If you look closely at the last pic, you can see my 916 in there too And the wife was sat on the sofa between the two bikes
Its been a while since I updated this thread First thing of note, that dickhead son of mine, who this bike was for, got done 3 times in one week, speeding on the M1, average speed cameras, on his way home from work, he did some insurance quotes for this bike, nobody would quote him for it, so, a deal was done, my FZR400 3TJ for this bike In an earlier post, it was mentioned that the paddock stand bobbin lugs had been snapped off, and it was suggested that I get some aluminium bar, and weld it to the swing arm, after scouring the Bay of Fleas for a while, most used swing arms were around the £200 mark, then, one day, a new listing appeared, £40 buy it now, or best offer, I offered £30, accepted, the real bonus was, the seller was only about 10 miles from my house Collected on the Saturday morning, gave it a good clean and degrease ready to give it a rub down and a couple of coats of paint Once painted, and left long enough to dry thoroughly, came the fun of removing the old swing arm, got that removed, checked the chain, didn't look too bad, located the identification markings, then the real problem arose, apparently, that model chain is discontinued, and the new connecting link is no longer available New chain it is then New chain ordered, new (to me) swing arm fitted, rear wheel refitted, chain on, tensioned, then ran the bike in gear for a couple of minutes, chain retensioned, all good One of the broken parts was the gear shift lever, a new aftermarket one was ordered from the Bay of Fleas, when it arrived, the thread on the rose joint were wrong, it was standard thread, whereas, it should have been left hand thread, oh well, never mind Back searching the Bay, found a complete used lever and linkage set, and bit more than I would have liked to pay, but, needs must This part was fitted at the same time as the chain, as it needed to be removed to access the front sprocket
The old tail tidy and reg plate light were completely destroyed from the accident, so, a new aftermarket one was ordered, again, from the Bay Tidy looking piece of kit, the only issue, the mounting holes were not large enough, 10 minutes with the cordless drill, problem solved Ordered some new fixings from my local Kawasaki dealer, who are now also a Suzuki dealership, since completely motorbikes went bust, tail tidy fitted, wiring run through to under the seat pod, and to cut the plug off the old unit, and rewire it to the new one, as there was no plug on the end of the light wires Before you all start, I know the plate is on the piss The original bolt holes were too low for the new hanger, new holes were drilled, obviously in the wrong place Never mind, it needs a new plate anyway Next on the agenda, is to make this thing fit The link pipe is a larger diameter than the pipe on the bike My initial thoughts are, the part with the cone shaped end, cut off most of the cone part, then cut a small section out, and use it as a sleeve, using the remaining part of the cone to stop it sliding down the original pipe when fitting That's a job for another day
