R1 gone to pastures new, another project in the garage.

[lazybones51]

Lovely bikes, but then I would say that

 

[Exuptoy]

Yeah, they really are.

I got my sleeve out in the week with the aid of a 115mm grinder and 1mm slitting disc as the sleeve shattered with my slide hammer. It was looking a little tired.





So, today my swingarm assy arrived from Addunkie (cheers fella) and I stripped the drag link and drop link along with the rear shock inc all the sleeves (which would have cost more than the complete arm assy cost me) and Gave it all a good clean and reassembled with fresh red rubber grease.

Looking a bit healthier!

 

[addjunkie]

I now have a gap in my bike bits pile....mmmmm

 

[Exuptoy]

I now have a gap in my bike bits pile....mmmmm

.....and some extra money to spend on bits.

 

[Exuptoy]

Today's work was mainly cleaning and swapping the best bits from both swingarms and reassembling the rear hub then torquing up so as soon as I have a new chain that's the back end complete. Also fitted the 44 tooth Renthal sprocket for a bit more acceleration. Still need to strip and rebuild the caliper.






Cut the damaged hugger from the chainguard and performed some plastic welding then ground it back and stuck some paint on the repair. Just have to drill out the snapped bolt from the swingarm and make a small mounting bracket for it.





Here's what it looked like before I cut off the hugger.


And after



Then I started to mop the seat unit.

 

[Exuptoy]

Cleaned the engine with Elbow Grease degreaser the washed down with water then coated with ACF-50 (still have to do the other side yet) and finished mopping the seat unit and tank.
Starting to look nice.

 

[Exuptoy]

Fitted my new DID chain today but due to the plus 2 rear sprocket the chain is too short so I've had to order a DID extension kit so for now I've retrieved a link from the old one to fill the gap and joined it with 2 tie wraps (I don't think they'll last on the road though )



Next I turned my attention to making a stainless steel bracket to mount the chainguard, but only after drilling out the snapped bolt in the swingarm. Looks quite subtle I think.



Next was some cleaning and polishing of the footrest and healplate, then I removed the rear caliper which got stripped, cleaned, pistons out, polished on the drill press and coated with red rubber grease before reassembly and refitting.



Then I removed the master cylinder and pot, cleaned them and refitted them, just need to fill and bleed the rear before heading towards the front of the bike.

 

[Exuptoy]

Fitted my new gear lever rubber.

Made a couple of fake air intakes for the seat plastics then pastic welded the fixing tab on the seat unit, then fixed it back to the bike.









Bled the rear brake & polished the heel plate and clean down the other side of the engine,





Plastic welded some damage to the lower fairing belly pan and cut out the damaged piece and let in another but before covering it with filler. I'll let that cure before prepping for paint.

 

[angellonewolf]

how do you plastic weld with proper tools i have had some good things with soldering iron but on smaller stuff but think this will need the proper stuff ?

 

[Exuptoy]

I just use a standard soldering iron, but whereas some use a tie wrap as the filler (that's like using phone cable to extend your ring main!!! It's the wrong product as it's too flexible and soft) I use off cuts of motorcycle bodywork which sets the same as the original panel when it cools down.

 

[Exuptoy]

I do have a hot knife attachment for my other iron but I've left it in work.

 

[Exuptoy]

I have found 2 pipe off cuts here which are the correct size and had an old Scorpion end can so I decided to clean it up and stubby it but I'm not sure if I like it. It sounds very rorty tho.



I also fitted my extra link and two soft links to extend my chain.

 

[Exuptoy]

Got my 6x25 cap heads so finished fitting my engine bolts.






Mopped the side fairings and put some R&G sheet on to the impact areas to protect the bodywork from scuffs should it fall over.





Made another desk clock which is sold.



Also fitted my new CNC levers.




Also got my rear wheel back from powder.

 

[Exuptoy]

Got my tyre fitted this morning and polished the tank cover.

 

[roofman]

Great work as always.... Ever since they hit the streets ive tried and tried but i just cant force myself to like a side swinger. In the middle of another myself this end, making a Rat/survival out of a RF900..easy as all you do is use bits lying around and paint it all Nato green keep the updates coming

 

[Exuptoy]

Cheers dude.
Get a thread going.

 

[Exuptoy]

Got my mirror mounts back from powder today and my link pipe arrived from German eBay. Just need to sort another exhaust mount now.

 

[roofman]

next,next

 

[lazybones51]

@Exuptoy Do you have a link to the link pipe? It's something i've wanted for a while.

 

[Exuptoy]

I've spoken to a guy who manufactures sports bike exhausts to make a batch of 10. Gonna cost me a bit for 10 but if all are sold I should make a little profit. Mine cost me £50 inc post from Germany and is a used item from a breakers, (from Triumph they used to retail at £93 but as they were made by Motad they are no longer available as they went to the wall). I'll probably sell them on for around £60 to forum members and £75 on eBay.
Once I've sent it to be copied I'll let you know if you are interested.