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thx113
Friend of the Board
Joined: Apr 23, 2005
Posts: 3523
Location: Western Australia
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Tue Oct 11, 2016 3:08 pm |
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Started cleaning 4500km of filth off the black scooter.
AAArrrggghhh what a job. |
_________________ Running 0.06mm to 0.09mm valve clearances since 1983 and proud of it.
CB750 FB
CB1100FD Super Boldor
VF1000RE x 2
VF1000RF
Black scooter (06 CBR1100XX)
Red scooter (94 VFR750FR)
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headless
CB1100F
Joined: Sep 03, 2008
Posts: 2041
Location: Eugene, OR
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Fri Oct 14, 2016 1:31 am |
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Made a pin spanner to tighten my chain. (BTW, the 104 link chain was too short and a 108 link one is on order)
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Bone
Black CB750F
Joined: Oct 20, 2014
Posts: 879
Location: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Sat Oct 15, 2016 2:13 pm |
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Put lattice rear sets on the 900. Unfortunately, the stop that I had on the old rear sets to stop the centre stand hitting the chain does not fit these rear sets, so will have to find or fabricate a stop that fits on the centre stand mounting bracket.
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_________________ 1981 CB750F (gone, but not forgotten)
1982 CB900FC
1981 CB900F2B |
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sillygoose
CB1100F
Joined: Oct 18, 2012
Posts: 2567
Location: Skaneateles, NY
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Sat Oct 15, 2016 2:51 pm |
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This is what you want (click on the image to see the post), I bought a few of these from Luckysox and they are the best. Perhaps one of our talented members could do a run if there is interest.
In a pinch you can use a piece of flat bar stock with a small cutout that catches the centerstand. This is what came with the V+H exhausts and it looks like crap but it does sort of work. The part is in center of the pic at the bottom:
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Bone
Black CB750F
Joined: Oct 20, 2014
Posts: 879
Location: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Sun Oct 16, 2016 6:10 am |
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Thanks for that. I tried to send Luckysox a PM regarding these but did not get a reply. Will try again then maybe try to fabricate
Cheers,
Chris |
_________________ 1981 CB750F (gone, but not forgotten)
1982 CB900FC
1981 CB900F2B |
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thx113
Friend of the Board
Joined: Apr 23, 2005
Posts: 3523
Location: Western Australia
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Sun Oct 16, 2016 10:23 am |
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Gave the black scooter an oil and filter change after the cross Australia ride.
Hate seeing dark brown oil coming out af a motor. |
_________________ Running 0.06mm to 0.09mm valve clearances since 1983 and proud of it.
CB750 FB
CB1100FD Super Boldor
VF1000RE x 2
VF1000RF
Black scooter (06 CBR1100XX)
Red scooter (94 VFR750FR)
CT110 Hyper Sport |
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Captain
CB1100F
Joined: Jan 02, 2009
Posts: 2250
Location: New Zealand
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Sun Oct 16, 2016 6:46 pm |
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Working on my first batch of 6 (to order) primary gear drive conversions and sent out my replacement primary shaft cush drive hubs for gear cutting.
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_________________ The answer is always "more power" always was, always is and always will be. |
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Captain
CB1100F
Joined: Jan 02, 2009
Posts: 2250
Location: New Zealand
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Sun Oct 16, 2016 6:55 pm |
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Stepped up the Cad Solid Works detailing of the crankshaft lightening to improve the consistentcy and finish of my Super Cranks. This will be another step forward in my quest for 200 HP
The first run 7 crankshafts of this new package begins today and if looking forward to the results.
Captain |
_________________ The answer is always "more power" always was, always is and always will be. |
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Hondamax
Silver CB900F
Joined: Feb 02, 2006
Posts: 1497
Location: Great Broughton, Cumbria, UK
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Sun Oct 16, 2016 10:09 pm |
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Not today, but a summary of lot's of yesterdays ...
CB1100RB
* Rode it a bit more
* Cleaned it some more
* SORNed it (UK Statutory Off Road Notice) for winter
CB985
* Cut the bottom oil cooler bracket off and cleaned up and painted the frame there
* Rebuilt front forks with emulators and refitted
* Fitted refinished front brakes and front mudguard
* Blasted and powder coated clipon bars
* Cleaned up front spindle and fitted the front wheel
CB1100RC/D
* Finally fitted the RD swing arm
* Made a decision about the wheels (chose the CBR option over the GSXR option), changed my mind and decided to use a VF1000F set up (18x2.5 front, 17x3.5 rear), decided that they would be powder coated gold (surprise!)
