wanted 1991 gsx600 f katana screen and fuel tank.
Kind of a long shot but someone may have bits knocking around in a shed

Looks like im going to be moving soon so its time to clear out some old bike gear and other stuff.

So here we go.....

12 XL Racer brand Textile Jacket (zips together with bellow) £35 +p&p
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271067564036?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649


12 XL Racer brand Textile trousers (zips together with above) £35 + p&p
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271067557301?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649


size 64 inch JTS leather jacket with airbrushed art on the back £60 +p&p
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271067579677?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

Basicly they have been stored for the last year or 2 in a cupboard since i lost a bunch of weight.
at the time i was wearing these i was in 6XL and 8XL tshirts to give you an idea on thier size.


i will put up the ebay links so you can see pics etc.
might also be a pair of kevlar JTS jeans up for sale when i find them. size 54

Just thought i would post a word of warning to anyone useing the preasure valve caps that turn green /red if the psi drops
i have used the for a couple of years without an issue but i was on a track day this week and as i was going in to westfield bend at brands the valve stem on my tyre sheared off and dumped all my air.
affter a trip to the gravel trap ( scrubbed most of the speed off before i went in and stayed upright through luck not skill) and a new pair of pants it was clear the valve stem had cracked from the added weight of the valve cap.
I was lucky they had a tyre place in the pits who fitted a new stem and i was back out on track next session but he made it clear he also thought the cap was the cause.

as i say i have used them for a couple of years and not had a problem but i will not use them again thats for sure.

Just replaced my rear tyre and for the first time EVER i have got over 5000 miles from a rear tyre on the gen 1
5586 miles from a 023

the 023 before that only got 4407 but the first 023 was a normal one and the 2nd one (5586) was a 023 heavy. there are 2 types one is designed for things like fjr1300's and the realy big heavy tour bikes.
fitted it by mistake and to be honest it dose not feel as good as the normal 023. it feels a bit stiff and unforgiving, allmost to the point of feeling overinflated even though i was running it a good 5psi lower than normal.
but at 1000 miles more from it, it could be worth the lack of feel.


Just replaced it with a PR3 though so will see how that lasts, but it feels realy good. as expected as i loved the pr2's

I am about to get a few bits together to send off to the powdercoaters. i have pretty much everything i need now apart from a Gear leaver and the gear rod.

Now the last time i did some powdercoating i did the rear brake pedal and it lasted about 2 years before the coating wore off where the foot rubs the grippy area. and only about a year before it started to show signs of wear. i was thinking that the gear leaver has a rubber on it to stop your foot slipping so would be cool if i could do the same on the rough area of the brake pedal.

good idea i thought but i have no idea where to get something that might do the job AND look good.
or should i just get that 1 part recoated every 1-2 years lol

oh and if anyone has a cheap gear leaver and push rod let me know :P

I have an 04 gen 1. silver storm? black engine and black tail rest silver.
due to a recent off  i am trying to decide if i want to touch up the slight cosmetic damage or repair it with a good respray to OE or infact just go for a full respray and colour change.

if i go option 1 or 2 then i will keep my tank as its unmarked and great condition (apart from the tank pad that is starting to show age) but if i go option 3 and a full respray to a new colour then i dont realy want to use me great condition tank.
at that point i might be looking to do a trade with a lightly marked tank (not dented) or just buy a cheap one and throw mine on ebay. they seem to be asking big money for damaged ones on ebay right now though.

I still have to find out the costs of a fair respray, as no one ever seems to want to give me a ball park figure without knowing the exact paint scheme. which i dont know yet. i know it will vary the price but i just dont know what way to go yet, and doubt i will anytime soon as i keep changing my mind everytime a see another bike lol

Just ordered myself a set of the DL 650 handguards i know a few of you have used.
Couldnt seem to find a guide to fitting them but often mentioned is needing to modify them a bit.
Just so i know what im going to need when they arrive can anyone shed a little more light on it? or will it be one of those things that smack you in the face like a brick its so obvious when you see it lol

Ok i thought i would start a new thread as it relates to the question of CAT "C" rather than my off.
I was knocked off through no fault of my own and the other side have been to see the bike and declaired it a CAT "C" write off.
est for repairs on a gen 1 1000 2004 was £4492 inc vat and labour
value of said bike is marked down at £3722 and they wont budge and will only cat C it
going to fight this and try to get it repaired so my pride and joy isnt tagged a writeoff for the rest of its hopefully long life. but i doubt im going to win the battle.


