Diff'rent Strokers

[StrokerBoy]

The Gags didn't feature in our plans for 2012, we let the MOT's expire on all 3 and SORN'd 'em too. They were just supposed to sit in the corner of the garage while we played with our other toys this year. But we've been leaned on (details soon... ) and so with a free Friday morning due I booked a couple of MOT's. By way of prep I gave all 3 a quick once-over the weekend before.

The rear brake had badly seized up on the NSR50 again, so I completely stripped it, cleaning up the piston with a brass brush and assembling everything with red rubber grease. A sticky fuel valve was soon remedied and I refitted the original monster numberplate too. I also ordered a new rear tyre from the local bike shop.

The RB50 was fine apart from yet another blown taillight bulb (it's the vibration y'know).

The TDR80 had a dragging front brake, so the caliper came off that too. I couldn't pump the piston all the way out but I cleaned and greased everything as best I could and re-bled it. It seemed fine. I also charged the 6v battery and bolted on the LH fairing panel I got from Japan last month.

Friday. Jump on the TDR, ride 4 miles down to the bike shop, hang around while they MOT it, ride it back home. Then do the same on the NSR, also getting them to fit the new rear tyre at the same time. Then repeat for the Suzuki. By 11:30am I was back home again clutching 3 pass certificates, and all my neighbours were laughing at the big fat man on his comedy clown bikes.

Actually, MOT man gave me an informal warning about the TDR front brake which was still dragging. A pair of brake piston pliers are on their way to me now courtesy of Ebay and it'll get sorted properly this weekend (MOT man knows I'll do it so applies a big dollop of common sense).

So, time to tax 'em all and arrange a Big Gag Day Out. You listening, SP_BOTT, Darin and bobbyboy ?

[Darin]

Yup I'm listening! It's just a case of enticing the dynamic duo out of the living room and down to the shop for MOT, fingers crossed they'll both be fine as they've done the square root of zip since the last one!!

I'll report back when success has struck, and that'll be 5 up and ready for gag action... then it's just the other two slackers to pull their fingers out!
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[StrokerBoy]

I taxed 'em all yesterday. 12 months each, £48 the lot ! And the brake pliers arrived too so no excuses now.

[Top-shaggy]

If I ride my kids mini dirt bike will that count?
I can assure you I look proper daft as a brush on the thing riding around our estate
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[DSBBadmin]

[Top-shaggy]

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If there isn't photographic proof of that on here by the end of the weekend, your account will be suspended... [/quote]

Challenge Anaeka eh.. If I do provide proof will that mean I can give your nice V-Due a jolly good thrashing ?
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[Howie]

[Top-shaggy]

V-Due?
Jolly good thrashing??

Saturday tomorrow and I may be tempted to go on a gagtastic rampage round the estate... Come on Give me some incentive to make a proper fool of myself (and risk getting arrested)
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[Howie]

Still waiting for the pics TS

Did you get your hands on the V-DUE? Mmmmmmm, if only

[Top-shaggy]

[Darin]

[Top-shaggy]

Hey Darin, it really is such a shame that your bikes ar'nt getting the thrashing.... erm I mean regular steady ride out they deserve.

How about you lend me one or two such as your V-Due and I promise I will treat it to a good clean each and every time I take it out for a jolly good .... potter about.. AND SOME !!

YeeeeeeeeeeeeHaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!






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[Darin]

[SP_BOTT]

hi, inspired to get a bit of a move on I aslo pulled out the gag from the lounge, (well in reality, it was thrown in the back of the shed) a quick appraisal showed it to be the dog of this bunch, so I started a bit of a tidy up.

The bodywork is in desperate need of a lot of TLC. It's very badly cracked, and virtually non existant secondhand, unless I can get any from Yahoo Japan, it's got to be a soldering iron, and hour and hours of work.

I started a 'test piece' last week and removed the front mudguard.





I have tried a few panels before but this seemed very soft and stringy when melted.




Anyway, repaired and primed


Treated to a few coats of paint, and well happy with the result.




This is not going to be a resto thread, but just seeing a bit of effort on my side, to keep up with the other 'garage queen' gags

And if you remember the last time it was ridden, it ended up in a big hedge with the fairing broken after I taught my daughter how to ride. (or not, in her case )

So there is loads more to do, and it will just be reapired from now on, and not painted like the mudguard, as i don't have any graphics or any idea of what I'm doing paint wise, so solid bodywork and lots of cracks everywhere. It was dropped and repaired several times in it's life looking at the underside of seats and panels.

[StrokerBoy]

Nice work Paul !

My bikes look fine in photos but are pretty tatty close up. Get yours on the road and we'll take 'em all for a thrash, you can worry about making it a 'show queen' later. I wanna see a TZM in the metal.