All ready to go back together!!!

Evening, and hope you've all had a great xmas, Its been busy on the work front, the Buell has been sat awaiting a few jobs, mainly the ignition problem..

Well, stand back, it's all sorted, found the broken wire, so managed to repair and also lengthen the wires, as the run through a lovely magnesium casting, but the wires are a touch short, and this causes a known break problem, so I hope I've cured it.. time will tell..

The Exhaust was next on the list, time for a re-pack, nice and easy, drill out the rivets, repack with fibre, and re-rivet.. all good, so as 2014 draws in, the bike is just awaiting me to put all the bits back and get out for a blast.. 

Have a great new year, and all the best for 2015!!!!

Merry Christmas!

Just like to say to all, have a great Christmas, if you manage to get out over the holidays ride safe and enjoy, Ill be in the shed fixing the Ignition problem as soon as I get five minutes, need to hear that engine note again, and soon..

Merry Christmas!

Oh dear...

Evening my Bloggers..

Well it was rather a nice day, so I thought Id venture out and try the bike as its been a while..

So off I go, and soon felt right at home easing out with the Saturday traffic and winding my way through the outskirts and out onto the M3 for a short blast down to the next junction to just give the bike some room to breathe, 60,70, 80, tut tuy, but all was good and the bang and pop from the pipe as I shut the throttle and headed down to the worst roadworks around told me all was well, or so I thought, not a moment later, the management light was on, and the bike popped, burbled and spat itself to a halt... and stayed there.

Nothing else to do, but call for help, which thanks to the insurance company never came through, so a good mate helped out and we shoe horned the bike into his van and home to the shed it came.

A look at the usual culprit found nothing, so with the battery on charge, it will be back for a look at whats going on soon.. 

NEC for Motorcycle Live first thou..!

Rubber side down guys! 

Time fly's by to fast...

Cant believe its been a month already.. 

So many things on the go, the Buell is sitting there all clean, polished, Carbon fitted, pads waiting to bed in, and try those new Renthal grips.

But a few jobs around the house, and work being rather busy have left me running out of time, and the bike being giving a dust off.

However, I have found a few more goodies that would look rather nice, so once again, there's a list, and I will enjoy getting through this one...

So thats it for the moment, all is good, and yes, I do just stand there with a tea in hand, looking at what else can be removed, polished, or what it would look like painted to match, theres plenty that will keep me busy I'm sure!

Be back soon

Steady Journey's...

Evening. 

after a nice day at work, awaiting me, was a rather large box sitting on the sofa marked fragile...

like a kid at Christmas, I was in, and there inside was four rather nice bits of Carbon fibre all destined for the Buell.

Now I was going to wait, but, Noooo....

Out to the workshop we all went!

All nice and new, and awaiting fitting...

And thats what it looks like on the bike...!!!

Looks pretty good eh??

But it looks much better after a couple of hours with the spanners...

the fit was fairly straight forward, a little fettling to get a couple of bits perfect, but all in all I'm well pleased with the parts, and the quality! 

One happy boy...

 

Sorry the pictures are a little rushed, will get some more up when all done and outside in daylight..

It was just too nice to refuse a ride out this morning.

The bike fired into life, and sat there thumping away while I got ready, no idea where to go, but just thought, why not.

Soon found myself heading out of town, after a quick fuel stop, A30 towards Hook, then out via Odiham to Alton, out on some of the nicest biking roads around, down to West Meon Hut, the café looked very busy, so I took a right, out along heading back Winchester way.

Sitting at one of the roundabouts, a guy in a rather nice Land Rover, asked if I could rev the motor for his kids to hear, duly obliged.. big smiles all round, job done!!

then back home for a well earned coffee, a very peasant ride, nice to see some many other bikers all taking advantage as well..

clean the flies from the bike, a polish, then a very nice quick job.. change the front pads, in fact it was a real easy job, 5 minutes! no drama, and now ready for bedding in, think if the weathers on my side next week, I might have to have another 60 mile jolly...

awaiting some attention...

Yep, thats the new toy.. A Buell Firebolt. XB9R. 984cc Harley Davidson motor, in a Erik Buell frame, with fuel in the frame, oil in the swing arm, and a few other quirky bits, like a massive rim bolted front disc, 6 pot calliper, bags of low down grunt, pin sharp handling, and a exhaust note to wake the dead, its all in good fun...
As above that is how I brought it home, after some polishing of the plastics, and the bright work, it looked pretty good, but theres always something that can be done, and so far, the heel plates have been removed, and polished, the bar ends have been replaced, and a few of the bolts have been under the polishing clothes..
The rear hugger has been swapped out for a carbon one, and theres a list of carbon parts on the wish list..

The carbon hugger, with the heel plates just visible.

The Buell has got a rather unhealthy appetite for some of my tools..

So here we go.. hopefully will be updating with whats going on, and how things are going, with the odd picture, and of course the whole thing is done over a rather nice cup of tea!

Evening...
Well what can I say,
Its time for me to move on, and the carp gear has to make way for something else, the river gear is staying, but for me the Carp bug has gone, and really feel this is the right time to quit.
Its been a fantastic journey, caught some lovely fish, meet some great people, and enjoyed the "just being there".
So there it is, a complete 2 rod set up is for sale, I've got a figure in mind, if nothing happens in a few weeks, then it will be split up and sold off...
Thanks to all those who have dropped in, and feed on the baited spots..

Its been a pleasure!

Oh dear oh dear...
May and you've guessed it, the rods are covered in dust, the gears all there, but motivation to go, well thats not...
After some soul searching, I've not joined any clubs this coming season, and instead have turned attention elsewhere at the moment, I do have a few things planned fishing wise, and will look forward to some bank time soon.
Nice to see a few of the old friends are keeping the fish fed, and out there come rain or shine, and fair play to them, but for me, at this moment, I'm resting the swim..!
Tight lines guys!