Connecting thoughts
mark.drechsler 
In an earlier post I had mentioned the challenges of finding someone to do the paint on Project FZR, particularly given the banged-up nature of some of the fairings, in particular the top fairing. My earlier chats with repair places hadn’t filled me with confidence, and I had put the whole idea on pause to … Read more
Ok, so I’d worked out that an engine swap was needed, and that a full respray was also on the cards even if I had no idea who would do it, and a bunch of other stuff that really was needed as well, so there only seemed like one logical plan of action – buy … Read more
It was during this period of just scooting around on the FZR that I realised that I needed to do a couple of things differently. First up, I needed to accept that this restoration project was rapidly turning into a ‘down the rabbit hole’ experience, as I’d heard can happen with restoration projects. A flow-on … Read more
Another question I was yet to really, seriously ask myself was just what exactly was my goal from this whole exercise. I’d started off wanting to reclaim some shred of my youth, hoping to take that image in my head of my perfect world back then (note: my world was far from perfect, this was … Read more
The knowledge that I was now riding a bike that was roadworthy and relatively safe to ride on the road allowed me to focus on everything else that needed to be done to get it to where I wanted it. At the heart of the matter was the engine. Even with the output shaft no … Read more