The black pearl rides again !

mozza71 · Post by **mozza71** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 6:11 pm

At last, bike back together, MOT booked for tomorrow, just got the paint job to complete.
thanks to all those who i bought the parts from.
Managed to get it sorted for BSB at Oulton park next Sunday !!!!!!!
not bad, finally cost Â£400 to get it on the road.

andy c · Post by **andy c** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 7:22 pm

good luck with the MOT mine passed today

Simon 2 · Post by **Simon 2** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 8:41 pm

Nice one Kirk but I couldn't use your link to look at photo's.

RedStormV · Post by **RedStormV** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 11:41 pm

Looks a lot better than it did matey - amazing what you can do when you put your mind and cable ties to good use.

Good job well done.

mozza71 · Post by **mozza71** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 9:47 am

sh1t sh1t sh1t !!!!!!
first ride in to work, in a straight line the tope yoke is slightly to the right which i can easily adjust, distinctive knock from the headstock under hard breaking, yet i have tightened it as much as required if not a little more.
So i guess worse case, change bottom yoke and bearings, see what MOT boys say.

RedStormV · Post by **RedStormV** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 4:02 pm

mozza71 wrote:So i guess worse case, change bottom yoke and bearings, see what MOT boys say.

Kirk, are they new (2nd hand) yokes?

Looking at the initial damage to the Storm, I'd say the chance of the originals not being damaged are absolute nil !!

Mine wasn't as badly damaged as yours although it did have banana forks and the front downpipe had a gas tight seal where the front wheel crushed it, but my yoke was still out enough to cause probs.

Did you have any lining up probs when re-fitting forks? if the holes were not in damn near perfect alignment then the bottom yoke is damaged.

Fairly easy to check if you have a set square (90 degree) - check from all angles (pardon the pun), front - back - left - right, at least.

Not sure, but I might have a good 'spare' bottom yoke knocking about, think I went daft once over and bought one on flebay that I didn't need.

Let me know if yours is goosed and I'll have a dig for it to confirm.

alan · Post by **alan** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 4:19 pm

G you'll need to dig deep with all the spares you have

mozza71 · Post by **mozza71** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 4:24 pm

Not sure, but I might have a good 'spare' bottom yoke knocking about, think I went daft once over and bought one on flebay that I didn't need.

Let me know if yours is goosed and I'll have a dig for it to confirm.[/quote]

cheers mate, i reckon i am best off replacing it. let me know if you do have one please and what you require for it !!!!
many thanks
Kirk
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