The block isn't water cooled, its a home made billet block, made by Jeff, who is doing most of the work on the spares bike... I'm just the idiot with a camera
ok major thread diversion ..
Over the years our (that's me and Jeff) main drag bike project has been changed and changed and changed again... different front end, different back wheel, different crank, different blower, manifold, frame.. there's not much left of the original drag bike that was bought five or six years ago.
All the take off parts were carefully stored away, maybe they'll come in handy one day, or someone will pay good money for them? Well, there's not much of a market for old Zed drag bike parts, while one chap wanted to buy everything as long as Jeff built him a running bike for nothing.. nope that's not gonna happen.
Roll forward to late last year when after a lot of hard work through the summer, Jeff finally completed a much needed extension to his workshop, which in turn meant he could squeeze in a second frame jig into the workshop.
Since I own a share of all those old Zed parts, we discussed building another Zed based drag bike, something simple, you know just a bit of fun, get us out on the track, and maybe sell it afterwards and put the money raised into the main 'comp bike'... sounds good, but I was sceptical, as Jeff tends to get distracted into other projects before the current one is ever finished. Would this be the case again I asked?
Oh no, it wont take long to build I was assured and it wouldn't cost much as we already had 99% of the parts needed...front end, engine cases, blower, magneto.. just need to knock up a frame, make a few parts and away we go.. Apart from a suitable 10 inch rear wheel and drag slick.. which I just happened to have at home, along with matching frame rails and adjusters...
That was over xmas, since when progress has been a bit stop start (no surprise there), but a frame has been made, yokes machined, and old pair of GPz forks used and so on..
Here are a few pics of the build..