Post by TerraRoot on Jul 3, 2010 13:52:21 GMT
Well decided to come over from retro-rides, hope this place has as good a vibe and the whole If you haven't got something constructive to say, say nothing, kinda thing still goes.
To the bikes!
First up my favorite: my cbr6
I won't go over every detail but this is when i first got it (30'000 on the clock) and then when i wrote if off first and then the make over and then written off again.
many bodges were used to keep me going. and some times broken things were just ignored until i had money.
off to scotland and back, nearly made it with out breaking out the duck tape and cable ties, probably should have fitted a working radiator, still i was faster and went further then me mates on there useless bandit 600's
Bought another cbr6 in many bits as the original one was getting on a bit at 60'000 miles
And it got written off again. this time i wasn't allowed to put it back on the road.
Fresh start, painted the frame red cos it was spare, much like the magnolia i painted the rest of body was spare when we did my dads house, even tried to clean the wheels, which was a mistake.
70'000+ miles now on various bits of the bike, (irish mans broom now at this point 5 heads and 3 handles) I've written it off 4 times myself, 5 if you include that fact it was written off when i bought it.
Despite appearances it is well maintained, grease is practically free sure, bloody oil changes are done religiously every 3000 miles (filter every 6000) i consider good tyres a better life saver then pretty much anything you could possibly spend your money on, possibly even brakes what you can't stop for you can go around. Right now i'm looking for a bigger flatter square headlight I'm going to do a katana like nose piece but bigger to match the cbr's girth, what i have is off a suzuki dr big and is quite close to what i want but it's just not right.
I bought a 06 busa a mounth or two a go and i hate it, it's just a sports bike that can't be arsed to be light,120km and carpal tunnel will have you doing nothing for the week.
So it looks like i'm welded to the cbr6 for the future, can't find anything else even half as good only had it three years.
To the bikes!
First up my favorite: my cbr6
I won't go over every detail but this is when i first got it (30'000 on the clock) and then when i wrote if off first and then the make over and then written off again.
many bodges were used to keep me going. and some times broken things were just ignored until i had money.
off to scotland and back, nearly made it with out breaking out the duck tape and cable ties, probably should have fitted a working radiator, still i was faster and went further then me mates on there useless bandit 600's
Bought another cbr6 in many bits as the original one was getting on a bit at 60'000 miles
And it got written off again. this time i wasn't allowed to put it back on the road.
Fresh start, painted the frame red cos it was spare, much like the magnolia i painted the rest of body was spare when we did my dads house, even tried to clean the wheels, which was a mistake.
70'000+ miles now on various bits of the bike, (irish mans broom now at this point 5 heads and 3 handles) I've written it off 4 times myself, 5 if you include that fact it was written off when i bought it.
Despite appearances it is well maintained, grease is practically free sure, bloody oil changes are done religiously every 3000 miles (filter every 6000) i consider good tyres a better life saver then pretty much anything you could possibly spend your money on, possibly even brakes what you can't stop for you can go around. Right now i'm looking for a bigger flatter square headlight I'm going to do a katana like nose piece but bigger to match the cbr's girth, what i have is off a suzuki dr big and is quite close to what i want but it's just not right.
I bought a 06 busa a mounth or two a go and i hate it, it's just a sports bike that can't be arsed to be light,120km and carpal tunnel will have you doing nothing for the week.
So it looks like i'm welded to the cbr6 for the future, can't find anything else even half as good only had it three years.
