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I actually got out for a ride today and again grinned from ear to ear with the torque and the soundtrack

Used and abused then put back in the garage.

removed fairing/exhaust stuck it on my little stool .
dropped forks and took the to bits .
both stanchions were bent ! lhs more than the rhs no idea how this happened as when i fitted them the other year they were strate .
started to reassemble them with the replacement straight stanchions i got off ebay the other week for £27 just waiting on seals and 5w oil then i can get it back together .

heres my fairings, almost ready to fit....

Stratman wrote:I actually got out for a ride today and again grinned from ear to ear with the torque and the soundtrack

yay ! me too. I actually got the tyres nice and warm ,really good 40 mile thrash.

Spent some time in the MacCave a fettlin 'Ole Red.

Finally got round to sorting out the weep on the rear CCT, still had some old gasket stuck on the face, got that off & reassembled with gasket goo.

Fitted me Blackbird side stand with the hand crafted extended foot prong.

Gave it a bit of a clean in all those hard to get to areas when it was in bits.

Fitted the HRC throttle tube & junked the return cable.

Boxed it all back up & treated it to a wipe & polish.

Looking good Mac.

I like the modded side stand. I need to fo something about mine, it's a pain in the butt as I can just about get my heel on it and when it's wet it's even worse. Takes my about half dozen times to get it down.

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nice stand i like that and might copy it .

well done mac, do you notice any difference without the return cable?
let us know how you get on with the throttle tube aswell........

After 5 years of ownership I've ordered the bits to treat her to a full service, oil, filters, plugs etc
Never done them all before :-o

Also ordered some number boards !

bigspanishmarty wrote:well done mac, do you notice any difference without the return cable?
let us know how you get on with the throttle tube aswell........

i have the qat and i to binned the return cable .
this setup makes the throttle a lot lighter and it snaps back faster .
you do need to be careful over bumps as it can lead to looking at the sky .

After 5 years of ownership I've ordered the bits to treat her to a full service, oil, filters, plugs etc
Never done them all before :-o

You have not changed the oil in 5 years

Your bike wont know what hit it.

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templ8 wrote:After 5 years of ownership I've ordered the bits to treat her to a full service, oil, filters, plugs etc
Never done them all before :-o

Also ordered some number boards !

+1 on the number boards, did you go with my design, carbon under white, with the lettering cut out?

did you go with my design

Your design I think Honda beat you to it mate.

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