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Hope your going to give us a good big update when you get back with lots of pics


Sorry officer
The voices made me do it

hi lloydie
yes mate, it looks like things are moving again, the resprays only being held up now because parcelforce say they tried to deliver the petrol tank on the 22nd but no one was there, so now it's sitting in their romford depot collecting dust until i get back, the thing is there was always someone in the workshop on the 22nd so i think someones telling porkies....mmmmm
theres so much still to do
i can't wait tho.............

update time.
i got back from spain this week, and whilst i was away, i bought another spare blade front wheel and i was expecting the 19ltr tank to have arrived over xmas, to my surprise, the wheel arrived missing the tyr and front axle.....doh and the tank never arrived, parcelforce cocked it up and ended up sending it back the the place i bought it from.....tossers i won't use parcelforce again if i can help it.
anyway back to the bike, all the panels/plastics have all been repaired and primed ready for spraying blue.
undertray
hugger
seat cowl
rear fairing
left/right fairing
headlight surround
fairing lowers and tank when it arrives tomorrow will also be respayed, although the fairing lowers will be black.
here are some pictures, sorry about the quality of my crappy phone camera.








heres at list of jobs still to do.
spray the rear subframe and exhaust hangers black.
fit braced black swingarm
fit polished sprocket carrier and 42t supersprox sprocket
fit 15t talon front sprocket
fit velocity stacks
fit dynojet kit and k&n filter
fit 19ltr tank
fit hid kit, although it's now illegal....doh!!!
fit a few probolt bits and pieces aswell.
fit cbr600 stick coils
fit original indicators with clear lenses
fit sprint steering damper, might send this away to be serviced first.
throw all my carbon goodies at the bike
art frame covers
carbon dash surround
carbon yoke cover
carbon tank pad
carbonadi engine covers
fit carbon fender extender to carbon front mudguard
then it will be a pair of new tyres and service
mot,tax,insurance
and then a bit of dyno time
theres also a superchips module and light weight battery in the offing aswell.
later this year i will be fitting fireblade calipers and master cylinder.
i've probably forgotten a few things.
not much then.

BSM wrote ''later this year i will be fitting fireblade calipers and master cylinder.
i've probably forgotten a few things.
not much then.''

Did you remember to bring us all back a stick of paella & a straw donkey?

that can be arranged mac...............
we had a home made paella cooked on an open fire on new years day, the sun was shining, it was great, my sister in-law cooks a mean paella.....

You're making me hungry marty

just a quick update.
i bought these 1998 cbr900 rrw front calipers off ebay for £30 delivered. thanks for the heads up mik str.

i gave them a good clean up today, i'll be getting a new seals and a fresh coat of paint

and now they look like this.

then it will be time for a mix of s/s and titanium bolts.
and after watching a video on ebay, i might be getting a carbon fibre kit and have a go at it......

They're looking good Marty A bargain price by the looks of it (well done Micky)

I wonder if the pistons in these calipers are stainless steel

Chris.

sirch345 wrote:A bargain price by the looks of it (well done Micky)

I'm always up for helping others spend money, lol

mik_str wrote:

sirch345 wrote:A bargain price by the looks of it (well done Micky)

I'm always up for helping others spend money, lol

I like it

Chris.

sirch345 wrote:They're looking good Marty A bargain price by the looks of it (well done Micky)

I wonder if the pistons in these calipers are stainless steel

Chris.

cheers chris
i've just given them a little touch up, it took the paint 3 days to go hard and thats with a few hours of heater directed at them
i'm giving stainless steel a miss and going straight for titanium now.....
i think i'll try and rub down the nissin markings as marra suggested, i'll probably balls that up and have to respray them again......doh!!!

is this bike of yours be ready for the welsh trip this year bsm or will you be bringing it in boxes

mate, i really don't know, i'm going to have a serious talk with the mechanic and sprayer tomorrow, i'm back in spain at the end of this month and i get back to blighty on the 14th of march, the main thing i'm aiming for is that its ready for the essex workshop day. i've still got to mot/tax/insure it. and god knows what the insurance will be, because my claim is still ongoing from the accident 15 months ago.......
all i can say is watch this space

late last night/this morning i had my first try at vinyl wrap, omg what a pain in the rear end, it took me about an hour to do an old abused original screen i had lying around. made a few mistakes as the pictures show, i'd give my effort 6 out of ten, theres deffo an art to it. i#ll have another go this weekend at a single seat cowl.
i just hope the carbon fibre lamenating kit is a bit easier, i bet it ain't tho





heres the mistakes high lighted, in fairness it looks better in daylight.....

Pop the bubbles with a pin, then cover the marks with trackday or run-what-you-brung stickers.

Isn't it going to be a bit hard to see through when tucked in, though?