Of course they areOriginally Posted by husaberg
In the riders seat
Of course they are
"If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power."
No8 Wire Extraordinaire
Ahh my CBX550, or Cbsexless as my GF referred to it.
Was stupid enough to drop the whole bike in for tyres at largest mc shop in Wellington. Came back at the allotted time to be sent away for another hour. Stupid apprentice was flummoxed with the front wheel.
Then the dumb fuck tried to kill me as I came back down the Rimutukas and heard a TINKle. Anchor bolt falling out.
Used to take the front off in like 5minutes. Fucking easy. Pretty much stopped going into mc shops for work as I realised that the people working on my bike were somehow even more stupid than me.
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
In the riders seat
There's really people that dumb ?
"If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power."
No8 Wire Extraordinaire
I didn't think it was feasible either
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
Rasta Ratskins
Yep, that happened to me as well at a well known tyre shop in Barrys pt rd.
Only a Rat can win a Rat Race!
Forum whore
There were still some pesky bits i couldnt reach to get clean.
Sorted now.
Forum whore
Everything cleaned up & re assembeled with copper grease on all the engine mount & removable frame section bolts.
Luckily i remembered to put the airbox back in first just in time.
Rasta Ratskins
Yep, I struggled to get the std airbox in my 85 gsxr750 with motor in frame. It is doable, you have to remove the carbs and alternator. Then google it, then try it, shake your head, google it again, heave on it till you think it will break, take it out, calm the farm, persevere and find that it does go in but you can't remember how you did it. That was one bike that even the racing fraternity recommended leaving it in with std carbs.
Only a Rat can win a Rat Race!
Forum whore
Nice work. Get a better camera.
If a man is alone in the woods and there isn't a woke Hollywood around to call him racist, is he still white?
Forum whore
It's on the back of my cellphone.Nice work. Get a better camera.
Don't hold your breath expecting anything better
No8 Wire Extraordinaire
Ha, my 500 in braced RG frame is like that. Damon had a better idea for the bracing than I had come up with, with tube clamped where I wanted it. His went further to the pivot.
But I'd practiced putting the engine in with my setup. And I got home and couldn't with how it was now welded, superior stiffness notwithstanding.
I took off the head but not the barrels which couldn't be refitted in the frame. I fitted tape to protect the head sealing surface. I took off the clutch cover and clutch. I even needed to take out the sump plug.
Still not quite, so over the course of quite a few beers I tried Tetris style rotations to feed the engine in. Eventually it worked, stuff knows how. So now I have to get drunk every time it comes out/goes back in. But even the sump plug.
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
"channellling the Pleideans"
It's time. Well, nearly time. After lunch.
I thought elections were decided by angry posts on social media. - F5 Dave
Forum whore
How many Allen keys do you have
No8 Wire Extraordinaire
I like the Darwin fish
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
Low personal B.M.E.P.
There's a story - which I can't vouch for - that's how Kirby's 1100 became a race bike. Easier to put RS flatslides on it than get the airbox back in.
I do know that he'd planned to do it's first season as a senior production bike.
After the carbs, I got roped in. The cams were just sitting there and everything followed. Methanol and about 170HP.
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