Restoration of a ZX7R - Ep1 | ZX7R Restoration | Tom's Workshop
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2023
- The first in a new series, I strip my 1997 Kawasaki ZX7R in order to do a complete overhaul. I'll be covering the whole rebuild in detail, so subscribe and follow along as we go!
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all 8 header bolts without a snap you lucky bastard!!!!!
Heat and penetrating oil helps a lot.
“Who taught you all this?”
“Those three books”
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New subscriber. Nice to see these older sports bikes preserved. I had a 1989 FZR1000EXUP which I owned and enjoyed for 15 years. Did a restoration after 10 years ownership, then after another 5 years I part exchanged it for a mint 1999 TL1000R which was about 6 years ago This will be preserved in it's perfect condition for as long as I'm able to ride it. Purchased a 1989 GSXR1100 earlier this year that was part of a bike collection for 20 years, so I'll do a full mechanical recommission first followed by a bodywork restoration - it's in great condition but I want it perfect. To me both the ZX7R and the TLR were the WOW bikes when they came out, and I just love that v-twin engine in the TLR. Looking forward to the rest of your restoration.
Cheers, yeah I enjoyed restoring the EXUP, though happier to be restoring a slightly more iconic bike. I’d love to have a TL or an SP1/2 some day. Even riding an SV makes me want a v-twin 😂
This is making me want to get one as a first bike this summer. Enjoy it then really work on it through winter for next year. Unreal work
Hell of a first bike! I can never quite get over the values of them still, you can get a great example for a modest sum if you’re lucky.
@@tomsworkshopprojects it’s crazy really. Seen one up for £3k that’s got a list as long as my arm of work that’s been done to it. Looks perfect. Something about old bikes is just exciting
So happy to see you in the shop again Tom!! This is going to be another great series! I missed your British humor 😆
Haha thanks Chris!
Well done m8, immediately subscribed👍 I've just bought a 03 Zx12r in Black and Gold to join my 17 Zzr1400 and 10 Hayabusa and will be working on it thru the winter. Love the zx7r😁
Cheers mate, nice! Sounds like quite a collection of the larger CC bikes!
This is good.. It’s usually what I am doing, so to sit and watch is actually pleasurable 😄👌🏼 I have 6 1990’s bikes and a 2001 ZX12R. The bike that is receiving my attention currently is a 1999 Fireblade..
I do exactly the same, use labelled freezer bags. I have little nails on one garage wall next to the obligatory white board, so I just hang the bags out of the way, until needed again.
I love doing what I do.. it’s my hobby/passion.. but finding parts is getting harder! It took over a year to find an oem exhaust system for my 1990 ZXR750 H2. And when I did, 2 popped up almost at the same time.. so I bagged them both! 😂
Good video mate, excellent editing 👏🏼
Thanks mate! Yeah I know what you mean about the parts. I have a handful of alerts set up on eBay for hard to find parts I may need at some point if they come up for sale. I’m on the lookout for a period Akra or similar system for this, and always looking for OEM panels for the RVF 😂
Can't wait for more. I had an Orange 2003. Loved that bike, still one of the best looking bikes of all time.
I had '98 in black. The orange ones.looked great but seem to be super rare - think I only ever saw one in a showroom..
Agreed, it was downhill from there 😂
I had one new in 1996, loved it. Heavy but that front end. Mine was red & purple
Awesome video, can't wait to watch the whole series.
Just starting to get my Candy Persimmon Red P1 back on the road after a 10-12 year hiatus.
Thanks! Yeah it’s amazing how quickly a year off the road tens into 10 😂 good luck with it!
Its only when we start stripping our bikes down when we realise how much work goes into manufacturing them. Good job Tom.
Cheers, yeah they’re very impressive. Especially for 26 years old!
I just bought a zx7r, so this is gold!
I had one of these when I was a young. Same year but all black. Those were the best years of my life
Nice! I’ll make sure when I do the videos of it back on the road, I keep the volume up of the engine noise to trigger the nostalgia feels 👌🏼
Love this! I am almost 50 and had a 2000 Muzzy Built Zx7r back in the day. Miss that bike. have been searching for one to do this! can't wait to see the rest!
