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thanks Carl - that's what i keep telling myself too! :wave: hi watty - i had a couple of free days last week so i got stuck in! :thumbup: i did think i'd bitten off more than i could cope with to start but once i got over the initial hurdles (the crack and the bent halves) i started to feel i could ...

thought i'd show you all my winter project - i bought the 2 lower fairings from watty with the intention of restoring them i've never done this before so any help and advice will be gratefully accepted! when i got the lowers i phoned watty for a bit of help and he steered me in the right direction t...

got the items safe and sound and a thoroughly nice geezer to deal with!
i just hope i can do them justice and restore them to something like ...

thanks watty

got some paint from RS Bike Paint (thanks Carl) and had a long chat with them there, they say that if i need Y124P then that's the right colour match and the difference on my original painting of the belly pan was due to the primer - the paint colour varies a lot depending on the primer used and if ...

that sounds good to me!

i've only managed about 3 hours on the bike since i got it so i'm not sure i'll be able to keep up with you ... even pushbikes overtake me atm

definitely looking forward to better weather ..... one day

i was in tunbridge wells on the bike today but it was this afternoon and it's yellow not silver!

are you sure about the time and colour??

good to deal with you, thanks for the help and advice - i just hope i can restore them properly!

got a fixing bracket for the renntec rack/carrier (& grab rail?) available listed it on ebay here at £15 but i've got no idea if that's the right price. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Renntec-Rack-fixing-unit-VTR-1000-Firestorm-/301353453884?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts&hash=item462a10c93c http://vtr.g...

been renovating a renntec rack that i got cheap on t'bay - used p38 for the first time ever, dunno why they say about sanding it down, i found if you put exactly the right amount on in exactly the right place and smooth it down exactly right as you do it, it's perfect first time ?!? i didn't realise...

why is it we always get our grannies to do what we like doing??

here's mine - i seem to remember she was saying "no mas, no mas!"

cybercarl wrote:All the scrolling ones have a star but there are non scrollers with a star. Don't know what the differences are there

(:-})

i have some red ones that are scrolling without a star

at least i'm not the only one who didn't know

lloydie wrote:

markbo wrote:nice carrier rack, looks easy to put on/take off and can you use the seat cowl with it on? what make is that?

mark

It's on in the pic :-)
Not trouble at all as the givi rack bolts under the seat unit and can be removed in minutes

i really should wear my glasses more!!

i'll PM you

TheGingerBeardMan wrote:may yer pint glass never be empty.

i sincerely hope so!