Mr Fro

Yes. Just whizz along and have a shufti. Why Brands? It's expensive and not all that good...

I say, sounds like a ripping caper!

The pics are a bit fuzzy but it looks like the sprocket and output shaft are badly worn. Does the sprocket spin on the shaft?

Oops! Someone wasn't looking where they wanted to go!

Poor time management, impending house sale with loads of stuff still to do, work f**k-ups, dog at my homework.

Knackers! The closer it gets, the more it looks like I'll not be able to come.

Smooth move. It wasn't me. Promise!

Bang it down, give it a handful and keep it up with your knee. Only kidding... You should never take the clutch in unless you're coming to a stop! Adjust your speed and select the correct gear before you reach the corner. Look through the corner to where you want to end up. Keep a constant speed and roll on the throttle as you see the exit to the corner. Pull up a bit down the road, take off your lid, run your fingers through your hair and look smug at getting it spot on. Do a search on the forum for "twist of the wrist" someone posted a vid that's a good but cheesy tutorial.

Nice pics.

Jesus Ollie, that looks like an old Norwegian container we used to use to keep our brews in!

But then you'll be shiny as f**k!

Not that I want to be Mr "glass half full" Fro, but does anyone know if the place is under water again given all the rain?

Top job! I hope someone does that to my bike when I pop my clogs!

And that the rear wheel is in alignment!

Bringing Me Down - Jefferson Airplane

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Cheers EAB, I might get that incase my "fix" doesn't work. There was just enough of a nub left to pinch the adjuster rod back on the screw. It's not mega secure like the other one but we'll see how it goes...

I've still got a gammy hand so must have knocked the cap when I was compressing the spring. The cartridge (although from Kwak) is tres expensivo so no dice there. The rod is pretty chunky - probably 3-4mm diameter so the drill-n-fix idea could well be a go-er. I'll go and have a rummage around in the engineers lair... Thanks chaps!

Last night I set about changing the fork seals on my ZX6r. All was going well until I started reassembling the second fork - I had it all back together and was about to screw the cap on to the damper rod when I noticed the adjuster rod had come adrift from the adjuster screw. I had a closer look and noticed that the adjuster rod had sheered just inside the adjuster (~2mm inside). This is a representation of the bit I mean although it's not my exact type of fork... http://www.devilsoutcasts.com/userimages/pic5.jpg The adjuster rod is crimped in place on the adjuster screw so there's no hope of buying just that part, it's either a new assembly at ~£300 or a second hand complete fork for ~£150 so basically, I'm knackered! My first thought was to bung it all back together and hope for the best. My thinking was that the force of the fluid trying to bypass the business end of the adjuster would shift it out of the way and the broken end should still locate fine where it sheered. Most forks use a free floating adjuster rod anyway - as in the picture... After a few beers and a night's kip I'm concerned that it may give me erratic rebound damping if it jiggles about - the last thing I need is for the bloody thing to pump down when I'm out and about. I'm wondering now if I should try re-crimping, soldering or epoxying it in place. Soldering would be my first choice but (I think) it's aluminium to plated ali which will be a sod. Re-crimping scares me as a little bit too much pressure could mean I accidentally chop a few mm off the adjuster and I'll be totally boned. As for epoxy - I don't know that it'll get a good enough purchase on the plated part. Decisions, decisions... Any suggestions wound be greatly received! Cheers, Fro

A superb find Joeman, I used to bounce one of those around when I was a kiddiwink! There's got to be something outrageous you can do with that thing... Back to f**k it's... While changing my fork seals I accidentally snapped the damper needle rod thing off right at the adjuster end. A new one is £300+, 2nd hand full fork is £150ish. I'm thinking some sort of bodge might be in order...

For anyone who's been there already... Are there any trees in the camping bit from which one could sling a hammock? Neil - I'll be leaving after work on the Friday (all things going well) and going cross country if you fancy a riding buddy.

I'm changing my fork seals tonight so I'm out.

Actually, I just had another "brilliant" idea - a secondary micro switch to close when the gear lever is in the fully up position. This would be in parallel to the h/l flash switch so you wouldn't have to worry about getting the timing wrong on the cut out switch. Standby for more experimentation...

I would be more than happy to offer a bottle or two of the finest Scotch "biscuits" for some free time on a dyno you lucky sod! I've not bought a kit - I just get a load of jets and dick about a bit. Like Stu says, the curve is spot on so I wouldn't tit about with it much more.

How about those air horn jobbies? The horn can be remote from the compressor so are pretty versatile with mounting.