what have you done to your "bike" today

[Kev L]

Fitted my Scorpion pipes. unfortunately I was at work until 17.30 so it was dark by the time I finished. So the picture is a bit on the dark side, however better this than the inevitable -



so -


They fit really well and certainly make the bike sound more interesting, although not quite as booming as I thought. Still better that than pi**ing off the neighbours I suppose. This is the South after all!!!

[benny hedges]

yes they look nice they do.

regarding timbo's chrome..... does nobody do black chrome locally??? bet that'd look well smart on it

[tony.mon]

Today i have got my gear on, bike started, found back tyre flat, went back inside, got changed, took car.
Ah, well, something to do at the weekend, i guess....

[benny hedges]

Ah....

where did you get your nifty carbon fibre casing protectors from bud???
are they factory pro?

a mate dropped his kwak at weekend and scuffed the casings up a bit so i suggested he has a look for a set...

told him to look for carbon king car parts, but all he could find was a site about car bonking in car parks

[tony.mon]

Carbonadi, in Germany.

On E-Bay.de

[pinkyfloyd]

I changed the R/H clip on today and now no longer have cruise control! Win! After just over a week since the scroats pushed her over my bike is now in full working order again. Even managed to get an oil and oil filter change done. Result!

[lloydie]

striped forks then rebuilt with nice new oil the old oil was like milk .
started to clean carbs then got a bit confused with the water pipes (posted in work shop)
and new oil filter again , not its nice and clean

[tinysmall]

Today I got my bits back from the sprayers and put it all back on the bike




All I need to do now is swap the screen for a smoked one. The iridium don't look too clever with the new paint.

I also cocked up whilst I was putting the fairing back together. The bolts from the inside of the fairing are a mix and match of non original ones so it was a bit of a guessing game as to what went where and I got it wrong with two of them and in an unthinking moment I over tightened them causing the plastic to bubble on both sides of the black nose bit and even worse than that, one of em split! What a stupid c**t! Why did I do that? ANyway, they are only small so it's either going to be covered by a sticker on each side or more likely a phone call to chips away and hopefully get it sorted over the weekend. Does anyone know if they work Saturdays?

[alec]

Today I got my bits back from the sprayers and put it all back on the bike




All I need to do now is swap the screen for a smoked one. The iridium don't look too clever with the new paint.

I also cocked up whilst I was putting the fairing back together. The bolts from the inside of the fairing are a mix and match of non original ones so it was a bit of a guessing game as to what went where and I got it wrong with two of them and in an unthinking moment I over tightened them causing the plastic to bubble on both sides of the black nose bit and even worse than that, one of em split! What a stupid c**t! Why did I do that? ANyway, they are only small so it's either going to be covered by a sticker on each side or more likely a phone call to chips away and hopefully get it sorted over the weekend. Does anyone know if they work Saturdays?

looks nice mate, and a dark or smoked screen will finish it off

[benny hedges]

Today I got my bits back from the sprayers and put it all back on the bike




All I need to do now is swap the screen for a smoked one. The iridium don't look too clever with the new paint.

I also cocked up whilst I was putting the fairing back together. The bolts from the inside of the fairing are a mix and match of non original ones so it was a bit of a guessing game as to what went where and I got it wrong with two of them and in an unthinking moment I over tightened them causing the plastic to bubble on both sides of the black nose bit and even worse than that, one of em split! What a stupid c**t! Why did I do that? ANyway, they are only small so it's either going to be covered by a sticker on each side or more likely a phone call to chips away and hopefully get it sorted over the weekend. Does anyone know if they work Saturdays?

i think ive still got a few sets of them v2 1000 stickers for the tail.... i'll have a look after.
i know ive got some in black but im sure theres some silver ones as well...

[flak monkey]

Used it for work all week this week. Adjusted the chain and lubed up ready for next week! Serviced the XJ550 just needs a new chain and tyres now and it will be another 30 yr old bike on the road...

[tinysmall]

i think ive still got a few sets of them v2 1000 stickers for the tail.... i'll have a look after.
i know ive got some in black but im sure theres some silver ones as well...

[sirch345]

T/S, I like that, it's looking good

Chris.

[benny hedges]

today i picked up another 2 50cc 4 stroke peds, one for free (cat B, 55 plate, 7k miles)

check out the front caliper - ABS brembo!!!

and another for a tenner - (cat D 58 plate, 8k miles)


the latter has a v5 doc but its totally fkt having been hit from the side by a car.
i only want it for a few spares so it was still a bargain.
then i plan to use the vin & v5 to put the cat b on the road ;)

also today i got an unrestricted cdi for the other one, a set of lighter rollers, a bigger oil pump and a 100cc big bore kit with big valve head & full gasket set.


oh and a 26mm carb with k&n turned up yesterday (instead of the std 15mm effort!)


i'm just about to remove the valves from the head & open the ports up to match the new manifolds....
should be a little flyer this!
the £10 one has the fuel tank under the seat so i'm going to graft that onto the other one with the rear tank so it's got a range of 250 miles+

getting a bit out of hand here now tho - i've now got 6 bikes lol

[benny hedges]

i've been fettling

this is from the other day when i got it running (excuse ltlle un & mrs arguing lol)
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it was extremely lame and did not want to rev past about 2500rpm, wide open throttle, even with carb cleaned out, new plug etc...

so i fitted this


check this!! what a difference!
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it was still a bit cold then & needs a bit of fine tuning like, and i need to use a cable with a different type of nipple on the end and find a proper manifold that fits, but you get the idea.
that's still 50cc btw/
cant wait to see what it's like with the 100cc kit, bigger valves & race cam!
need to figure how i can fit an oil cooler as well - it'll defo need one

also got the all the lights working and replaced the broken throttle housing & switchgear off the £10 donor ped.

next job is to port the new head to match the new manifolds.
it's an aircooled head so i can take out loads - plan is to taper them out to 22mm inlet & 19mm exhaust




got the valves out of it atm but i'll wait til tomorrow to get the grinder out cos it'll be a bit messy!