winter maintence ,what you got planned ?

[VNA]

wonder if VNA has any winter maintence plans ?

Hmmm, that’s a thought.  New bike is on my mind – umm as usual. 



But I don’t plan to get rid of the thou.  It could do with a little attention though.

But then looking at those photos red98 I’m also feart I’ll just start breaking things.
That is one thing I regret not doing years ago – popping the downpipes off.  They could do with coming off now just for a good clean and check behind em, but then I’ll just end up wi sheared studs.

[coffee]

  is that an ABBA stand?

[VNA]

  is that an ABBA stand?

Nope.  It's an ABBA Skylift.

[red98]

your just bl**dy teasing me now ...... :'( .....super clean fazer,abba skylift and what looks like a very nice garage...........think of me over the next few weeks grovelling about on a cold garage floor  :\ :\ :\




anyway , pat bought me a parcel today....8 stainless exhaust studs and 8 stainless domed nuts....its the little things in life that make me happy      :lol

[VNA]

your just bl**dy teasing me now ...... :'( .....super clean fazer,abba skylift and what looks like a very nice garage...........think of me over the next few weeks grovelling about on a cold garage floor  :\ :\

I think the camera flatters both the bike and my garage.  The garage is a good size and was built along with the house round about 1932.  It’s cold and damp in there, though dry if you know what I mean.


The Skylight so far has just been used for routine maintenance.  It’s great to be able to service brakes and stuff without having to get down on yer knees. 



Hope you get those studs sorted red98.

[VNA]

One of the things I had to do after I bought this house was dig the garage out.  Water was coming in through the brickwork.  It was foccin horrible inside.  So dug it out (almost killed me) and got it tanked, put a drain in and filled it back in. 

[red98]

your just bl**dy teasing me now ...... :'( .....super clean fazer,abba skylift and what looks like a very nice garage...........think of me over the next few weeks grovelling about on a cold garage floor  :\ :\

I think the camera flatters both the bike and my garage.  The garage is a good size and was built along with the house round about 1932.  It’s cold and damp in there, though dry if you know what I mean.


The Skylight so far has just been used for routine maintenance.  It’s great to be able to service brakes and stuff without having to get down on yer knees. 



Hope you get those studs sorted red98.

iam sure i`ll be ok with the studs VNA , i`ve bought 8 sets but think i`ll just replace the 2 broken studs but replace all 8 nuts with the domed ones which should help in the future  :thumbup ....


i do like those abba lifts ,but owning 5 bikes at the moment it makes sense for me to have a table , parhaps a present to myself in the new year 

[agricola]

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  is that an ABBA stand?
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Tight foccers rigged up an old push bike to wind his garage door up and down :lol

[VNA]

Well as a Scot ah do like tae get value for money.

[fazersharp]

Well as a Scot ah do like tae get value for money.

Tight arse could of paid the builders to put a ceiling in your living room  :lol 

[VNA]

Tight arse could of paid the builders to put a ceiling in your living room  :lol 

I put some extra joists in at the rear and floored the rear third of the garage loft.


This garage was pretty focced when I got my hands on it including the door.  I do wish I had of got a roller door rather than an up and over.  That way I could have made even more use of the roof space. 

[Oldgit]

oiling the garage locks--end of.

[coffee]

One of the things I had to do after I bought this house was dig the garage out.  Water was coming in through the brickwork.  It was foccin horrible inside.  So dug it out (almost killed me) and got it tanked, put a drain in and filled it back in. 

  I ain't suprised it nearly killed you is that a garden spade? :lol  How much are those skylifts?

[VNA]

I ain't suprised it nearly killed you is that a garden spade? [img alt=:lol]http://foc-u.co.uk/Smileys/efocicon/lol.gif[/img]  How much are those skylifts?

Yeah it was murder.  The only way to do it was to dig it by hand.  The handiest tool turned out to be the micro shovel.  But yeah, I think I bought two tonnes of peas, chucked them in once the drain was in and the tanking on, then for some mad reason I raddled about 4 tonnes of earth.  Was glad once it was all done.  The garage is reasonably dry now.  It’s not 100% perfect as there is no damp core in the concrete base – but hey it’s pretty decent overall. 



I wish it was still this tidy!

It’s a good bit of kit, but like anything there are pros and cons.  I hate getting it on and back off the rig – it’s a bit of a balancing act – though dead easy if you have somebody to hold the bike.  You can’t service the Gen1 EXUP whilst it’s on the stand.  But other than it’s pretty good, and it’s great not to be on my knees.  I haven’t had the swing arm out yet on the stand, though maybe I’ll try that this winter – there’s a separate fitting kit that lifts the bike utilising the foot peg mounts to get the swing arm out (as the standard fitting kit lifts on the swing arm pivot. 

[Dynspud]

Nice to see someone else with the best bike in the best colour scheme 

[red98]

it would of been nice to log on here this morning with an update, but of course i aint done nothing  :o :o :o ......decorating of the spare bedroom is finished though,grandkids will now have somewhere to sleep tonight  :thumbup :thumbup ....got just over a week off for christmas so should be able to make some progress......to keep progress and this thread going heres a picture of me holding my nuts............

[coffee]

Hmmmm,bit of a stud are ya? :lol

[bigsteve]

getting back om topic 


  modded and fitted R6  shock into boxeye  600 

  modded and fitted thou rear caliper to boxeye 600


  600 caliper worked just fancied a upgraded


  added XJR  torque arm 


  all done in my shed { no garage } lol
 

[red98]

nice work BIGSTEVE  :thumbup ....very mild and dry here in south bucks , you off for a test ride ?






up early myself this morning and out in the garage ,got the front end of the bike supported and removed front wheel and forks, got plenty of room now to get at the broken exhaust studs and bore out, just having a bite to eat and i`ll be back out there......update and piccies later...

[bigsteve]

no test ride yet waiting on new brake pads  :rolleyes  and better weather FAZER's on sorn till it warms up