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Back in the man cave. I knew it would need some more stuff doing to it, so no huge surprise. So, it's still starting on 3, it's not happy starting at all. All the sparks are there so it has to be fuel related due to it being one of those simple engines with almost zero electronic stuff. The clutch has been ordered as anything over 50% throttle and it just goes "nah mate" and slips. Biting point is the last 10mm of lever travel too. Maybe some adjustable levers might fall into my basket....

Heh. Me and the MOT guy taken the Mickey out of each other (I take the Peugeot and the Alfa there too) so when he clocked it was me and his favourite bike I knew I was gonna be ok.

Passed. With flying colours. Not they test much on a museum piece. Stuck 50 miles on the clock before remembering that it still needs tax. Lol. I'll do that in a minute. Oops. Things that need sorting: Gear lever too high. My big feet got bored with trying to find gears. Clutch slipping. Ah. Only when you give a handful at speed but on the shopping list nonetheless. Happy days.

We're here. Maybe my first ride in 15 years should have been on something a bit less er, lively

Any joy @Tom2507?

MOT on Friday.....why am I already nervous?

Insurance starts tomorrow. My first of four days off. To the MOT station then I get to work out all the niggles and bugs.

And it's insured.....£230 FC with carol Nash. Wooo.

I am @Hairsy. And I genuinely need to thank you. Your cbr thread helped me massively. I was pleasantly surprised when I put all the plastic back on and stood back. Went over it with some compound to remove some of the "age" marks on it, then some wax. Just sorting insurance at the moment. Ranges from £250 up to over a grand. Then book an MOT and go the most convoluted route ever to get to said mot station to bed in brakes and tyres! Oh and make sure it actually works properly!! I'm sure there will be addendums to this, like touching up the popped paint bubble on the tank which really wound me up and other such exciting things...

Let's see if it gets through an MOT first

After a shocker of a nights sleep, I was in the man cave doing stuff. Took the covers off and then the slave cylinder. I think my wingman had pulled the clutch while we were messing about yesterday and the slave cylinder had moved causing it to lock up. Easily sorted. Put it back on after releasing the pressure and the clutch was back.* Went to town with the DNA kit I'd bought and dobbed datatool stuff on just about anything I could get at and a few bits I couldn't. Wheeled it out of its home for the last few months to take some pics (as promised) and then took it up the alleyway (Ooer Mrs). Nothing taxing, the clutch was fine but the lever was a little too high, quick adjustment and that was sorted. Attached the quad lock doodad for days when I go too far. Just need a 12-5v regulator with a usb c and that'll be sorted. So. Insurance, MOT and tax and I reckon jobs done.... *Clutch biting point seems a bit high.

So close and yet.... Chain and sprockets day. Much faffing about and the rear wheel is out, whoever designed that brake caliper needs a poke with a sharp stick. Sprocket off, cleaned up the wheel and new one one. Front sprocket required the slave cylinder to be removed and the cover off, so after scraping out 3/8" of crap and cleaning it up, the old sprocket came off. Strange looking damper unit on it too. That didn't fit the new one so got put to one side just in case. Chain was fitted and aligned eventually as it was a bit of a learning experience with the chain link tool. Got it all back together and now the clutch lever won't move. I imagine it's something simple but for today, that's enough. Might look at it tomorrow. No pics as I forgot, sorry.

Heh, thanks for the reassurance. The cbr is front heavy and I had to put all my (considerable) weight on the seat to get it to waggle the front wheel.

Two pirelli angel st fitted. New fuel filter fitted with new pipe clamps after the old one got broken putting the fairings back on. Chain and sprockets delivered to work on one of the only days I'm not there Figures. Nearly there....

Not a fan of this abba stand thing. Seems sketchy as hell on a bike that weighs the same as a small moon...