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Valve check done on Saturday, all within spec. Did at my mates workshop with him watching over. He is much better qualified than me plus has all the tools. Anyway took no photos, he is keen on privacy. I didn’t really care, also looks to me like they were checked at the last service but of course a guess. Carbs off and on again to day, I neglected to fit new fuel lines after doing them. A mistake that is fixed now. Got fitting the carbs off to a fine art although it took some swearing to learn it. Got some electrickery to sort, new indicators, heated grips, voltmeter, usb charging and stuff to sort than I should be on the road.

https://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/kawasaki/kawasaki_gpz305.htm I remember the belts being a known issue of the GPz305's. That was many years ago though. I know you can get belt kits for many various bikes now. My only experience is helping my mate set such a kit up on his Royal Enfield 650. I didn't like the amount of tension he had to set it at. Just a gut feeling but I wouldn't run a chain tight like that. His money his choice, I didn't mind as he was the guy who gave me the xSystem Scottoiler that is now on my Hornet.

How many years ago was that Clive ...year and mileage ? I can't fantom snapping a belt with a 300cc , unless it was the earlier years when they first came out....and the belts weren't has good I guess...

I always heard good things about the GPZ 305.....1 of the few small bore belt drive bikes...

https://www.china-parts.co.uk/ I used i used these peeps when i used to fix the school lads bikes for them..scoots and bikes. Lots of carbs BLR'ed and coils some switch gear and ecu's...main faults..Engines seem ok, like all small motors they need oil cahnges at about 800miles cycles..Only ones i had that would have costalot were some of the scooters...Bin them chassis on some rot. Lyn.

With the speed limiter turned off...ive heard some have them going 600kph...lol.

Africa Twin (RD04 & RD07) are a bitch to get the clearances done without skinning your knuckles

Know exactly what you mean....did that so many times w/ my 550 Seca....eventually had it down to a science where I could do it in my sleep. The swearing really commenced though, when doing carb work on my VF Sabre. The Sprint is gonna be a real sweetie when you get it all sorted mate...

Oh and I have to flush the tank and fit a ScottOiler that I actually bought. Also gonna take apart any connections I missed, clean and cover them in dielectric grease.

It certainly does, I know someone with one, he has a Scott Oiler on it.

The 305 was a 1986 model, i had it around 1995, and if I member correctly it had 22,000+ miles on the clocks, it handled fine, and was fast enough for the riding I did, but for a 305cc bike it felt very small,

WTF !!!...they got a special on Russian vodka ?....lol.

Mine may have lasted longer if I had known about the oil strainer/pickup blocking problem.

I had a GPZ 305, the belt on that snapped, I went to the Kawasaki dealer for a new one....he said "That will be £150 please!" ......I converted it to chain, think the kit cost me £40........then the damn thing devoured it's camshaft....

Out and about in a balmy 11c. Pleasant 40 miles or so.

The sun just came out! .......it's gone back behind the clouds now. Going to have a look at a non running Lexmoto Vixen (to tinker with)......it is free to collect....it is located only 5 miles from here..... getting it here back could be a slight problem though....

Some of my shafties. The XS photo was from 1983

My old XS 750. The cat had the right idea. This was 40 years ago.

I still have the scars from doing the spark plugs on my VFR ....apart from plugs, oil/air filter and oil change I never had to take a spanner to mine. It was originally a French registered bike, bought it from Granby motorcycles who sold many imported bikes, They MOTed it when I bought it, at the next MOT it failed because the headlight was for countries driving on the right of the road, i couldn't (or afford) get a UK headlight for it at the time, so i sold it cheap.