Brad The Bike Boy: Some more photos

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Some more photos

Some people have asked for more photos of what it looks like, so here we go. First up is a look at the work area - I have the 3 benches lined up side by side now with one under a roof beam for those occaisions when there's some separation involved. My 851 is sitting around waiting for some attention, but that might have to wait until the dyno is up and running - so I can use it for development without having to leave the premises, being unregistered and all.

Next is a view from the same-ish position as the

photo from 30/12/2008. Certainly a bit more

filled in now (some may say organised), with a

shelving unit partly blocking the view. It's

certainly starting to look the part.

Finally, a look at the dyno room. Or, as it stands,

a 2m by 4m contained mess area. All it's waiting for is some

walls, roof, ducting and software. Not sure where the mess will go when it's dyno time, but I'm slowly purging myself of the collected crap.

I'm really keen to get this running, but as usual the affairs of state must take precedence over the affairs of state.

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The 851

The 400SS

I bought this 400SS (genuine 93 model Australian delivery! Woo hoo huh.) after seeing it in Ebay for what was possibly an good price. As ever, good was too good to be true. Badly repaired and rusted out fuel tank, badly repainted side panels, lots of km (83,000 of the bastards), etc. You know, the usual. Purchased in October 2012, as of now (Jan 2014) I've nearly finished a major service. The cam timing is done with some of the Madasl adjustable pullies that have been drilled in 4 different settings for easy dyno testing. And I have some 900 headers to try a 40mm dual exhaust set up on it (ala M400). Not a great deal of progress for 15 months, so it's taking on a long term feel. There's an F1 endurance style seat base (more taper at the rear) and front fairing sitting around, which will require frame mods to fit. It's a bit of a mental sticking point as this time. But hey, it's not like I can devalue it much more.

The Mighty KR1S 250

How it looked the rainy night someone came to take it away. Painted all black when I bought it, at some point later I realised i could rub the black off and have much of the original colour scheme underneath. Although the main fairing was originally from a red KR1 I think, and definitely badly repaired more than once, so it stayed black. And the tail panel shown was bought to replace the one I smashed the only time I crashed it and the last time I rode it at a Sandown track day. A sensational little bike, holed pistons and frequently failing stator windings aside. The first bike I rode on a race track and the first bike I had my knee down on. And a great commuter too I found. It's sometimes nice to have a bike that won't wheelie past the city speed limit in first gear.