Saturday, 16 January 2016
beaky blinder [aka the ktm supermoto project]
axle sliders are a prerequisite for bikes being prepared for the novice supermoto series, they serve a couple of purposes, they stop the bike damaging the track and they should hopefully prevent the bike digging in and barrel rolling in the event of a 'low-side'. i scanned the 'tinterweb for some for the 'beaky blinder' project and was suprised how expensive they were! so, last weekend at newark i bought a length of machinable nylon stock and a couple of lengths of 8mm stainless bar and made some instead. total expenditure? just over a tenner. sorted.
over the holidays i realised just how disorganised we had let the shed become so me and dangerous had a serious clean up. i sorted out all the old harley/triumph/ducati/bmw spares and stuck them on ebay. we got pretty ruthless and junked loads of crap and i even purchased some new storage for all the stainless/titanium fasteners and sorted them out into size order. even the pictures on the wall were culled as i started to feel a little claustrophobic with all the different images. the shed looks a little clinical now but it certainly feels better plus we needed to make some room for the 'not a ducati tt replica project'.............
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well, i've sat and looked at it for a couple of day's and today i decided i really couldn't live with it, you have to be true to...
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early seventies at southgate secondary modern and the young loveless was getting his ear turned by black music, mostly motown and what later...
Shop space and bikes are looking sharp, as usual...only more so. Axle sliders sound like a good thing...for street bikes as well.
ReplyDeleteDid the background of your blog go white on it's own as mine did? I had to get into the layout area... and eventually figured out how to change it back...a glitch in he matrix, I assume...looking forward to the coming posts on the not a rep Ducati.
hey Larry, thanks for that, i couldn't believe how scruffy the shed had become, we just lurch from one project to another and never really step back to take stock of things and move shit on. [i'm always three bikes in front i'm afraid, well,i am in my head anyway] yep, my background turned white too! like i said, i'm a luddite me, [look it up if you haven't heard the expression before] had to get mrs b to sort it out for me. as for the 'not a ducati tt replica' should have some exciting news soon.....
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