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What have you done to your CBR 1000f today?

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Old 02-22-2012, 01:05 PM
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Last night i ordered my new tyres & went for a pair of Michelin Pilot Road (no number after them?) should be here by the weekend. Iv had Avon Azur on her since i got the bike 2 years ago & got 5k on them, not sure what they had done before me. Im sticking with the standard 170 on the rear because the price was the same as 180 i was expecting to get with the pair deal.

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Old 02-22-2012, 05:15 PM
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Cheers Rob!

Getting mine back from the MOT test centre tomorrow, hopefully! Sooooooo ... I'll be doing a spring clean and another photo shoot for ROTM before the weekend! ....
 
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Old 02-22-2012, 09:15 PM
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Did some more work on the exhaust today:

(You were right about the jigsaw Sprock)







Seeing how it lines up...



After measuring and welding...



And how it looks right now...








Still have to weld the other side, grind, decide on a heat shield (carbon fiber or a small piece of metal), paint.
 
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Old 02-23-2012, 07:08 AM
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just installed my performance machine wheels on my 900 cbr looking good. I'm gonna attempt to polish the frame this weekend any tips out there
 
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Old 02-23-2012, 07:07 PM
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Hot Dayum Malbo - nice work - you make me proud with that - very good indeed
bead work is getting there ! - yeah

Now we need to hear it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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Old 02-25-2012, 03:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Sprock
Hot Dayum Malbo - nice work - you make me proud with that - very good indeed
bead work is getting there ! - yeah

Now we need to hear it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Going to be a couple of weeks until I start it. I''m starting to mock up a heat shield. Right now I'm at three pieces that need to be rounded and welded (using 20ga steel)
 
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Old 02-27-2012, 09:25 PM
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Here's the mock-up of the 3 piece heat shield I was doing:



And then I though, 'Everybody else has a simple design, why re-invent the square?' So I made a 1 piece instead.



And proceeded to hammer the **** out of it to curve it (who says that **** isn't a good thing?)



Welded a pair of nuts to the pipe and drilled a pair of holes to mount it



Currently hanging up and drying after applying about 5 coats of high temp black paint
 
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Old 02-28-2012, 09:57 AM
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Nice job , btw your rims need cleaning
 
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Old 02-28-2012, 10:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Sprock
Nice job , btw your rims need cleaning
The grime hides all the paint I've removed doing tire changes.

Got everything bolted up.




 
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Old 02-28-2012, 12:03 PM
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Top Job man - 100% I'd say
 


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