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Yeah for sure, but a set of stainless pipes will weigh less than one of my stock pipes. Plus I'll get a hp increase.

Yeah, she's chubby for sure. I need some stainless pipes - gain some Hp and lose weight (win/win). Will weigh it at some point.

Haven't had a chance to do a lot of suspension tuning yet. It is stuff on the front end. The back isn't bad. Spring rate on the R6 shock is similar to the RZ. Not enough time in the seat yet to give good feedback.

Yes the front is lowered. I'm trying to help improve the geometry of the bike. With the R1 front end (less offset) and the FJ swinger (52 mm longer) the handling would be slower. I dropped the front to help compensate

Thanks buddy. It's been a PITA to get it running properly once I had it running. Seems to go decently. I got it running just in time for winter storage. Lol

Have been working on some painting and some other stuff Still have to do some speed blocks. Rubber arrived today. Dunlop Q3's I've had my bike on a rear stand forever. I put the front stand on. When I did, I found that the front tire has some serious drag on it. Feels like the calipers aren't releasing. I may have to do a caliper rebuild. Argh. It's probably the only thing I haven't rebuilt yet. WTF!

Yes, I don't think that it will fall apart as I'm riding [emoji6]

Relays all wired and the indicators are working properly.

I've had a chance to re-paint the tank and fenders now. 10000x better. I've knocked down the gloss on the black paint - I used gloss black and have done 2 part clear gloss that I will finish with. I've added another layer of glass to my fairing and now trimmed out. Just need to sand the surface of the fairing, do some minor patching, sand more, prime and paint. These arrived today. They will be used to switch power to my rear indicators.

Deep shagging on the carpet. Lol

Shag covered seat. For you Brit boys, over here shag has a different meaning. Lol

I think the conditions for painting were considerably less than optimal. I knocked all the gloss down and now have some more paint. Today is supposed to be in the 20's, so it should be ok for painting. You are right about the paint batches. Same goes for buying carpet or anything that is made in batches. There are always batch variations. Sometimes they are quite noticeable. Happy belated BDay!

Got the tank prepped and shot some black. The black looks a little hazy. I shook the shite outta the can. I even put the can in hot water for a bit.

I think I'm going to do the vintage Yamaha speed blocks in white (on a black bike). I like the two tone.

Bought a couple of these off eBay today. I will use them to switch my rear signals.

I hate those 3 letters NLA No Longer Available

Onto to this next

They all have good intentions and are willing to help. I appreciate that. Like you said - don't mess with the coating. Thanks for the compliment Cynic.

In this case, Bondo is my friend. It'll be etch primer, high build primer applied before the etch dries. Once the high build is dry, Bondo goes on. After that high build again.

Thanks Noise. It does look like a bike. I'm afraid a plunger won't work. Like you say, the metal is too thick. I'd need one of those kits where you weld on a little rod and use a slide puller. I don't want any heat applied to My tank now that I've coated the inside. Those dents have had bondo in them before and they will again. Lol Got the screen mounted and ugly green tape removed. Woohoo.

Whew. Lucky

That's funny, but totally wrong. She doesn't give a shit about MY space. She has no idea what goes on in the garage or where anything is out there - works just fine for me.

My disaster area is looking better. I got rid of the snowblower to the shed. Starting to look like my workspace once again.

Yeah, I'm up for that. I have to give the garage a bit of a clean. It's been so cold this winter that I go out, do a little work (leave the mess) and go back inside to warm up. It's kinda a disaster area now. I'll spend some time on it before you guys get here.