no.. the world...lol

That's nothing compared to what I found out the other day. One of the previous owners, 2 of them, had installed "flush mount" turn signals. Now when I say flush mount turn signals I don't actually mean flush mount turn signals. They aren't stock but they do however stick out and lay on top of the fairing instead of flush in the socket. So, I ordered hotbodies flush mount signals and when I'm uninstalling the others I noticed that instead of taking the fairing off and installing them they decided to just bust a hole in the fairing to work the bolts. So now I'm hoping to find a decent upper fairing at a salvage yard that only has scratches... fat chance finding one of those.

ouch..

Do you have to get the head off to do this type of work? can you helicoil a plug without taking the head off? If they need to take off the head, just do it yourself and save some labor hours. Head gasket is 50 bucks, pull it apart yourself and take the head to someone. You can inspect the threads on the other bores and see if they are starting to rip out. It might save you a few bucks...

see my post at https://cbrforum.com/forum/showthrea...616#post791616

or, for the lazy ones:

What will you do if (hope not) you **ck another spark tread (on one of other 3 cylinders) in the future? If you have helicoiled just that 1 by then, it could be done for another one in the future, but when you do all 4 of them now...?

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Originally Posted by p0peye https://cbrforum.com/forum/images/ki...s/viewpost.gif
Just curious:
What will you do if (hope not) you **ck another spark tread (on one of other 3 cylinders) in the future? If you have helicoiled just that 1 by then, it could be done for another one in the future, but like this...?
this is not my opinion... Good luck...

Well "I", did not **ck up the thread on the head, it was the previous owner, he did not read the correct torque measurement and probably just tightened it till he felt like it was good and stripped lol.
I usually do most maintanance on my motorbikes, and when I do, I use the correct tools inlcudiing checking torque measurments for bolt tightening etc..
anywho, having said that, the mechanic doing the repairs on my bike at the moment recommended that I should and might as well replace the other 3 with helicoil threads because he noticed that another thread was near to stripped and the remaining 2 were not in the best condition. I tend to listen to him, not only because he's a buddy of mine but because , and most importantly, he's been at this for 12 13ish years repairing and maintaining bikes. So I dont usually doubt him lol.
Yea, skooby, you are right about the size being the same, my buddy was explaining how he used a slightly larger bit to drill out the hole and then tap and finnaly thread the helicoil in, sizes remaining the same, I'm pretty sure I mis-understood him.
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Joey, I never did say that you have stripped the tread, I was saying that it (hope not) could happen' again, and this time it could hardly be a previous owner, right? ;)
Anyway, now that you told us that the other treads are not id good shape either - all is clear - you should do it now, better then to disassemble the whole thing again soon...
:)
Regards

Glad to have cleared that up!:cool:

Anywho, I get her back today latest tmro:D
WooOt!