Erm.... well, its like this....

 its all been a little hectic...

the CRF, yes, Could have done better, costs going out of control, and covid tax really did hurt, the Chinese motor didn't want to play, and after some soul searching, rebuilding a blown 450 motor to be doing it all again a few hours down the road really wouldn't have sat well at all, so, a look around to see whats out there, soon had me thinking it was not going to be happening, CCM, Rotax, framers etc all well out the price range, so a home build was going to be the way forward.

XT, TT, XS, something along those lines would be good, but again, few and far between, but hang on..MT03!?!? 660 motor, and plenty about..

yep, you got it, I found one, no MOT, but all there and a runner, perfect!

Time to strip out the CRF bits, swap out what I could, and lets see where it goes...It all started really well, and I even got in a flat track school day, which was great, and proved the point of getting the MT ready, but, ah yes a but, on a return from a weekend at Santa Pod, the trusted Big Tranny started to make some very strange noises, and was soon at the side of the road rather ill.. 

A new turbo, cat and tappet bridge with a recon set of injectors had the old girl up and running again, but only for a short run, as the bottom end went south, and that was it, time to cut the losses, and move on, I found a Custom, reasonable money, and perfect for what I need, So campervan 3 is underway, and fingers crossed on this one, but the flat tracker is well behind, so maybe out for a practice before the end of year...we will see!
never easy, never straight forward, and never to plan.. Wouldn't life be boring!

The Custom, the Dirt day, that MT! 

So the CRF....

 I had a day flat track marshalling, and really enjoyed the fact its nuts, so, after a few phone calls, and messages, I found a bike that needed some work, but on the whole was all there, so off I went and a few hours later, well most of the day really, I returned home with a bike and a few boxes of bits, and a possible plan.. 

its been a up hill struggle with the Cerf.. the engine although new, really dont want to play ball, so another 450 honda motor is going in, as it stands, I have a garage full of engine parts, a few sets of crankcases, and a fair bit of re-assembly is on the cards over the winter, but hey, if it was straight forward that would be too bloody easy! lol. 

Wow... its all gone crazy!

Where to start..

The ZX6R..

After a final refit, the bike developed a starting issue, I spent many an hour chasing down what it could be, and came up blank.

Very frustrating, and just a little soul destroying after the work that went into it, but, if its got Tits or Tyres, its going to be trouble..

The ZX went off to a new home, fully aware of the issues, and what had gone into the bike..

The van got some more love, with a better bed and storage set up, some nice dark lining, a few charging ports and even a TV! 

Front suspension got a treated to a Polybush set up, and has made a world of difference..

The CRF..

Now that is another story.. and will be back with that at some point!

Stay safe, be lucky!

There's been a fair bit going on.. The ZXR is nearly finished, and looks good, a few little bits to sort, but nothing that won't take to long,

The big Tranny has been given some love too.. arches, underbody treatment, some rust spots sorted, a map has boosted the drive, and a whole day with the polish made a world of difference..

Then there is the CRF, now that is another story...

Be lucky, and stay safe! 

Its been needing some attention..

A weekend show some love...

Oooh a CRF..

 

 

The bike is coming together nicely, the wiring is moving on well, and just needs soldering up, awaiting new soldering iron, as the USB one went bang... well I did hook it up to a 12v supply, before reading the instructions... heated up quickly thou..

Exhaust back on, new gaskets and brass stud nuts, plus a few other little jobs, throttle cables and lines routed, little bits that can cause headache later, radiator mounted with fan checked.

A really good few hours...

Once the switch gear is sorted, choke cable is next, as I'm removing the left hand switch gear altogether, then move on to the rain/brake light...

All the best, and stay safe.

 

Time to sort out the calipers..

Had them apart, all pistons removed, cleaned and inspected, no damage or pitting, so after a polish and the fitting of new seals, happy to get them back in, nice new stainless bolts, and a paint, all looking very good..

Now, bleeding these is notorious for being a pain, so started the job on the bench, filled the caliper first, then connect the hoses, and bleed away.. 

It worked pretty well, and after a few pumps bubbles coming up the tube, pleased with that, got some good pressure on the lever pretty quickly, so all in all well worth suffering the cold...

Once the handle bar is sorted, it can all go back on, and the front end is done! 

Looking all nice clean.. the brake pad pins cleaned up with a little scotch bright.

All bled and ready for the new pads and fitting back on the bike, once the bar is sorted....

It was a rather cold couple of hours in the garage, but well worth the effort, and very pleased that its coming together again.

 

A couple of hours later...

Been working on the fairing bracket, removing the "bird cage" set up for something a bit better, this has come from the ZZR, but has a different set of clocks, so had to make up a bracket to fit the bracket...

First attempt looked great, fitted perfectly, till I put the fairing on, and then realised it was 2 inches to tall for the screen,

back to the drawing board, and a bit of thinking had a solution, and job done.

On/Off switch located just above the clocks, gear indicator will go on the left.

Retro Lime green screen will be bright! 

The 6 pots are on the bench, and they will be next to get a seeing too...