Fixing the Harley

I've shortened the headlight mount bringing it in closer to the forks and mounted the speedo off to the side. Chasing the wiring fault has been an absolute saga with over 20 solid hours into finding the problem and fixing it. After a lot of work I narrowed the all flashing indicators and no brake light problems to the rear of the bike. I spent a while chasing a bad earth only to work out it was a complete short on the back of the bike. Sounds easy to take out the wires in the fender and sort the problem? Unfortunately no..the wires had shorted and fused their insulation together into a solid plug and it wouldn't budge even with a coat hanger rammed in there. I had to grind out the tube the wires run in just to get it out of there...and then re-wire the rear end.

Anyway, it's fixed now and I have indicators that behave themselves and brake lights that work.

Gixxer engine work finished

I got my GSXR1100 back from Tony the other weekend. Great fun to ride it back in one of those sub-tropical torrential downpours. Dan (aka The Wolverine) enjoyed his "shower" on his new XVS1100.


We've upped the Dynojet kit on the GSXR from a stage 1 to a stage 3, added K&N pods, and dropped a tooth on the front sprocket. Gained 2hp on the top end (now 127bhp at the rear wheel) and another 7hp through the mid-range. It goes like the proverbial now and is an absolute blast to ride.

It's really killing me to sell this to pay for the Harley......I don't know if I can bring myself to part with it...

Is very....nice

Got it back from the mechanics early this morning and I've fixed the digital speedo (replacement magnet in the rear wheel), and broke the speedo houseing at the same time (needs to be re-tapped). The headlight is apart to shorten the mount, the indicators now flash (all 4 of them at the same time), the brake light still doesn't work, and it's already leaking oil on my garage floor......oh the joys ;-)

Bought a Bobber

I'm very happy with my latest purchase - Harley Bobber. After the failed start that was the Oompa Loompa Chopper and looking at Yamaha XVS1100 bikes I held out and went with the original and bought a Harley. My first foray into Harley ownership....see how this goes. This means the Gixxer is going up for sale after Christmas.