Hey-hey from the UK!
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05-14-2012, 06:46 PM
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Hey-hey from the UK!
Evening all, just a quick one to say hello.
Long-time lurker, first-time poster etc...
I'm in the early stages of a 'sympathetic' '88 CBR600 resto - bought her for peanuts and struck (more or less) lucky. Ghastly black paint - more lumps and bumps than an implant salesman's suitcase - but mechanically pretty tidy. There's a new CCT in the cupboard waiting to be fitted and one or two thoughts to improve reliability / safety, and dreams of a snazzier paint job somewhere along the line.
Performance upgrades?
Nah - the most powerful thing I've ever ridden was an asthmatic CB400 back in the early eighties: standard horsepower will be plenty enough to justify the name - Project Kangapants.
Cheers guys.
Long-time lurker, first-time poster etc...
I'm in the early stages of a 'sympathetic' '88 CBR600 resto - bought her for peanuts and struck (more or less) lucky. Ghastly black paint - more lumps and bumps than an implant salesman's suitcase - but mechanically pretty tidy. There's a new CCT in the cupboard waiting to be fitted and one or two thoughts to improve reliability / safety, and dreams of a snazzier paint job somewhere along the line.
Performance upgrades?
Nah - the most powerful thing I've ever ridden was an asthmatic CB400 back in the early eighties: standard horsepower will be plenty enough to justify the name - Project Kangapants.
Cheers guys.
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05-14-2012, 06:58 PM
February 2012 ROTM
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05-15-2012, 04:31 PM
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Thanks for the welcome, guys.
I'm having fun with the bits and pieces of Kanga so far - have read my Clymer manual cover to cover once or twice and have picked up a good few things to look out for from the boards here: fingers crossed there'll not be too much to take me by surprise.
I'm planning on keeping a photo trail of progress, but it's likely to be slowwww. Son of a cabinetmaker and it seems I've inherited some of Pops' moderate OCD on finishes. Today is day 10 stripping, filling, fairing, re-filling, re-fairing on tail and side panels - they're just about ready for some high-build primer now. I think... (LOL)
Anyway - thanks again Folks: I'm sure I'll have a few 'DURR!' questions up here sharp enough.
(ps - Captain Snakebite: the alter ego who mysteriously takes over my autopilot and guides me safely home on the occasions I over-refresh on Snakebite; a delicious beverage, once popular in Blighty...)
I'm having fun with the bits and pieces of Kanga so far - have read my Clymer manual cover to cover once or twice and have picked up a good few things to look out for from the boards here: fingers crossed there'll not be too much to take me by surprise.
I'm planning on keeping a photo trail of progress, but it's likely to be slowwww. Son of a cabinetmaker and it seems I've inherited some of Pops' moderate OCD on finishes. Today is day 10 stripping, filling, fairing, re-filling, re-fairing on tail and side panels - they're just about ready for some high-build primer now. I think... (LOL)
Anyway - thanks again Folks: I'm sure I'll have a few 'DURR!' questions up here sharp enough.
(ps - Captain Snakebite: the alter ego who mysteriously takes over my autopilot and guides me safely home on the occasions I over-refresh on Snakebite; a delicious beverage, once popular in Blighty...)