You know the sort of thing, Long Weight, Glass Hammer (they actually exist), Left handed screwdriver etc.

We had a young lad in the workshop once who noticed some wooden dowels on top of the big oil fired heater in the corner, he asked "What are they for", I told him they were for wood welding, he scoffed for a while until I told him that for the welding to work properly they had to be very dry, that's why they were on the heater. He was still scoffing and pointed out that wood was an insulator and wouldn't conduct electricity, I told him that when you were ready to weld you dipped them quickly into a bucket of water and struck the arc, once the arc was established the wood turned into a liquid state which would conduct the electricity being conducted down the outside through the thin film of water and therefore you could weld wood.

He walked away convinced that he'd learned something new, it was weeks before he found out.

I also sent a young apprentice to the stores for a 9 inch Whitworth combination spanner, he came back after about an hour saying that the storeman said to come back and ask if a 10 inch one would do, I sent him back to ask the storeman to order one, the storeman played along for about a week giving all sorts of excuses why the spanner hadn't arrived.

The things you do when you're bored and fancy a laugh at work!

1980's Suzuki Katana 1100 in the following spec.

Dymag wheels
Harris adjustable yokes
Bandit 1200 forks with revalve and ohlins springs
Laser cut thick billet fork brace
Brand new (0 miles ) tokico six pots
SP1 master cylinder
Braided hoses
AP racing disks
Harris billet handlebars
Brand new carb rubbers
7000 mile gsxr1100m motor, loom,cdi, carbs
Unfitted dynojet kit
K&N filters ( twin pod style)-
New Vance and Hines headers ( modified for engine position)
Viper can
Billet cases ( pick up and starter gear)
Billet chain cover/clutch master cylinder assembly
Head oiler(billet)
High capacity oil cooler
Spondon air shifter
4-6" over swing arm
Ohlins rear shocks
Masses of stainless/alloy everywhere

Its a mates bike ive been coveting for about 12 years, no bodges, everything done properly. It needs various parts fitting to get it on the road and MOT'd. It's in very nice condition and looks like a normal Kat from a distance (apart from the swingarm).

No pics at the moment unfortunately.

£2500.  What do you think,

Hey guys, has anyone got a fairing bracket for a Gen 1 Fazer 1000, its the main one that bolts to the headstock and supports the fairing/clocks. It will save me a lot of time and effort with crowbars and blowtorches if anyone has a straight one they could sell to me.

Cheers.

Before I attempt to straighten the bent bracket I have, has anyone got a good one they don't need anymore?