what have you done to your "bike" today

[fabiostar]

sat like a Richard wire brushing rads that wont even been seen with the bodywork on

[BrianC]

Read my thread 'And so it begins' and you will see my frustration !!!!!

[agentpineapple]

sat like a Richard wire brushing rads that wont even been seen with the bodywork on

but you will know
i'm just as sad, I had some spray paint left over from my fork lowers, so I sprayed the rad grills with it.....
i'm a right tart.....

[AMCQ46]

sat like a Richard

i' a right tart.....

a fair self assessment by both of you

[agentpineapple]

sat like a Richard

i' a right tart.....

a fair self assessment by both of you

I offer no rebuttal

[bigtwinthing]

sat like a Richard

i' a right tart.....

a fair self assessment by both of you

I offer no rebuttal

its always "butt" with you AP

[fabiostar]

sat like a Richard

i' a right tart.....

a fair self assessment by both of you

guilty as charged lol

[Varastorm]

Stripped a set of forks yesterday, what a faf.

Nothing complicated, just bottom of the range 43mm conventionals.

Could I separate the station from the lowers, er no.

After giving up on the slide hammer method, I bolted an old cr250 lower yoke to the station & twatted it till my arms were aching. Still no go.

Good job the stations were knackered / bent beforehand because they were dented all over after a lump hammer wielding fit of rage.

I had to use a bottle jack in the end, base on the outer top & jack pad on the CR yoke.

After a LOT of pumping it finally managed to pull/drag the station bearing through the slider bearing. I thought at one stage it was going to fire the station harpoon style through the roof.

I've done many forks over the years & have never seen this before. Only thing I can think of is that the previous owner fitted the wrong bearings before.

After the separation, I had to collapse & cut the slider bearings with a cold chisel to get them out.

3 hours. Propper faf.

[sirch345]

Got out to the MacCave & did something productive...

Stripped, cleaned & rebuilt a set of callipers front & rear...

Good work..I wish I had a decent man cave, with some room, heat and a bike ramp would be nice too , on cold days like this I cant get anything done in my single garage rammed with bike, cycles, fridge/fzr and all that other domestic junk..

Put it somewhere comfy....

Nice one,

Chris.

[podman]

I actually got in home today after buying it last November, goodbye GSXR, hello storm.

My friend owns & runs his own specialist motorcycle transport company and short term storage, which proved handy on both fronts.

Never had a yellow bike before, its growing on me..took it for a quick spin, feels really nice to ride and so much more comfy..

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Someone mentioned a few days back storm prices had risen but to put it into perspective, someone has paid more for this imported , battered Honda NS400 missing a fairing and many major components than a 2 owner, 6,000ish mile 2002 'storm...

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[Varastorm]

Been busy with the flat track project, removed the top frame spars & majority of the rear subframe.

Engine placed in the frame, yokes fitted with shortened Vara forks. (36" same as the Cbr600fy) with Renthals.

Vtr swingarm & linkage fitted with 10" eye to eye wooden shock

We have a rolling chassis

[AMCQ46]

Been busy with the flat track project, removed the top frame spars & majority of the rear subframe.

Engine placed in the frame, yokes fitted with shortened Vara forks. (36" same as the Cbr600fy) with Renthals.

Vtr swingarm & linkage fitted with 10" eye to eye wooden shock

We have a rolling chassis

we need photos

[Varastorm]

Here's todays setup, please remember this is only a balancing act setup, just to see what's what, what's going where & what's next for the chop.

The remains of the rear subframe will eventually be removed, it's just there to aid setup.

Even the front wheel is on backwards

[j4weeson]

just bought a seat cowl so need to prime and paint in a red(ish) colour to match the bike

[agentpineapple]

spent half a hour cleaning my friends headers, used 3 different grades of sanding pad and wd40, all done by hand whilst the headers are on the bike, dammed if i'm going to risk removing them. i'll do a little more tomorrow evening after work. ignore the wonky lower fairing, mangled allen head bolt means I can't remove it just yet, so I bent it out of the way