Hello everyone, new guy here. I know I should have started here before taking the dive. This is what I got going on.
Years ago I had a massively overbored Yamaha FJ1100 resleeved to 1300 with a Wiseco kit. This was my last bike of many from 1983 to 2001. Guess I watched and re-watched Top Gun one too many times in the past year, felt I needed something to ride while shaking my fist at airplanes, so I bought an '86 C10 from a dealer that a customer brought in for service and never ponied up for repairs. Paint job is vintage '80 with hand painted pinstripes so I fell for it (originally was looking for a GPz 900 but man they are expensive today).
The salesman told me the service tech told him it would run but overheat and had an oil leak. I did some research, found Steve's videos, and thought "hell, all it is is the water pump". Nope. Upon bodywork disassembly I found rusty, fouled plugs, a yellow spark, two carbs overflowing gas, and no start even with starting fluid. I ordered a 12 mm compression gauge adapter two weeks ago but grew impatient and decided "once more into the big bore breech".
Thus I have an assortment of parts here, some en route, and some on my list. My goal is not a travelling bike, I did plenty of that two-up on tge air cooled Yamaha and honestly I'm not in a financial position to take the time off anymore (was working offshore making $$$ back in the day). Just want a fun to ride vintage bike with semi-sporty looks and handling that revs to redline. With that in mind here is what I have here or coming this week:
GPz900 cams, carbs
ZX10 Tomcat connecting rods
ZZR1100 pistons
Wiseco ZG1000 75.5 overbore head gasket
ZL1000 bevel drive
I don't have adjustable cam sprockets and a degree wheel, though going with stock timing marks should suffice (?)
Other than that have new tires & cleaned, polished and rebuilt the forks (no new springs yet).
Am I on the right path? Suggestions? What about a ZX10 ignition box, is the curve more aggressive in that?
Thanks for having this forum guys.