There were definitely signs of an attempt (the standard chewed up JIS screws) - the inside of the frame is scratched, the clamps were all loose and a bunch of other obvious signs of a failed attempt at servicing the carbs. But maybe it's a good thing that nobody was in here before.

Just a bit more than a little TLC...she's in pretty rough shape.

Thank you!! Yes, I believe there were small difference in bore size (37mm) but maybe just a jetting change...not sure. The carb kits I bought had the wrong size start jet so I'll be doing the carbs over again. I bought better (more complete) kits from Mikuni.

Shoot me an email at kensworldrestorations@gmail.com. I have some service manuals that will be helpful. They show how all the fuel and electrical are all connected. I'm going to be off at work for the next few weeks and probably not available to reply but I'll do what I can. Hopefully you can see something in my videos that might help you out. Also check out JH-Tech, Chris Sofos and Tom's Workshop - they have a lot of FZR content.

13 litre (28cmx32cmx15cm). Heater is 400W and the ultrasonic is 360W. About 3.5 gallons...

I was about to ask the same question. Good to know. @@KensWorldRestorations Are you happy with it? I assume 13L takes long to heat up?

@@jh-tech5546 I boil water in a kettle first (takes a couple minutes) and add hot tap water along with my cleaning solution and that seems to be more efficient. If I filled it with tap water and tried heating it, it would take about 30 minutes. But yes, VERY happy with it. I experimented with a lot of solutions and found the best to be simple green pro (purple) for non-aluminum parts and ZEP citrus cleaner for aluminum/magnesium parts (carbs). If money wasn't an option, I'd have bought 2 of them - one larger one and one smaller one.

Yes...we're the red-headed stepchild when it comes to motorcycles. We get all the leftovers from standards from the US. When you look at any of the service manuals, it doesn't mention Canadian bikes at all. My Virago engine serial number isn't listed anywhere. Good thing with the "vintage" stuff is that we can get and use parts from the US models and most of it from the European ones as well.

@@KensWorldRestorations The 2GH is the "General export" model, it just means no market specific changes. NZ ones are 2LL (NZ, South Africa, Australia model) and the only difference i can find is the deletion of the switch that cuts the engine when the side stand is down. I know with the RZ series of two strokes, NZ, Australian and Canadian bikes were almost identical. The 500s have the same paint jobs in all 3 markets (nicer than European models😃) and of course the same nomenclature. If you want to see the 87 FZR1000 used in anger, search "Swann Series 1987 Calder Park" or "Swann Series 1986 Oran Park Race 1" the guy with those videos has some awesome videos showing just how good these bikes were on the track, even mixing it with 500cc GP bikes😃

@@uhtred7860 yeah mine is definitely 2GH...stamped right in the frame headstock.

@@uhtred7860 We were definitely the lucky ones, weren't we? That vintage racing is epic - right when the 4 strokes were making their place in MotoGP.

@@KensWorldRestorations Some of that footage shows the FZR up against Honda’s incredible NR750 race bike, they rarely made an appearance outside of Japan and were very expensive, they had oval pistons 32 valves and 8 conrods, still couldn’t beat the FZRs tho😁😁