I've had a few offers of brake calipers since my last post. If you think you can help it's a ZXR250A right hand front caliper complete with the mount (which holds the pads). Below are pics of a left hand caliper. Anyway - got the thing running last night. I took the mains out and hooked everything up. After much kicking without result I went over everything with #1 TDC (remember this) ...
Well last night helped Gremlin install some lekky stuff on his Katie. I don't know why I should ... I expect nothing but grief and weirdness. Anyhow, I txt him and immediately he rings me up. Good grief! He must be keen as! So he says he will be around shortly. Yep. Heard that before, so I pull out my portable seat, grab some comics and a drink and settle down for him to arrive. Eventually I hear his pipes roaring up the street and he blinds me with his ...
I have spark. The chambers are fitted. I have made the throttle cables. The clutch is connected and working. The top fairing is on it's way. I have found a front brake caliper (no money to spare for it though) A little work to do to the carbs and we'll see if it runs. Then it's tuning time!
its back on thanks to the Blackhorse social group nov 6th bike and tatoo shoe same site but no friday night
Well on Wednesday, I popped into those wankers at Botany Honda - they are such bastards when it comes to providing good service, products and witty repartee. Between the lads in the workshop and the presence of mssrs Dumpty and Richard McF, no poor joker stands a chance of walking out of that place with their wallet intact. Dumpty produced a plethora of bike Porn bits for my grubby lusts and I found myself bowling out of the place with a backpack filled with a Two Brothers ...
Rode down to Quasi to pick up my KNOX chest armour in the 'Tron tonight. Got a text around 5ish and any excuse for a ride ... I got my kit on and rode down the moronway to Taupiri and off towards Gordontown to Quasi's. Always a hospitable host, he showed me the new back protector gears before I headed back up home, naturally took the back roads home and stopped in at Mercer to don some wet weather gear. Was fine on way down, but nature's ways decided to damp down the return journey. ...
I've never been ridden hard, but have always wanted to be! From new, one slow old Gent did his best but I am ditching him for a younger, hard man who will get his leg over me more than once in the last 12 months. I love doing it in the dirt and when the bush is moist you will find me easy to control with my virgin rear and hardly used front end both with heavy duty tubes so you don't go flat prematurely. ...
So I'm at VTNZ getting a WOF on the AT and the dude goes "so what's this - is this Honda's attempt at a Dakar bike is it?" followed shortly by "Is it a twin? Oh yeah it is...doesn't sound like it..." Since I didn't have the little sticker in my hand at that point I had the sarcastic conversation in my head...
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