At least you are banished to the garage when your in the doghouse. I end up having to watch my little princess while the wife goes and sulks about how mad she is at me....lol. Wish she would kick me out of the and into the garage...lol.
Oh well... if that is an aluminum pan, sand paper is much better at cleaning up the edges than a file comes out a lot smoother. If its steel hit it with the dremmel with the little grinding wheel.
Paul
Hahaha... mate I just got the get out call... so the garage is where I went
Aluminium it is... but I take all the sharp edges off with a file to keep it quiet then sand paper afterwards if it needs it. At the moment it's just to get those pointing bits gone from the hacksaw as the surface will all be covered by the thin rubber.
Pete, how big is that gap behind the lock or whatever that is? If this is a tool tray, it looks like something might be able to fall down in there from all the bouncing around.
It's all good Scott, what you can't see from the angle of the photo is the tail light bracket which slots nicely into that gap
I'll still have all my tools in a bag or something anyway... I actually have the original toolkit for the bike but the bag is a little worn and fragile now and I need to add allen keys as well.
I haven't figured out how I'm going to strap it down to stop it bouncing around yet though...
Hey Pete - finally got to see your build thread - wow! I haven't read all of it but have spent a large part of this evening on it and you really have done a fab job. The pipes are awesome in particular!
It's funny seeing your reaction to tranzac's work. I know you are a fan but I was feeling pretty grumpy about my tranzac pipes after having so much trouble fitting mine. But today I went back and looked at both what my bike came with and the cover of the clymer manual which has a shot of the stock pipes on the cover and I think the tranzacs are better. The way the Tranzac pipes hug the frame is better than stock and I love that I could specify reverse cones. I am very happy with my pipes now! I am thinking that the ceramic coating might be a good idea for the headers too. Is the ceramic coating treating you right?
BTW if you like Little Creatures beer you should come over here and visit the brewery in Freo. We (me, my wife and my son) sometimes have lunch there and the food is very good. The beer is even better on tap of course!
Anyway, really like what you have done with the bike. I thought about blacking out the wheels like you have done but I do like the bare ally reveal for "spokes". Suits your bike though. And the engine looks incredible. I am envious of how good your engine looks - mine is a mess!
Oh - I meant to mention too that I couldn't get a bike like yours registered here. Pods just aren't allowed. So for rego I am making my bike look as stock as possible. Even though everything I have done so far is well within the law they are suspicious of change here apparently.
Thanks Jimmy!
Mate I still find myself looking at the pipes... love 'em! I even got a compliment on them by a guy with a mad Katana on the GSR run the other week.
I'm loving that ceramic coating. My ankle sits at the level of the pipe but with my boots and jeans on I don't feel any heat at all, it's like not having the pipe there. And my leg is just in front of the heat shield...
When I shut her off, the pipes cool down really quickly and I can hold them with my hand ages before I can even bear to touch the engine briefly. The finish is good and easy to keep clean as well. A quick polish with Mothers mag. and alu. polish when I'm doing the crank case covers and it's good as new again...
I've been told it doesn't last as long as chrome but I guess time will tell on that part...
With the wheels, ideally I should have wires on this, but that was going to end up with probably a different front end etc. so I went with blacking them out except the edge of the rim which works well, but yeah, yours is better with the alloy spokes for sure
I love the wet blasted finish of the cylinder and head, but I'm still a little annoyed I didn't get him to do the crankcases, valve cover, and cam chain tensioner as well... would've been a little expensive though!
I spend hours reading through ADR's and also emailed the Dept of Transport about my pods, and all your bike has to do is match ADR's at the time of manufacture and there was nothing back there to say pod filters were a no go, so on they want. Got a safety certificate first time with them on. If you're keen for pods, do a bit of research and you'll probably be fine... ADR's are country wide
As for Little Creatures... yeah love it! We plan on getting over there for a holiday as neither of us have been there yet and we're thinking of staying at the Esplanade Hotel which I believe is walking distance to the brewery... sounds like it's a good idea
