20-03-13, 10:37 PM
Cheers for the reply Joe, yeah I'm seeing him tomorrow so I will ask again in more detail about the calipers but as much as I love the guy he can gas on a bit about stuff so not always sure what's really going on. He claims they have been properly cleaned, pistons out blown through with air lines etc but when I asked about the seals he didn't really give a definitive answer. I suggested he should replace them anyway, age of the bike and that much power I would want peace of mind personally. Not sure about discs, the workshop at college has a dial gauge and lots of vernier calipers to check them its just getting it there that's the issue. :\
Ah right yeah our tutor said something similar today, he suggested getting some mole grips on the bolt and downward force as you say. He knows that he will have to replace the bolt anyway and doesn't need the bike on the road asap or anything so will have to order a new one when we see what it is.
To be honest, I totally agree with you. I am really not a sport bike fan but I really like the SRAD 750 and he is a big fan of them too. He looked at one in a dealership just to get a measure of it, sat on it etc and loved it. Then was looking at much newer gsxr 600's and similar and practically had pen to paper on a real nice one with a finance deal, expensive though. Then literally out of nowhere he posted this GSX R 750 on facebook and I was like...what? I wasnt there when he bought it but I cant imagine he tried to haggle the guy down, I guess he took a test ride and the straight line speed was so mega in comparison to his bandit he lost his brains. He's since tried to sell it and been offered £700 maximum so he acknowledges he's stuck with it now unless he takes a big loss. Quite a shame but when it's sorted I'm sure it will be lovely, he was considering getting a Fazer 600 too but i've already converted one mate so I think he didn't want to be seen as copying us or whatever.
Ah right yeah our tutor said something similar today, he suggested getting some mole grips on the bolt and downward force as you say. He knows that he will have to replace the bolt anyway and doesn't need the bike on the road asap or anything so will have to order a new one when we see what it is.
To be honest, I totally agree with you. I am really not a sport bike fan but I really like the SRAD 750 and he is a big fan of them too. He looked at one in a dealership just to get a measure of it, sat on it etc and loved it. Then was looking at much newer gsxr 600's and similar and practically had pen to paper on a real nice one with a finance deal, expensive though. Then literally out of nowhere he posted this GSX R 750 on facebook and I was like...what? I wasnt there when he bought it but I cant imagine he tried to haggle the guy down, I guess he took a test ride and the straight line speed was so mega in comparison to his bandit he lost his brains. He's since tried to sell it and been offered £700 maximum so he acknowledges he's stuck with it now unless he takes a big loss. Quite a shame but when it's sorted I'm sure it will be lovely, he was considering getting a Fazer 600 too but i've already converted one mate so I think he didn't want to be seen as copying us or whatever.