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aw come on ,play the gamemad.gif £400

Aren't we a grumpy sod!

Near enough, £425. Thought wasn't bad at that money

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UPDATE.

Just back from bit more work on the bike.

Fork seals done, have removed and painted all the brackets i can (fairing support etc) - look ok, big improvement.

Think i got oil leak sorted too, was just a missing bolt on bottom of gearbox casing. Thats the kind of fix i like!

Next is more cosmetic work.

Got the stupid bits on frame repainted, again big improvement.

Gonna t-cut & polish the shite out of the panels before i reassemble the lot again.

Long term plans include full repaint (even got my colour scheme sorted) and hopefully the R6 seat conversion that i wanted to do on previous FZR before its departure.

Cant wait to get full mines on it now! :)

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AAAAAGGGGGHHHH!!

Somebody out there in the grand scheme of things doesnt like me.

Got the bike back together yday.

Really happy with it, busting to get a run out.

So, filled tank up and set off. Got approx 5 miles, and bike decides to stop revving, drop power and sound like a Massey Ferguson.

Worst bit is that i was passing 2 cars at the time, another vehicle appearing over the oncoming horizon turned out to be a cop car too! Had plenty of room to get back in safely enough, then stopped to assess things.

Hoping its something stupid like a gasket has gone and nowt too serious

Then got a phone call from my kids school to collect him early, he's now been diagnosed with swine flu.

This sucks

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Well, I've done some investigation this morning and think i've found the fault.

Plug on cylinder 2 had come out! no surprise it was going like shite.

Threads are fecked. So gonna be head off job for a repair.

Think i'll do head gasket while i'm at it

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UPDATE

Hey folks. Thought i'd add few more pics.

Stripped engine out yday to get thread repaired.

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Tempted to strip rest of it down now, make a winter project out of it.

Powder coat frame/brackets/etc, seat conversion, polish some elements and repaint the lot.

But as usual it'll all have to be on super-tight budget! :(

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