Ollie’s ODDJOBS

Have you ever scoured the adverts for a US import project to bring back to life? Something that hasn’t suffered the worst of a British winter? Or for that matter, a British summer? On a fine August day in 2018 I joined Sean, my dear chum and partner in many motorcycling-based shenanigans, on a cross-country trip to buy just such a motorcycle.

Sean likes Kawasaki Z650 fours and has had an F4, since, well, forever. It’s one of the last made but had become a little tired, and Sean always wanted a true classic Z. He’d spotted a 1976 B1 model online, a US import in Candy Apple Green: ‘the best colour’. Engine and frame