5 July 2009 Time is spinning past so fast, sometimes I feel like honey in a centrifuge, just hanging on for the ride. This blog is like the wax I am spinning away from and I realized there are so many gaps because so many exciting things have been going on! So this is an in-between news to fill in the empty bits before they get lost in forgetfulness. Let’s start with the witch-burning part, because that is always fun. 23rd June is the Danish ‘Sankt Hans’, a midsummer ...
Just changed me oil & filter on de 'Blade. Gives you a real warm glow don't it? (maybe just me then!).
I've been thinking about how to clean up some of these parts and the whole sandblasting thing seems to be a bit rough for a few of the bits. Which lead me to searching for alternatives - whereupon I discovered NZ Soda Blasting Ltd. They're local (in Montgomery Crescent natch) and I've left them a message to see how suitable their work is for my bike parts. Here's a video which shows what they do:
I reckon some scrubbing and cleaning will work wonders on this bike. After all the main problem is it's sat in a shed for the better part of 12 1/2 years... Kerosine and a rag for an hour produces the following result... it's not perfect but when I spend some more time on it it will look just great.
Decided to pull off the rear caliper and torque arm to see what I could do about it. The rear caliper was really oxidised and the torque arm very rusty. Damn I should have taken some photos before I started. Anyway, the pistons came out of the calipers easily enough with the air compressor - after the RF900 with 4 piston calipers it's a joy to work on a caliper with 2 pistons. One of the pistons was a bit pitted but the other one was perfect. To be honest, I reckon if I ...
with a man called Gerry Foon at VTNZ Adelaide Road. As I have the previous rego number, and the frame number and engine numbers all check out nicely, and we can establish that the bike was deregistered February 1997, it's going to be a piece of piss to get it reregistered. I need to do four things: 1. Restore the bike to wof standard (d'oh!); 2. Get a receipt of sale from the previous owner who deregistered it, or failing that, confirmation from the police ...
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 ...
2 July 2009 Vienna/ Wien/ ‘Donaumetropole/ hub of the Danube. Burial site of Beethoven, playground of Mozart, home of the Sachertorte. Yep, I have been off gallivanting across the continent again! Originally I was not much interested in going to Vienna, I wanted to visit Paris instead. But all my friends had signed up for this trip already. So I did too, and that was a good choice! It was completely worth two overnight bus trips to spend the weekend in Austria’s capital. ...
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