Pinned So what have you done to your bike today?

Well done mate...sounds like you've got yourself an awesome ride. Now it's time to "ENJOY"

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So I was putting my CR125 engine back together and it was the biggest mission. Usually I have no issues but then again, I haven't done it at 7pm at night before. I put it together, split the cases, put it together, split the cases, and finally put the cases together and the transmission finally seemed to work properly. So frustrating! Nothing was wrong either (Didn't forget anything), just for some reason wasn't working properly. Also, someone previous to me used loads of Loctite on the shift drum and without a vice I had to get creative on holding the shift drum firmly to loosen the bolt...

 

Finished off the rear cowl finally, played around with different designs the last few weeks but settled on this, gave it a lick of paint then realized I had no clearcoat left
the gap at the rear of the cowl was as flush as i could get without having difficulties removing it

 

Just made out of my old torn rear seat, ripped all the foam and padding off and glued a slab of surfboard foam to it, got the shape I wanted and then used surfboard matting and glassed it up, then painted as normal,hardest parts were all the edges,and the sanding, I had to do many layers of glassing to extend the edges to the fairing and still have enough room to wiggle it off. Always have disliked the look of the rear seats on the 250s, best part is I still have a seat and rear brackets if I need to double

 

You can use that expanding polyurethane foam in a can and ordinary fibreglass resin. That urethane sticks well, too. And watch that you don't overfill a gap, it keeps expanding for a few hours; you fill a wall then it pushes the wall out. So leave it a couple of days after first shaping cut before finishing the shape, so all the material finishes reacting. Use a dropsheet, you don't want it getting on anything else. Nice job, though, your technique obviously works well.

 

Pulled apart the Fizzers clutch arm (the one in the sprocket cover) and Dayum... I think I found 90% of my heavy clutch issues.
Took me nearly an hour and a half to clean and reassemble it all.
Now I have a regularly heavy clutch. Not one that needs a giant to pull the lever ._.

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That ABS sheeting would come in handy make the job much easier, have a go at it id love to see one on a fzr, I went with something I could shape easy because of the ZXRs multi angular ducktail, was able to shape it while in position on the bike. Your neighbour should approve it wouldnt involve much heavy machinery & only slight aromas now and then

 

Friday I took the zeal and went to Dorrigo, Saturday a run down the mountain to Bellingen and back up, and came home today... Bike's been running like a top... but I do miss having the power of a 600 on those roads, the little zeal runs out of puff

 

We took both ZXR250 up to Inveraray for a bag of chips.

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Replaced the 2nd hand R/R on the Zeal with a new one... must have done something because the oxford hot grip controller has stopped constantly going in and out of battery saving mode when cruising. Noticed that the R/R plug was starting to go brown on one of the pins too. Inox on the connections and sandpaper on the ground wire ring, frame, heatsink and R/R. Might pull the stator off and see if it's cooked.

 

bought an aldi merino thermal pullover. try before you buy as these are a generous size. received in mail a honda cbx supersport headlight and rim from the states as spares.

 

Paid a visit to the suspension shop with fork leg in hand. 2 days ago I threw it on a straight edge with a light behind it. There was a noticeable bend to it. 2 minutes later the guy is asking me if this is the right leg. Uhmmm, what? I only took the 1 fork apart! He polished it up anyway and found a couple of nicks. He informed me that his (texas minigp) race bike fork legs have been straightened so many times that looks like a spaghetti noodle, but do not leak. I tried to pick his brain about polishing fork legs, but he wasn't about to let me in on any of the gritty details.

 

You don't want too smooth of a finish, my mechanic runs the linishing tape over them on an angle. He found that smooth stanchions tended to leak more often. Don't go crazy with a 40 grit, though. It probably is most effective in that it smoothed edges on chips/pits/dents.

 

And yesterday I sold a bike, so I did what any irresponsible bike enthusiast would do: I bought another.. Don't suppose anyone is going between the southern downs and Rockhampton anytime soon? :-D

 

rode the bike today to sydney and back. first time on a bike in 6 months. tired but leg went better than i thought.