Mr Fro

True dat. You can grab an ice-cream a couple of doors down too.

What's the big deal letting learners on the motorways? 10 mins up the road from me is a 3 lane A-road - learners use that without exploding in a hail of fire and brimstone.

Alright mate. A134 & A143 and most things coming off them are pretty good. Moremoto in Stowmarket(ish) is a good place to take your bike for MOT and stuff. He's shit hot at tuning too - has a dyno etc.

Nice! You need to pull the plug off your headlight next time.

I upgraded my spongebag of a shock to a Hyperpro unit and I really rate them. Bit more than YSS though.

Didn't say it was a CV - it's just a good guide the carb tuning and it stresses the correct way to pick jets etc and set it up without "proper" equipment.

On the left hand side of the engine there are two round covers that look like big slotted screw heads. Removing the top one will allow you to view the flywheel marks. The bigger one in the middle of the crank gives you access to the crank nut to turn the engine over. I'm guessing you know the bizzo from there.

You really need to measure the air/fuel ratio to get the jetting right. If you've got a free flow exhaust too you might want to go up a size on the main jet. This is a very good guide for carb jetting.

Right then. It's been a while *insert excuses*... I think I'm pretty much there! I found a rad that sort of fits (think it's off an R6). I had to jiggle the mounting brackets round, make up some hangers and change the fan to the other side but it fits and works. Only problem is that the isn't a fan switch in it so I need to sort something out for that. I've also done the cold side pipe work - I'm really struggling to find an intercooler that'll fit somewhere. I was thinking under the engine with a scoop maybe... *any ideas anyone?*. You can just about see the U pipe above which will do for now. No pics but I've sorted the pitot tube (boost reference for the float chambers and fuel pressure regulator), boost gauge fitting and dump valve (loudest I could find ) under the tank. I had to have the turbo off again because I was getting a bit of exhaust leaking at the header/turbo flange. I cut the header up an welded on a bit of 10mm plate for the new flange which thankfully doesn't leak. Here's a look at my dash thing: There's an air/fuel gauge on the right, dodgy Chinese clocks in the middle and a "professionally fitted" boost gauge on the left. Oh, and those couple of wires between the clocks and the A/R gauge is my temporary fan switch. Here's what it looks like now: I'm really liking the naked look - I need to do something about back end though - maybe some aluminium sheet over the sides to cover the fuel pump and fuse box... I dunno. I was planning on giving it a test run today but I was late getting up and fannied about all morning and now I can't be arsed to dig out the paperwork to tax it. If I can find my camera I'll do a vid of the first run.

You could get a multi meter on it and see where it's not making contact maybe... Bob's right that steering locks are crap but if a crook has a choice of a bike with and a bike without, I think I know which one he'll pinch.

How is it broken? Does the key not turn or is it not making contacts when it is turned?

I feel the same sometimes.

I found an app (limbo) that emulates windows on Android so downloaded it and opened it up. A windows startup thing happened and it asked for something I didn't understand. I google it, still didn't understand, closed it all down and wished I could have a drink. One day I'll get round to buying a cheapie windows tablet.

Can you post it proper like so we can zoom in on it a bitk

Have a rummage on rs-components - the connectors are about 15p.

I reckon your chain looks rusty and your sprocket is shagged. Also, you need to investigate whatever is rubbing on it.

Is this another "professional" build?

Do you get any lights at all?

Depends what the restriction is! If it's carbed then it'll probably just be some washer type things which can be fiddly but are definitely do-able. You need to check with your insurer - mine was a bit sniffy about it and insisted I have them fitted "professionally". Think they fell out on the way home.

Looks like you've ridden over a load of wriggle nails!

What year?

If you'd like my opinion, my honest opinion, my supery-dupery-no-fibbing opinion:

Can you change it to "HondRAAAAR!" please?

It's retro. Innit.

Not heard of that brand but I have found that cheap fuel hose goes hard over a year or so.