Found a water leak. Was sitting at traffic lights on the way to work with a puddle developing under me, and it wasn't because I'd had too many coffees in the morning. Managed to temp fix it to get home in the evening though and need to replace the pipe this weekend.
Found my old VFR rear seat cowl in red, so got a close colour match,resprayed it and made it fit, also fitted some tiny rear indictators and strengthened the floppy tail tidy someone had fitted, oh and with the same stainless steel i made the indicator brackets.
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Very pleased with my rear end now, :o
An ageing test pilot for home grown widgets that may fail at anytime.
Cleaned bike, dried it, Yamalube in and brimmed tank. ACF 50 applied. Carbs drained, plastic taped over exhaust to stop little creatures making a home in there. See you in April, Fazer ! Out on XJ600 from now on, probably up to Bangor Pier tomorrow, weather permitting.
I started the jobs I was planning for winter , removed the battery , fuel tank and radiator so I can remove the ais and paint the front of the engine. Loosened off the exhaust header nuts which were surprisingly easy to undo - then rain stopped play .
bloody hell paul they spot on matey?...dam good eyesight for a 70yr old!! :lol .....ps, can i see a hint of yellow shining through that red tank?.....oh yes see it now?...its going ...orange :'(
sitting here on computer thinking to meself?...what if this storm tonight gets real bad and blows me garage roof off!!....(needs new roof)....so waited till her that does the hoovering"...went upstairs to do her jewelry making ""hobby she got?...sneaked out and bought the bike into lounge :rolleyes ....all was going well ....untill :eek ...didnt realise ide left ignition switched on after releasing steering lock"....pressed the fkn horn didnt i?....WELL?..all hell broke out!!...firstly dogs started barking at the same time her upstairs shouting like a bull elephant"....if youve bought that f"ing bike into this house ime packing me bags!!!!!!!!!..... :rolleyes ....so after long deliberation :z ....decided that she ought to go bk in garage?.....just hope shes warm enough in there tonight though?... :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol .......good women like that are hard to find :rolleyes ......
Braved strong gusts of wind and mucho tree debris whizzing around me head to pop down to H's café, Dorchester, where I got a very good look at a luuuuurvley pair! :b
See "get yer photies out" thread
Faffed around trying to get my soldering iron to work and finally managed to get a switched live feed wired in to the fuse box so that I can power my heated grips via a relay... just need to figure out where the hell I am going to mount the stupid bloody switch so that I can route and crimp the remaining wiring... damn nightmare as I'd rather not drill in to plastics...
Put cams in and tightened the cam shaft holders. Tensioner back in. Engine cover on and carbs back on. Spark parks in. Missus shitty with me for hiding in the garage. Oh deep joy.
This week I've been mostly tinkering in the garage
Hehehe. I actually almosy pooped myself bcus when I tried parking spark no2, it seemed to take forever to wind in. I thought the spark park thread in the head had stripped! Massive sigh of relief as it finally tightened up to stop.
This week I've been mostly tinkering in the garage
(27-10-13, 05:23 PM)nick crisp link Wrote: Taxed it online (first time - they're dragging me into the modern age, lol).
Now just need some nice winter days....
Next thing you know you will be writing on motorcycle forums and using a smart phone :lol
fazer 4.... accelerates much better now...? no no fella... thats a BIG contradiction.... 400 and accelerate dont belong in the same sentence....especially if it's yellow (fart) silver/red (grandad) gunmetal (dont foccin ask) or black. it has to be a blue 6 or 1 for u to be able to truly post with utmost confidence
Just flapping about on this stagnant little pond on the outer rim of the internet.....yup.... :-))