Katana Owners Club U.K.

Got back home just before 5 o'clock. Unfortunately with the Kat in the back of a recovery truck! Arrived at the junction at Owler Bar and the clutch cable failed. No spare obviously and Start Rescue seem to have a policy of just recovering bikes. Anyway they were pretty efficient and SOS Motorcycle ...

Welcome aboard!

Crikey it's that soon!

Will be doing some route planning this evening

And just how much stuff do I need to take....

Now there's a man who knows where his towel is!




A quote for those of us who are old enough!

On a positive note….

……the damage is not permanent.

Kat on the Skylift, lifting the back end up to allow the new chain to be fitted

Kat on centre stand and scissor jack IMG_20260410_155357_HDR.jpg Jack placed just forward of the lower engine mounts IMG_20260410_155526_HDR.jpg If you’re juggling about with front end, I’d put a block of wood under the rear wheel just to stop it from rocking backwards as you’re heaving on the forks.

Welcome to the future! If the American Idiot software doesn’t like you, well, you’re B’luxed :lol: Back in the dim and distant past I used to go to a local insurance broker. If he was busy you sat in the office either reading a real newspaper or joined in the conversation with the customer in front ...

I’ll try and get some photos of the Kat on the centre stand with the scissor jack lifting the frame tomorrow.

Also some of the Skylift in action as well. It currently has the back of the Kat fully raised so I could fit the new chain.

My Kat had to hibernate outside this winter due to the workshop being in use. So it went into a Vac Bag with a scissor lift like the one with the screw adjusters the UB pictured. The one I got has rubber coating on the cups to protect the paint. As for ABBA stands, well I’m a big fan of their stuff!...