Blade fighter

That looks alright mate.

You could lways modify it a bit with fibreglass if you want it a bit more personal.

Hey, guess wot I found at my local Breakers the other day.......
'98ish headers.
pretty good condition
no dents
£35
RESULT!
Hope they fit!
Now where's that hacksaw

spoze you want a picture?

Jammy sod! If they don't fit yours can I have em?. Just bought a scraped, RRW standard can, chopped into 5 pieces and rebuilding it with 3 pieces for a quiet stubby. Total cost so far, £3.20 on eBay!!!Pix to follow.

megawatt wrote:Jammy sod! If they don't fit yours can I have em?. Just bought a scraped, RRW standard can, chopped into 5 pieces and rebuilding it with 3 pieces for a quiet stubby. Total cost so far, £3.20 on eBay!!!Pix to follow.

Teee Heee Heeee.
bout time summat went my way

Here we go!







Note to self- Get rid of those awful stickers

I also re-sighted the ignition switch



Now, if I can loose this spaghetti somewhere.............



And connect all the lights etc.............. it'll be MOT time.
Just in time for Thundersprint 09

looks cool enough to me mate

Looks well but don't forget the green stripe and watch out for car drivers; single headlights don't come across as aggressive to them so they pull out more readily.

yammydave wrote:Looks well but don't forget the green stripe and watch out for car drivers; single headlights don't come across as aggressive to them so they pull out more readily.

Ta for the tip Dave.

Nice job mate, lookin good, nice relocation of the ignition too!!

Yeah man, coming along nice!

That looks better on the bike than it did in your hand mate.My ignition sits under my rear seat pod well away from theiving gits eyes and fingers.I wonder if its legal under there.Oh well,ho hum.Thanks for the pm fringe but i can't seem to respond at the mo.Computer issues i think.Twenty quid says its me thats buggered it up.

Thank god for that zorst I got the other day.
The old 1 has peeled at the bracket revealing a hole



the new one doesnt quite line up at that bracket either,
I think its the reason for the hole.



It's not far, but enough to repeat the damage if not sorted. Hopefully I can re drill the hole, if theres enough metal.


After I had fitted the new pipe I 'entertained' the neighbourhood with
Concerto for unbaffled 4into1.

final job for today, (well actually I did this first).
Fit a Reflector for the MOT



'Up Yours' MOT inspector.

have you got a can for that zorst system mate?

Hoping to use the 1 I got ta, it looks the same angle.
Gonna hack up the old1 for sure, now.
To make something more suitable!!!!!!!!!!!

Coming along nicely mate, what happened with the brake lines? they look a little on the long side!

cabbie wrote:Coming along nicely mate, what happened with the brake lines? they look a little on the long side!

Ok, ok, I'll fess up.
I got impatient and guestimated the length............WRONG

Grim1 sent me some Dominator spots today (Thanks m8), so it will probably all change............AGAIN!

Am I indicisive?.......... I'm not sure!

looking good, +1 on the hoses and im surprised ya bled them with the hoses being higher than the res (air sitting in the top of the bend).

Keep up the good work.

Russ

Deathace wrote:looking good, +1 on the hoses and im surprised ya bled them with the hoses being higher than the res (air sitting in the top of the bend).

Keep up the good work.

Russ

I aint that clever!
brakes bled then hoses adjusted CAREFULLY after. Coz they caught on the cowl in one of the fitting options I tried (then Binned!)
I aint moved them back. YET!

You could get 2 new banjo's and shorten them?

I kinda like the up and over look its kinda cool with the changes to the bike but get rid of the slack and put 2 new banjos on.

I was going to say if you bend the hoses over and line up on the calipers and bolt em in you could then remove the calipers and work backwards to bleed them.

anyway good luck with it

Russ

Fringe, let me know how much slack is left over if you shorten them, as I'd like a red rear line from the reservoir down

fastbikefinder wrote:You could get 2 new banjo's and shorten them?

I you can tell me how to get the banjos to seal on to the hoses I'll give it a go.
Thats a good idea for the remainder hose to link the res to mastercyl.
Should have enough to send FBF some and do that meself.
Dont know it the hose will fit coz its quiet thin.

I redid the mess that was wires to the headlamp.
Someone had butchered and spliced in a non standard healamp plug.
All good now tho, just need to wire in the side light and indicators.

The Exhaust needs a modified bracket.
Then the MOT.

I was going to speak to HEL to get a small length made up for the master-res but when i photoshopped it, it looks like too much.

Russ

Deathace,
I used the HRC kit that replaces the rear Res.
I know some dont trust it but............wot the hey!

Fringe wrote:
I you can tell me how to get the banjos to seal on to the hoses I'll give it a go.
Thats a good idea for the remainder hose to link the res to mastercyl.
Should have enough to send FBF some and do that meself.

The hose will fit with a bit of manipulation.

Braided lines have outer steel braid, or steel braid coated red in your case, then the inner brake pipe - the braid/outer stops the inner from swelling too.

When you get the new banjos there will be 2 types, 1 with an olive like a normal compression joint you get in B+Q for plumbing etc and another has small tubular insert, on the bottom of the banjo union that goes into the inner , which also has a compression bottom if you like.

First of all cut your hoses to the length you require, use a very fine hacksaw to go through the braid and inner as using cutters can reshape the hose oval and then it's a night mare putting the fittings on.

Then put the banjo lower clamp around the hose the right way up to, so it will screw to the banjo union. Then insert the olive between the braided outer and the inner fluid line, get it at least 4mm down/into the braid and make sure it's nice and even all the way round. Then screw on the union.

Don't fully tighten the union until you have routed the hoses to the master and the calipers, as you want them as straight with where they mount onto the master and calipers as possible without having to twist the hoses into place, attach the banjos loosely to the master and caliper and then tighten down you compression joints on the banjos.

Also, put Dot 5.1 into you rear de-res kit, it wont damage any paintwork as it's synthetic, just make sure you flush every last bit of Dot 4 out of it.

I got mine made up by a hydraulic place.Dirt cheap compared to brake line sellers.Bloke said the materials used were well up to the job probably overkill but he said he couldn't guarantee or give me a receipt as liability issues as not specified for brake lines.Has anyone seen those re-useable ones on ebay sold by the company who supplies venhill?I think they are a lot cheaper too.You have to order your legth,colour and banjo's and like FBF says,they not rocket science to put together.

Thanks FBF and Grim1.
Watch this space..................

It Passed, bloody hell, it passed..........The MOT.


after some stuggling with the new headlight, I'd connected it up wrong then blew a fuse sorting it out.
After about 30mins fiddling I was given 5mins to sort it or It'd fail. I got it back together and working 3 mins after he'd failed it! But, he retested straight away n it passed..........with a recommendation for a new front tyre.
BUT iT Passed.
Thundersprint here we come!

Excellent mate!