A picture a day....biker banter (Vol 4)
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Hi sweetie. XA bit more titavation with the 125, tided up the wiring fitting new connectors getting rid of the car style red and blue connectors.
Next stop tidy the rats nest in the headlight and then fit my forks after having new stansons, seals and fork springs with some spacers to firm up the dive a bit more
Next stop tidy the rats nest in the headlight and then fit my forks after having new stansons, seals and fork springs with some spacers to firm up the dive a bit more
Biker's Nemesis said:
A bit more titavation with the 125, tided up the wiring fitting new connectors getting rid of the car style red and blue connectors.
Next stop tidy the rats nest in the headlight and then fit my forks after having new stansons, seals and fork springs with some spacers to firm up the dive a bit more
Sold plenty of those liquid cooled RZ125LC's in white with blue highlights or the reverse and that little bikini fairing and belly pan they certainly looked like a big Yam. Those wheels further added to the family similarities as did all the satin black finish everywhere.Next stop tidy the rats nest in the headlight and then fit my forks after having new stansons, seals and fork springs with some spacers to firm up the dive a bit more
Great little bikes. Enjoy.
Chipchap said:
A wee bit of self indulgence here. An old friend scanned these newspaper clippings and results sheet from SA of us all way up in Northern Transvaal playing in club racing on a weekend off from Nationals.
I am on a modified Z1R complete with front slick and treaded rear and it still has the cable operated front master cylinder unique to the Z1R. Bike was not mine and was fairly fast but properly unruly and underbraked. The 750's were new 1981 CB750FA's and #92 and the one further back were both Honda Castrol official riders who went on to greater things. I am #327.
Brilliant I am on a modified Z1R complete with front slick and treaded rear and it still has the cable operated front master cylinder unique to the Z1R. Bike was not mine and was fairly fast but properly unruly and underbraked. The 750's were new 1981 CB750FA's and #92 and the one further back were both Honda Castrol official riders who went on to greater things. I am #327.
Chipchap said:
A wee bit of self indulgence here. An old friend scanned these newspaper clippings and results sheet from SA of us all way up in Northern Transvaal playing in club racing on a weekend off from Nationals.
I am on a modified Z1R complete with front slick and treaded rear and it still has the cable operated front master cylinder unique to the Z1R. Bike was not mine and was fairly fast but properly unruly and underbraked. The 750's were new 1981 CB750FA's and #92 and the one further back were both Honda Castrol official riders who went on to greater things. I am #327.
very cool Allan, what track was that??I am on a modified Z1R complete with front slick and treaded rear and it still has the cable operated front master cylinder unique to the Z1R. Bike was not mine and was fairly fast but properly unruly and underbraked. The 750's were new 1981 CB750FA's and #92 and the one further back were both Honda Castrol official riders who went on to greater things. I am #327.
Steve Bass said:
Chipchap said:
A wee bit of self indulgence here. An old friend scanned these newspaper clippings and results sheet from SA of us all way up in Northern Transvaal playing in club racing on a weekend off from Nationals.
I am on a modified Z1R complete with front slick and treaded rear and it still has the cable operated front master cylinder unique to the Z1R. Bike was not mine and was fairly fast but properly unruly and underbraked. The 750's were new 1981 CB750FA's and #92 and the one further back were both Honda Castrol official riders who went on to greater things. I am #327.
very cool Allan, what track was that??I am on a modified Z1R complete with front slick and treaded rear and it still has the cable operated front master cylinder unique to the Z1R. Bike was not mine and was fairly fast but properly unruly and underbraked. The 750's were new 1981 CB750FA's and #92 and the one further back were both Honda Castrol official riders who went on to greater things. I am #327.
Later on we had Pietersburg too.
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Last used the R1 over the Xmas / New Year break. I chucked it at the bottom of the garden as I've needed the garage to process the belongings of a deceased relative (feckin lunatic hoarder).
Anyway, I chucked a cover on the bike at the time and I'm not convinced it was the best idea - the state of the aluminium bits is far worse than when it (same bike) sat outside for a few winters entirely uncovered.
The corrosion has come on a treat! I'm particularly found of the bloom of the stuff sprouting out from where the fork stanchion is screwed into the bottom fork knuckle, it looks like some sort of fungus.
I'd love to strip, clean and prep it prior to the Jerez trackday but no spare time - a bucket of water thrown at it and some new pads are the best I can hope for.
Need to be down in the West Country at the weekend so I fancy using it and hopefully the predicted torrential rain will wash off some of the worst of the rubbish.
Anyway, I chucked a cover on the bike at the time and I'm not convinced it was the best idea - the state of the aluminium bits is far worse than when it (same bike) sat outside for a few winters entirely uncovered.
The corrosion has come on a treat! I'm particularly found of the bloom of the stuff sprouting out from where the fork stanchion is screwed into the bottom fork knuckle, it looks like some sort of fungus.
I'd love to strip, clean and prep it prior to the Jerez trackday but no spare time - a bucket of water thrown at it and some new pads are the best I can hope for.
Need to be down in the West Country at the weekend so I fancy using it and hopefully the predicted torrential rain will wash off some of the worst of the rubbish.
moanthebairns said:
You have two hoses right next to it. In the time it took to take the photos you could have rinsed it.
Got two of everything now! Six packing crates of unused energy saving light bulbs to the tip today - fortunately there's a recycling donation point - bloke there thinks I'm insane. You are right though, if I had any energy left.
sc0tt said:
Hooli said:
moanthebairns said:
You have two hoses right next to it. In the time it took to take the photos you could have rinsed it.
I don't normally agree with anything MTB says but...
In my defence I got home early for once, thought "still daylight, council tip's still open for run no. 74 or rescue bike or both". Also both hoses leak like sieves but from different places so I need to spend 10 mins building one good one out of the two. Almost crashed bike on the lawn (wouldn't be first time) before admiring the corrosion and wrecked grass.
It's going to get filthy going down to Somerset this weekend so it'll wait.
Blah blah blah excuses excuses
moto_traxport said:
sc0tt said:
Hooli said:
moanthebairns said:
You have two hoses right next to it. In the time it took to take the photos you could have rinsed it.
I don't normally agree with anything MTB says but...In my defence I got home early for once, thought "still daylight, council tip's still open for run no. 74 or rescue bike or both". Also both hoses leak like sieves but from different places so I need to spend 10 mins building one good one out of the two. Almost crashed bike on the lawn (wouldn't be first time) before admiring the corrosion and wrecked grass.
It's going to get filthy going down to Somerset this weekend so it'll wait.
Blah blah blah excuses excuses
Hence I don't whinge at fluffy ali, besides your not trying until you lift the tank & find fluffy mould growing on the frame as I did last year 
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