progress so far. Like you say, lots of work ahead. I can offer a tip for removing screws. I'm a Tool and Die Maker by trade but I've worked on lots of old stuff too. Any screw with a high ratio of driver size to screw underhead surface area is difficult to break lose, especially with two different materials like aluminum and steel. Whenever I have suspect screws like flat-heads, pan-heads, and so on I use a brass drift (or steel if I don't care) and large hammer and smack the top of the head firmly. Then try it, and smack again if you need to. It's almost a 100 percent solution.
@@true-moto-resto great to hear they came off well. I'm facing my own issues. I thought my VF1000r engine was ready to go back into the fresh frame (previous owner said ran great and I did ride it) but I have some cam pitting. Arghhh!
Thanks for commenting John. The bike was pretty complete and not too bad condition but it needed a full restoration anyway. Some parts are all but impossible to find (rear fender, hugger fender, coolant bottle to name just a few ). Make sure you account for the cost of any of the missing items they cost a kings ransom if you find them.
No link handy but it’s MotoForza that makes it , Apparently Airtech makes them too. The Moroforza one I bought is off a later model so I had to trim it a bit to fit (u can see that in a later video)
Thank you for making these videos. I have a 1993 ZX-750. This is my original bike that I learned how to ride on. These videos give me a ton of inspiration for restoring my bike to its former glory. When I first bought it in 2013, it had all the bodywork and was in pretty good shape for being a 20-year-old bike. I ended up crashing it and ruining most of the fairings. Then I lost a good portion of them when I moved to my current house. But I have bought pretty much all of them again off eBay and your videos are giving me a lot of information on how to fix the piecesI have got, since apparently no one has unbroken fairings for sale anymore.
Thanks Nic, I’m glad you’re enjoying them and finding them useful. Enjoy the process of restoring the 93, they’re a wonderful bike. You’ll have a fun time doing it.
You made some really good progress so far. Like you say, lots of work ahead. I can offer a tip for removing screws. I'm a Tool and Die Maker by trade but I've worked on lots of old stuff too. Any screw with a high ratio of driver size to screw underhead surface area is difficult to break lose, especially with two different materials like aluminum and steel.
Whenever I have suspect screws like flat-heads, pan-heads, and so on I use a brass drift (or steel if I don't care) and large hammer and smack the top of the head firmly. Then try it, and smack again if you need to. It's almost a 100 percent solution.
Thanks Lorne, got the rotors off with zero trouble, I used your tips. but there was no locktite on them so that helped
@@true-moto-resto great to hear they came off well. I'm facing my own issues. I thought my VF1000r engine was ready to go back into the fresh frame (previous owner said ran great and I did ride it) but I have some cam pitting. Arghhh!
@@lornetontegode6986 Thats frustrating, for sure. Seemed to be a common issue on alot of the Honda V fours in the 80's.
Wow that bike is in good g and now , I've been on the hunt for one of these bikes for half my life and I'm agonisingly close 🙏
Thanks for commenting John. The bike was pretty complete and not too bad condition but it needed a full restoration anyway. Some parts are all but impossible to find (rear fender, hugger fender, coolant bottle to name just a few ). Make sure you account for the cost of any of the missing items they cost a kings ransom if you find them.
Aways have love these ninja zx7 bikes,looking forward to future episodes.
Thanks for watching and commenting. I agree, maybe one of the best looking bikes of the 80's and early 90's. 2 more episodes are up now. Enjoy!
great video!!
Thank you ! I appreciate you watching, stay tuned for more
Looks like it could be an interesting, yet involved project :)
Thanks for watching, yes im enjoying this one so far !
Thanks for the video! Do you have a link to your source for the swingarm mounted inner fender? Thank you steve
No link handy but it’s MotoForza that makes it , Apparently Airtech makes them too. The Moroforza one I bought is off a later model so I had to trim it a bit to fit (u can see that in a later video)
Thanks for sharing your knowledge! Much appreciated.
Have a great day, or night wherever you might be.
Are you still looking for a uncut rear fender
Hi Kevin yes I am, if you have a line on one, I’d be grateful if you can email me. My email is listed on my channel profile here
Thank you!
There’s. Guy on edelweiss entertainment restored one of these engines
Thanks for commenting, ill have to watch that. Im not planning on touching the engine, so far everything is fine with the engine.