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SB6 x Japan now lives in Kiwiland
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Hursty



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PostPosted: Wed Jun 18, 2014 1:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah Brian needs a polish Wink
You can hardly see Vince's it's so shiny Laughing

Yes my fuses are 20 15 15 10 20 so I guess the first 20 might have been to try and stop the fuses popping by a previous owner Confused
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Vince186



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 19, 2014 4:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don’t have much dust it's always raining… Wink

I guess I have a 15 amp too much. Confused
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 1:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

So many days



And nights



Have passed since I dropped my bike off with my mechanic Rolling Eyes
Finally he has stopped rebuilding his race bike and started on mine Very Happy

Because I am fitting new brake pads I have decided to change the fluids





As they are looking pretty yuk Embarassed
and as often happens in the workshop it has been suggested that I replace the front brake lines so that has been added to the list as they are not how he (who knows) would have them.



Air filter is looking a bit grubby after 5000ks



The pipe is now off here is a better pic of the split on the weld that needs fixing.



And the leaking header hose turns out to be the rubber seal on the radiator cap not sealing properly, I believe these are a hard to source part? (especially in NZ ) so we will attempt to replace the rubber Surprised



So hopefully over the next week things will progress and no more surprises will appear Wink
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Evilchicken0



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 2:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's a good idea to change the brake lines. Finally found the water leak, that's good Smile
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Vince186



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 8:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote



Your radiator cap looks different from mine, ….. Not only mine is more shiny but the centre of the cap is different.
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Vince186



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 05, 2014 12:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi Hursty, some progress with the Bim Question
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Hursty



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 3:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Its wet and windy down here at the moment so no real rush
but my new Brembo pads have arrived, this is what they recommended any body used these?



Apart from that we have measured up for the new front brake lines

So the body work is all clean sitting in my garage and the rest is still on the mechanics bench Sad



I was looking at the pics of evil chickens clutch and noticed mine is different so must have been modified at some point Confused



Current thinking is that he will replace the leaking radiator cap and neck with a GSXR1000 item Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 11, 2014 9:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hursty wrote:

Current thinking is that he will replace the leaking radiator cap and neck with a GSXR1000 item Rolling Eyes


When it is finished pics please.
Maybe a modification for the future.
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 12, 2014 1:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Doubt you need to do the rear pads
Not sure what's in my front calipers
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 12, 2014 1:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

My rear pads chatter and squeal when they get hot. Don't use the rear much anyway.
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 12, 2014 8:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi Hursty,
I use Brembo pads but if they carbon ceramic I don’t know.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 2:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

So out with the old lines





And in with the new Very Happy







Rear pads were gone



but the fronts had a bit left in them but changed them anyway Wink



Progress is slow but its cold here now so plenty of time
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 03, 2014 11:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Picked up a new front tyre before I went away on business and the matching rear should have been delivered by now Very Happy



Decided that the best fix for the old radiator cap is to get the radiator neck re made with a standard cap as no one could supply one (just like everywhere else in the world) But I did try and try and try.....



So the new one should be ready this week and I can move on with the work.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 03, 2014 11:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm running Michilin Power 3's on my sb6 at the moment and find them quite good. My bike had a 120-60-17 on the front so i replaced it with the same... I see yours is a 120-70-17.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 04, 2014 1:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have a 120-70-17 Supercorsa Diablo ... you need to space the mudguard a bit. In fact I need to sort that out a bit more after I did a track day I couldn't pull the bike backwards because the tyre jammed on the mudguard. Once I rode it back to the hotel it was fine Question
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