Show off your garage skils

[Taz]

Man you have a lot of bikes- I'm jealous.
What is the sieve looking thing on the Ducati? Air cleaner?.

Only have three bikes. Sold the Ducati shortly after putting it back together with the newly painted frame and wheels. Just couldn't get into riding a sportsbike again (too limiting) and needed the money to finance the KTM. The harley was one of 2 brought in from the states for on selling by my Bro inlaw. So now only got the KTM, BMW and Moto Guzzi.
The sieve looking thing (silver)at the front of the motor is the oil cooler. That what you talking about?

[Padmei]

The sieve looking thing (silver)at the front of the motor is the oil cooler. That what you talking about?

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/at...7&d=1276719744

RHS bottom with a tube coming out - must be airbox

[Taz]

No airbox and carbs not on in that photo. That is the carbon clutch cover that was standard along with other carbon goodies on the 900ss Final Editions (last of the carbed models) of which only 800 were made. The tube at bottom is the rear brake master cylinder reservoir waiting to be remounted to the freshly painted frame, the tube above it is the engine breather.
Here's my current bikes.

[Dodgyiti]

Ya see Anthrax? It's not just a bike now, it's an airloom...and dad will always be there to keep it on the road, making yourself useful beyond your fatherly expiration date (approx 13 years after child's birth)

[Padmei]

Nice fleet of bikes there Anthrax.
Anyway sorry about the hijack - back to those great garage skills.

[warewolf]

I think it is a laugh when people go on about "building" a bike when all they do is bolt on bits they've bought. Some of the stuff is pretty complicated but they didn't make it themselves.

Yebbut if you bought a bike to add your handful of self-made bits to, you're in the same boat - you didn't "build" the bike. You merely fabbed up some non-critical components and bolted them on...

Now someone like Brian "Diesel" Rusty who built his own frame to house a stationary diesel engine... that's getting closer to building your own bike. Or the GSXF400CRKXXRDR mongrel

[bart]

My 2 year old helper is great. Doing some work on my bike the other day, (yes....it does get maintained occasionally), turn my back for 2 minutes, and half the socket set is missing. He'd somehow managed to stuff about 8 of the small sockets in the hollow back axel. Had to laugh. He thought he was helping.

As for fabricating stuff for the bike, my DR is perfect, so why mess with perfection.

I'm more of a strip stuff off the bike, than a bolt more weight on, kind of guy.

[NordieBoy]

Or the GSXF400CRKXXRDR mongrel

CR?

Wash your mouth out!

[Padmei]

I'm gonna sneak a KLR part on there & not even tell you...

You won't even know

Mwahahahahaha

[JATZ]

I'm gonna sneak a KLR part on there & not even tell you...

You won't even know

Mwahahahahaha

He'll know when it keeps falling over and it's too heavy to lift back up

[Night Falcon]

Cool thread...you've all seen my garage handy work....but here it is again. I once turned a CR 125twin shocker into a single shocker, put a YZ 400 donk into a YZ250 frame, rebuilt my XL 350 engine that broke a cam chain guide...not an illustious shed carreeer but it kept me out of the house.

[cooneyr]

Yebbut if you bought a bike to add your handful of self-made bits to, you're in the same boat - you didn't "build" the bike. You merely fabbed up some non-critical components and bolted them on...

Now someone like Brian "Diesel" Rusty who built his own frame to house a stationary diesel engine... that's getting closer to building your own bike. Or the GSXF400CRKXXRDR mongrel

Yer alright there is skills and then there is skillz

[NordieBoy]

He'll know when it keeps falling over and it's too heavy to lift back up

Nothing at all to do with the 4-cyl donk that weighs a ton. It's the KLR clutch lever that's making it do that...

[offrd]

I changed my headlight bulb

[offrd]

And my clutch slave cylinder (shock me on a KTM)