Brad The Bike Boy: June 2010

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Michelin Power One 120/70ZR17 & 180/55ZR17 to clear.

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I have a pair of Michelin Power One I'd like to move. 120/70ZR17 front, 180/55ZR17 rear in the "road" compound. Normally $535 plus fitting, this pair can go for $525 fitted.
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Saturday, June 26, 2010

Ignitech TCIP4 Ignition units in stock

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I now have some TCIP4 Ignition units in stock. Nominally to suit the carburettored Ducati SS and Monster range, these units allow full control of the ignition advance and at $225 are a cheap replacement for the original Kokusan units should one fail.

See http://www.bikeboy.org/ducati2vignition.html for more info.
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Wheel and Tyre Insurance from Swann

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I thought this was info worthy of spreading. Swann Insurance are offering wheel and tyre insurance. A customer in last week mentioned he'd taken out this policy in addition to his normal comprehensive insurance (seperate policy) after he mentioned he had a slow leak in his rear tyre which turned out to be a nail at a very shallow angle and not really repairable.

He now has a new tyre due to this policy, the cost of which (for 3 years) was a bit less than the cost of the replacement tyre. And it also includes rim damage.

So well worth looking into I thought.
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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.