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mine are due to be swapped for manuals in teh next week or so - you can have my old ones when they're off, Bazza. I'll need an address to send them to, like...

MICK..

well, the wheels are back from the painters and back on the bike. It's like being a kid all over again, this. Anyway, the wheels were pretty tired looking with flaking paint and the rest. You'll be familiar with the OEM colour: http://i1284.photobucket.com/albums/a575/Geordiemick77/VTR1000/DSCF9368_...

One thing that'd been getting on me nerves was this: http://i1284.photobucket.com/albums/a575/Geordiemick77/VTR1000/DSCF9381_zps441b39bf.jpg The amazing invisible speedo needle! It's a Euro import so clocks had been "converted" (carelessly) from KPH to MPH by way of the usual overlay/stick...

Now, I did promise you some dull updates, and I'm a man of my word. So, whilst the wheels are at the painters there's little else to do but fiddle with stuff. First, some cleaning. Wheels out is a good excuse to get at those bits you can't normally - back of the forks, rear of the discs, sprocket ca...

where on earth are you planning to put M7s :confused Caliper-half joining bolts are M8x45 and caliper-to-fork mounting bolts are M8x25. I think the OEM mounting bolts are high-tensile but stainless should be fine (there's a bit of chat on that earlier in this thread). I used HT, just for the sake of...

Thanks Carl :thumbup: I fancy some of those lines with the joints in them that you can just disconnect to remove the whole caliper without draining he whole system but they are ££££ and a pal of mine has them on his race bike and says they're not as reliable as they make out. I also forgot to mentio...

well, this may be the longest ever brake overhaul, but it's finally done :) Getting the old calipers apart wasn't so bad, except for one piston which refused to move a millimetre no mater what I tried. I eventually managed to blow it out with a car tyre compressor once the caliper in question was in...

on the off chance one can get one's grubby Geordie fingers on a larger tank (2004), can all the fittings from the smaller (1997) tank be reused?

MICK..

cheers Duffy, but no - those are caliper half joining bolts, and I was after caliper mounting bolts (caliper to fork leg). I sourced some from Westfield Fasteners in the end - went for h-t to be on the safe side. I have a different supplier for stainless bolts - my bikes are pretty much all held tog...

finally got round to fitting the new reg/rec. As ever with such jobs, it's much easier than you expect - or it would be if you didn't have to rush to fit it in between other less rewarding household tasks.... After some advice (and some amusing, pointless banter :D ) I shelled out for a new Mosfet u...

I'll take all that as a "we don't really know" then...

Can anybody tell me whether the front caliper mounting bolts (M8x25) need to be high-tensile or not? The OEM ones are trollied, and I need new ones. I can better Honda prices on either ss or h-t, but I'm not sure if they need to be h-t really.

Cheers,

MICK..

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MICK..

So I had a bit of time and set about fitting a Goodridge hose to the rear brake (personally don't think it's warranted at the back, but it looks better and the old hose wasn't in great nick) and cleaning up the caliper. So old hose disconnected and fluid drained/pumped out. The two screws that hold ...

Just for fun, I thought I'd mention that I discovered last night that the front discs on mine have been put on the wrong sides. I mean, it's not as if they come with a little arrow stamped in to show you which way round they go or anything. No wait, they do! Morons! Probably doesn't make much odds, ...