Offered the carbs up today Shirley looks pretty ! I tried my 3mm spacers to start off and whilst I found them doable the locknut was about 2theads shy of ideal , so I then tried a single gasket and the nuts bottomed out on the studs before holding carb firmly enough . I then tried using two gaskets to pad it out and this seemed to pull the carbs up tight just . Not ideal but it seems to me that 2.5 mm spacer would be ideal . All a bit of faffel and pita tbh
Hey thanks , bit like yourself , was reading your weight loss thread , fellow sympathizer, good on yer mate its not easy thumbs up !
Unfortunately the pin striping didn’t go quite to plans . Tank done and rear guard also, the front however I am having to repaint after being dropped on the floor I felt bad at the time as you can imagine , apparently it’s the first one he’s dropped and he did feel bad , just a shame it was mine especially after travelling a long way to get there . Oh well you have to be philosophical and accidents happen . Anyway it’s re primed and hoping to silver it today and add stripe again tomorrow before perhaps another 70 m journey to complete .
The tank looks great with the stripes on, bummer about the front guard :-( and i bet Simon was well gutted as well.
Tank does look good , yeh we were both gutted but hey its now back in silver so hope to add stripe again tomorrrow eve . Just glad it wasnt the tank !
One of those moments that happen to us all at some time, when the bikes done it will all be a distant memory hopefully
Yup very true , a distant memory already well almost as stripe is back on today so just needs the pin stripe next week sometime . Quick question .. where does the oil breather pipe terminate after comming of the t piece . Also are the breather connectio s just push no clip using the thin wall poly pipe stuff . That breather up under the engine case is a pain to get to , sure hoping no clip require there .
Yup very true , a distant memory already well almost as stripe is back on today so just needs the pin stripe next week sometime . Quick question .. where does the oil breather pipe terminate after comming of the t piece . Also are the breather connectio s just push no clip using the thin wall poly pipe stuff . That breather up under the engine case is a pain to get to , sure hoping no clip require there .
Breather pipes push on and the breather pipe exit is under the rear guard on the left, pipe runs across front and over the left tool box and wraps under the rer guard to exit at the bottom.
Not masses of progress but getting there .. Still haven't got a finished front guard its still awaiting the re striping , cant get hold of the pin stripe guy so hoping he was on holiday last week and I can get hold of him tomorrow to arrange another visit. very frustrating really as want that front wheel finally on . I also had the speedo and tach returned Friday after at least two mths not that was an issue more the fact one had a nasty run in the paint on the shell . Not ideal ,so rubbed them down earlier today and resprayed both again with a rattle can so should be good to fit tomorrow
Thanks Darkman , yer she is looking good I think too , very pleased tbh , shouldnt be too long . Think I will be waiting for a plate number anyway as still waiting on TOMCC for dating cert ,I was a bit late sending it tbh but then have to wait for the v1111 I think so wont be on the road just yet , well might just have a dabble round the village Whilst my pipes in general fit quite well , one side is perfect the other though the tail pipe slips on about half inch too far over the joint which is a bit unsightly just hope it doesnt blow at the joint , Bit odd I thought , repro parts strike again I suppose .
Both side vary as front pipes are different bends, you can shim the gap or use a good quality fire gum on joints and luckily the silencers have good mounts.
Cheers its more the fact that the main rear silencer pushes a bit too far onto the down-pipe loosing half the crimp section if you know what I mean , it looks a little unsightly may have to live with it . A slightly testing day today , I attempted to fit the new seat and found it sat up at a terrible angle and about 10mm of the rubber pads so I ended up cuting and shutting the hinges by that amount so when the seat is down the rubbers make contact with the frame , I will have to oval the hole vertically in the seat catch part . . Looking online at many pics I noticed many with wonky saddles when viewed from behind . More repro part woes , still I think I am back on track but what I thought would be a simple job took all afternoon . Hinges should be re powder coated tomorrow all being well . Clocks now back up to snuff
Nice clocks it's amazing how many people just bolt on what they have lol, great that you are taking the time to make it look the best it can.
I like the clocks , the old dials were a bit too scabby to be salvaged apparently so they were replaced with some new old stock ones which look very good . It seems a shame that they have to have that sticker on which I will probably peel off. Is it just a poor design that if the adjuster gets pulled the thing just breaks ! A couple of hrs on the bike today , fitted the Pazon which was straight forward . Quick question about the wires from the horn push , do they also get pushed into the light shell for conection . Need to tackle this tomorrow
