That could have been nasty…

Very, very nice! I wish my Dad had kept photos of his old bikes. If by some miracle he has I’ll share 🙂

& my ZRX11 with the late Gary Nixon trying it on for size 🙂 & yes, that’s a Rob North Trident in the background.

I’m not a biker myself but it’s nice to see pics of everyone’s previous classic steeds on here.

Sold this one to a friend who promptly put this ugly seat on it…
It’s a ’76 KZ900_A4 with a ’75 Z1B paint job on it..

& here are 3 others I used to have. L to R: ’75 Z1-B, ’78 KZ1000-A2 & another ’76 KZ900-A4. The serial # on this one was only 27 from the one above.

I’m not a biker myself but it’s nice to see pics of everyone’s previous classic steeds on here.

My Dad was once presented with 2 tea chests full of bike giblets and the words “there’s a bike in there, can you build it for me?”

Turned out to be a Black Shadow 🙂

It doesn’t appear on my computer monitor when it was doing the Harrier impression. Might show up better on a larger monitor with higher resolution. All I see is the flash of feathers as it broke to my left.

I spotted it a couple of times.
Hard to see but there’s something there.

I just wish we’d get a dry day or two here at present.
Back in March, with the weather warm and dry, the phone was happily ringing, now with a very wet and cold april, no one much is thinking of biking I suspect.

By the powers! After a few attempts I saw the little critter 😀

You VERY briefly see a flash to the left between 2-3 seconds into this.. If you manage to pause it at exactly the right moment you’l see it. Concentrate on that power pole on left side & watch for the flash of feathers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJ_gj86Vb2g

*cough*, that never happens 😉

Have ya had a look here? toolbox in the last post was left somewhere a bit wet….looks ok now tho. It’s handy having to tools to sort stuff.. including sorting other tools..
http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?t=99067&page=3

Yes but you just build a new aeroplane around the data plate don’t you…???:);););):)
I do agree though (and know) that aeroplanes are somewhat some more complicated than bikes.
I also see it weekly at the collection.

It was a damp barn though with an open window next to it…..

15 years in a barn is a walk in the park compared to 70yo aircraft though 🙂

When I got one of my VF1100’s home I found the ‘previous expert’ had been riding it with the rear brake caliper seized on.
The disc was down to 50% of it’s minimum wear limit.
So that landed in the scrap bin.
I revived the caliper though after much heat, freeing oil and and a hammer and driving bar–just add swearing.
Sadly though, that bike has had a hard life of neglect and I’ve ended up stripping it completely. I’ve never cleaned so much dirt and sh*t off a bike as it’s come apart.
Next year sees it’s thirtieth birthday, and my intention is to have it running by then.
In fact the other VF I have is thirty next year too, but I reckon it’ll be forty before it goes again, having stood in a barn for fifteen years.
Andy

Knew a guy who bought an H2 off a well known bodger. Couldn’t get it to run on all 3 cylinders. Finally popped the head off the offending cylinder & found evidence of a seizure & a tennis ball stock on the end of the conrod… 20 years later we still called him “tennis ball”

anywho, quick temporary bodge got me home ok….

Ah, the bodge factor…

A mate once holed a piston on a KH400, we fixed it at the side of the road by putting a nut & bolt through the hole, gave him a pretty strict RPM limit due to the obvious imbalance & extra dynamic load

Still did the job & 50 miles later, safe home. The poor old KH needed a complete rebuild though.

It was down to some mechanical numpty forgetting to use blue loctite on a rear caliper bracket bolt.

Luckily the mechanic in question doesn’t work on aircraft…

oh wait.. 🙂

anywho, quick temporary bodge got me home ok….

Rick, Never used to get brake probs with Brit made bikes;). Rumour has it your seeing your shrink any day now as your having nightmares about Walt.:D:D
Jim
Lincoln .7

It’s uploading, then I’ll trim it down to just the bit with the bird. Probably take the rest of the day given the speed of YouTube uploads… 🙂
Yesterdays ride was sedate as I had a slight brake issue to deal with…

No doubt Walt will appear to tell us how he used to work for the RSPCB… 😉

It does show up on the video, but if you blink you won’t see it.

Got a link..?

Yesterdays ride was uneventful…. except for seeing what appeared to be a HUGE bug hovering at head height right in front of me. I tilted my head to the right to avoid it & at the last moment realized it was actually a hummingbird. It does show up on the video, but if you blink you won’t see it.

I had a rare moment of generosity.