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Curse of the new paintjob there benny, but sounds like it was not too bad. you will get it fixed in no time

AMCQ46 wrote:Curse of the new paintjob there benny, but sounds like it was not too bad. you will get it fixed in no time

very true. every fkin time lol!!!
i have all the spares i need, just need to mix up some more paint & make a touchup stick.
no biggy,
i'd be gutted if i'd paid to have it painted

Outside the lodge, eh? Fellow masons must have pissed themselves laughing.....

Usually they only accept people with BMW's and Merc's

Still, only paint and pride damaged, so onwards and upwards

benny hedges wrote: but yesterday i binned it lol.

Bloody hell mate, your taking it better than me, whilst I get you being happy to have something to play with again, but still, youll always see the touch up now! Id be pissed off with myself!

if you have the paint benny wont you be happier paintin the rt side fairings again looking at the pic you could blend in just below the firestorm graphic then laquer over the lot mate couldn't you.

Eclectic wrote: youll always see the touch up now!

no i wont lol. it will be shiny new and invisibly repaired otherwise i will do it again until it is.

have faith glasshopper.

i might mask it & blow it in but i need to make up some touch up anyway just in case i get stonechips. it's the same paint so will be a perfect match! doesnt need lacquer btw

there is also a patch on the lowers where the paint has blistered cos silly me forgot to fit my heatproofing before i fitted the lowers.
but instead of repainting that i intend to cut a slot out with a holesaw & line it with mesh inside for better cooling.
might replace the front indicators for flush mount tbh as im not that keep on the ones on it atm.

will all be finished before wales meet

i had flush mounts on mine when i got it mate, firred mini's now as cars kept tooting me during the day when i turned cause they couldn't see the flush mounts, i thought they looked ugly too, here's one of my 1st pics,


mind you if you go for clear ones with orange bulbs they might look better or smoked

my minor drop was nothing compared to brookse's at shaw... right in front of us, went 30-40ft up in the air at 100mph+, just missed easton .

amazingly, brooks just got up, had a look at the bike, then jumped on the back of a paddock scooter & fkt off!!
cool as crouton. fantastic racing today.

benny hedges wrote:my minor drop was nothing compared to brookse's at shaw... right in front of us, went 30-40ft up in the air at 100mph+, just missed easton .
amazingly, brooks just got up, had a look at the bike, then jumped on the back of a paddock scooter & fkt off!!
cool as crouton. fantastic racing today.

When I watched it on TV last night I couldnt belive how lucky Easton was, it missed him 3 times.
I actually swore and ducked down when sitting on the sofa seeing it happen..............not sure it was helping Easton in any way, but I get a bit over involved when I watch bike racing my family think I am f**king mad!

Fitted d/b screen(thx again AMCQ46) oil and filter changed and given front brakes an overhaul althought think their gonna need complete overhaul shortly

AMCQ46 wrote:

benny hedges wrote:my minor drop was nothing compared to brookse's at shaw... right in front of us, went 30-40ft up in the air at 100mph+, just missed easton .
amazingly, brooks just got up, had a look at the bike, then jumped on the back of a paddock scooter & fkt off!!
cool as crouton. fantastic racing today.

When I watched it on TV last night I couldnt belive how lucky Easton was, it missed him 3 times.
I actually swore and ducked down when sitting on the sofa seeing it happen..............not sure it was helping Easton in any way, but I get a bit over involved when I watch bike racing my family think I am f**king mad!

in case anyone missed it
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i just found a set of nice levers in the garage for mine, new indicator lense and found my harris spares kit for the rear sets.... just the paint to sort now - wont take me long!

Today i've fitted some Gixxer 4 pot Tokico's and EBC pads...The calipers feel a lot lighter, there's a lot more feel through the lever and it stops very well indeed

made another spacer from a unistrut square washer as the new shock spring has dropped the seat height a bit....

and got these - i'll fit them at weekend


fixed the brake pedal last night & ordered some new billet pegs instead of the hollow harris ones... just in case
all masked up with newspaper & blankets ready to blow in the damaged bit!
the spare one i have is for the left hand side only:(

ive got some of those calipers in the garage tat... bought them last year but didnt bother fitting them as i'd just fitted new pads on the oem ones.
might give them a go when these pads are done.
did the banjos go on ok?

benny hedges wrote:did the banjos go on ok?

Sure did, job done in 20 minutes..
I just had to tweak the brake hose mountings a little as the banjo bolt needs a couple of mm to reach the caliper better.

benny hedges wrote:made another spacer from a unistrut square washer as the new shock spring has dropped the seat height a bit....

and got these - i'll fit them at weekend


fixed the brake pedal last night & ordered some new billet pegs instead of the hollow harris ones... just in case
all masked up with newspaper & blankets ready to blow in the damaged bit!
the spare one i have is for the left hand side only:(

ive got some of those calipers in the garage tat... bought them last year but didnt bother fitting them as i'd just fitted new pads on the oem ones.
might give them a go when these pads are done.
did the banjos go on ok?

i use them tyres they are very good when they are worm ,crap in the cold and dont even think about using them in the wet
they will let go without warning