Nice, I bet that was fun to ride! Hope you can pick one up soon 🤞
Love these late 90’s ZX7RS!
always liked those zx7's but back in the day and up until around 2020'ish i was a suzuki only guy . love my 2019 zx14r.
Recently refurbished my 7R. Forks re-chromed by Philpotts, Nitron rear shock, complete brake overhaul. Carbs fettled by my stepfather, full Akrapovic exhaust system. Dyno’d 118bhp at rear wheel. 15/43 gearing makes it a real hoot to ride. Infectious induction growl, superb handling & gorgeous looks…😁👍🏻
Makes me really look forward to getting this back together! I'll be on the lookout for an Akra system or similar.
@@tomsworkshopprojects when I had mine dyno’d the chap said I would be better off putting the standard headers on. I still have the complete standard system in my garage.
Ceramic coating is a good way to preserve them, so I’m told… yours look a bit rusty 😉
Just come across your channel and watched a few of your old videos. Great stuff and I love your choices of old bikes to work on; right up my street! Just subscribed 👍
Cheers! Yeah I've definitely got a 'type' haha. Also only working on pre-2000s bikes keeps the tools required pretty basic too which I like!
Great to see my old bike again, so good I owned it twice! I dropped the bike at Cadwell and had the fairings painted at a bodyshop in Louth but I was never happy with the finish so I didn't finish putting it back together and swapped it for a dolomite sprint. Really looking forward to seeing finished.
Was it this actual bike?? Or another 7R? I’d love to head to Cadwell on this when it’s done, though it looks very narrow for a novice 😂
Yes, that's my actual old bike and I really regret getting rid. Spur of the moment! I originally bought the bike from premier bikes in Doncaster, the frame and swing arm were already polished I then sold it and bought an x11 which I couldn't get on with so bought the zx7r back again. I've done five or six track days at Cadwell on the Kawasaki and it's great fun just warm your tyres up before getting carried away!
That’s amazing! I didn’t get a lot of history with the bike beyond the MOT history online, so it’s nice to fill in some of the blanks 👍🏻
wow, what are the odds?!
Excellent video looking forward to the complete series very high quality recording
My dad has every model zx7 in the yard. I'm currently putting together the 2001 p6. Great video👍
Hi,
I am currently engaged in a similar process with a 98 model and your video (that shows my age) is better than any number of photos I have taken to show where everything goes.
I'm using just an Abba stand and I have to say I am rather jealous of your lift.
Thanks for great help....
Simon
Cheers Simon, yeah I’ve taken plenty of pictures too but often go back to the videos to see what came from where, or more commonly, where I put something that I can no longer find 😂 The Skylift is amazing, especially in a small space, so I can move things about. I have the normal super bike stand too which I did the majority of the FZR rebuild on last year.
Brings back good memories bought a new red and purple one many years ago
Cool video! Always liked the front fairing of that bike.
ZX7R greetings from America 🙋
I had a 01....put 50k miles on it in 5 yrs.. full hindle exhaust, jet kit...loved that bike
Nice to see a video on a ZX7r. I had a 2002 low mileage example from 2 years old but, in a moment of madness, sold it on. Great timeless bikes. Subscribed. 👍
Thanks for watching, totally agree. I'm already missing riding it and now super keen to keep working on it to get it back together!
New Subber, Got a P5 7R/ Looking forward to progress on this (beautiful) bike. Tanks for sharing.
I have a 1998 zx7r. Very interesting series ahead. I had to drop the motor to change the selector drum, fork rod and a fork. Joy.
That sounds like a job you can only look back on and retrospectively enjoy once it’s definitely working again 😂 for me it would be at least!
@@tomsworkshopprojects Hot tip...I don't know if you've worked on one before or not, but replace the camchain as you can't in the frame.
Nice to mention RRC 👍
Also an inspiration for me
Great video mate, love the content on the older bikes 🏍️ ❤keep up the amazing content bro 😎 new sub here.
