I bought another ABANDONED 1980s superbike! 

Great project, you can't beat messing around with old bikes. Sometimes you can even get them going long enough to ride them too..

The inside of that tank is a protected zone as a coral reef! 😂🤣💀

Hi Ash. Just been watching on RU-vid ‘Superbike Surgery’ today. Great knowledgeable chap. His video was to fix a bike that was with a dealer for 8months. He’s great at everything, his carb cleaning is 5*s. The reason for my message is on your new project bike, your tachometer is stuck at 6k. Superbike Surgery advised ‘it’s showing the 6k on the tach because the tank is disconnected!’ Best regards Hog

Love the new project, resembles my 1993 CBR600F2 acquired as a non running barn find, stood 10 years sight unseen ebay, best part was it coming to life electrics working, carbs cleaned fresh fuel started straight away 😀 currently now stripped to bare frame ready for paint, rebuild continues 👍🏻 Looking forward to seeing and hearing the FZR firing up, good project all there 👍🏻

The GSXR1100 was an absolute beast, the Honda was lardy and the EXUP was more 'sporty'; the GSXR could actually tour a little bit. Looks like you have your work cut out for you there!

Hi Ash, great videos 👍 I’m really enjoying the GPZ project the wheel looks great! I did manage to pause it I just the right place and grab a screen shot. I’m planning on doing a rebuild myself soon and always been a fan of the GPZ.

The color on that bike is sooo 80's, I love it! Congrats with a new bike :)

awesome, another sweet old bike to work on! Looking forward to this one...as well as the GPz

Very entertaining, especially the editing. Looking forward to the strip down and possible restore.

Hi buddy Ash! Just watched your current new project video. When you tried to start the bike with starting fluid. How checking for sparks, set up a temp fuel tank directly into your carbs, then providing you’ve sparks & new fuel, your bike should start! Love your videos Ash! Best Hog

The Gpz1000rx did 165mph in 1986

Great to see you with another one I think this one Ash is more cosmetic and there is the bones of a good bike underneath look forward to more videos good luck

Nice one ash, looking forward to it. Nm breakers yard, you'll have your own bike shop soon 😊

First thing before anything else. Do a compression test and a rudimentary test to see if all the gears are in there. If it passes that test strip it to the frame. Shouldn't take long to pull it apart.

Needs the Roberts Speed Blocks to offset the " YELLOW " if you go down that road * chefs kiss *

Very nice Ash can't wait for your next video on either bike👍but I think you got a great buy there, best of luck with it mate🙂👍🏍

Made me chuckle, good luck with the bike be interesting to get the old paint back 👍

I also work away from home as a truck driver Bit difficult to get a bike in the cab but I have been known to rebuild parts of a bike in the cab What do you do for a living Are you going to get an ON THE WAY HOME PROJECT BIKE NEXT Best of luck with this

Looking forward to seeing how this progresses 😊 I would try Deox-C in the fuel tank, I've just done one of my bikes, it's made a huge difference

First things first is I was actually going to buy that bike lol but I ended up buying something completely different upload coming next weekend when I pick it up. Secondly great video I Already love the channel. New sub here 🎉 keep up the good work mate.

Great video I bought a 1987 honda vfr 750f rc24 about 18 months which had been left in a garage for 16 years

Hey Ash, nice choice. Personally I would return it to the original blue and white. All the fairings will be off and instead of re-spraying, have you thought of wrapping, which I believe is half the cost of paint? Keep up the great work and looking forward to the next GPZ video 👍

Try a little wet sanding with a 1500 grit and see what's under there. I bought a 94 Suzuki with a crappy attempt at flat black and I was just going to sand down the runs to get it smooth and found a really trick camelion pant underneath. It's really thin so I had to go slow but it's looking better without a full paint job. You never know what you might find.

I'm glad you have another old duffer to work on. I love watching these types of videos, and in my mind, you are still Adrian Edmondson making bike rebuild videos, so even more perfect :-p

Looking forwards to watching your streams . Great stuff .Just subd . 👍👍👍

Amazing 🎉. Keep it coming

Hi @ AR, Thanks for uploading. Man, i done a few restos before...In this instance, i;d say carry on... But... Always going to be spendy.... But hey.. iv'e sunk > 40 percent into an old Kawasaki before now... Enjoy the/ You'r journey. Thanks' for taking the time / effort 2 upload/ edit

Great old bike Ash, I'm getting a 1984 Honda VT750 back on the road

That will be nice and fun project😎👍

Cool bike, you could put some speed block design on it a la Kenny Roberts, think those had an 18 inch rear wheel not sure what tyre options are available now. Looking forward to sseing you crack on with it.

I'm about to embark on a similar journey with a Yamaha R6 my friend gifted me. I've never had a bike or worked on one either. I'm going to purchase the maintenance manual and go Mad Max on it very soon.

