The "Today I did something to my bike" thread

honda boi

Bought these forks brand new about a year from a company here.
Fitted them last summer, and bike was used commuting from September to March. In bits already. Never had this issue with other bikes forks.
S**ty quality or did i miss doing something????

KildareMan

If that's a year or less I'd say poor quality chrome finish. For protection though I tend to ACF50 everything.

H_Lime

honda boi wrote: »

Bought these forks brand new about a year from a company here.
Fitted them last summer, and bike was used commuting from September to March. In bits already. Never had this issue with other bikes forks.
S**ty quality or did i miss doing something????

Spurious stanchions yeah?

H_Lime

Rubber landed:)

cantdecide

Fazer update

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nA7h909A1U

H_Lime

cantdecide wrote: »

Fazer update

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nA7h909A1U

Yer flyin it.
As you say the basics are all there with her being low mile. The swinger, fork lowers and engine all look sweet, loving the polished fins. My pj1 fastback efforts in the past never looked as plush as that hence why my engine (and plastics) are with Ger at the mo.
What's the craic with the system, stock or will you bang something stainless on her? Can or oem? Always nice to go stainless.
Did the carbs need work?
Sorry, ton of questions as I enjoy this craic.

Was the motor quiet before the project, will you do the valves?

Max Headroom

honda boi wrote: »

Bought these forks brand new about a year from a company here.
Fitted them last summer, and bike was used commuting from September to March. In bits already. Never had this issue with other bikes forks.
S**ty quality or did i miss doing something????

What bike is it...no offence but it looks like a neglected bike...

honda boi

H_Lime wrote: »

Spurious stanchions yeah?

Yep.
Wanted to get the originals rechromed but they were way past repairing !

honda boi

Max Headroom wrote: »

What bike is it...no offence but it looks like a neglected bike...

Gsx 1400
Got it as a ball of s**t and fixed it myself. Bike doesn't look perfect but I had used it for 140 km a day for commuting before this lockdown . Had to reuse and clean some parts or get some used parts that wouldnt look the best. Finding parts for this bike wasn't easy :P

H_Lime

honda boi wrote: »

Yep.
Wanted to get the originals rechromed but they were way past repairing !

Wemoto?

honda boi

H_Lime wrote: »

Wemoto?

Nah ones in the pic were from motorcycleshop.

H_Lime

honda boi wrote: »

Nah ones in the pic were from motorcycleshop.

Wonder where they got em...

blade1

honda boi wrote: »

Yep.
Wanted to get the originals rechromed but they were way past repairing !

Wouldn't necessarily mean they'd be any better now.

I know someone that gets their chrome done in Poland.
Not happy with the standard in Ireland or UK apparently.

honda boi

H_Lime wrote: »

Wonder where they got em...

Just actually had a look through my old emails and seen it could be from PT forks from Italy apparently.
Not sure on there quality meself.
Tho ive ordered plenty of stuff from motorcycleshop over the years and never had an issue with quality bar these forks.

honda boi

blade1 wrote: »

Wouldn't necessarily mean they'd be any better now.

I know someone that gets their chrome done in Poland.
Not happy with the standard in Ireland or UK apparently.

What's better getting these rechromed or sourcing another new set?

blade1

honda boi wrote: »

Just actually had a look through my old emails and seen it could be from PT forks from Italy apparently.
Not sure on there quality meself.
Tho ive ordered plenty of stuff from motorcycleshop over the years and never had an issue with quality bar these forks.

Would you not contact Lee motorcycles about them.
They should be interested in the quality of them.

honda boi

blade1 wrote: »

Would you not contact Lee motorcycles about them.
They should be interested in the quality of them.

I did and they waited for a reply from the supplier, and was told that they wouldn't cover the damage as chrome is susceptible to rust in the winter.(knew they wouldn't cover it).
Even the old original fork tubes from 2002 that were on the bike originally didn't seem as pitted or rusted as these are now .lol
They said they could see if they can get a reduced price for me on new forks but I didn't get a chance to reply back to them

blade1

honda boi wrote: »

What's better getting these rechromed or sourcing another new set?

Your cheapest option would probably be source a used pair in good nick.

The QuietMan

honda boi wrote: »

Bought these forks brand new about a year from a company here.
Fitted them last summer, and bike was used commuting from September to March. In bits already. Never had this issue with other bikes forks.
S**ty quality or did i miss doing something????

Fúcking hell :eek: and I thought mine was bad, I’m glad I didn’t buy spurious parts now.

The QuietMan

honda boi wrote: »

What's better getting these rechromed or sourcing another new set?

Give First Choice Breakers in Wicklow a shout. Merlin is excellent, he sorted me recently for a fork leg on my blade and mirrors for my busa. Had them in 24 hours,

Japcati2020

Today I wheelied it,while going to the supermarket for some food.
Apart from that,I did fcuk all to it......:D

blade1

Japcati2020 wrote: »

Today I wheelied it,while going to the supermarket for some food.
Apart from that,I did fcuk all to it......:D

Hope it was an essential wheelie and not a standard one :pac:

Japcati2020

blade1 wrote: »

Hope it was an essential wheelie and not a standard one :pac:

Very essential indeed.
They all were.....;):D

blade1

Japcati2020 wrote: »

Very essential indeed.
They all were.....;):D

You should be handy enough by now so!

Japcati2020

blade1 wrote: »

You should be handy enough by now so!

Handy enough now.
Few pics taken today too......:p;)

cantdecide

4 cracks on a donor nose cone fixed ahead of the bodywork and respray. It's perfectly solid now and fillers will take care of the pinholes.

