This is a project most of us can relate to , great synchronicity with all the original & donor bits coming together . Have fun with the build and good luck with the Oscanomics
Greetings from Western Australia. Very well done on your great work so far. I restored one of these as part of my C&Gs Motorcycle Mechanics course in Birmingham 25 yrs ago. Looking forward to following the journey.
Oscar Im impressed with the speed at which you first put the parts on the bike. For a man of youre age you have fair turn of speed, I could barely keep up with what you were doing. Thanks for posting
Just subscribed Oscar . Fantastic finding the spares bike with the added boxes of spares & a gentleman seller & regarding the original seller you mentioned quite a shabby way to treat you in my opinion. Looking forward to seeing you triumph” sorry could not resist that “ on the rebuild Cheers Garry
Had lots of GPZ's in the past (600/900/750) I also have a GPX250 & KLE500 (both in bits). The 305 has had a lot of stick over the years but I always thought it an ideal little bike for work etc & secretly thought it looked quite cool especially in black/orange. I knew a guy with a 250 Scorpion in the 80's & for a 4T (we all had 2T) it went really well. Ignore the BS & enjoy the rebuild I think it's the right thing to do. Looking forward to updates. Always fancied a ZZR250 .
I totally concur with your mindset Oscar and was thinking the solution through before you mentioned it !. I did the same with a Yamaha XS500 I bought new, rediscovered years later in a perilous state and got for peanuts a ' blown ' donor bike which was just as well as many parts had become extinct .I also agree with trying to maintain as many ' cycle ' parts of ' your ' bike, a lot would not be bothered with this , a first ' big ' bike like my Yamaha you never forget and becomes part of your ' bike life ' just as the first one did !. Great content and good luck.
So pleased you got so many others pushing you to go with the restoration. Cannot wait for your updates. 2 sets of bodywork is not a bad thing. You never know you may need it. Well done Oscar. 😊
Awesome score will be good to see it going again don’t forget new plastic oil pump gear they like to self detonate n take out the engine special Kawasaki feature n new cam chain n change cam adjuster to manual if not already done
Glad you’re getting your bike all back together. The bike looks great in red… but the black 🤩 If you could make it black but keep all the red parts too 😎.
We came across your channel not so long ago, subscribed ! started watching your videos about the start of this lovely project, that's mad how you found the doner bike! Yes keep a clean set of body work and keep as much as you can parts wise on your original one! 😊
Defo go with a spare lot of body work, I’m intending to do the same with a superdream, tatty but original bodywork for daily riding and nice panels for shows!
I did a similar thing some years ago tracked down my old HONDA CB250 RS which I last saw in 🤔 1999 it was all thare just needed a lot of work so I shal subscribe to help you out and good luck in the restoration 👍
That doner bike is the Perfect find, really happy at your luck on that. Restorations are for love, not money. It's my hobby and i lose an average of £1,000 per bike, (And i don't care one jot),but you should at least break even, and have a nice bike you once owned, it's a win-win.
Please take your time and restore it to A1 condition.don’t worry about donor parts like the tank you could always have a wall in your garage with your beaten up original parts as your memory
So pleased your doing it, cost shouldn’t matter when your heart is in it. But with that in mind…..we’ll done with the doner bike, a brilliant find and speeds the process up too 👍
Id flat pack all the remaining bits from the donor bike, and box them off as spares, same goes with the body work. So you have spares on tap if needed. The frame you could either sell, or hang it, same goes with the rear wheel, either wall mount it or sell it.
Brilliant news that you got yourself a donor bike I'd probably keep it as original to when you owned it as possible I can't remember what your tank was like but if it's bad then maybe get the new one repainted to match unless the other one will clean up ok inside & then you can put a tank repair resin inside it to keep it in good condition. As for the eBay seller it all sounded a bit shady to me I reckon all the parts were there but probably misplaced them when you went to pick it up as it seems weird that some started to appear after you picked the bike up, sounds to me like he were gonna try & rip you off so I think you've done the right thing with the donor bike.
Great video mate and what a result finding that bike in such good condition fit spares. You might be able to put what’s left back together and sell it on or box it up and keep the spares for the future
You'll love it even tho it isn't 100% your old bike. It will transport you back to a time when your life was simpler. You'll probably laugh at how terrible it is to ride, but love it anyway
In about 1985 i was at buildung colleage my mate graham had passed his test and he bought a brand new 305 the silver one i went pillion a fair few times i am sure you are aware that they are basically a bored out 250 scorpion with a belt drive
Glad your giving the bike a new life. Are you just cleaning it up or going the full resto route ie strip blast and repaint the frame and all the other stuff involved? I have done a few. The full resto ones are very rewarding BUT they are so nice when done you hardly dare use them. The clean up ones dont look as good but you wont worry if you get caught in the rain. I'm just starting a full resto on a GPz900r thats been in my shed for 25 years. Hope all goes well with your bike.
@@oscarsgarage447 Sounds sensible. Will give you an idea of how healthy the engine gearbox etc is. Maybe then try to get it back to the condition it was in when you had the bike on the road last.
So glad you’re restoring it! Bast**d Fleabayers will try anything on… although clearly that seller took being a total tw@t to another level! 😠 I would also like to see you restore the donor bike! LOL 😂
Your bike seller was clearly a buy strip and sell part by part either that or was stolen to make more than the bikes worth sort of person I hate them parting working bikes out all in aid of money.
Can't you just find other parts to fit if you can't find them or you trying to try keep it original that's the thing to me it doesn't matter to me at at least the engine and frame he was trying to make more money out of your one he stripped but right bonus buying the other bike bet you well happy 👍
Part it out unless you're getting RU-vid money to cover the rebuild. There's a GPZ305 project bike (complete) in my home town advertised for sale for £400, and I could probably knock him down further. Will I? No. Not being a dick - just saying that money is money.
I didnt have a gpz 305 i had an 83 gpz 550,im not sure if the 305 was available in the states? Anyway ive always liked the looks of the mid 80s gpz bikes. Im going to follow along as you ressurect your 305. I found my old 83 about 10yrs ago..alot was missing and by some miracle an act of God or some dirty Ba$turd put the exact parts i needed up for sale..i bought another 550 from somebody else that was beat up and tired but still ran good for a bit more than i would have spend to get the original parts back
Some of your story sounds familar! I think the 305 was sold in the states. I remember that great ad featuring the 305/550/750/1100 - was a great range but bike development left them behind.
@@oscarsgarage447 that 550 i had was really quick,The guy i bought it from had modified the cylinder head,cam and carburetors and added a 4 into 1 Kerker. I really liked that bike! I surprisef a few bigger cc bikes i was barely 130bs 5ft6in midget highway racing was a bit hairy,I could get in front of say a 650 Honda or Suzuki but in order to stay in front of them i had to use 'traffic' to wipe them off my back..open road? Forget it i couldnt match their speed.
Please take your time and restore it to A1 condition.don’t worry about donor parts like the tank you could always have a wall in your garage with your beaten up original parts as your memory
The bike must be important to you as you have tracked it down. What ever you do to it I’m sure it will be the right decision for you and good luck really looking forward to see what you decide. just don’t sell it