* Discovered that the VF750 gold boomerang front wheel that I thought was a 16x2.5 (and had nearly thrown away twice) was actually an 18x2.5
* Bought 296mm discs for the front
* Stripped, cleaned and powder coated the Tokico 4 pots a friend gave me (they are a newer version than the old ZRX style ones I was going to use) and did the same to the rear caliper and carrier
* Found a guy on ebay who made me 10 stainless brake pistons in three sizes for about £9 each (which is better than the £20 I was paying Wemoto, although they come with seals)
* Rebuilt the two right hand VF1000R fork legs (emulators, repainted lowers, rechromed stanchions, etc.) several times as a result of forgetting things …
* Fitted the forklegs and found the rebored CB900 yokes (39mm to 41mm) are the same separation as the VF1000R and that I can use the VF1000R fork brace and mudguard set up
* Sent the pivoting front axle clamps off for replacement with CNC items
* Blasted and (finally) powder coated the clipons and fittings
VF1000RE
* Sorted out the swingarm bearings (finally got the old ones out of the suspension linkages), only bust one blind bearing puller so quite pleased …
* Fitted the rear shock with only minor swearing and injury
* Stripped, cleaned and powder coated the front and rear brake calipers, did them in matt black, but it looks satin to me, so will redo them in some fine textured black that seems to cure very matt
* Stainless caliper pistons and seals obtained, found that the genuine Honda rear caliper seals are too small (???), eventually found some pattern ones I can use
* Rebuilt the two VF1000R fork legs (emulators, repainted lowers, rechromed stanchions, etc.) several times as a result of forgetting things (as above) …
* Fitted the forklegs and the VF1000R fork brace and mudguard set up, cleaned up a pair of Bandit 1200 front brake line retainers to replace the NLA Honda items
* Sent the pivoting front axle clamps off for replacement with CNC items
* Blasted and (finally) powder coated the clipons and fittings
General
* Ground and polished LOTS of stainless steel fasteners for all the bikes …
Regards,
Max |
_________________ 1979 900Fz (from new) - NC30 Single-sided Swingarm, CBR1000F Forks, Tokico 4-Pot Callipers, Hindle 4:1, 985cc, RamAir Filters
1981 1100Rb - Running In
1982 1100Rc - Rebuilding
1984 VF1000R - Rebuilding
1984 VF1000R - Stored
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Needirection
Twinstar
Joined: May 12, 2015
Posts: 43
Location: Norn Iron
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Thu Oct 20, 2016 3:18 pm |
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Needirection
Twinstar
Joined: May 12, 2015
Posts: 43
Location: Norn Iron
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Thu Oct 20, 2016 3:35 pm |
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Filled with oil and this time was able to prime the oil to the cams just by turning her over by hand. PO said it took ages last time and he used the starter to spin her. Gonna fit an oil gauge for extra peace of mind this time around. Next job will be to strip it down and fit the Captains primary drive gear I WISH no next is to fit the cams and do a compression test on the bench and then take it from there. |
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Needirection
Twinstar
Joined: May 12, 2015
Posts: 43
Location: Norn Iron
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Fri Oct 21, 2016 1:53 pm |
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nlovie
Black CB750F
Joined: May 30, 2015
Posts: 882
Location: United Kingdom
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Fri Oct 21, 2016 3:41 pm |
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spent 3hrs at the nearest bike scrap yard yesterday digging through a humongous wrack of swing arms to find one that would enable matching the key dimensions to replace my bent one - Honda CBR1100 blackbird won - then ! spotted a set of GSXR1100H 18" alloys - so £80 quid lighter "£80 quid - what a steal!" for 2 wheels c/w discs etc.. and a swing arm
whilst there spotted a twin shock TZ350 chassis with an RD400 motor fitted to it - oooooh!!!!
