Archive for April, 2007
Rubber side down
This weekend was an improvement over the Buttonwillow round, if only because the bike never went down.
The drama started early with my thursday trackday. In rushing to put my clutch-side crankcase cover back on tuesday night, I apparently mis-aligned the gasket a bit. Dumb mistake. Everything seemed fine in my short test [...]
Posted: April 30th, 2007 under Posts.
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New and improved ride
My little list of todos grew as I worked, but I’m pretty happy about the result. Some of the highlights include:
Refreshed front forks by Aftershocks. I surrendered to professional help after struggling with the fork seals for a day.
Removed the keyed ignition, and wired the ignition to the kill switch. No key, [...]
Posted: April 25th, 2007 under Posts.
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Bits and pieces
Note to self: make sure NOT to crash, at all costs.
The bike is still in the process of getting fixed. I couldn’t bend back the foot peg bracket, so I had to buy a new set of pegs. $350. The fairing stay and steering damper came together with some careful hammering [...]
Posted: April 17th, 2007 under Posts.
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Repairing body and bike
The bike is pretty much back together, with the exception of a new rear set (on order) and the bodywork repair. I’m pretty sure I’m going to do a rattle-can paintjob, since the bodywork is looking like a patchwork these days. Probably black, with a red or white highlight stripe on the side. All depends [...]
Posted: April 9th, 2007 under Posts.
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