Been out on my bike today, Fantastic , the sun was out, nice n' dry & I couldn't help grinning from ear to ear. Bike ran beautifully, can't wait till next friday to get it MOT'd. Will probably be pi**ing down! If it is I will chuck it in the back of me van. Call me what you like, but I don't do ...

Brian, Lathe is ok. It's only a 'boys' lathe. Came from Machine Mart, can't remember exact cost, but they had a deal on at the time (don't they all these days?) Downside is it will only hold 1 1/4'' in the chuck. I did look at buying a 'Man's' lathe (check out the beauty in Zed1015's thread) but tha...

Steering lock is limited!!!!! But not so bad it's unuseable. I did consider having new top & bottom yokes made, with an increased offset, but the cost/useabilty resulted in just a bottom yoke. I believe the wider, less offset yokes are more stable. What makes my lack of lock worse is the 'chunky...

OK, managed to spend a few hours in the garage this afternoon :D :D I re-built my forks yesterday, fitted the yokes, then fitted the forks to the yokes. PROBLEM! I tried to adjust the rebound damping screw & it would only turn 2 clicks, instead of the 20 normally :?? I had threaded my damping ro...

Will,
That sounds great. I would like to source another set of clocks first (not gonne be cheap, I know) Then I will run with a GPS speedo or similar to see where the numbers need to go. Will PM you when I've done me research.

Big Fluff, that's very interesting stuff you do there. I am running a 17'' front wheel, with a ZX7R speedo drive. I know the speedo is very innacurate because of this. Can you produce a clock face to compensate for this? I know the 'recorded' mileage still wouldn't be accurate, but that's no big deal.

Mike, M10 x 0.75 is a mighty fine pitch indeed. Just in case it turns out to be M10 x 1.0 which is still fine compared to the M10 x 1.25 normally called fine by most fastener suppliers. I have a tap you can borrow! M10 x 1.0 that is!

Having searched & read through old material on here I am still not sure which is the best way to go. I want to replace the seperate unit's on my Z1000A1 & have three options available to me. I would be grateful for your opinions :!: :!: Option 1. Second hand unit from Z1000ST, I would cut th...

Just scrolled back through this thread & looked at the paintset again.
That's gonna be a'Stunning' bike!

Congrat's on the MOT Jack. Did it pass without a chainguard or front mudguard

Well, feeling that I now had all the pieces to re-fit my front end. I thought I'd book my MOT test for Friday. Earliest they can do it is a week on Friday! Must be the bit of sunshine we've had or something? At least it means I won't be rushing things for this Friday I suppose. Am a bit gutted thoug...

Think I've learnt something there! I was thinking about banjo bolts.......oops

Just tell us you're NOT keeping that seat on it!

Right then, Had a top day today :lol: Picked up me 'new' extensions http://i630.photobucket.com/albums/uu28/StevenLewisSharp/Yoke/DSCN0832.jpg So now I have four. If all else fails I could screw em all together n' go for the 'chopper look' :hys :hys :hys Better still I went back to see 'Blingmeister...

As you say Brian,
Result!
Glad things have started moving in the right direction again.