Cheers mate, thanks for the support 👌🏼
So good to see you back, with a great film!!!❤😊
Cheers, many more to come soon 👍🏻
New subscriber. I love your content and style. I will eagerly follow your Ninja series.
Thanks and greetings from Spain
Thanks! Appreciate the comment 👍🏻
Great stuff, just subscribed when you mentioned RRC resto. I appreciate youtubers like you who edit out the sound of angle grinders and other loud tools.
Cheers! Yeah oddly I think it takes me longer to do the sound mix getting the volume of it all right than the actual video edit. So this comment makes that feel worthwhile 👌🏼
I bought a YZF R1 brand new back in 2001, I still have it, only 14,000Km (around 8,500 miles) its absolutely mint, and i love it. But every time i see a lime green ZX-7R I start to think i bought the wrong bike, they just look soooo good.🤔
Haha, I know what you mean, but those early R1’s are pretty special.
NO you didnt !!!!
I get similarly feels (lil different )after wanting a zrx and getting an fz1 instead …especially since I got slightly burned with issues I’m having with the fz1 and prices jumping up since last yr for zrx’s
Both cool bikes.
Great start, needs more spreadsheets 😂
Fantastic to have you back!
Haha, I’m sure I’ll have a few as it goes along. Cheers!
I'm really glad i stumbled upon this video, the production value and editing + different shots are top notch, it reminds a lot of how Ronald Finger shoots his vidoes. I hope you keep it up, and may the algorythm be in your favour ❤️
Thank you! I love his videos, and his humour👌🏼 thanks for following along 👍🏻
Good content , had a P2 20 years ago and loved it . Might get another to join my daytona 955 and vfr 800 fi in the garage👍🏍️
That’d make quite a nice mix of engine types 👍🏻
Oh man I've been waiting for this for AGES!! Excellent vid!!
Haha, more to come!
Just got one that was put down and was to be built took up someone else's project and this vid was a bit helpful on what i have to get
Good luck, hopefully not too much missing!
We love this new project chief!! 👍👍 Ace work.
Cheers lads! Thumbnail choice is heavily inspired by your first NC30 vid. Nothing catching the eye like a 90s twin headlight front end 👌🏼
This is what 44Teeth should’ve done, a proper restore..
Just had this recommended - easiest subscribe decision ever lol
Cheers! It was actually their first Budget Bike Battle vids that got me on the “SRAD or ZX7R for next bike” route 😂 obviously sided with the green option, but am a little disappointed they’re now ripping them up for weight saving and upgrades. Loses the whole magic in my opinion.
I got a zx7 because of bb1 on 44teeth too. I do have a bit of a crush on zxbikes as my other bike is a zx9 C2.
good stuff, greetings from Canada
The bikes still a beauty
let me be the first to comment mate & say welcome back and a massive well done to you for taking the leap again
hope the channel grows from strength to strength ( ill be sharing the sh!t out of it )
and be great to see the bikes in the flesh one day
👍👍👍🫡🫡
Cheers Brian! I’m excited to be in such a better workshop than I was on the last one, which makes it so much easier to find the energy to get stuck in!
So glad to see a new video and even happier you only stripped the bike. Can't wait to see the progress on this one. I've been tied up with work and moving but I've got a nice new 2-car garage to continue my '87 FZR1000 resto in. Hope you're doing well and all the best - Ken. p.s. Love the blue coveralls.
Cheers Ken! Yeah I think I’ve got about 5 videos worth of bits done so far so should be able to get videos out closer together than last time (for a while!)
Sounds good about the new garage! I’ve been following your Genesis vids, really entertaining!
@@tomsworkshopprojects Wow!! Thanks so much. I work 3 weeks away from home at a time and the last time off I burned it all moving. I'll be home in two weeks and I'll be stripping the FZR to the frame and getting it completely overhauled like the Virago. I can't wait to watch your next videos...keeps me inspired too. Cheers.
Zx7r greetings from Germany❤
Hello from Italy. ZX-7R P4 owner
Very interesting video. Did mine last year but not as big a strip down
❤🏴 love from Scotland 🏴 ❤
Cheers!
