Hey Guys/ Girls, Im Lewis and im new here. Not going to be anything overly exciting happening here as she is currently my daily driver so anything that happens can only last a weekend before she has to be back together for the Monday commute! I have already started to tinker with her though and im loving being back on a bike after a good few years rest and an obsession with cars! So here she is in all her glory...... So the plan is next to make myself up a couple sets of dog bones to try and raise the height of the back end as its currently quite low and me being 6ft 3 im feeling rather huge riding it so that and a good service this weekend and shes good for now. Any comments are welcome good or bad! Thanks Lewis
Your bike looks very tidy indeed, we will keep a look out for further improvements, good luck with it.
Mate that looks in great shape ..... especially if your commuting on it every day during the week Has the bodywork been replaced or was it repaired/repainted ?
Thanks guys. She was an impulse buy after going to look at a few bikes (supermotos) and this popped up on gumtree as we were driving about the gold coast, the guy wanted it gone that day as he had seen a crosser he wanted so i went down struck a deal with him and drove it home! Yeah she has been painted, the front fairing has had a good job done, the rest inc tank have alot of orange peel effect going on but is still tidy and presentable. I am planning on wrapping it up. I think the fairings are all original as a couple have been plastic welded on the back but have been done properly, which is always good. She does need a good clean though, anyone recommend some good products?
Welcome mate if u wanna clean fairings motul shine and go I think it called is great about 20 bucks a can at any bike shop and no water needed also leaves a wax coat on to protect will take pic of it when home! Use to work at northstar yamaha and used it everyday
Something I use on paint work initially that has been neglected is 'clay bar' ( also on my car when I have that much energy) Run your hand over a section and ususally it will feel 'rough' ....use this stuff then it feels very smooth .... takes off all the crud u cant see. Any complete detail on paintwork involves this step ... google it I use this one ... its liquid so easier to use.
Thanks for that GI and Mclaren. Yeah ive clay bar'd a few cars in the past and got really good results but i cant see it getting rid of the orange peel effect or the few minor marks that i have. Will still give it a go see how she comes up.
I'll give that stuff ago then. Going to give her a good going over this weekend and touch up a couple areas. What oils are everyone running? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I have ran motul 5100 it was alright but is only semi-synthetic, and am currently running repsol 4t *insert italian word) it's fully synthetic and seems good!
Yeah I was thinking a fully synthetic. Where did you pick the repsol 4t.... Up From lol. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Awesome looks like everything I want I can get from them! Just might take a few trips to get it all ! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
anyone got the part number for the oil filter? being lazy and cant be arsed to go check mine on the bike