Great videos . Greetings from the Northern Netherlands

Looks to be a pretty decent investment. Once she's up and running,invest in a Lithium Ion battery,they are fantastic,very light, and very quick charging times.I only discovered how quickly they charge because I idiotically left the ignition and lights on overnight.

Well ash, I'd have preferred to see you doing aGPZ1000R to contest it with the 900R but this is a cool bike too. I'm already enjoying your voyage of discovery with this one. And I'd love to see how you get on revealing the original paint by sanding back the yellow. Good luck.

I love those twin headlights!

Congrats!!…very cool bike!!!

First time watching,definitely subscribing now

Now both we have the same two projects, at the begging of this year I bought a GPZ 900 and 2 year ago a FZR 1000. For now I didn't rode the gpz

I had a feeling you'd go for this by the way you kept moving the camera at the beginning, I had an 89 EXUP in purple & regretted selling it hmmm I wonder if they'll ever get another one in stock as I'd love another one simply because I'm short & I could fit on one of these. I shall be watching the build closely & probably be insanely jealous throughout lol. I hope the frame swingarm etc will be put back to polished alloy again as who in the right mind would paint it white. Good luck with it.

YEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!! Love these things! 👍

Great job

The bike looks like a Hinkley Triumph Daytona 1000 , they used a similar shade of yellow.

Maybe your UK models were different but my early Ninja 900 would run 167mph two up all day long, at altitude. That was radar verified, don't ask me how I know that =)

what could possibly go wrong? Go for it!

You following me!!! I had a gpz900r and a fzr1000. Now I have a cbr1000f. Am keeping ma eye on you 👀 😂😂😂

Has to go back to original colours, 😍

I have an fzr 1000 genny too , currently undergoing a rebuild , when I get back round to it ! 😂😂😂👊👍😎

Wooo hooo ! another great choice !

You are going to need new fork tubes as well! Good luck mate

Nice one… I have a thing for yellow bikes so shame it’s not original and has to come off!! Looking forward to enjoying a brand new series!! As for the tank… Even I, master of making a tank look new (did it once now consider myself a god), would run screaming from that one 😂 😰

Don't forget the valve job, super surprised if the stem seals hold.

Try filling the tank with vinegar and leave it for a day or two . Great rust remover

I was kind of in the same phase last year, considering any of these three models you mentioned. Thought the Honda was too fat, I did go and see a FZR1000 but did not get it as it was repainted in lime green and the owner did not allow me to do a test ride. So I ended up with a '92 GSX-R 1100. And I also have a GPz900r, it runs but needs a lot of work. Are you sure that battery charger is safe enough (stabilized voltage) to power the bike directly from it? It would be a pity if you fry the electronics.

Had this on watch for months on end, what a fantastic purchace, the only real issue I could see with it was the lack of a rear fender, going to be nice to see how bad it really is

VF1000R was up there too I raced mine and was clocked at 160mph as well Everyone forgets the ThouR

I got my gilera runner from here they are really good 😊

i think it looks great yellow mate you should re name it fbr (fast bannanar)

Just dropped on your site don’t worry subscribed I’ve got a lot of spares for that bike. Absolutely loads of stuff. If you are interested Ash get in touch with me. I’m more of a Yamaha Fzr 1000 xup but I could have forks brake plus discs but I’ve got a lot of stuff for Yamaha thousand X up in the shed boxes and boxes of stuff, plus a half finished Yamaha xup and plus one in bits I’m looking to sell all the lot I want we want to make great deal for them but the Yamaha what I’ve been building is a beautiful looking machine. It is a half finished project plus I have a GP 900 sat in the shed like yours.

Switchgear is metal. Fairly easy to strip them down , clean out and repaint Those engines are pretty tough. The oil light is an oil level light. But comes on when you press the starter button as a bulb check. You can strip the ignition switch down fairly easily The airbox rubbers will be hard, and a nightmare to get back on. You might be able to rescue them with an ethanol / winter green oil mix The brakes seized up quickly even when new!

Thank god you didnt buy the XJ600.. i had the XJ550 worst bike i ever owned!! Good luck with the FZR looking forward to watching this one Ash!!

Ash, if the fuel tank has not been lined previously, then may I suggest a fuel tank cleaning method that I have used with great success. Step 1: Drain and dry fuel tank with compressed air gun, fuel tap removed , and get as much of the filth out as possible. Step 2: re mount the tap and filler cap. Put a fair amount of acetone in the tank and slosh it around thoroughly for 5 minutes or so. Remove tap and filler cap drain acetone and repeat thoroughly blowing out the tank with air gun. Do this OUTSIDE as the clouds of rust will be colossal! Step three: Install fuel tap once more, making sure it is liquid tight. Place fuel tank so that it can be filled to the brim with Evaporust. Let the Evaporust sit in the tank for 2 days or more. Step 4: drain the Evaporust back into its container (it's good for multiple uses), then thoroughly rinse the tank out with water. Immediately blow as dry as possible with air gun and finally insert a hair dryer in filler opening and leave running for several minutes. The tank will look like new inside. The Evaporust is safe to use and will not damage parts or even burn skin. It's also completely non-toxic. Cheers!

