Hi guys, really pleased the old girl finally seems cured; I honestly can't wait for Spring and some dry clean roads: I had forgotten just how nice the big Zed sounds when you give it a hand full.
Martin: re colour, it is a Kawasaki Colour; Candy Burnt Lime, they used it on the H1's & H2's between 72 - 75, easy to find, and it looks the Dogs Danglies on the rare instance the sun shines here in the UK
I'm currently doing up a 75 H1F and it looks gorgeous on that also.
Tacklehappy: my mate has a DIY plating kit from Gateros which I borrowed, but it takes an absolute age to do nuts and bolts individually: the results are amazing, but will defo be sending the Zinc stuff to a commercial operation in future: its so cheap to have BZP or other passivate colours done.
McZed - having fitted new Dyna Coils, HT Leads, full carb rebuild, inlet rubbers, CCT, checked compression, timing, the entire wiring harness: etc etc - only real isssue turns out to be a breakdown of a coil and a defect / blockage in the throttle tube which was preventing full closure. That said - she is a very well sorted bike now
Cheers Tim