I'm Down.

[masterofinsanity]

Whats the best way to keep the bike mid air whilst getting the forks out?

my under yoke paddock stand

[zimm]

i just use a trolley jack under the headers ..

[Scott221]

And so it begins....

I'll use this thread for progress on how the bikes coming along

Ok, so its coming on nicely, got the old broken bits off and the majority of the bike is stripped as far as it needs to go. Gonna use this as a bit of an excuse to trick the thing out abit.

So far I have/ordered

brake levers
rearsets
new exhaust
braided hoses
new set cowl

I need/want

New front wheel
Tyres
Maybe new calipers on ebay (fancy gixxer ones)
Possibly new forks
fairing
R & G's
after some pazzo's
Other bits i cant remember or will pick up along the way

The plan is now to get it back OTR as fast as possible, but also want it looking good! Gonna give it all a good clean with the state its in now, as it makes getting to those tight bits really easy!

Some pics.

New micron stubby (sounds incredible) Many thanks to rover220! Ta mate!

Some of the old bits


A nice gouge from Mr Footrest


Note the dodgey alignment of the mudgaurd to the front wheel.



How I left it this evening


More to come!

[Gemini]

u working on it tomorrow and need hand?

gem

[RedexRobB]

Ive got the same sort of dent in my swingarm too!

How much were the rearsets you got? Shoulda said id have beaten thier price ont he ones i offered you.

[Scott221]

Theres not much more I can do Gem, until I get baz's yoke stand. Might go round tomoz and get it but we'll see. I'm gonna pop to Halfords and get some cans of paint, respray those nasty looking clocks and stuff.

Rob, I wanted something flash anyway, got the rearsets off Jake!

[RedexRobB]

ahhh, ok mate no probs, Hope your back on the road soon

[rover220]

hope the zorst is ok, was too loud/harsh for my liking.

[masterofinsanity]

that stubby looks mint mate!

[Scott221]

that stubby looks mint mate!

You should fuckin hear it!

[Gemini]

it cant be louder than my yoshi!

gem

[jake]

i like that exhaust, sweet.

can i be a twat, and say get that frame checked before you do anythin else! just in case mate
if it is bent, then dont worry, ive got a l3 with paperwork and the forks, yokes,etc...
there my racebike spares tho, but i am probs gonna stick with the H..

having said that, you have 12/70 supercosa on the front, so they look close anyhow dont they? hopefully your forks have just twisted somehwow in the yokes

[Scott221]

Well me and Gem just stripped the bike back as far as it needs to go. Forks are out and look fine, yoke is off, the bottom bearing was absolutely shagged, it came off in pieces, top bearing is ok but they'll both be replaced.

@ Jake, the frame cant be bent mate, I hit side on, kind of 45 degree angle and the bike kind of slide round the curb for abit. It was only around a 15 mph hit anyhow.

Pics too follow.

[RedexRobB]

Edited just for you

Well I just stripped the bike back as far as it needs to go.

[Scott221]

LOL Rob!

We've working on it this morning and afternoon. The on good thing is the weathers toad, so i'd be off the bike anyway.

So, today we got the forks out, yoke out and organised some toad. We got the wheel out last night and disaster nearly struck when the forks fell off the front paddock stand, fucking thing, havn't trusted it from day one. Theres me trying to hold the bike up - heavy bitch - whilst my grandad runs to try and find a jack. Luckily it was resting on the caliper fixings, so we got the wheel out carefuly and put the spindle back in on an axel stand.

Getting the forks out was too easy, the majority of the bolts wern't done up tight tight, which could have been a result of the prang.

They look pretty straight to me, still going to get them checked out.

Was time to get the headstock out and have a look at the top and bottom yokes, which called for another 'how do I keep my bike in the air' solution.


Note the absolutely shagged bottom bearing which came off in pieces..

Left overs of the bottom bearing

Yoke looks good, but will also have that checked out.


Once that was done I got the brake lines off, dismantled them ready for the braiede hoses. If I don't win the 6 pots I'm after I'll strip them down replace the seals and give them a clean, new pads are on their way also.!

A final pic of the front wheel


God knows how it hasn't gone flat yet!

Making progress now, the bikes stripped down as far as it needs to go, new parts will be flooding in this week. Oh well, off to work now!