07-02-14, 08:13 PM
Due to the possibility of yet more extreme weather heading our way in south devon I put all of my shock and linkages back on the bike today so that I could put the wheel back on and take it off the centre stand. Was in a bit of a rush after work as only had about an hour of light left but was actually really quite easy and everything went back nicely with a little coating of acf-50 on all exposed parts. Even just about beat the weather, all the shock and new dog bones were nicely torqued up and everything had a decent amount of grease. I put the rear wheel and chain back on fairly loose for now as I was literally only moving it a few feet into the shed so I'll sort all that out properly next dry day off. As for the dog bones, wow. Bike feels right for me now when sat on it, nice and comfy and looks much nicer in my opinion too it has a mean look now and the bones themselves are nice and shiney. Can't wait until I can actually take the bike for a ride, need to paint and refit my exhaust first 
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