Mmmmmm get to work on the Tuono and SRAD today.

weeksy · Nov 23, 2009

I'm down with a minor bit of man-flu so today for the first time in 2 months on a weekday i'm not hitting the gym at lunchtime.

So gives me a good chance to work on the bikes.

Plan for the Tuono today is to strip the calipers, clean every part, bit of red grease on the pistons and put all back together. They're not exactly dirty but will give me the oppertunity to check pads, check torques and check pistons etc.

Second task is to strip all fairings off the 600SRAD, send 1 off for painting and get it all ready for whipping the forks out tomorrow so they can be stripped, new oil, new springs and a bit of paint on the legs to make them a bit more respectable.

Really gutted i'm not in the gym, but will indeed be nice to get my hands dirty again and do a little bit on the bikes

weeksy · Nov 23, 2009

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm i feel better now.

Calipers stripped cleaned and greased and put back together

SRAD all ready for paint.

A decent lunchbreaks work.

YOOZY · Nov 23, 2009

Hope you had a big chip butty after a bit of dinnertime spannerin. Its compulsory.

weeksy · Nov 23, 2009

Bowl of Oatsosimple and a banana mate. Diet you see and the work restaurant had a huge Q i couldn't be arsed waiting in.

grin factor · Nov 23, 2009

Where do you live Weeksy, I'll give you my bike to clean & tinker with over the winter :yes

YOOZY · Nov 23, 2009

Should go mobile.

shvlheadwolf · Nov 23, 2009

You scare me weeksy! When I come over, yer going to have to give me a brief course in mechanicing. I'm also looking into going to work part time at the bike shop where I bought Andiamo (they no longer carry Aprilia but are looking I to getting the marquee back). Get a little experience there. Only problem is it's about a quarter of what I make regularly and an eighth of what I make for OT. Good thing I like bikes.

weeksy · Nov 24, 2009

grin factor said:
Where do you live Weeksy, I'll give you my bike to clean & tinker with over the winter :yes

often debated it as a business but would need to earn enough to live on which would mean cleaning 3 bikes per day EVERY day to take home what i do now. Assuming i was giving it a really good clean, strippling calipers, discs, seat, subframe, swingarm, wheels etc i couldn't actually get 3 done in a single day. It's a very very appealing dream that i can't see ever coming to fruition. People say "well do cars then, you'll make the money that way" but i hate cars, they bore me.

shvlheadwolf · Nov 24, 2009

I don't mind my truck, but I have to admit that it sits dormant all summer long as even if it rains, I prefer to take the bike. Cars bore me.

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