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Just picked up the little Duke from a major belt and valve service from Superbike Solutions in Sommerset West…….wow, the machine is the Mutts Nuts! Took her for a blast over the Outeniqua Pass yesterday. Today was the turn of Big Zed, not to be out done! 
I have added a 14 tooth front sprocket in place of a 15 on the 1098. Works out to be about 2,7 increase on the back. Acceleration is great now and no need to slip the clutch. The bike was super hard to ride in town with the Racing ECU and 15 tooth front. 160 kph in 1st gear! 
Anyways, grateful to live where I do for these machines to be exercised in the appropriate manner! 
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10 hours ago, Spokey said:

Just picked up the little Duke from a major belt and valve service from Superbike Solutions in Sommerset West…….wow, the machine is the Mutts Nuts! Took her for a blast over the Outeniqua Pass yesterday. Today was the turn of Big Zed, not to be out done! 
I have added a 14 tooth front sprocket in place of a 15 on the 1098. Works out to be about 2,7 increase on the back. Acceleration is great now and no need to slip the clutch. The bike was super hard to ride in town with the Racing ECU and 15 tooth front. 160 kph in 1st gear! 
Anyways, grateful to live where I do for these machines to be exercised in the appropriate manner! 
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Whenever you post a pic of her my heart beats a little faster!

 

And I would certainly not say no to a nice little Z900RS!
2022 Z900RS

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1 hour ago, Andymann said:

I see the rumours are strong that a Z650 version is coming....

https://www.visordown.com/news/general/kawasaki-has-retrovolution-coming-could-it-be-z650rs

While looking at the link, which is short on pictures, I saw this at the bottom:
https://www.visordown.com/reviews/first-ride/sunra-miku-super-2021-electric-motorcycle-road-test-and-review

Looks super interesting...........

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12 hours ago, Hairy said:

Whenever you post a pic of her my heart beats a little faster!

 

And I would certainly not say no to a nice little Z900RS!
2022 Z900RS

This is a gorgeous bike!

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08654304-2032-4E80-B391-BC16AC3D8145.jpeg.a82c6efde0d8ace681e7d9089ff4f3ed.jpegNot to be out done Big Zed took me for a repeat blast over the Outeniqua Pass a day after the Duke. This bike is also rather engaging. Way down on HP  to the Duke but it has a stunning acceleration. The engine is a beautiful piece of work, pulls effortlessly from 60kph in top gear. I have installed Ducati Monster bars and 1 inch bar risers, very comfortable riding position. She runs upgraded suspension front and rear. Lovely in the corners but likes to be set up correctly before corner entry. She is a tad flighty  if one needs to adjust riding position under braking for a corner. But more experience in the suspension adjustment may help!

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On 8/25/2021 at 8:41 PM, Hairy said:

You disappoint me.

 

By now I would have expected you to have build a forge and a sand cast box, cast a copy of that cover and then finished it off better than what the factory unit was.

I was happily on my way to doing a standard JB Weld fix, when in the back of my head I had your post about the forge and casting etc.

Realizing that I disappointed you, and hoping to fix my bike and my standing in your books, I changed tack and this was what I came up with.

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I cut and shaped a thin piece of stainless steel I had lying around, sanded back the brown paint (in the shape of the plate) and JB-welded it to the ignition cover. Hopefully it proves as a decent fix, plus adds some protection in the event of future incidents.

As for the steel plate, it was a plastering knife sacrificing itself to the motorcycle gods

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Hope I've redeemed myself slightly in your eyes O great Hairy one! ????

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56 minutes ago, patches said:

I was happily on my way to doing a standard JB Weld fix, when in the back of my head I had your post about the forge and casting etc.

Realizing that I disappointed you, and hoping to fix my bike and my standing in your books, I changed tack and this was what I came up with.

 

I cut and shaped a thin piece of stainless steel I had lying around, sanded back the brown paint (in the shape of the plate) and JB-welded it to the ignition cover. Hopefully it proves as a decent fix, plus adds some protection in the event of future incidents.

As for the steel plate, it was a plastering knife sacrificing itself to the motorcycle gods

 

 

Hope I've redeemed myself slightly in your eyes O great Hairy one! ????

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On 8/29/2021 at 8:26 AM, patches said:

I was happily on my way to doing a standard JB Weld fix, when in the back of my head I had your post about the forge and casting etc.

Realizing that I disappointed you, and hoping to fix my bike and my standing in your books, I changed tack and this was what I came up with.

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I cut and shaped a thin piece of stainless steel I had lying around, sanded back the brown paint (in the shape of the plate) and JB-welded it to the ignition cover. Hopefully it proves as a decent fix, plus adds some protection in the event of future incidents.

As for the steel plate, it was a plastering knife sacrificing itself to the motorcycle gods

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Hope I've redeemed myself slightly in your eyes O great Hairy one! ????

That's a nice job you have done there.

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2 hours ago, Andymann said:

I've been keeping myself a little busy too.....been working on and off on this old guy for the last 7 years or so.  Decided to actually give it a proper go now.

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Lot's of PITCHA's as you go please.

and did you know @BogusOnealso sprays bike tins!

#JustSaying

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Saw this bike today  a work of art for sure. Absolutely stunning. Had a look online and see they start at 35 grand. Need lotto win. 
 

saw an RD350. 3079 miles. Beautiful bike. Sorry bout pics. Still no idea why it does that. 

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6 minutes ago, Hairy said:

Lot's of PITCHA's as you go please.

and did you know @BogusOnealso sprays bike tins!

#JustSaying

if @BogusOnewas up in Gauteng I would definitely have used him - I'm going all out with this bike so the paint has to be done properly.  As it is, I'm not 100 sure who I will be sending it to

 

Below is what it looked like when I started it

 

 

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