Choke cable
step 1: remove entire bike…
there it is just under the right hand coil, totally seized. when this new cable stops moving I’ll rig up a cable that is just pulled out the side.
didn’t have the tools to properly clean the carbs so i left that till some other time, still wondering what to do with the airbox, I have a spare lid so i can experiment with one and still be able to return to stock.
Perhaps if i remove the bell mouth of the snorkel, the sharp edge might add a bit of induction noise. Must have a look at some mid 90’s kawasaki airbox’s there known for a proper induction roar.
cbr mods
Looks like the runner is leaking fuel, so i decided to swap back to the cbr. Tried to get the fuel out of the runners tank, que gob full of petrol and then i only got 2 litre out as well, it’s a weird tank shape can’t get the pipe in far enough. Been thinking of ways to give the cbr more character, decided i needed a louder pipe and i should sort the jetting. I’ve always avoided loud pipes as it attracts guards but these days I’m not so fast any more. Not sure what pipe i’ll put on,we have a dented cbr straight thu pipe(chrome) i’d love to make the haybusa’s left hand carbon pipe fit but that’s a suzuki bolt on type, not slip on. So in the mean time i couldn’t remember weather i had de-baffled the stock pipe before, hmm, do it any way!
Success! pretty nice sound out of it, unfortunately i can’t hear it anymore when there is any wind speed, perhaps some airbox mods to bring in some induction roar? have to pop the tank off anyway to clean the pilot jets anyway, could do two birds with one stone and rejet to suit a modded airbox too.
damn you ice!
busa fairings: got 100gbp back so i will try and paint either the tank or the front farings to match. eventually.
Today was finaly a bit warm. last night i put the helmet on in antipation of a ride and it felt very very good! been off the bike so long now that when i put on the boots this morning i had to resize the straps, my calfs have gotten bigger with all the walking. I’m sick of walking.
Though i’d have a play with the bike since it’s been neglected for so long, swapped on a matching front tyre, old one a completely different profile.
Gave the wheel a quick degrease, absolute pita, why did i bother?
Ice claims another hose nozzle thing.
And back in one piece, much more neutral handling, off for a spin and i break my arai’s little plastic visor lock, what am i getting for christmas? 🙂
cbr6 is it rat now?
little update to the cbr6,
been driving around for ages with out the nose, and yesterday i decided to hack it up and paint it and slap it on.
I’ve yet to get used to it, i may paint the screen magnoila too.
front edge of the right tooth is a little dodgy, an angle grinder is not a precision tool.
I like how the red flows from the frame to the nose, but a black surrounding the nose looks a little awkward, meh when it stops raining and the light is better i will take photos and plonk it on ratbike.org, pity that site doesn’t have comments, i’d be the outcast of the outcast community 🙂
Sad News :(
Starting a full time CAD course next monday, 32 weeks of study means no work done. all projects moth balled. Might do something interesting in CAD and post that, clean finger nails for the next 8 months or as long as i can stay away from the shed.
Another surprise in the garage, streetfightered gsxr1100
Too cheap for proper bars? can’t imagine the brake/clutch reservoirs work very well either.
I’d have a standard one please, where the hell is he going with that rear brake pedal?.
I leave my bike at teds place for one night.
Knowing what’s behind you.
A mirror is a useful thing sometimes, i got spoiled by the busa’s massively effective garda spotters.
So i had to put one one the cbr, can’t put one on the right side because i’d have to change the master cylinder, but however i do have this broken clutch perch lying around which got glued back together and left in the sun in a spare car and over the weekend hardened up quite nicely, splash of paint and it was ready.
Of course i don’t actually have a proper mirror, that would be breaking the rules if all my work accomplished something for once.
My e52 nokia is dead, won’t start, so i had to dig out the nokia 6233, where i found this pic of the insides of my new laptop, totally choked up with dust and loose metal bits rattling around, quick clean and i was away.
Hayabusa 0 cbr6 1
Went for a spin on the busa wednesday,hand nearly exploded all four fingers still hurt to move, no more busa riding it’s gotta go.
On the plus side the cbr6 is still good, added a bit of weld to the right passenger foot peg to level it out a bit, put a bit more oil in it (filter is still leaking a bit) and when i discovered last night that the lights were pointing way up (haven’t actually driven in the dark in a long time) i chopped a wedge of metal out of the headlamp bracket and re welded that too, just have to wait till it’s dark to test it out.
Also a while back i re-soldered my 8-cell stick battery pack to make it fit in the tt-01’s 6-cell space, haven’t actually played with it since but it should be a lot faster then the old 800mah 8-cell pack. That is of course providing that the solder will stay in place, don’t have a very powerful solder gun.
cbr6 rebuild: done
Ready for a test drive
test drive done and i’m a happy bunny
tucking the Wiring loom away was the last real hurdle, after the test ride i fixed up the gear change for a better spare and topped up the oil. next small thing that needs finishing is to re set the exhaust headers a bit to stop a blow and thats it for a while. paint job rear hugger and katana nose cone are for after that.
Niki’s ex500 looking mean, new parts soon
iec watergrasshill trackday
Went and had fun, took picture of everything that wasn’t very shiny.
modern car retro wheels
only escort i actually took a pic of, this just needs some nice deep dish 13″ jap wheels
very clean
Gertrac rwd mk3 escort, very sweet
Started the cbr, ran crap, had spark, tore into carbs, sorted the air screws, back together, still crap, put plug leads on right, sweet as a nut. I’m some idiot.
The busa rebuild started, cbr6 build (nearly) finished.
Niki’s tank, it really does look like any year tank will fit.
I’m not actually allowed to work on the busa. cheapest busa i can find online is €4000 and that’s a 01 with 47000km on the clock, mine has 7000 and is a 06, it’s mad to keep it, i should sell it on and buy quite a lot of entertaining bikes for the money i could get. ted wants me to keep the busa, said that he’d keep the busa and i could sell the R1. R1 is worth nothing. More annoyed that nobody can see that the sight of me on a brand new busa worth 6 grand is ridiculous, by the time I’ve gotten my moneys worth I’ll be 50+. One grand got me the cbr in the first place and that got me through 5 crashes and 40,000 miles, do that by Six and with Six different bikes and we’re talking timmy style then.
I’ve had 37 crashes, any other parent would be happy if i wanted to get rid of a bike that can do 186mph.
Front cage needs to come down a touch, cbr in the background is only stuck on the clocks (won’t fit with honda bars) and a decent sized zip tie to hold on the scottoiler.
Ted won his first race, bit late to become a racing superstar
