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Messages - Nebuchernezzer
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« on: 01 January 2016, 03:24:04 am »
Looks good, I'm considering doing something very similar to mine based on how yours looks  . When I go back to work and have some metal handy. Until then I'm pleased with how. It is though.
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« on: 31 December 2015, 06:25:04 am »
Got some LED indicators for Xmas so put them on today and further trimmed the tail. Will make a bracket to mount the numberplate a bit differently perhaps but it's good for now.
Bike still filthy haha.
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« on: 22 December 2015, 02:02:20 pm »
I used to ride my old house mates xjr 1200 with pods, exhaust, rejet and some aftermarket shocks. Engine felt good, chassis was damn heavy. Too heavy I felt. I was a much less experienced road biker back then but yeah I wouldn't consider a bike that heavy for myself unless it carried it's weight better (240kg bike, 70kg me).
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« on: 16 December 2015, 01:09:00 am »
I'll be interested to see it on the bike!
I've put some LED indicators on my xmas list...if they show up then i'll be looking into cutting down the rear area some more too!
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« on: 12 December 2015, 03:47:04 am »
Took my belly pan off and lined it with heat tape today, just as insurance against cooking the frp or the paintwork from the inside out . And the brackets I made for the belly pan too, if anyone gets the same pan in future I have dimensions for what I made.
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« on: 10 December 2015, 08:55:53 pm »
They have height and letter requirements? So you can make your own plate if it complies? We just buy ours as is. If they offer it in red we can have red, if they offer it with palm trees all over it we can have that haha! https://www.ppq.com.au/our-range
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« on: 10 December 2015, 08:50:51 am »
I'm looking at somthing similarly small. Was wondering if I should bore a hole in the outer plastic and mount my indicators through the cdi tray plastic itself. Saves me having to leave 'tags' on the outside for them. Depends on if they can be seen around the numberplate of course though if I do that!
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« on: 10 December 2015, 05:45:41 am »
Yeah that'd be pretty neat.
I was thinking with the bracket on the rear of the tray that it'd be pretty much hidden by the numberplate and would essentialy just be there to give the numberplate a bit of upwards angle relative to the vertical (ish) rear of the CDI tray.
But having a bracket going down the sides of the CDI tray could also pick up the indicators and look pretty neat.
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« on: 09 December 2015, 10:43:24 pm »
Yeah we don't have the crazy large plates, mine is a bit old and ratty looking and is in the generic state colour from about 10+ years ago so at some point the plate will go in the bin and i'll replace it with a red/black or black/gold one to match the rest of the bike. Size will remain the same, that's the only size available for the bike. Rego numbers don't stay with vehicles for their life here (they do in the UK don't they?) and depending on which state of Australia you're in the options and details of personalised plates are pretty extensive . As for the side view it's slim enough for now, if i was staying with large indicators i'd keep it as it is, and it took minimum time to mod it like that. But i'd like it to be just the numberplate and by necessity the CDI box being visible from the side when i'm done, the indicators tucked up high on minimal bits of plastic and the gap between the wheel and the tail being more or less free of anything.
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« on: 08 December 2015, 11:54:05 pm »
Measured up the clamps on my danmoto adjustable clip ons this morning. The clamps that go around the fork legs are 24mm thick/high (whatever you want to call it).
I have 20mm of fork tube above the triples plus 2mm of thickness for the top cap.
Basically i feel i have enough room to try out the clipons above the top triple, which on a fazer is probably the best place for them if you want to keep the fairing (which i do).
It'll be a good intermediate riding position (i'm hoping!), while not being too nose down (i'm hoping!) :P.
Not sure if i'll push the forks through another few mm to get 24mm above the triples, i'll probably go down the route of just milling a few mm off the danmoto clip on clamp instead though.
Mounting perhaps will end up like this bike.
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« on: 07 December 2015, 02:25:11 am »
Last two pics are the bike as it sits with the forks lowered 20mm.
Pics before that are springs out with the front dumped onto the stops.
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« on: 07 December 2015, 02:22:42 am »
Thanks mate . Did a few things on the weekend: Checked the travel on the front forks, i had the forks pushed through the triples 10mm with my previous front wheel (standard wheel with 110/70 PR2), the TRX wheel and 120/70 tyre i have now on there now is taller and raises the nose a bit, it changed the handling a little and i didn't like it. Turns out i have clearance to drop the forks 20mm through the triples and after a test ride it feels good like that! My front travel is 100mm to bottomed out, got some photos attached of the clearance (photos taken with the forks pushed through 10mm on the triples and the springs etc taken out). I reset my front oil height to 130mm from 135mm just to stiffen it up a little as it goes through the travel. I sealed my front forks caps with hydraulic thread sealer, they were weeping before. I fitted my R1 fork blanking plates, which means i can put the mirror support pieces back in behind my fairing....no more wobbly fairing at speed! Will paint them red later when i spray the fairing etc (bit of spray putting will fill in the R1 logos haha) Cut down my rear mudguard. Moved the numberplate up over the reflector area and just cut off everything below. I'd like to make it slimmer again later when i change my indicators out to slim ones. Probably have it so just the plastic tray holding the CDI is left and the numberplate will mount of a small metal angle mounted through where the reflector was. Cleaned the chain with kero.
