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- Sat Jun 05, 2021 7:50 pm
- Forum: The Club
- Topic: What Suzuki should have done with the GSX-R1000
- Replies: 7
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What Suzuki should have done with the GSX-R1000
It's been a while since I've posted but... Just came across this on my Google feed and needed to share. https://www.visordown.com/news/new-bikes/suzuki-katana-worldsbk-lockdown-project-more-neo-more-retro-all-fascinating Don't know about you but I'd bend my "carbs only" rule if Suzuki ever put it in...
- Sun Mar 15, 2020 12:59 pm
- Forum: Technical Q&A
- Topic: Fitting HD fork springs
- Replies: 1
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Fitting HD fork springs
Has anyone got a clever method for compressing heavy duty forks springs to get the cap on? I've bought these German ones which are giving me a bit of a headache - see the pic below of the teetering pile I need to juggle and compress. My method has been to try to stop everthing popping out the side w...
- Sat Jan 04, 2020 5:17 pm
- Forum: Project Forum
- Topic: Trigger's Broom (and it's an ESD)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3796
Re: Trigger's Broom (and it's an ESD)
Update 2, lubricants, cleaning and the fork rebuild Having sat on my arse all Christmas despite the reasonable weather I thought it was about time to get some work done. Although I'm still waiting for the anti-dive units to come back from the painter I thought the forks were a good place to start. A...
- Sun Dec 29, 2019 11:50 am
- Forum: Project Forum
- Topic: Trigger's Broom (and it's an ESD)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3796
Re: Trigger's Broom (and it's an ESD)
I was intending to use a copperslip grease and when I started the project, invested in a number of different greases to investigate their properties. Having looked up galvanic corrosion it all came back to me as my dad had an old narrow boat in my youth and explained all about the need for sacrifici...
- Sun Dec 29, 2019 7:58 am
- Forum: Project Forum
- Topic: Trigger's Broom (and it's an ESD)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3796
Re: Trigger's Broom (and it's an ESD)
Thanks Stockcar, I'll look into this as it isn't something I was aware of.
- Sat Dec 28, 2019 4:04 pm
- Forum: Technical Q&A
- Topic: Fork Chrome Plating
- Replies: 14
- Views: 340
Re: Fork Chrome Plating
Hi Blix, I'll post you some more pick over the next few days on my restoration post just loaded. The Cerakote has a lovely grainy finish as it goes onto the metal directly. It may be about temperature and thickness but as Mark Dunford is the only manufacturer trained supplier in the UK I'm sure he k...
- Sat Dec 28, 2019 4:01 pm
- Forum: Project Forum
- Topic: Trigger's Broom (and it's an ESD)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3796
Trigger's Broom (and it's an ESD)
Ok so we've all made a dubious purchase under the influence and apparently some of us never learn in our later years. This is the story of mine, an 1100 ESD. OK, it isn't a Katana, more the toned down model for the faint hearted possibly, but some of my fondest memories were mine in the early '90's ...
- Sat Dec 28, 2019 12:57 pm
- Forum: Technical Q&A
- Topic: Fork Chrome Plating
- Replies: 14
- Views: 340
Re: Fork Chrome Plating
I just thought I'd close this post with some feedback. I ended up sending my fork tubes to Philpots rather than Hard Chrome Plating Ltd on the basis the forum comments suggested they were lower risk. They sent their courier to collect, promised max 6 weeks turnaround and had them back with me in two...
- Wed Aug 14, 2019 8:44 pm
- Forum: eBay Adverts
- Topic: Fairing and seat unit
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3079
Re: Fairing and seat unit
Thanks Pedda, I'd had a look on the Web and not found anything. I'll give it a miss having just had the frame done.
- Wed Aug 14, 2019 7:48 am
- Forum: eBay Adverts
- Topic: Fairing and seat unit
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3079
Re: Fairing and seat unit
Thanks Bob, I'll drop him a line.