Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 1:30 pm
Oh don't !!gl_s_r wrote:Black chrome..... or even better a nice black oxide?
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Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 1:35 pm
Just to add to the confusion, Titanium bar 
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_trksi ... &_from=R40
Actually I like the idea of making Carbon hangers but I think for it to be sturdy enough those kits are not the best unless you could get vacuum pressure treated or something.
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_trksi ... &_from=R40
Actually I like the idea of making Carbon hangers but I think for it to be sturdy enough those kits are not the best unless you could get vacuum pressure treated or something.
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Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 2:19 pm
gl_s_r wrote:Black chrome..... or even better a nice black oxide?
Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 3:33 pm
Fondled various goodies... 
Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2013 8:55 pm
Gave her the couple hundred mile check over and re-tightened a few things......
No it's time to take her out to the road that tried to kill me when the shock broke......
Wish me luck
No it's time to take her out to the road that tried to kill me when the shock broke......
Wish me luck
Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2013 9:36 pm
Good luck...8541Hawk wrote:Gave her the couple hundred mile check over and re-tightened a few things......
No it's time to take her out to the road that tried to kill me when the shock broke......
Wish me luck
Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2013 9:39 pm
gave the bike a good clean and spent a little time on the headers again. ready for a trip to the dvla tomorrow morning...
Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2013 10:12 pm
Raged it to and from work :-)
Re: what have you done to your
Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2013 10:13 pm
enough of virts anus, what have you done to your bike today...........lloydie wrote:Raped it to and from work :-)
Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2013 10:20 pm
Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 11:49 am
Started making the hangers
Taped up for mock up . I'm welding them up Saturday :-)))))
Taped up for mock up . I'm welding them up Saturday :-)))))
Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 11:54 am
nice tape work Lloydie.
in my opinion they will look better if the upper mount goes back to the can strap as well as the lower one, that is the more classic shape.
and if its all steel some nice brazing might work better if you are doing it your self.......an amature braze is stronger than an amature weld
in my opinion they will look better if the upper mount goes back to the can strap as well as the lower one, that is the more classic shape.
and if its all steel some nice brazing might work better if you are doing it your self.......an amature braze is stronger than an amature weld
Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 12:23 pm
I have cut the top tubes but I'm undecided which one u like more !
I can weld better than braze but I'll only be doing the tacking and my mate will be doing the welding as I haven't do it in years and I want good penetration !
I can weld better than braze but I'll only be doing the tacking and my mate will be doing the welding as I haven't do it in years and I want good penetration !
Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 1:11 pm
Dropped the forks 4mm in the triples; bike felt a bit loose when getting up to (very) high speed (which I very seldom do, but alas, I want it to be very planted when I do). Further to comments from Roger about how the overly long rear shock on the early racing VTRs caused this very condition, I trimmed the shock shim from 5.3 to 4.1 mm, which helped. However, I decided to drop the forks a bit (for a similar effect) this time around in the hope of getting everything perfect.
As an aside, this should help me to gain a bit of ground clearance (not that I really need it), as well as raise the CG slightly for a quicker turn-in...... Depending on how things work out, I may drop them some more (have 6mm left to go), then shim up the rear again to keep the geometry the same while raising the cg some more...... some day I will get there.... perfection
P.S. am waiting for my Zcoo front pads to arrive.... quite looking forward to trying those babies
As an aside, this should help me to gain a bit of ground clearance (not that I really need it), as well as raise the CG slightly for a quicker turn-in...... Depending on how things work out, I may drop them some more (have 6mm left to go), then shim up the rear again to keep the geometry the same while raising the cg some more...... some day I will get there.... perfection
P.S. am waiting for my Zcoo front pads to arrive.... quite looking forward to trying those babies
Re: what have you done to your
Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 1:14 pm
sounds like you`re making a porn movie, lollloydie wrote:I want good penetration !