This might just inspire me to get my 98 P3 back on the road, owned it since new but it hasn't moved in over 10 years
Easily done when life gets in the way, hopefully it won’t take a huge amount to get it back on the road?
I wish I had put all the removed fasteners in marked bags that's for sure
I had the same bike except mine had a purple tail and wheels. Loved that bike 👍🏻
I've been renovating my ZX7R for 11 years now!
Haha it can drag on a bit can’t it 😂
@@tomsworkshopprojects
Just a tad
Never the fastest, certainly not now and yet still the absolute business. My ZX12R is certainly quicker but I do really want a ZX7R - just so Good looking.
I have both a zx7r and is the x12r.... They are both amazing bikes in their own way. Not necessarily the best at any particular thing but overall they have very exciting rides. The ZX7 in the corners the ZX12 for just raw tq... Both with tons of personality
@@diavuno3835 you, sir, have excellent taste.
Always been one of my favorite bikes. And these days literally NOBODY has one. Id like to pick one up and do a ZX10R Tail Conversion on it. Andnone of those tiny double barrel shotgun slip-ons, one of the race Slip ons. They scream.
no one except for the 140 or so people that have put comments in this vid! I kid, but I agree with you that they weren't nearly as popular at the time, and are now even more rare to find.
This is very therapeutic to watch. Subscriber gained! Nice work 👍🏻👍🏻😎
Cheers! Haha yeah sometimes less chat and more spannering is better 👍🏻
Just subscribed Tom excellent content
Good work
Beautiful
Love the bike. I got a 96
Just found your channel, I already subscribed..naz from 🇲🇾
Cheers! Welcome 👍🏻
You've just gained yourself another subscriber. I am planning to do this with mine one day. I hope you complete the series. I've watched a few folks resto vids on the ZX7R and none of them do a complete strip and rebuild or complete the job.
Good luck Tom! 🙏🤞👍
Haha, pressure’s on now! Thanks for the sub, I’ll go as far as budget allows but hoping to make it a rather clean example.
Still one of the best looking bikes
Beau travail...
Yes Tom 🙌🏼👊🏼
If you aim to restore to RRC levels you're on the right track. Good luck, stay enthusiastic. I'm subscribed. 🤞🏻
Cheers! Haha I’ll do my best 👍🏻
You done well with header nuts
Yeah I was fearing the worst, but did ok. I don’t think the bikes spent a lot of time in bad weather, compared to others I’ve worked on at least.
excellent project! I have the same motorcycle from 1996. This and other videos you make about the Kawasaki ZX7R are very helpful to me. Thank you very much, I look forward to the next video. LIKE and subscribe to your channel
Just found your channel. Great stuff. Subscribing from Jupiter
Hope your internet speed are ok out there 🪐
I had a zx7-r which I turned into a track bike, I loved it at the time I had a branded new R1. I was quicker and more confident on the zx7 on track
That’s good to hear, I’m looking forward to building confidence on it, it felt good on the road, but obviously couldn’t push too far 😂
This popped into my feed, and am now subbed. I bought a black one of these new back in ‘98 and adored it - plenty of power for a road bike, albeit a bit of bus! Planted front end though. From memory, don’t think they had a rear hugger at all, so an aftermarket addition I think? Splurged on in a full titanium Akrapovic for mine, but never quite got the carbs set up correctly afterwards. Still think they have one of the best looking front fairings.
Cheers, welcome! Yeah I think the hugger is non-standard. It's had the rear under-tray taken out too so it's not a fully standard back end. If the price of them wasn't so crazy, I'd be keen to put it back to the original.
@@tomsworkshopprojects maybe find an RR rear end, and lose the pillion seat completely?!
@@GingerPiston that’s a good idea, the rear seat cowls aren’t cheap either so that may not be a super expensive option.
I had (have?) the same headache after putting on my full Ti Muzzy 4-2-1 exhaust on. To this day still struggling with getting the carbs setup perfect.
nice
Nice little video.
Are you going to do the clean air mod when you put her back together ? If your looking for a new system for her. Do not buy a black widow. Your looking for a akra or similar that has balance pipes between the headers
Yeah I’ll look into it, though the bike ran really nice before the strip. I’ve been warned about the black widow systems, I’ve been keeping an eye out for Akra systems with the balance pipes, though they demand a big chunk of change!
