nearly finished. a quick update....

[playerone]

Congratulations, it's a stunning bike and you should rightly be proud now go wind up our American brethren with your latest sucess

[rob...]

another 'best engineering' at the prestigious 'Cheddar Show' a little while ago.

[scott02464]

Is that you in the pic Rob?

[seb421]

Is that you in the pic Rob?

he looks like he eats Manchester bike thieves as an appetizer

[scott02464]

Is that you in the pic Rob?

he looks like he eats Manchester bike thieves as an appetizer

And then grinds their bones down to make his bread ;-)

[rob...]

what are you saying? lol.

[scott02464]

what are you saying? lol.

That you look like you eat thieving wombles from Manchester then grind their bones up to make bread lol

[Kev L]

That you look like a bit of a, er, Street Fighter!!!

[lloydie]

But in the last pic it looks like rob is holding a tea cake

[VTRDark]

Your all heart you lot.

Your need to do something about the tail storage.


(:-})

[rob...]

Your all heart you lot.

Your need to do something about the tail storage.


(:-})

as it happens, it has something exactly like that under the headlight now.
thats me waterproofs in a placcy bag on the back....

[Xenocide]

Your all heart you lot.

Your need to do something about the tail storage.


(:-})

as it happens, it has something exactly like that under the headlight now.
thats me waterproofs in a placcy bag on the back....

They're waterproof... why do they need to be in a plastic waterproof bag?

[VTRDark]

To keep his waterproofs dry.

(:-})

[rob...]

5 months of use, lots of miles and it's a bit grubby now.... a few changes being done, i've bought a triumph sprint rs to hack about a bit (not streetfighter!!! ) i've put the chops front end into the triumph, and the stubby race can.
bought a king sportster tank, doing some changes to the inlet manifold, (when it 'coughs', like storms do, it sometimes pops the inlet manifold out), so i'm adding a pair of blow-off valves and bolting the manifold to the heads instead of it just being pushed into the inlet stubs.
put the triumph sprint front end and rear wheel into the chop, changing to a different exhaust....

front end dropped straight in, literally, not even a bearing swap!


rear wheel dropped straight in too, same sprocket offset, chain lined up true, same number of teeth on the sprocket....


fireblade 220mm disc fitted straight onto the triumph wheel, replacing the 255mm triumph one. gixxer 1100 slabby caliper hanger fitted straight on, and sat the bandit 1200 caliper in exactly the right place, no extra spacers needed.

[rob...]

once i've got it all up and sorted again, i'll pull it down for a respray and tidy up, still satin black with the silver wheels, and a fancy paint job on the tank...

pipes kinda like this...