Progress report

[B6mick]

Well 3 weeks till the vet's Stone Run.
And its looking like I'm gonna be cutting it fine.
But here is some progress pic's of the REX.

Here is what used to housed in the airbox.




Now with the dual flange pods going on, I found the perfect place to mount my little air pump and punture repair kit.




Oh yes don't that front end look nice, well it looks shyte loads better than the peppered black units.

[willo]

Hey Mick did you do the forks yourself? Did you replace the fork ends or did you paint them? if so what sort of paint did you use and how fine a grit sand paper, as I have to do the lowers on the Bandit as they are all pitted(to many dirt roads) thanks Graham

[B6mick]

Hey Mick did you do the forks yourself? Did you replace the fork ends or did you paint them? if so what sort of paint did you use and how fine a grit sand paper, as I have to do the lowers on the Bandit as they are all pitted(to many dirt roads) thanks Graham

They is the orginal and they was black painted jobs. Hand polished from 80 grit, 120 grit 240, just to work out the casting marks and pits then 400 600 800 1200 1500 2000 then on to the pedestal polish wheel, and autosol liquid to finish. about 24 hrs labour in those 2 suckers.

But shyte you not they look even better than the pic shows.

What officer you want my finger prints. Ha, best of luck there sir.

[Dink_1170]

I may be able to make some progress on my 12.5 if my dealer cold supply anything!!! So far three weeks and no oil filters, air filter, or even the oil filter tool

Dink

[B6mick]

I may be able to make some progress on my 12.5 if my dealer cold supply anything!!! So far three weeks and no oil filters, air filter, or even the oil filter tool

Dink

If you was to use the K&N oil filter, you wouldn't need a special tool.
They come with a handy 12 nut on the front.
If ya go to the K&N site, look up ya part number at order it at your local parts store, stuff the stealer dealer.


http://www.knfilters.com/search/appsearch.aspx


Same filter as the air cooled 1200 & 600 and the oil cooled GSXR's KN138 in black or KN138c for chrome.

[willo]

Thanks mate, I will have to give it a go you've done a fantastic job with them..Graham

[aussiebandit]

the forks look good Mick.  Hopefully they'll still be good at the Once Bitten

[B6mick]

They will be perfect, just ready for a show and shine.

[aussiebandit]

They will be perfect, just ready for a show and shine.

is that a suggestion for the gymkhana???? - we used to have a 'rally rat' comp but it sort of fell out of favour after a couple of years - the same person won it 3 years running.

[smooth operator]

  Looks good Mick,alot a work and elbow greese. Did you do the rims at the same time or did you already have that done.

[B6mick]

  Looks good Mick,alot a work and elbow greese. Did you do the rims at the same time or did you already have that done.

I did the rims about 2 and a half years back, I really need to hit them again, but I should only need to hit them with 600 up to 2000.

Try a Bandit back wheel, that took me near 18 hrs to do.
The day before a TV show down here (two wheel torque channel 30 something) did a rap on OCD racing, and of course the Bandit did a feature. All night, polishing, no sleep and got the bike there 20 minutes before the filming started.

Couldn't even curl up in the corner of the workshop, they filmed that too.

[B6mick]

Here some more.

[Red01]

  Looks nice!

24 hours to run those legs thru 10 processes - sounds pretty fast to me.  That's barely an hour per step per leg at that rate - I know I couldn't accomplish that finish that quick. (And that's why mine are still stock - with the blemishes that come from riding it all these years.)

[B6mick]

Now the back ends getting the treatment, still waiting on the carby jet kit, and I’ve got 1 week and 1 day to have it back on the road for the Vietnam Vets, Stone run and Bike show. Just about to hit the panic button.

[swagzz]

Hey Mick
   Don't panic, just start hunting the supplier, find his home number and start ringing at 3 am  , hope you get it together.
                                           Later swagzz