Fangs "new" toy!!

fang · Post by **fang** » Tue Jul 19, 2011 7:20 pm

nuggitt wrote:May I ask why that mug is void of tea my friend?

What's Lisa excuse then? I'd be stopping the house keeping money.

Tea mug is empty as I guzzled it prior to taking photo, in a "thats that for tonight" kind of way.

And its a good job your in Greece cos Lisa will slap ya for being cheeky!!

fang · Post by **fang** » Tue Jul 19, 2011 7:36 pm

This afternoons effort involved sorting out the rear light and indicators.

YET MORE 'KIN WIRING $:\$ [and more bandwidth gone to the dogs - admin

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Any how started by assembling the tail tidy I forgot I'd bought.

fitted an old plate from my GSX400F just for giggles.

with all the wires run through I knew what I had to play with and set about extending the indicators, and replacing connectors.

waiting for some larger heat shrink tubing to arrive and I'll continue tomorrow

yzfpaul · Post by **yzfpaul** » Tue Jul 19, 2011 8:22 pm

the bike looks better now than it did in 1981

fang · Post by **fang** » Tue Jul 19, 2011 8:34 pm

yzfpaul wrote:the bike looks better now than it did in 1981

Didnt look that bad back in the day

Post by **Stig** » Tue Jul 19, 2011 8:35 pm

progressing nicely

them auto wire strippers are a god send when you're doing multiple wiring tasks

fang · Post by **fang** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 2:01 pm

Stig wrote:progressing nicely

them auto wire strippers are a god send when you're doing multiple wiring tasks

Aye, right tool for the job and all that

fang · Post by **fang** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 2:38 pm

So, as it was a dry day today, i took the opportunity to wheel the beast outside to check the steering lock adjustments, and to do a bit of welding without melting the carpet tiles.

Pain in the arse moving everything out first though.

Now when I did the steering lock test last time it took 6.7m for the FZ to turn through 180 degrees, The Exup took 5.6m and lisa's hornet did it in 4.m

Now the lockstops have been "adjusted" the FZ can do it in 5.3m which is less than the Exup and as I've never had a problem with her steering lock the FZ will be fine.

Satisfied with that I set about the welding tasks, nothing major, just bits I'd overlooked in the past.
Welded into place a spacer on the seat lock mechanism.

Shortened a spacer for the radiator top mount

And prepared and welded in the battery tray filler panel mounting brackets.

And it turned out that my "fire blanket" wasn't exactly fireproof

another good reason for doing it outside

Gave the exposed metal a quick blast of black paint and put it all away, would've carried on with the electrics but the Postie didn't bring the heat shrink today, ho hum.

Post by **nugget** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 3:14 pm

Nice to see that Lisa's checking for rain for you in Pic 1

fang · Post by **fang** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 3:19 pm

nuggitt wrote:Nice to see that Lisa's checking for rain for you in Pic 1

she's actually throwing, onto the garden, uneaten cat food for the birds, most of it ends up on the back of my car though!!

Teego · Post by **Teego** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 6:01 pm

Saw this and thought of your new toy:
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fang · Post by **fang** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 8:19 pm

Teego wrote:Saw this and thought of your new toy:
110716669093

certainly different

but I'll stick with what I've got lined up, cos at least it can be cut down easily.

Post by **nugget** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 10:04 am

Now that does look nice Teego.

Go on fang you know you really want it.

mogster · Post by **mogster** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 10:19 am

go to maplins 5 meters of shrink wrap is about 6 quid

nasty · Post by **nasty** » Fri Jul 22, 2011 4:40 pm

Is the number plate on the pisss .?

Paul wot you think .

fang · Post by **fang** » Fri Jul 22, 2011 6:42 pm

nasty wrote:Is the number plate on the pisss .?

Paul wot you think .

the number plates straight, its the battery box cover that was on the piss!