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PROJECT NINJA

This month I have been mostly doing arts and crafts, playing in the garden and having a weekend away at the Stafford show. I know it doesn’t sound very relevant to the ZXR but all will become clear. I had my Spondon on display at Stafford and was there all weekend which gave me chance to have a look round the huge auto jumble and the trade stands to score some more bits for my project. I came away with a brand new screen for £20 and a nice tri-oval carbon can for £30. I also got a set of Dyna coil minis and some Dyna silicone plug leads from my mate Chris at Grumpy1260.

I actually swapped it for a Suzuki sump I had spare that he needed – I love a bit of wheeling

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