The plan now I'm 90% crash recovered

Last hospital appointment was on Friday, knee healing well, but a
little fluid on it, fractured elbow still won't straighten, but its
much better.

Now I am under attack from Mum and Wife, to sell the bikes. Wife
suggests I could get a Lotus 7 type kit car. So I agreed that when I
found a fast enough kit car I could fit in[1], I will sell the bikes.

Anyway, anyone got a spare set of MX style bars and an ignition
switch, or just the housing, suitable for the GS550M?
What's the best way of repairing scuffed leather?
Any XL Vemar VXN's going cheep?


[1] By past experience, I doubt I'll find a unmodified one with enough
leg room ;o)

--
AndyH, MIB#15
Suz GSX1100F {)
Suz GS550 Katana '82 Black
Suz GS550 Katana '84 Silver (in kit form)
MZ ETZ125 (and still in bits)
CG125 (Son's, but its still in my garage)

 

Wear it with pride.

 

Having seen the state of the leathers half the R6 cup guys were wearing
yesterday, if the stitching's not burst yet, they're fine.....

 

Does that go for the helmet too ;o)

--
AndyH, MIB#15
Suz GSX1100F {)
Suz GS550 Katana '82 Black
Suz GS550 Katana '84 Silver (in kit form)
MZ ETZ125 (and still in bits)
CG125 (Son's, but its still in my garage)

 

No Problem.

 

Depends how bad it is. Will it pass the scrutineers with a sticker over
the scuff?

 

I just like to wear mine to show off my stupidity.

 

I could polish them out [1], but I still don't know what happened to
the visor.

[1] may need the angle grinder.
--
AndyH, MIB#15
Suz GSX1100F {)
Suz GS550 Katana '82 Black
Suz GS550 Katana '84 Silver (in kit form)
MZ ETZ125 (and still in bits)
CG125 (Son's, but its still in my garage)

 

Non destuctive testing for dropped lids?

I wonder what percentage come back with

'we recommend you replace this lid at vast expense would you like to see
our new range of poshly painted ones?'

 

The service is free of charge IIRC, what you pay for is the carriage of
helmet to and from their offices.

 

Not alot come back as scrap, surprisingly. I sent quite a few back for
testing when I ran HG shops and I'd say only one in five came back as
scrap.

This was due in some part to us looking the lid over first. Some people
would be quite willing to waste 25 quid sending a helmet that had
obvious cracks and chunks missing for testing. We made a point of
suggesting that only helmets that didn't have glaringly obvious damage
be sent, otherwise Phoenix may withdraw the service as it was being
abused by timewasters.

 

There are a few bigger kit cars. There's the LV or something version of the
Caterham, and the Luego is a bit bigger. Think the MK indy might be too.

 

Fair enough. I'm interested in how they do the non-destructive testing
though.

 

I'm led to believe they have an ultrasound device of some variety.

 

Clever. My carbon based lid could do with a check ;-)

Nava carbon kevlar. Heavy as **** but has the gold coloured sticker on.
If I send it down, could you give it the once over and get it tested for
me?

 

Clever. My carbon based lid could do with a check ;-)

Nava carbon kevlar. Heavy as **** but has the gold coloured sticker on.
If I send it down, could you give it the once over and get it tested for
me?[/QUOTE]

Sorry squire, the testing service Phoenix offer is only available to
Arai owners. Somewhere in the FAQ there's details of another mob you can
contact direct who offer the same service at a cost.

 

I would suspect some sort of bondtester, e.g Fokker bond-tester (resonant
ultrasonics). Normal pulse-echo ultrasonics require the use of a couplant
which may make proper inspection a bit tricky.
Either way, a reference test piece would be required with some sort of
calibration defect(s).

 

I would suspect some sort of <snip>[/QUOTE]

You lost me right after this bit.

 

Well you could put an Arai sticker on it for me.

 

SWK. Well my old nava won't be that common to have a crashed example lying
about so I'll just jump on it and if it doesn't break, I'll use it again