How hard can it be ???

Lampie · **Posted:** Mon Apr 04, 2011 4:39 pm

Does anyone watch TOPGEAR ??
You can hear the phrase 'How hard can it be' in almost every episode.

Well.... after a hard winter, I want to strip the bike, and get rid of the brown rust-monster.
I have to replace chain and sprockets, change front brakepads, change brakelines and get rid of the haze in he headlight.
How hard can it be ?

Just to give you an impression of the bike after 1 hour of taking off all plastic bits, some screws and a little bit more.

This is the haze

don't take out these 5 screws !

Because front and rear are glued together

Little tip, if you got a leak in your headlight, moist is building up, than apply a layer of silicon over the joint, hand hope it's sealed

I'll make more pictures tomorrow.
(toke 2 days leave to get this job done)

Kadett · **Posted:** Mon Apr 04, 2011 5:05 pm

Damn, and I think I had a dirty engine underneath the fairings

Did you get the R/R and replace it yourself or are you still bringing it to the dealer for it. Now is/was a perfect time to do it yourself

Human Potato · **Posted:** Tue Apr 05, 2011 1:27 am

That's a lot of rust for a relatively young bike, is it caused by salt on the road? I ride in all weather but my bike doesnt have that kind of rust (at least, I hope not...).

Perhaps a dozen cans of WD40 will fix it

GSXrider · **Posted:** Tue Apr 05, 2011 1:53 am

dp you leave the bike out side all winter? mine has no rust at all

f104s · **Posted:** Tue Apr 05, 2011 2:47 am

Your doin a great job Lampie, and your bike is a working mans motorcycle. Your riding in low temps, how low ?

Cheeers

Lampie · **Posted:** Tue Apr 05, 2011 5:16 am

I ride all year round.
except when it's white outside.

Lampie · **Posted:** Tue Apr 05, 2011 6:42 pm

Oneday of work and all is almost done.

Frontwheel with steel brakelines, red calliper and new brakepads

I've bought some 'kachelpoets' that stuf makes stoves and oldfashion coal heaters nice and black again.
Here I've done 1 exhaust pipe

New chain and sprockets

Tadaaaaa a new rectifier, yes, it's the recall one

Tomorrow I have to buy a headlight, the haze didn't go away, and i've made it worse

I found a used one, for half the price of new.
Sadly my Xenonbulb didn't make it... I broke it.
Now you know why my nick is Lampie.... I've got different sets of Xenon in stock

Tomorrow, a new day, a new headlamp and a new bulb.

Lampie · **Posted:** Tue Apr 05, 2011 8:25 pm

GSXrider wrote:

dp you leave the bike out side all winter? mine has no rust at all

YES

But now we've got a garagebox near our house (300 meters away)
Less moist, no more snow.

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