1/ Fitting thinner-walled neoprene fuel hose is much easier than the big thick stuff car shops sell.
The end is very much in sight for the 1976 Z900 A4 restoration. To be honest I’m not really into bikes that are just as they left the factory and many bikers tend to want to put their own stamp on their twowheeled machines…
With original classic bikes fetching premium prices, many bikes are now being taken back to the condition they left the showroom in. Back in the day, tweaks and performance additions to improve upon the standard motorcycle were popular, and bikes that remained ‘as purchased’ seemed a bit dull. For instance, most bikes in the UK have come adorned with a long rear mudguard and bikers have been shortening them for a more sporty and stylish look. Zeds came with much shorter chrome rear mudguards elsewhere and UK lads were not slow to buy the shorter ‘fenders’ for an instant improvement in aesthetics. The heavy and cumbersome standard exhausts (that rotted away in front of your eyes) were also often skipped in favour of something that looked, sounded and performed better than the gargantuan
