General Bike Ravings

Buckets and Bits have some forks for a pop-up there. Sounds a better plan than trying to regrind and rechrome the stanchions in these ones.

Pulled the brakes apart and good news - there's heaps of meat on the pads so they should be good. All the bolts came undone nicely - which never happens on my RF and with a bit of work I managed to get all the rust and crap out of one of the calipers, so with a bit of work I reckon they'll be looking good.

I figure I'll go for the sandpaper ...

I found an old WOF under the seat which had the old rego number on it.

Did the check on carjam.co.nz and got the following back:

• Make: SUZUKI
• Model: GSX 750S3
• Year: 1987
• Main colour: White
• Vehicle type: Motorcycle
• Body style: Motorcycle
• CC rating: 750
• Fuel type: Petrol
• Country of origin: Japan

• Plate: XXXXX
• Plate type: Standard
• Engine no: xxxxx
• Chassis: xxxxxx

Licence ...

There's a lot of oxidisation of the aluminium on this bike but I reckon that should clean up easy enough.

So far on my list of things I definitely need to do:

1. Sand back and paint fairing brackets.
2. Plastic weld the back of the fairing so it sits nicer and create brackets to hold the fairing together better (hidden of course).
3. Strip the forks, find some new stanchions or get the incumbents re-ground and re-chromed (expensive), redo seals.
4. Replace ...

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Okay, let's get some of the fairings off this bike and have a look at the extent of the problems.

You know, the frame's pretty good. A few sandbacks here and there and I reckon she'll be good for a touchup if I can get a paint that's close to the original spec.

The forks are rooted. They really are. The left one isn't too bad in the area that matters but the right one is just going to rip through the seals.

The light has a chip in it - that'll have to be replaced. ...

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Well, I've picked it up and pushed it home from Fergusson Drive to my house in Melrose Street. It's about 600m, with a quick stop along the way to pump up the tyres at the local servo (bugger pushing a bike with flat tyres).

It's a bit of a mess but it's mostly complete.

The main things missing are:

1. Windscreen
2. front fender
3. right hand brake lever (broken off)
4. mirrors
5. light for number plate (which is also missing). ...

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Well the right pipe is well on it's way. I've made a mounting bracket and it's welded on, the joiner pipe is complete and welded. All that's left is the alloy end cap, and I am going to fab up a nice little alloy cover to hide the exhaust clamp and it will zizz it up a bit visually (a nice contrast with the black)

Anyway - fitted it was too tempting not to fire it up, even if I only had one new pipe and one stocker on . Sounded good

Then I popped ...

For the first time in ages the North Shore of Auckland was enveloped in a fog for the entire day (Saturday 27/6/2009).

I had to do a job for work early in the morning (5am, ahhhh), then I helped a friend shift. Next decided it was time for a nap.
When I woke back up around 4pm the fog was still about, so decided it would be good to take the bike out.
Visibility was limited, so I decided to wear a high-viz vest. It is always good when you come back from a ride with ...

My jacket and pants are about 10 years old now, and in need of replacement. But trying to decide what to replace them with has been challenging as their are so many options.

First I decided what I wanted the gear for. I mostly ride on the streets, and want to go to track days and be safe.
So I decided I wanted a two piece that can be zipped together. Because I do mostly street riding, and New Zealand being what it is, I also want something that will keep be dry for at least ...