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their roads are way better than ours mostly.
Hmmmm...have to disagree on that.
Where they're good they're good - mainly Manhattan. But when they're not there more lethal than anything I've ever seen in the UK.
After winter it worst and those funking massive steel plates they use while they're working on the road sections are a death trap in the wet to anything 2-wheeled.
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Wow, I stand corrected. Amazing what you can find on the internet! It would be interesting to see what that twin turbo Busa achieves though, apart from pure pose value. I've been to Straightliners and 200mph.net events at Woodbridge in Suffolk, and I ran my bike (ZX12R) and chatted with Frank, so I was showing you what a truly really fast Busa looks like. It was making around 500 bhp IIRC. None of the bikes there had two turbos sticking out the sides, as it would most likely completely the ruin aerodynamics of the bike, negating the power increase.
I only ran mine to find out what it feels like to ride a crazy bike absolutely flat out, achieving just over 190mph. The first couple of runs were absolutely terrifying!
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I love proper wild builds that are just outrageous for the sake of it. When I was over in Australia visiting my Uncle, we went over to his buddy's house who had the sweetest workshop in his garage and he was half way through building a Suzuki B King which had an inline 6 squeezed in it
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Cafe racer hybusa
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Really?
I've never really got the hate and have loved the recent projects.
The dyna fxdwg looks great and was a super quick turnaround, and although the fighter build went on for a long time, the final result was sick and I enjoyed the fab.
He also puts a lot of love and attention into the builds.
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I did see some areas (bridge and main road on ramps) that were like the surface of the moon after a nuclear war had taken place. Properly buggered with not an inch of 'good' tarmac left.
But on the whole pretty epic. Main thing i like, when the tarmac is flat, its flat, in Scotland (despite fact they invented tarmac?) even brand new flat tarmac is washboarded, constant jiggling. -
Oh god, please not DelBoy, I've less bullshit stacked from festival latrine.
Was a guilty pleasure of mine, although being reminded of him I might subscribe again. Think it was someone here made the Tim Westwood compassion and ever since haven't been able to see past it. My favourite vid of his was how to cut bolts correctly, properly simple stuff but has been so useful since.
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CBR passed the MOT with some advisories:
Front tyre near limit
Play in head bearing
Rear disc worn
Front discs warped
Loud exhaustI’ll get the tyre and head bearing adjustment done at the shop but they quoted me £600+ for the discs (using EBC all round).
Are there any cheaper alternatives to EBC worth considering? I could probably buy the parts and fit them but factoring in a headstock paddock stand, that’s not saving much. -
Most definitely, try these guys. They make superb quality discs for a much better price. My blade is running them.
http://www.allbikeengineering.co.uk/
If you still use EBC for pads, they will wear discs faster. Bendix pads are excellent, or use Honda OEM pads.
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My garage & driveway are both on a slope, I'm nervous.
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Probably makes it even easier.
You’re not gonna leave it there for any length of time so doesn’t need to be super secure.
You can jam something under the front offside corner of the engine/frame sobthe bike is supported by 3 points, the sidestand, the rear wheel and whatever you’ve stuck underneath.
I’ve popped mine right up on top of a toolbox so I could have both wheels out at the same time.
Your garage doesn’t have open rafters does it? Ratchet strap over a rafter and around the bars or the top yoke and lift it up?
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I've always bought the tools and done the job on the basis that it costs much less next time you need that tool. I'm not sure how sound the logic is, after a lot of years I have tons of tools that don't really apply any more. In the case of propping the bike for short periods of time I've found the techniques described by M_V are perfectly workable despite being nerve racking in theory.
If you have a garage/private drive then you are living in biker heaven anyway and should have a headstock paddock stand just to show off when bikers come round :) Also don't underestimate how long you might be a biker for, it is great to have tools you bought 30 years ago to hand when you need them.
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I have generally worked on that basis but I’m also trying to cut down on stuff I only use once! On the other hand a proper stand will allow me to recondition the forks at some point...
I’m also slightly nervous about doing brakes but I have a Haynes manual and a torque wrench so how hard can it be. -
Today I've mainly been installing rearsets. These ones relocate the rear brake slave cylinder away from the hot engine and position is vertically. Quite refreshing having a working back brake. Unbolting the caliper and turning it upside down was utter witchcraft, made bleeding so much easier. Just need to wire in the pressure switch tomorrow and should be Romeo Dunn.
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Ha - I would be in jail!
April and may are absolutely mint. It depends which direction you're going in getting out. South and East can be ridiculous, north is not so bad depending on where you live. It's not pleasant though, even riding the freeway to Malibu (about 45 minutes away) is a drag.