Cold, damp + Gixxer

= Fun.

A great day's riding today. I love my GSX R1000. It's a real bike.

 

I stripped the front end off mine tonight. Can't see any damage, I think the
replacement yokes will straighten it out.

I will have the wheels coated black, I'm just struggling with the general
hassle of having the frame right off. I'd quite like it, the subframe and
the swinging arm all done on satin black expoy powdercoat.

Then again I could just make it completely original, flog it, buy a K3 and
put the pattern bodywork on that. Can't bloody decide.

 

I know, I know you sod. Already succumbed to the AP brake conversion didn't
I.
Thing is because the bike was so cheap and already tatty I had a hoot on it
and didn't GAF. The more I spend on it the less I'll want to risk it. On
balance, as it stands now, it will be like new with to die for brakes and a
Harris undertray for a total outlay of £3000 plus whatever the future
insurance loading is.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, 'Hog

My Enfield's got them.

Oh no wait, they're "to die *from* brakes". My mistake.

 

Wanna fit a 6 piston Gixxer caliper and disk then....

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, 'Hog

No, the engine would never overcome the stiction.

 

There is that.
Now, about these footrest hanger plates? I bought the unsalted Lurpak
tonight.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, 'Hog

Ooh no, it's bad for your arteries.

Here's the thing. I'm busy. I *may* be able to do something, I may not.
What I need is drawings to work from. Send me those and I'll see what
can be done.

 

http://library.norwoodschool.org/ls...show01/k/drawing_from_life_kindergarten_s.htm

--
Platypus - (unreal)
VN800 Drifter, R80RT, Z200
DIAABTCOD#2 GPOTHUF#19
BOTAFOS#6 BOTAFOT#89 FTB#11
BOB#1 SBS#35 ANORAK#18 TWA#15

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, pseudoplatypus

No good at all you idiot. It's not a Gixxer.

 

No sort of hurry anyway and it'll take me a while to measure them up if I
*ever* get off my fat arse.
You could make them in Titanium ;o)

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, 'Hog

No. I couldn't.

HTH

 

Entitled "How to destroy all my drills and machine tools"

 

The six pots would fit my ZXR though...

--
SimonB - South Wales. BOF#32
email simonb@zapikdotcodotuk
Triumph Sprint ST,
ZXR750L2 Wazimbaki.
Kawasaki Z1R For Sale

 

Previously on usenet, Champ said...

ZXR has the same 4 pot Tokico brakes as my ZZR. 6 pot Tokicos, as fitted
to ZX9R and a few other bikes, won't fit on the standard mounting
points. I know cos I've tried.

--
Lozzo : The anti-Timo
ZZR1100D, GPZ500S, CB250RS x3
BOTAFOT#57/70a, BOTAFOF#57, MIB#22, TCP#7,
ANORAK#9, DIAABTCOD#14, UKRMT5BB, IBW#013, MIRTTH#15a/16,
BotToS#8, GP#2, SBS#10, SH#3, DFV#14, BONY#9.
Url for ukrm newbies : http://www.ukrm.net/faq/ukrmscbt.html
http://www.glfuk.com/ for MJK Leathers in the UK.
Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.

 

I did check you know....

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/webzxr/zxr750r/Features/k1brakemods.html

That is if the zxr750l has the same forks...

--
SimonB - South Wales. BOF#32
email simonb@zapikdotcodotuk
Triumph Sprint ST,
ZXR750L2 Wazimbaki.
Kawasaki Z1R For Sale

 

Previously on usenet, Champ said...

That's a very handy page. As I mentioned before, the caliper mounts on a
ZXR750 are the same as the ZZR as they use identical calipers. I've just
had a look through EBC's book, and the discs used on the ZX7R are
identical to my ZZR, so theoretically this conversion should be possible
on a ZZR1100.

It would be nice to have brakes that matched the performance.

--
Lozzo : The anti-Timo
ZZR1100D, GPZ500S, CB250RS x3
BOTAFOT#57/70a, BOTAFOF#57, MIB#22, TCP#7,
ANORAK#9, DIAABTCOD#14, UKRMT5BB, IBW#013, MIRTTH#15a/16,
BotToS#8, GP#2, SBS#10, SH#3, DFV#14, BONY#9.
Url for ukrm newbies : http://www.ukrm.net/faq/ukrmscbt.html
http://www.glfuk.com/ for MJK Leathers in the UK.
Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.

 

[ZZR11 brakes]

Four words too many, mate.

 

Previously on usenet, Pip said...

They aint bad brakes......for a moped

--
Lozzo : The anti-Timo
ZZR1100D, GPZ500S, CB250RS x3
BOTAFOT#57/70a, BOTAFOF#57, MIB#22, TCP#7,
ANORAK#9, DIAABTCOD#14, UKRMT5BB, IBW#013, MIRTTH#15a/16,
BotToS#8, GP#2, SBS#10, SH#3, DFV#14, BONY#9.
Url for ukrm newbies : http://www.ukrm.net/faq/ukrmscbt.html
http://www.glfuk.com/ for MJK Leathers in the UK.
Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.

 

Well look everyone I have a pair of minter gixxer thou six pots with not
many miles which will be going on eBay soon otherwise. Currently they
contain some almost new EBC HH's.
I also have a set of standard disks/carriers with about 1200 miles on them
to be sold.