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Now that I have moved into my new house I finally got to install some proper lighting in my new garage on Saturday. That done I progressed to stripping down the bike which has beeen cooped up in my girlfriends Dad's garage for the last two years screaming for attention.

First job was to remove the snapped off bleed nipple on the rear caliper. easy you say huh? Just drill it out and easy out it. Yeah feckin right. three snapped drill bits and 3 snapped easy outs and the fecker is in there for good. I tried heat too but it just wouldn't budge. So today I bit the bullet and ordered a second hand caliper from D & K Spares for 60 plus the VAT.

I have completely cleaned up the rear end and fitted the new HEL braided line and changed the egine oil and filter. Still got new bulbs to fit in the tail light, braided brake hoses for the front, new progressive springs in the very soft forks, new spark plugs and the Renegade air kit to fit.

Does anyone know where I can get the radiator and oil cooler grilles from and what kind of price I can expect to pay and where do I buy new fork seals.

Next up clutch master and slave and new hoses.

I promise neverto let it get in such a poor state of maintenance an cleanliness again

Andy,
Could start with Beowulf for the rad covers, although quite a few others do them and no idea who is cheapest/best.

http://beowulf-performance-products.com ... sp?catid=9

Get doem to B&Q and get some mesh and make them yourself for a pittance.

Falcopops wrote:Get doem to B&Q and get some mesh and make them yourself for a pittance.

The DIY option is certainly the cheapest but if you can't be arsed to make them yourself, these are a lot cheaper than the Beowulf stuff:

Mikes Grilles

Cheers chappys

I plumped for mikes grilles but hey I really liked the look of those stubby titanium cans from Beowulf.

Got me thinking again.............

What would be good to use for edging trim on the DIY ones? And how do they stay on the radiators?

You could use something like this Nooj http://www.displayproducts.net/U-Channels.html
or some rubber/PVC hose split down one side and pushed on with some adhesive, I used some gold mesh from a DIY store to make a grill this way on my son in laws car after he parked to close to a tree and pushed a hole through his.

Dealer price £80 diy £20 and you can't tell the difference now its fitted.

I used plastic ties to fix his grill but you could use a epoxy resin also

Falcoholic wrote:Cheers chappys

I plumped for mikes grilles but hey I really liked the look of those stubby titanium cans from Beowulf.

Got me thinking again.............

The standard length titaniums on mine are bloody loud even with the legal baffles in, so the stubby versions should be even louder.
They've worked fine on mine. Beowulf told me they would be OK with standard chip if left the baffles in, and they have been. Just run them with a K&N kit and it cleaned the flatspot up perfectly. Certainly feels like more power as well, but never had it on a dyno.

Nooj wrote:What would be good to use for edging trim on the DIY ones? And how do they stay on the radiators?

I thought about buying some of the car "go faster mesh" from Halfords, (not cheap though). My idea was to fit to the belly pan with Araldite/screws etc., bit more difficult without the belly pan!