I bought a used crank from which turned out to be for a Z1000A1 and not an A3, probably my fault for ordering the wrong part. So I ordered another and its now been taken apart, checked, cleaned, trued and welded ready to go in the engine.
Meanwhile the A1 crank has also been rebuilt too and is sitting on a shelf waiting for to be used one day,
A replica seat arrived from Japan along with a replica rear lamp. A front headlight is out of stock, so will have to wait to get one.
One of the many parts I need for the engine is a starter motor. So I found a starter from a Honda CB900F which fits and is more powerful than an OE starter (0.8 Vs 0.6 kw) ..
The engine is finally coming together. Needed a gearbox, so bought the best I could find off Ebay. Another buy from D&K, as always its a bit of a gamble when buying used. But once stripped, cleaned and checked.. turns out it was in good condition. Already had a strengthened clutch from the Turbo, which left the charging rotor and gear to find. Seems the MK2 and ST are different from the earlier or later models, and therefore more expensive. Typical!
Its also had new heavy duty studs from APE, new cam chain etc.
The head will need completely rebuilding with new guides, recut seats etc. The job will go to Roger
Upperton over in Leeds, who did a good job on my 1170.
Meanwhile hit the Buy button on Ebay again for a mint pair of Yamaha gold spot 4 pot calipers, which will be used in place of the OE 6 pot Tokicos on the ZRX 1200 forks. They'll need one off adaptor plates to fit the forks.