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The winter fettle is underway

So far, rear wheel out, rear swing arm out, exhaust and mid section out, belly pan off, front end suspended - ready for front wheel to be removed, fork service booked.....

So - what's coming - new swing arm, new bars, new sat nav and a few other bits......

There is a rumour that I have been cleaning bits as well......

Aladinsaneuk wrote:
There is a rumour that I have been cleaning bits as well......

Only a rumour!!! I have heard under all that crud is a bronze falco and thats why it is so quick

Aladinsaneuk wrote: rear swing arm out,

.... as opposed to which swingarm? ..... have you gone for a hub-centred front end with front swingarm ............. or is this some fiendishly cunning mid-swingarm set-up you've got going on ............



.............. or would it be one on the Green Flag truck that accompanies you wherever you go?

all will be revealed in good time young pad wan.. well, old pad wan

(and its the workshop manual that refers to it as the rear suspension arm so.....)

Aladinsaneuk wrote:all will be revealed in good time young pad wan.. well, old pad wan

(and its the workshop manual that refers to it as the rear suspension arm so.....)

So the rear suspension arm as in the arm for the rear suspension .... not the rear swingarm then ..............

oh ok - its been a long day - and these bits i acquired off a former elf race bike.....

(any one else remember the wierd system they tried??)

and to get briefly back on track - front wheel and forks out)

Aladinsaneuk wrote: forks out

Well we got no choice
All the girls and boys
Makin' all that noise
'Cause they found new toys
Well we can't salute ya
Bike's slow and black
If that don't suit ya
That's a drag

Fork's out for winter
Fork's out forever
Seals been blown to pieces

No more searches
No more height jokes
No more hobbit's dirty looks

Well we got no class
And we got no principles
And we got no competence
We can't even find a spanner that fits

Fork's out for winter
Fork's out forever
Seals been blown to pieces

No more searches
No more height jokes
No more hobbit's dirty looks

Out for winter
Out till fall
Forks might not go back at all

There is a rumour that I have been cleaning bits as well......

Speculative bullshit!

Ive now managed to move the family from Cambs to Suffolk, am taking over my new job tomorrow.. I foresee a motorcycle workshop being made from one of the storerooms i'm meant to be taking over.. They don't know this yet.. but they will...

I have plans to finish a few jobs on the Mille over winter, between bouts of riding it.

MartDude wrote:

Aladinsaneuk wrote: forks out

Well we got no choice
All the girls and boys
Makin' all that noise
'Cause they found new toys
Well we can't salute ya
Bike's slow and black
If that don't suit ya
That's a drag

Fork's out for winter
Fork's out forever
Seals been blown to pieces

No more searches
No more height jokes
No more hobbit's dirty looks

Well we got no class
And we got no principles
And we got no competence
We can't even find a spanner that fits

Fork's out for winter
Fork's out forever
Seals been blown to pieces

No more searches
No more height jokes
No more hobbit's dirty looks

Out for winter
Out till fall
Forks might not go back at all

That made I larf...

MartDude wrote:
Fork's out for winter
Fork's out forever...........

etc

Where's the 'like' button when you need it?

Love it mart

And new steps for the mille?

Or is one of those sheds going to have a block and tackle.... Like how the knights in plate armour allegedly got on their tall steeds?

Aladinsaneuk wrote:
Or is one of those sheds going to have a block and tackle.... Like how the knights in plate armour allegedly got on their tall steeds?

Nah - he's going to train the Mille like a camel, so it kneels down for him

Well the new house has a kitchen with dining room space, the living room also has a dining space (ex yank quarters) soo.. naturally i measured the doors and know i can fit the bike into the dining room.. either of them.. but Her Royal Highness decided i wasnt allowed..
She's allowed her hoover into the house? that has a motor.. so why can my exceedingly more expensive equipment also be allowed in?

No not new steps.. looking at fixing the rear shock mount.. that i meant to do ages ago.. and also get the rear shock refurbed at McT.. then the front forks set up properly too.. then whilst i've got the fairings off I thought I might get the dremel out on a few choice parts of the front end fairing.. and drop the collector off and add a few grammes to it..
also need to source a full bodykit.. race or otherwise.. (cheaply) to replace the current one (and respray the replacement one)


..and sod off with the hobbit height jokes!! Come the revolution... you lot are top of the list....

Aladinsaneuk wrote:and these bits i acquired off a former elf race bike.....

Thought they were more into flying unicorns and stuff.

Anyway, what colour bronze are you painting it?

Reason why we are top of the list is because we can reach the top of the list

Damn that A4 paper is tall....