H_Lime wrote: »

What's the craic with the system, stock or will you bang something stainless on her? Can or oem? Always nice to go stainless

Unless something handy comes along, the exhaust will stay standard for economic reasons. Honestly, I think the bike will get shifted on as soon as it's finished. I have no major attachment to the model or this one in particular. It's pretty similar to GSX1400 I've always had so if my mate hadn't taken the plunge on it, I would have left it go. Now it needs to be saved!! I think it'll go up for swap for a classic or an adventure tourer.

H_Lime wrote: »

Did the carbs need work?

They're feckin' FILTHY!! They were stuffed with varnish and corrosion so they're awaiting their turn!

H_Lime wrote: »

Was the motor quiet before the project, will you do the valves?

The valves will get checked and adjusted if necessary. We haven't heard her running to be perfectly honest but having the donor bike there means two bites of the cherry but I've seen nothing to believe it won't fire up and run like a champ.

H_Lime wrote: »

Sorry, ton of questions as I enjoy this craic.

Lol! Same same!

H_Lime

cantdecide wrote: »

4 cracks on a donor nose cone fixed ahead of the bodywork and respray. It's perfectly solid now and fillers will take care of the pinholes.










Unless something handy comes along, the exhaust will stay standard for economic reasons. Honestly, I think the bike will get shifted on as soon as it's finished. I have no major attachment to the model or this one in particular. It's pretty similar to GSX1400 I've always had so if my mate hadn't taken the plunge on it, I would have left it go. Now it needs to be saved!! I think it'll go up for swap for a classic or an adventure tourer.



They're feckin' FILTHY!! They were stuffed with varnish and corrosion so they're awaiting their turn!



The valves will get checked and adjusted if necessary. We haven't heard her running to be perfectly honest but having the donor bike there means two bites of the cherry but I've seen nothing to believe it won't fire up and run like a champ.



Lol! Same same!

I'd find it hard to sell a bike I resto'd, I tend to take things beyond what you might call an economic restoration. That's not to suggest my way is better or good, it ain't!
Case in point...

All my works started with oiling a throttle cable haha.

Never done plastic welding, will a chisel tip soldering iron suffice? Looks a good job done, skim of the magic stuff, sand and have it blown over.
Any closer to getting the weld taken care of?
So if it sells will you jump on the etv or something old?
I hope to start my 78gs1000 this autumn, I'd say the carbs will be gas fun altogether.

cantdecide

H_Lime wrote: »

I'd find it hard to sell a bike I resto'd, I tend to take things beyond what you might call an economic restoration. That's not to suggest my way is better or good, it ain't!

I normally wouldn't restrict myself like this but this is one where I need to be pragmatic with this one. Luckily, I think I can get a good result while staying under its value.

H_Lime wrote: »

Never done plastic welding, will a chisel tip soldering iron suffice? Looks a good job done, skim of the magic stuff, sand and have it blown over.

Yup. Using tie-wraps for filler. After some experimentation, I 'V'd out the cracks with a burr on a dremel. Then I wrapped some 80g paper around a long reach socket to cut the peaks back down. I did this on both sides of the crack. I'm pretty happy with the result.

I'll be painting this at home. It'll be my first time doing proper DIY spray painting.

H_Lime wrote: »

Any closer to getting the weld taken care of?

Unfortunately not. I'm kind of leaning toward working around it until I can van it somewhere after the restrictions are lifted.

H_Lime wrote: »

So if it sells will you jump on the etv or something old?

I'm going to have to roll with it. I'm really not made of money and I have two un-scratched itches - a classic or an adventure/ or touring so hopefully the Fazer will help me scratch one itch or the other.

H_Lime wrote: »

I hope to start my 78gs1000 this autumn, I'd say the carbs will be gas fun altogether.

That's like my Gsx1400's grandad! Post pics as you go, fella!

gn3dr

cantdecide wrote: »

Fazer update

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nA7h909A1U

Starting to look more complete.
I went back and looked at your part 1 video but work had already started. Do you have any "before" pictures.

They're not a bad looking bike. I think the tank on them is a nice shape.

Where are you located? Sounds like a hint of a Cork accent? I could weld the frame for you but you'd have to get the frame to me, located just outside Killarney.
You would be better of having it stripped down to the bare frame though for that work.

H_Lime

cantdecide wrote: »

I normally wouldn't restrict myself like this but this is one where I need to be pragmatic with this one. Luckily, I think I can get a good result while staying under its value.



Yup. Using tie-wraps for filler. After some experimentation, I 'V'd out the cracks with a burr on a dremel. Then I wrapped some 80g paper around a long reach socket to cut the peaks back down. I did this on both sides of the crack. I'm pretty happy with the result.

I'll be painting this at home. It'll be my first time doing proper DIY spray painting.



Unfortunately not. I'm kind of leaning toward working around it until I can van it somewhere after the restrictions are lifted.



I'm going to have to roll with it. I'm really not made of money and I have two un-scratched itches - a classic or an adventure/ or touring so hopefully the Fazer will help me scratch one itch or the other.



That's like my Gsx1400's grandad! Post pics as you go, fella!

The plastic welding is something I'd have to practice at I'm guessing, must watch a tutorial as I'm unsure about the zip tie is melted into the v. Hope I never need to do it tho:)
Are you using two pack to do the DIY painting? It was my hope to start learning that on this project but I chickened out. There's real concerns using 2k and it essentially poisoning ye. I had kinda taken it lightly but after reading up on it I bowed out as wasn't going to spend the bucks on the right ppe realistically.

I've painted panels with aerosol to a pretty decent finish but I wouldn't use it on a tank personally but that's just me and I could be wrong in that. I've yet to find a lacquer in a tin that is petrol proof.

I'm kinda disappointed I didn't have a crack off it tbh and may save up for the right kit. I have a room in the garage I could very easily convert into a booth as it has inlet and outlet pipes for air.