Replace some of your screws so you can take your fairings off with one tool
Good idea 👍🏻 cheers!
And to think that just 25 minutes ago it was in full working order!
I wish putting it back together would be as quick (and cheap) 😂
Great to see. Hopefully gives me inspiration to get my old girl stripped and treat her to a couple of classic race meets next year. They are so over engineered it is beyond belief but my god they are something else aren't they?
Nice! Haha, yeah in my mind I’ve already got the picture of me hanging off this thing round a track, keeping me going!
I bought it new at the end of 92 .... I think it was the J2 or sumthin along dat line
it appears to be easyer to disasamble a car than a bike
😂 I’ve only ever disassembled a series 3 Land Rover, which was indeed simpler than this!
I always ignore the dreaded summoning, use a drill and you can always say " didnt hear you kicking the garage door, i had a drill in my hand babes".....works 80% of the time
Haha! Yeah there's a few good techniques for squeezing out another few minutes or 40!
Nice video series on the ninja by the way im realy enjoying the 90s stuff at the moment! But then i am an original hornet fan/owner so there might be a bit of bias in it
these really are lovely bikes, what you gonna do with rad, straighten the fins or buy new?
I’m going to try and sort this one, it’s not *that* bad, so think I could improve it, plus a coat of paint.
@tomsworkshopprojects I tried messing about with the old rad, but I eventually went for an aftermarket one (black and not silver unfortunately) with more cores, etc, and my ZX7R runs so much cooler. Night and day difference. Enjoyed the video thanks
@@davidhall9597 yeah that’s a good option, changes like that make a lot of sense if they add reliability or safety to old bikes 👍🏻
@@davidhall9597 Do they have a habit of running hot??
@@uhtred7860 going through towns or at traffic lights mine used to get hot quickly. Not Ducati hot but l could watch the needle rise quickly. It doesn't do that anymore with the new radiator.
Did you ever get that 9 inch pen?
😂 I love when people notice the silly little jokes I put in these
What is the brand of the motorcycle lift you use?
It’s the Skylift by Abba Stands 👍🏻
Hi Tom
All in all how many hours did this take you and at what cost ive just purchased one and am contemplating on doing exactly the same
The disassembly was probably about 8 hours but it would be nearly half that if I wasn’t filming it all 😂
So far across the project it’s hard to really estimate as I haven’t really tracked it. I think it’ll easily be 100 hours or so and over £1000 spent so far, but I started the project in summer ‘22 so it’s all been spread over 2 years of evenings and Sunday afternoons.
@@tomsworkshopprojects Thanks Tom for that info thats great, our is to be a winter project putting it back to perfect mint condition as its just old and tired as they all are when you look at buying these bikes.
What is the Yamaha in the back ?
1994 FZR1000 EXUP - I’ve got a playlist of that being restored too 👍🏻
hello I am French 🇫🇷 I have exactly the same bike can you give me the reference of the central stand (the link) for zx7r by the way I love your videos I'm on episode 4 for now
Hi, welcome. Thanks for the nice comment. Is this the stand info you were looking for? www.cmsnl.com/kawasaki-zx750p2-ninja-zx7r-1997-europe-uk-fr-nl-ar-fg-gr-it-nr-sd-sp-st_model12924/partslist/F2190.html
I'm looking for the support you have in episode 1 to lift both wheels at once, not the side stand, I'm sorry, the correction and translation must not be exceptional
Ah, I understand. Here is the supplier I used: www.demon-tweeks.com/uk/abba-sky-lift-malskylift/
thank you very much for the links it's much more expensive than the others but for quality there is no choice thanks again . if you take a tour in France I would be delighted to welcome you
@@MrSylvaindu53 It is, but a worthy investment for projects like this. Thank you, I’ll definitely be coming to France when it’s done ✅
You have to ditch that black screen ,no half decent rider would have that in.
Yeah I’m not a fan either. If I can find a decent priced clear one, I’ll try and do that.