I had a look at a 1979 Kawasaki Z200 for a friend on the weekend, the bike is $300 and has 10 months Vic rego on it (worth about $200 or so) It rides averagely but will be a good learner for the person concerned and it doesn't need too much for RWC It needs front head steam bearing, front drum brake reco (or at least new set of shoes) and a flange (or what ever you call it) to go between the pipe and the head Besides the standard Kawasaki dealer is there a better place in Melb to go for the head stem bearings and the maybe someone who supplies the internals for the front drum? any good reading from the web for head stems and drum brakes? also, what the URL for the site that you a request a part from wreakers around the country and, any specialized z200/Kawasaki wreakers in Melb ta -- MH "the Kiwipete hall of fame" lame duck who leeches on society leeching on taxpayers and leeching on society Maggot you useless piece of shit you lazy fucker leech! dull dumdrop bludger you dirty piece of scum Moron
In aus.motorcycles on Mon, 13 Oct 2003 15:04:14 +1000 Find a shop that does britbikes and ask them who the bod is everyone goes to for getting new linings done onto brake shoes. In Melbourne I guess Union Jack or Modak would be the ones to ask. It's often a good idea to take the whole wheel to the brake man so he can skim it if it's a bit oval. May as well try the Kwak dealer first for bearings unless you have the specs, and even then if it's cup and cone the beraring houses may have the balls but not the race. There's a wrecker in Sydney who has a lot of 70s/80s Jap stuff who might have useful bits, try (02) 4721 2116 Zebee
Remove the existing head stem bearings and go to a place that specializes in bearings. They'll measure them and most times will supply a generic item for about 25% of the cost of name brand bearings. Geoff and Jodie