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« on: 06 December 2015, 03:25:01 am »
The only part I don't like it the gap between the new tail/seat and the tank. The headlight is a bit Ho hum but at least it's not a predator head or a flaming skull haha.
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« on: 05 December 2015, 12:59:24 am »
Took a photo of the bike with the wheels on finally.
It's pretty damn filthy right now but the photo hides that haha!
Random little things need fixing now.
Grips are coming loose (heated grips, superglued on)
Forks weep but i bought some thread sealer at least (at the top)
Got to give the chain a good clean and lube.
Left footpeg is all loose and wobbly.
*edit* fixed the grips and the footpeg when i got home, took like 3 minutes.
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« on: 01 December 2015, 09:14:20 pm »
Got myself some nice shiny new disc bolts, some loctite for them and some thread sealer for my fork tops which are insisting on weeping right now.
And one day i'll get a photo of the bike with the wheels on...i think it looks great (apart from that it's filthy!)
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« on: 29 November 2015, 09:26:23 pm »
Hrmm, not a bad idea, and i have some of those bolts with me at work (the original yamaha ones) so i have a size to go off with getting replacements on the way home before i fit the wheels.
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« on: 29 November 2015, 02:48:22 am »
Trx front wheel, standard rear, new bearings an seals, pilot road 4s (120/70, 160/60 rear) and gold rim tapes. Sprayed the wheels only a week ago but they didn't get chipped too much or anything during the fit up of the tyres so all good!
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« on: 29 November 2015, 02:42:46 am »
I'm planning on the same, was going to make an angled numberplate mount out if thin sheet metal and screw it through where the reflector currently is. I like where you've moved your indicators too, I was thinking about where to relocate them just the other day, got some little ked ones in mind too.
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« on: 25 November 2015, 10:03:53 am »
How do the projectors go mounting? Looks like some of them use a h4 shaped back end to just hold the projector. Does it work ok? Seems like it's be a bit wobbly to me.
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« on: 24 November 2015, 04:10:43 am »
Does anyone ever worry about landing on their camera one day?
The point load created by the camera body on the helmet would be pretty significant compared to landing on something flat (like a road) and although it's unlikely that you will land square on the top of your head..hey. And insurance would probably be voided for sticking something to your helmet. I have read somewhere or other that even sticking stickers on your helmet is a no no (not because it'll actually do anything to the shell mind you, not in real life, but if the manufacturer says no then insurance might cite that and say no too!)
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« on: 22 November 2015, 08:57:57 pm »
I've got gold rim tapes, i think the gold swingarm would be too much and i couldn't justify spending more on a chain just because it was gold haha! :P
I painted the wheels black over the weekend (yes they are already black, but the front one is about to be a TRX wheel, and it was blue) and after the clear has set enough, perhaps later in the week we'll see how gold tapes go.
I think the balance of red is good, i have considered painting all the silver bits on radiator and end of the cam covers black but perhaps not.
Do some more paintbrushing :P.
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« on: 20 November 2015, 04:05:06 am »
I just cracked mine before i took the rest of the fork apart.
With my weight on the fork leg there was enough friction in there to stop the thing from turning and i didn't have to make any of my brooms into something good for killing vampires.
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« on: 20 November 2015, 02:21:16 am »
I'm quite pleased with my gold forks, but it does seem to be a love it or hate it colour scheme. Overall i think when i paint my spare swingarm black and put that on (and respray all the faded red plastics) it'll look great! . I was worried i'd have too much red with the red hugger but i'm happy i went with red now. Kebab, i'm very pleased with my fork setup, i need to twiddle with the R6 shock, i've not set the sag yet though so really i've just set the clickers, whacked it in and off i went. It's better than the standard shock naturally, but it's got a little bit too much rebound i think. Hard to tell since i've not done much suspension setup but i'll set my sag, twiddle around and hopefully learn something along the way! Anyway basically it's the same suspension setup as yours cos i copied it from you haha :P. Painting my TRX front wheel this weekend so i can get some new tyres (the pilot road 2 on the back is stuffed now), going to try pilot road 4s all round. It's not nearly as clean as the photos make it look, but hopefully one day it will be!
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« on: 19 November 2015, 09:14:30 am »
Fitted my Poland belly pan. Was a bit of stuffing about to get it to fit without the stand hitting it but got it pretty good on the end.
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« on: 19 November 2015, 09:10:04 am »
Based on the fact people would see me on it I'd rather ride the s1000.
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