Got the stuff back from the powder coaters: Made a very dodgy tool to do up the swing arm tensioning collet: Cleaned up all the swing arm fixings and gave the end caps a lick of paint: Started assembling. Got the new swing arm bearings in, bushing back in, caps Continue Reading

So, still waiting for the stuff from the powder coaters I got on with a few more bits. I needed to get the flywheel off the old engine, so I needed an M16/1.5 puller. I didn’t have one to hand, so my friend turned me one up at work: It Continue Reading

While the frame, subframe and swing arm are at the powder coaters I thought I’d do a bit more stripping down of the old motor and a bit more painting. First up I removed one of the coolant pipes, cleaned it up and thought I’d try some VHT Red wrinkle Continue Reading

Did a bit more last night. Put on the first few coats of black onto the bottom triple: Got the swing arm back from the local engineering firm. They did a great job on the threaded collars: And they also sorted out the snapped stud in the back. The thread Continue Reading

Did some work this weekend. Play was stopped Saturday as I had to go pickup a friends new purchase in my Mondeo (a 1991 which is solely used for moving motorbikes and engines): Got that back to his, fell asleep after an 8 hour drive, etc. Sunday, I decided to Continue Reading

Hi All, So in august last year I bought a 2004 registered 2003 build 5PW. It’s a category B write off after a small incident with an MPV by the previous owner (a friend of mine). It’d been partially rebuilt with new bearings all round (apart from the swing arm), Continue Reading