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Vince186 · Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 11:12 pm Post subject: The SB6 midlife update

Engine is ready so the next thing is the wiring harness and to put the frame over the engine. Smile

The engine has had the normal maintenance, such as the valves clearance, oil, filter, sparkplugs.
Checked the cam height of the camshaft (and these are the right one). Very Happy

Modified the clutch cylinder housing.
Put on some nice blue cooling hoses and changed the odd right-angled pipe with an better flowing aluminium pipe.
Cooling pipes cleaned and re-chromed and checked if those where not blocked. Wink

The thermostat is ultrasonic cleaned.
And perhaps I have done more but I can not remember now. (The booze) Wink

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brian · Joined: 22 Aug 2011 Posts: 3790 Location: Australia

Looking good Vince. I think your radiused pipe bend looks much better than the square 90 degree stock one.
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Evilchicken0 · Joined: 12 May 2010 Posts: 2996 Location: London

That pipe does look good, it's all very clean there Very Happy

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Vince186 · Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 9:17 am Post subject:

Hursty · Joined: 29 Aug 2012 Posts: 319 Location: New Zealand

It's looking very nice Vincent Very Happy

Be careful its not so nice you don't want to ride it hard Laughing

I've already got a few stone chips on my fresh paint Crying or Very sad

but it was fun getting them Wink

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Evilchicken0 · Joined: 12 May 2010 Posts: 2996 Location: London

Who made the engine stand ???
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Vince186 · Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 7:25 pm Post subject:

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Vince186 · Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 8:49 pm Post subject:

Frame and wiring

The wiring…there is no logic to …. it seems like scraps of wiring..

Change the original coils with Dyna mini coils.
They call this mini.

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oily · Joined: 05 Apr 2008 Posts: 4788 Location: worcestershire

Vince186 · Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 6:17 pm Post subject:

Exhaust pipes installed and swing arm.
Give the exhaust pipes a good clean, take them in bath and clean them with a stainless steel cleaner that I had stolen from my wife.

The scratches that I had on the swingarm, I followed the tips that you guess give me.
It’s not quit how I want it but it’s probably the best what was possible.

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oily · Joined: 05 Apr 2008 Posts: 4788 Location: worcestershire

...Is that taking it a bit too far?
Bathing with your exhaust and your wife's cleaner Question

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Vince186 · Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 7:24 pm Post subject:

oily · Joined: 05 Apr 2008 Posts: 4788 Location: worcestershire

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