Kawasaki Z550

 No further work on the engine this week. It remains in one piece, sat at the side of he workshop awaiting disassembly. Mark spent some time stripping the paint from the alloy wheels with paint stripper but the last of the paint proved too stubborn. I believe the wheels and frame/swinging arm are being sent for blasting to remove the paint/corrosion ready for us to begin repainting them. The front forks were disassembled and reluctantly came apart after many years. It took the heat of a blow lamp plus some very clever hexagon sockets to break the rust and get the bottom bolts turning. After that it was just a case of removing the circlip above the fork seals and a hefty yank to get the fork seals out and the forks disassembled.. The fork legs are going for re-chroming.