yamaha yzf 750/1000 has come home

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U suggesting we are obsessive hoarders who keep stuff "just in case" needed in future?????? :D
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well i spent a few hours tinkering in the garage, and got the new dials
wired in, now i am not the best sparks in the world and my knowlage is limited, but the instructions were simple to follow and more importantly they had pictures lol

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now we all like trick flashy shiney things and these are the trickest flashiest bit of kit i've bought so far
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Nice slide show Paul. I like, what sounds like the music score from the Terminator :lol: :thumbsup:

Well done matey. I bet you've still got that happy grin all over your face. :D :D :D
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Good old fashioned vision, drive and dogged determination at it's best.

Top job. :D
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nuggitt wrote:Nice slide show Paul. I like, what sounds like the music score from the Terminator :lol: :thumbsup:
lol its from the film Highlander :D

a bit cheesy but i couldnt help myself
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You should have finished it off with a live fly by at full chat. Good wee film!
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ive got a gopro cam for christmas so i'll be doing a few vids this summer :D
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yzfpaul wrote:ive got a gopro cam for christmas so i'll be doing a few vids this summer :D
Just be careful what you vid and post on yhe web :paranoid:
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Bit of nostalgia for you here Paully...

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blimey timbo where was that taken?

i dont recognise who the gsxr or the R1 belongs too
is one of them your brother ian's ?
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Andy Moreland on the Gixer & Paul Maitland on the R1 (he went to Assen WSB with us one year).

The pic was taken at Chimes garage on the A21 just south of Bromley. Can't remember which year though.
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i think it was the summer of 2003 cos i moved to scotland in march 2004
i remember the ride now i've sat and thought about it that gsxr was quick !!
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well after much sorting out and putting away in the garage
i finally started on the luggage carrier

firstly i took off the single seat unit and put on my old spare
so not to scratch the paintwork while offering up bits n bobs

the problem i have is just that... the single seat unit and how to put luggage
on without damaging the paint.

so.... while clearing up i found a yzf 750 grab rail, then out came the grinder
and i took off the luggs that attach under the passenger seat like this

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then i used some of the left over alluminium bar i had from making
my ow01 fairing stays

and made some rough shapes like this

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bolting it onto the subframe just under where the rear footrests should be

I found an old ally travel ironing board that looked like it would do the trick so i offered that up and its getting there

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remembering i need to put a tailpack on it as well as a tent n sleeping bag this could be the way to go

not to mention if i did some washing i can iron my clothes on the campsite
i'm a bloody genius :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Hope you've copyrighted that.....Genius! :D
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