painted the rear wheel yesterday after it came back from being polished, did't go brilliantly well as i had run out of etch primer so got a feeling this paint and going to be stuck on the wheel long, i would't dare put the pressure washer on it but then the paint is still a little soft so hopefully it'll hang in there.
also painted the radiator grills and the mesh for the belly pan and front mudgaurd, still was undecided whether to use the big or medium mesh so painted both just incase.
then today i got off work at lunch time for the day and made the mst of it, got the tyres fitted and then balanced and fitted to the bike, also put the belly pan on and tested the rear suspension.
the 30mm i chucked into the rear suspension sorted the ground clearance issues but now i need to source/modify the stand as it will pretty much fall over without the good old bit of 4x2 under it!
then was time to try and fire her up, considering it has been n the shed in bits for 4 months now a i have been chopping and changing the wireing etc, it tryed to fire straight away but the battery was a bit low, on with the charger and away she goes but won't rev or tick over properly, the mroe i try and start it the worse it is getting, fuel or electrical i'm asking myself??? could't be electrical as the front coil was working and both pipes where warm so both cylinders where fireing, or at least trying, then the penny dropped, i was unsure if i had turned the fuel tap off 4 months ago when i took it off, whipped it off and, yep i had. secnd push of the button and where away, ticking over and reving nicely, although it is bloody loud again ggrrrrr
so out she comes to warm up and see sunlight again for the first time in ages.
then the misses gets my lid(which i ain't seen since last year, you'll see why this is cool when i post a pick of it with the bike as i had forgotten what it looks like) and i go for a quick blast around the town, 2 mins later the nasty rattling sound reminds me i had't finshed the Cam chain tensioners as i could't start it to lok them off at the time, quick pull over to wind it back in before the ain jumped and nursed it back home also thinking along the way in my egorness to get out on it i had't tightened the rear wheel nuts after putting the wheel on the ground. got it home and fixed all the things i had rememered to do,
now she just needs a good wash, then next week once the paint is nice and hard i can colour sand it and buff her up to a gorgeous shine
then take it for a proper blast.
laters