Then whilst enjoying a coffee and a sticky bun courtesy of shop owner - I spots a few cartoon sketches on his wall - "thats copies of Black Bag - a character from the viz comic ?"
nope: thats originals - and the guy your speaking to is the artist
"eh" - yip thats me - i'm presently selling limited prints of these at the Royal Academy of arts - their going for around £250
so - another £100 spent - and a copy is on its way to me - might be a bargain, or it might be an expensive cartoon - lets see, who cares - if you know the viz comic and the character "black bag"= you'll appreciate why I bought it - not quite but almost like meeting the originator of "oor willie" you got to be scottish to get this one |
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DonR
CB1100F
Joined: Feb 17, 2009
Posts: 2110
Location: Oz
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Sat Oct 22, 2016 12:47 am |
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Good pick up, on all fronts! |
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nlovie
Black CB750F
Joined: May 30, 2015
Posts: 882
Location: United Kingdom
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Sat Oct 22, 2016 11:19 am |
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DonR wrote: |
Good pick up, on all fronts! |
aye, my luck is in, after popping out the bearings on both arms - the Honda is the exact ID as the Harris arm - so all i've got to do is cut back the width of the alloy pivot bush in the Honda arm to match the Harris width - pop in the Harris bearings and spacers and hayho it fits - so the only dimensional variance is the mounting points for the bell crank links - 170mm versus 165mm from the swing arm pivot which I can live with = overall - almost made to measure - its uncanny - even the mid point for the length adjustment is +/- the same - and the chain adjuster ID match's the Harris wheel spindle |
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SteveG
Silver CB900F
Joined: Apr 07, 2006
Posts: 1552
Location: Skaneateles, NY
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Wed Nov 02, 2016 12:17 am |
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Had a nice, warm, dry day today and fired up the 985 and 810. I tried to get the 985 started the other day (temperature right at freezing), and with that nice 20W-50 oil all she did was RRRRRR-RRRRRRRR RRRRRRRR . Ugh. Took that battery out and put on charger overnight. Today she fired right up, so I went for short (20 mile) spirited rides on each after adding fuel stabilizer to the tanks, and am thinking about getting ready for that bike hibernation period.
It felt good GREAT to be out and about on two wheels!!
Steve |
_________________ \'79 CB750(810)F, \'81 CB900(985)F, \'82 CB900(Going to be 1100)F, \'82 CBX, \'06 WeeStrom, \'22 CanAm Ryker Rally |
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BullittDave
Twinstar
Joined: Aug 31, 2016
Posts: 256
Location: Mission, TX.
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Wed Nov 02, 2016 2:54 pm |
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Reinstalled my carbs and trying to do cleanup on the bike. 20 years of neglect takes its toll. |
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1982 Honda 900F
1982 Suzuki 1100G
1997 Yamaha Vmax
1979 Kawasaki 1000ST |
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headless
CB1100F
Joined: Sep 03, 2008
Posts: 2041
Location: Eugene, OR
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Fri Nov 11, 2016 10:54 pm |
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Started the 750 today to see if it still runs. It ran great (I still can't ride) so I drained the carbs and stripped off the CVs and installed CR31s.
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headless
CB1100F
Joined: Sep 03, 2008
Posts: 2041
Location: Eugene, OR
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Mon Nov 14, 2016 7:04 pm |
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I install a new set of horns today.
I had to fabricate a custom bracket to get them to fit.
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headless
CB1100F
Joined: Sep 03, 2008
Posts: 2041
Location: Eugene, OR
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Wed Dec 07, 2016 8:39 pm |
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I fabricated a bracket and mounted an Earl's 13 row curved oil cooler. I couldn't get the clearance to mount the cooler with the ports on top due a collision with the steering damper at full right turn so I've ordered some tighter radius 90 degree fittings.
P.S. This is my prototype bracket and I'll be having some made so look for the brackets in a upcoming 'For Sale' post. |
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gpzman
Twinstar
Joined: Oct 15, 2013
Posts: 66
Location: Australia
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Wed Dec 07, 2016 10:20 pm |
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I finally got my CB900 back on the lift after 2 months of doing a complete strip and rebuild of my sons xl250 on it. Now carbs and pods are coming off the 900 for a clean and going back on with the original air box. That will be another job ticked off my list. I still have my xl600 waiting on front wheel bearings and brake rebuild. Too much work to do and not enough life left to do it all. |
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Simon_CB900
Silver CB750F
Joined: Apr 26, 2014
Posts: 764
Location: Fife, Scotland
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Sun Dec 11, 2016 12:57 am |
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The saga of my bike's paint job continues on a pace.
I took my tank back to the painter because it wasn't quite up to the mark.
Due to having had a lot on my plate recently, I didn't contact him for a couple of weeks and then couldn't for some reason.
Last week I went to his new workshop, at lunch time on Saturday. It was locked up.
