posted August 12, 2006 06:20 PM
Repairing My Bike!! Well i started today..
Today has been the first day since sometime in may that i have uncovered her...
Front rim looks really bad .. a few hours later i had her mostly taken apart and added extension blocks to the rear.. THANKS 12PIECE!!
will post pics when they get loaded to imagestation...
Any advice on anything you see in pics will be greatly appreciated..
If ya need me to shoot a pic of a certain item please let me know!!
i felt likr crying when i took cover off!!..shit feel like crying now!!!
Needs a job
Didn't read the owners manual
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posted August 12, 2006 07:26 PM
why do pics of crashed zx-12s make me so upset
best of luck getting her back into proper condition.... although with fixing streetbikes it seems you just need a lot of time and money.
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Scott
Long Island, New York
2006 ZX-14, 2003 ZX-12R
posted August 13, 2006 04:12 AM
Sounds good Voz...All week without a can did you run up on any Harley and let them hear ya???
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posted August 13, 2006 05:13 AM
my advice...get onto ebay...you'll find loads and loads there...there is an 05 with low miles which has been parted.....so you'll get basically new parts for cheap....coz you can invest the saved money on other goodies....
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2005 ZX-12R,Arata Full Ti, PC3,Gillis
Rearsets,Muzzy Velocity Stacks,BMC
Race filters.One Crazy 12
posted August 13, 2006 09:03 AM
I remember that day Try and NOT fal over again Voz Your knees aren't what they use to be.. All them years of buckin for a promotion really took it's toll on you I'm afraid
posted August 13, 2006 10:07 AM
yup...friends are the first option.....well i was refering to ebay as the option if incase you don't get a perticular part......
its a gr8 place if you have an eye for good stuff which i know you must be.....maybe you get some trick stuff for half the price...like idid.....
posted August 13, 2006 01:51 PM
Nav..that is true.. I have been keeping an eye on ebay...but nothinng yet..
Gunny shit happens, i cant say for sure that i wont fall again..but i damn sure dont want to..
I clean commodes for a living ..it gets no lower than that!!
posted August 13, 2006 05:21 PM
Send me that fairing stay and I'll make it good as new, on the house Papi.
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posted August 15, 2006 04:35 PM
That should buff right out Voz! Good to see your getting it back together. I still gotta fix my 12 that got hit at the gap.
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posted August 21, 2006 12:50 PM
Voz........The one thing I found out is getting the stay pulled or pushed to the right width is fairly easy. It's Al and very soft, BUT getting the mirror mouting flats to be on the same angle is the trick. If they're off just a little the mirrors will show it in a quick minute. ONE HIGH and one low. Just a 1 or 2 degree twist will look huge. NOW you're in luck!!!! I made a little tool that you can bolt to those flats and twist them perfect without fucking up the tree trying to get a hold on it with all kinds of silly shit.... It has plenty of leverage so slight tweeks are easy. Let me know where to ship it and it's yours to use.
posted August 21, 2006 12:54 PM
Also it's nearly impossable to get one strait without a known good example at your disposal to compare. Believe it or not my Silver bike was bent from the time it was new. I couldn't get it perfect until I purchased the Red 12R last year to compare it to. It was easy then.