fastbob

Did you open the link I sent ?

I don't think CCA is much of an issue on a four cylinder bike . On a Harley it's everything though .

Where did you get that idea from ?

https://www.tayna.co.uk/motorcycle-batteries/types/ytz10s/

Would you choose some narcissistic , empty headed , bimbo who would keep showing off and falling off their bike , or would you choose the lady on the right ?

Perhaps I'm looking at this from a Asperger's perspective but I can't imagine anything more awkward than teaming up with a complete stranger on such a trip . What if they turn out to be a complete ar*ehole but you only find out when it's too late ?

I'm trying to work out whether this is autocorrect or sarcasm .

Well , it's interesting that you say that . I've bought loads of stuff direct from China such as my ER5 Clock Casing , Carb Repair kits and loads of other bits and bobs and I have never paid a penny in import VAT . This is because Chinese suppliers , mainly from the city of Guangzhou , post the items direct to your door . On the occasion when I tried to save a few quid by buying some Kawasaki piston rings from Japan , I got hammered for £26 Import VAT including an admin fee . This is because the Japanese supplier used the national postal service who have an agreement with Parcel force who carry out the UK leg of the journey . So I think it all depends on whether the items pass through the greedy hands of Parcel Force and their partners in crime the HMRC .

Paint on .

I thought you said you rebuilt the engine .

According to a FB friend there's a good eight inches of snow in Dudley whereas thirty miles away in Coventry we've had nothing but a brief flurry early this morning .

The £30 stubby cans that are sold as " Akra " with the logo blurred out are so Obviously fake that I doubt that Akrapovic are even bothered about them . Some AliExpress suppliers don't even bother blurring the logo .

The steepness of the climbing hairpin is not very apparent in the film , check the car struggling for traction . I think they simply ran out of momentum and toppled over .

I think the time has come to bring out this old favourite . Can anyone spot " That hole " ? https://youtu.be/pUB2darr5mU

The phrase " Untold misery and distress " is worth bearing in mind when filling in the compensation form . I'm sure I got at least an extra grand's worth of PPI compensation by putting this in the extra notes section .

A friend of mine took this shot on the Ardnamurchan Peninsula west of Fort William last week .

An excellent point . Easier to do when there's no vegetation in the way .

Nearly ready for paint . I've always loved the Beaufighter . What a brutal looking aircraft . Imagine a flight of those coming at you with rockets and cannons .

As anyone who has ever tried to straighten a bent lever will testify .

Right then . I've been up this one on a GSXR 1100 in a severe gale and a whiteout and up it on a Harley which was a doddle , but the most fun was going all the way from the top down to sea level with my engine switched off on my dear old ER5 .

You might want to buy or borrow an impact wrench and a suitable attachment for using an Allen Bit socket . If the cartridges do spin , the curvature of the forks may well prevent the use of the correct tool . The use of a vise and suitable bits of wood might prove to be advantageous as well . Please be aware that this advice is based on fork building in general and is not specific to the CBF 500 .

The scariest hairpins I've ever negotiated were on Porlock Hill in pitch darkness . I'd never been there before and I just couldn't find the campsite ( Pre smartphone ) I went through the village and up the hill with no idea that there were any hairpins until I found myself at 30% with my headlight pointing up into the trees and absolutely nothing to get my bearings . I managed to get into first and get my feet down in time to carefully walk the bike around the curve but it was touch and go . The same thing happened on the next bend as well , bloody terrifying. The next day a coach load of OAP's had managed to ground itself at both ends with all the wheels off the ground on the same bend .

They were a f**k sight easier on the Harley than they were on the GSXR !

This is the Head Stock . You don't have much of a frame on your particular bike because the engine is used as a stressed member . Check for cracks at the frame attachment points on the engine .

Hello and welcome to the Forum . That won't straighten . I think that you should be looking at your front wheel very very carefully . If I recall , your bike has very fragile looking wheels . If it's taken enough impact to do that to the forks I'd be cleaning the wheel before going over it with a magnifying glass . Then I'd be doing the same with all the welds around the head stock . By the way , what has your insurance company got to say about all this ? I assume you aren't fully comp because this is a definite write off .