05-09-13, 11:49 AM
Well believe it or not, i've been stripping engines, gearboxes et al, on all sorts of vehicles since my early teens, i've owned a bike shop and a breakers over the years, so i'm no stranger to the infernal combustion engine and it's problems but to be honest, after a 12 year lay-off from bikes, so i could get my studio up and running, i only got back into bikes in 2008, when i bought a Ducati Monster 900, then a 2008 Triumph Thruxton 900, which to be honest, didn't really need much fettling in the time i had them, although i did completely strip the Monster and re-build it in 2009, that was in a mates very large workshop, which he doesn't have any more, as he's move away, which i thought was most inconsiderate. 
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Kev, who owns the Dyno business, has a reputation spanning over 25 years for getting the best out of both road and race bikes and yes, of course i am capable of doing the work needed on my bike but the problem is the workload in the studio, plus somewhere to actually work on the bike.
I could bring the head home and work on the valve grinding but it would be very intermittent.
STOP PRESS:
Kev has just phoned me to say he's removed the head, so i'll try and get over later on this afternoon and see what the damage is, mechanically, financially and more importantly...Physiologically!!
:eek .
I shall return!
G ; )
.Kev, who owns the Dyno business, has a reputation spanning over 25 years for getting the best out of both road and race bikes and yes, of course i am capable of doing the work needed on my bike but the problem is the workload in the studio, plus somewhere to actually work on the bike.
I could bring the head home and work on the valve grinding but it would be very intermittent.
STOP PRESS:
Kev has just phoned me to say he's removed the head, so i'll try and get over later on this afternoon and see what the damage is, mechanically, financially and more importantly...Physiologically!!
:eek .
I shall return!
G ; )
Life's a long song....