Sorry Ash 1984 to 88 kawasaki1000rx ......i honestly had one over 170 on a radar gun .....but honestly anything over 150 the time warp efect and handling are not reasuring

If you have a boat, you could use it as an anchor 😊

500 quid thats a steal mate

I had the 1988 version. It was a beast.

They were a weapon when they came out They tend to flog out or elongate the small ends. Can get em bushed high mileage ones get a rattle from the alternator / starter chain ( mr yam forgot to put a tensioner in there Not sure bout the Thousand but older brother fz 750 used to have the out put shaft brg behind the sprocket collapse I don’t think it’s such a prob on the thou. Fairly long lived engines if looked after but quite noisy

What about a chain kit? That rusty one will almost certainly crater with the engine power these things deliver????

This would make a great gauloises yamaha yzf endurance 1987 replica..

🤣🤣 Aluminiun again, I can't unhear it now @9:03

Good luck, I had a FZR600 and crashed it on the way home, pretty much only time it was ridden 😂

lets make it work

Id have walked straight by regardless.

185mph with a sprocket change 😂

hi ash I'm in Cardiff and just to let you know that if you ever need a hand on the weekends let me know and I also have an abundance of tools aswell so if you need any tools again let me know

Oh like that... 😊

Still have 2 great bikes, original brakes rubbish blue spots sort it perfect fit

Congratulations! You are a good SPEAKER! Don't turn yellow! Just fix the bike in front of the camera! Or quit...

I wouldn't be brave enough to ride on those tyres

I feel sorry for the young generation of today we could go out and buy this’s type of sports bike and afford to insure them back in the 80/90s and what fun we had There don’t have a chance today far to much ££££

It's a little sad sometimes thinking that bikes like that were once someones pride and joy.

The Original colour scheme predominantly white with blue and red .?

Im sure youd have actually gone for a gamma 500!

Use chainfat bro

Inside of that tank is just nasty 😂

...the inside of that tank, looks like the iinside of a zombies arsehole.. That's going to need some serious rolling & shaking time with nuts, bolts, and then quite a few soakings rapid swirlings, and swillngs out; with more than few llitres of heated up strong vinegar to clean off most of the rust build-up; and then kill off the many rust growthing spots/cores andbring metal closer back to an interior natural shine.. Before a tank sealing epoxy style layer might be used ?

I predicted EXUP from the thumbnail …..let’s see

Looks like money pit to me there are still plenty of better ones about I paid £600 for one running I would use yours as parts bike good luck😊

I really don't know why they stopped fitting kickstarts & centre stands onto motorcycles.

Banana bike

Loverly bike Quick as F check my Slabby out cost a lot to do but worth it

Those stickers in the wrong font bother me greatly.

Go on chap Great to see old Chappers getting brought back to life, I am currently doing a 1991 ZZR1100 c1 and a 1982 Xj550 Seca, we are gluttens for punishment I think.

I have literally just sold my fzr1000, an 89 exup, it was also painted yellow (why?) Did it white and red, got it looking like new and got £3200 for it and I spent about 1600 all in, the bike was 750 and I put about 800 into it in paint, tyres chain levers new seat vinyl..... OK it's a long list but ot was worth it. The big benefit of mine was that it sort of ran when I got it, as in spluttered and popped but a carb rebuild and new coils and plugs got it running nicely. So there's my fzr story. The funny thing is I was looking for a 600 and ended up with a 1000. Impulsive idiot 😂

Please do Not drive with them Tyres dude they will have hardened off over the years norm Hampshire

It's not a Kawasaki grr

Oh dear... ;)

Kawasaki ZZR WSS FASTEST PRODUCTION BIKE IN THE 90s

Who

Do NOT start this engine on ether. It is bonedry and because of the ether it will score the cilinders. Lube every cilinder first. You can attach a fuel bottle with two stroke mix. But first take off all covers. Then take apart all electrical connectors. Clean them. Then reattach. Clean the carburretors. Take them fully apart. Boil the chain in chainfat. Scrub it till it shines again. Do so with all surfaces. Take out the wheels. Take out the bearings. Replace or repack them with grease. Take off the cable attached to the rev counter and miles or km's clock. If their analog, lube both cables with grease. Change the oil of the engine block. Put in a new filter in the engine and in the airbox. New brake pads new tyres. Check the sparkplug wires. Measure the coil. Check all the electrical wire. This FZR1000 is an animal. And a classic. 145 hp. Second hand parts should be plentyful.

You overpaid by 500 pounds.