ducatilover's squidtastic pile of crap

[ducatilover]

Good shit dude! Let me know if you're coming to palmy, cos I think I'm with spokes on the not going to eke thing

I'm not in Eke...I'm 2km north! Does that help? lol.
Will need to do teh forks before a decent ride like that

[bogan]

well if we don't know where eke is, we probly don't know where 2km north of eke is either

You gonna get the bad one rechromed or something? was it that one that blew?

[ducatilover]

well if we don't know where eke is, we probly don't know where 2km north of eke is either

You gonna get the bad one rechromed or something? was it that one that blew?

Well, I suppose that's understandable

The bad one still works/leaks a little, the left one blew. There's fuckin' fluid everywhere!
I'm glad I have a ZXR400H1 manual just for the forks

[ducatilover]

Might just leave these here too.

[bogan]

phwoar! Never seen a kawasaki look so good

[ducatilover]

phwoar! Never seen a kawasaki look so good

Cheers bro

[unstuck]

Sweeeet.

[AllanC]

Looks awesome mate! Glad to see it's actually starting to get some miles under it's belt too

[carburator]

I do like it in white, barstard to keep clean but nice..

[ducatilover]

Sweeeet.

Indeed it is (except the wallowing front end dues to a blown seal)

I do like it in white, barstard to keep clean but nice..

White was nice, but didn't show the shape off enough.
Knowing me, it'll change colours about 50 times before I'm happy

Looks awesome mate! Glad to see it's actually starting to get some miles under it's belt too

Thanks I went for a wee scoot this morning after attempting to re-wire the speed limiter out

It's still limiting early.
The circuit board for the speed limiter got smashed in the crash, I'll either have to find how to bypass it, fix the board or buy a ZX6/ZZR6 CDI unit.

CDI unit might be easier...

[ducatilover]

Righto, have covered about 130km on her.

Issues?
Forks, still, obviously.
Not too chuffed with the brake feel, but methinks it's throwing fork fluid on the left disk
Rear shock is too hard (the massive drop in weight is very noticeable)
Exhaust leak at the midpipe, meh, 5 minute fix
I'm not too certain if the analogue temp gauge is accurate, my digital one is still in the mail
But the cooling fan works and hasn't activated during a ride.
Needs a mudguard and a pan under the tail...
The 10,000rpm issue.

The Good?
All of it. I can't stay away from it


Hopefully fluid/dust seals etc will be here for the forks next week and the 41mm socket to get them apart.

Got a bar end mirror today just to pretend that I can be practical...
Will do a rear-view camera set up soon

[nzspokes]

Will do a rear-view camera set up soon

Thats a cool idea.

[ducatilover]

Thats a cool idea.

Thank Drunkenmistake, we were comparing silly shit to buy off eBay and he got all sensible for a little bit...

[tigertim20]

Thank Drunkenmistake, we were comparing silly shit to buy off eBay and he got all sensible for a little bit...

I have done the rear view camera. be warned, it is not legal on its own, the VIRM is clear about lenses specifically and some such BS that basically means that, despite a camera offering considerably better rearward vision, it is NOT legal without a certification, and to get a WOF, you WILL beed to have a mirror attached to the bike.

The cam setup is pretty sick though, good vision, and offers a few other bonuses, send me a PM if you want photos and details etc of setups plus some links etc if you decide you really want to do it.

[ducatilover]

I have done the rear view camera. be warned, it is not legal on its own, the VIRM is clear about lenses specifically and some such BS that basically means that, despite a camera offering considerably better rearward vision, it is NOT legal without a certification, and to get a WOF, you WILL beed to have a mirror attached to the bike.

The cam setup is pretty sick though, good vision, and offers a few other bonuses, send me a PM if you want photos and details etc of setups plus some links etc if you decide you really want to do it.

Thanks for the heads up, that's a real bitch!
This baby is going to need a cert anyway

I have just purchased a single bar ender, prob won't work, but will look legal and it'll be handy for the WoF shit when I get a rear view cam on it.
Currently hunting for a flush mount screen for one