This week I got there at around 11am, it was locked up again
This time the next unit along was still open and working, so I knocked on the door and asked about the paint and body shop.
It turns out it's been locked up for some time, because he's in jail
I hope it's on account of his business partner and not him, because it's on drugs charges.
They can't get bail because his partner has skipped bail in the past, so the authorities here aren't giving them the chance to skip.
So at the moment I've got painted and powder coated fork sliders, to match painted front mud guard (fender), two sets of side panels and tail unit.
No tank or seat trim pieces and no petcock or cap.
Getting another tank shouldn't be too difficult. Getting it painted to exactly match everything else probably will be.
I was also supposed to get a can of base colour for repairing any paint damage, doubt there's any chance of that now
I might be able to get my parts back, but it isn't going to be easy because I'm always away during the week
This has turned into a damned nightmare |
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nlovie
Black CB750F
Joined: May 30, 2015
Posts: 882
Location: United Kingdom
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Sun Dec 11, 2016 1:51 pm |
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got a CB900 tank up in the loft Simon, if yir ever passing my way, its yours - if your interested i'll go dig it out and check what state its in |
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Simon_CB900
Silver CB750F
Joined: Apr 26, 2014
Posts: 764
Location: Fife, Scotland
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Sun Dec 11, 2016 11:04 pm |
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nlovie wrote: |
got a CB900 tank up in the loft Simon, if yir ever passing my way, its yours - if your interested i'll go dig it out and check what state its in |
Thanks very much, leave it up in the loft for now. With any luck I won't need it, but I'll let you know |
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toddk
CB1100F
Joined: Mar 25, 2004
Posts: 2286
Location: Saratoga Springs, New York
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Tue Dec 13, 2016 3:54 pm |
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Not exactly bike stuff.
Got heat for the garage finally We're putting a new furnace in the house and the old one is going in the garage. I've been hovering over a Kerosun for30 years.
It going to be -1 "F" tomorrow.
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nlovie
Black CB750F
Joined: May 30, 2015
Posts: 882
Location: United Kingdom
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Tue Dec 13, 2016 4:25 pm |
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just finished repairing the damage of a drive chain break - a what ? - when last did that happen
no idea why it did ( dark cold and pissed off when it did = didn't bother trying to find it) - only done 5K on a chain and sprocket set - top DID chain and I use a scott oiler
so I thought i'd pay more attention to riveting the link on the replacement and a possible reason / lesson occurred which cost me a new rivet link
whilst winding in the rivet tool I heard an obvious crack - close observation = I had over done the job and caused a tiny fracture on the link pin end
so with the next one I measured as I riveted - ps - done loads of chains without measuring - no problem - anyway it became obvious from the measurement that I have been - in general over doing the rivet, it needs a fair bit less than brawn alone suggests - don't know if this was the cause but at the least it was a good lesson learned
ps - learned another lesson - see if you break down in the UK - and if you happen to let your road tax slip - oops - this invalidates your free breakdown recovery via your insurance - fookin small print get out clause - whilst arguing with the lady that says "computer says No" - my good lady was on another computer getting my tax paid up - oh very good sir, computer know says yes - what a load of bollocks |
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sillygoose
CB1100F
Joined: Oct 18, 2012
Posts: 2567
Location: Skaneateles, NY
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Wed Dec 14, 2016 8:22 pm |
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Tried my hand at powdercoating today, no sense wasting all that heat on a single pork belly.
Will check the results when all cooled down.
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nlovie
Black CB750F
Joined: May 30, 2015
Posts: 882
Location: United Kingdom
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Thu Dec 15, 2016 9:07 am |
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brilliant |
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bikeboy
Friend of the Board
Joined: Oct 05, 2003
Posts: 1566
Location: Lara, Victoria, Australia
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Sat Dec 17, 2016 7:43 am |
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Well I took the RD for a few laps around Phillip Island Grand Prix circuit.
Ignore the newbie posture. I had a ball. More importantly, the bike survived riding to and from the track - a distance of about 200Kms each way. Next will be an oil and filter change, as well as a close look at those BT45s |
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smurdoch
CB1100F
Joined: Jan 22, 2004
Posts: 3164
Location: St. Catharines, Ontario
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Sat Dec 17, 2016 12:16 pm |
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Understandable not going full blast on your beautiful R but the pic of your tire certainly shows you were not out there cruising around.
Riding to and from the track completes the possible early life of many Rs. |
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