SO on to my question....
Whats the deal with getting a cat c fixed and back on the road? given the chance i will buy the bike back and fix it up as it has so many extras added to it.
where do i stand legaly doing this? is it hard to do? do i need an inspection etc? am i gunna get hit on a loaded insurance?

that type of thing. must be some of you done this in the past

Went to castle combe 2 weeks ago and had my 2004 FZS1000 noise tested with a blueflame twin port on, tried with 1 baffel 109 DB and a fail, tried with both in and hit 106.5 and a fail. (got to be 105 at 3/4 throtle so 9k rpm for the gen 1 )
now it passed with just a single baffel in at brands but they check it at 5-6k rpmso i put on the OE exhaust i kept and tried it again yesterday.
101 db and a pass so at least i can do the castle combe skills day in a few weeks time.

but WOW dose it kill the feel of the bike, its just destroyed the midrange and the top end bhp.
the bike feels so flat and at higher revs feels like the engine is in pain lol
With the full monty and ignition advancer would the bike now be running realy rich as it cant get the power out or is it purely just the exhaust outlet thats strangled
prob gunna leave on the OE for a few weeks as not sure i can be arsed to keep swaping them over but wanna make sure its running as best it can with the oe on.

Any know much about powder coating?I have had bits done before like brackets, wheels etc but my engine cases are starting to peel and as I am about to powder coat my givi rack I wondered how well it would hold on engine cases.

Me and my daughter joined the BMF part of the Foc-u, For those that don't know we try to do a couple of BMF shows each year to promote FOC-u and have a blast doing it.
There are a number of benefits from joining but one that neither I nor my daughter expected just happened.

I got sent a link about a trial BMF are doing on some bikes for their next magazine.
one of the trials if for ppl that have recently passed their 33bhp test and are or have recently moved up from a 125.
well my daughter has in the last few months passed and moved to an er5 so sent her the link and she jumped at the chance.
She just got excepted and will be given a brand new bike (they wont tell her what one) for 4 days next weekend followed by a photo shoot and article in the mag. she is over the moon at the thought of getting her hands on a new bike lol
and all this made possable by being part of the foc-u bmf affiliation

Well was out on the bike today doing a spot of Geocaching. This ment there was about 8 stop/starts in 10 or so miles. for between 5 and 45 mins long each time.
As i left home the bike started as normal on the touch of the button.
1st stop it seemed fine also. but the 2nd stop it took maybe 5 seconds of turning over to start. (fast turn over)
3-4th stops same thing but sometimes took up to 10 seconds to start.
then on the next couple of tries it just wouldnt start at all, turned over for 5-10 seconds at a time and tried 4-5 times then finaly it caught.
by the time it got to the last 8th stop (was gunna be 12 stops but thought i wouldnt be able to so went home) again still wouldnt start. this time affter multi tries the battery finaly started to labour a bit so as i was on a hill at the time i decided to bump it. took a bit but it finaly caught on about the 3rd run.

when its running its running as allways, sweet and smooth. its just strugling to start.
once home i turned it off and back on stright away and it started. but i then waited 2 mins and it wouldnt untill the battery was allmost flat. so thats now on charge. but it was fine and is fairly new at about a month old and fully charged. bike was running and starting fine the last 2 days that i have been useing it. although last night i did slip on some fuel at the petrol station and droped the bike while getting off it. it went down slowly and controled with me pulling to try to stop it. it didnt "hit" the ground as such.

Now i am thinking along the lines of a stuck float maybe flooding the engine, might have got stuck when the bike was droped last night?
what else might it be.... over to the knowlage base of foc-u :P

Well a month or 2 back I got my self a lovely Shoei Qwest helmet, Love it. its about the best thing I have worn on my head (apart from a foe's grandma that i once skinned but thats another story).
Light, warm and dosent get buffeted about half as much as the AGV S4 I had before.

But one of the best things is the Pin Lock insert. I have never used them before and once it was fitted right (first try was not great, 2nd has been spot on)

But this has shown up a problem else where! I wear Glasses, this wasnt an issue before realy as the visor misted up so I had to ride with a slight gap when this happened.
But now with the Qwest being warm and mist free the specs fog up realy fast.
On my old visors I used to use a Pink Stick i got years ago from the NEC and it worked a treat, it also works well on bathroom mirror :P but i have treated the spec's a few times now and it dosent seem to be having any effect at all.

so I am on the lookout for something that would work well on the spec's to stop them misting.
Idealy Laser eye surgery or contacts lol but i cant afford the first and the 2nd i just cant seem to get on with.

So any ideas?
there's loads on the market but i have tried a few in the distant past with no joy as far as visors go, but it dose seem to be diff for glass's as to visors on what works.