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Starting to realise, going to send a load of fasteners for plating instead of buying new.


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Cheers, will buy a bag
Rebuild costing me a fortune in genuine bits!


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Yes! Thanks boz.


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Does anyone know a part number for the wiring loom clips that plug into the inner frame rails, can’t see them in the parts catalogue?
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Thanks for the replies gents.



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I’ve got the old bent forks so I can have a look.


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jompy wrote:The lower should have a grub screw holding it to the stanchion , I've heard of them being powder coated before

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Would the fork legs need stripping to go in the oven?
I presumed so, didn’t want to take the fork legs apart.


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Has anyone ever painted any fork lowers? Just bought some 2nd hand replacement and the lowers are a bit of a state.
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I realised soon after writing the post, what an idiot [emoji23]


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Just realised I have put the battery negative cable in the wrong way....
easy fix at least [emoji23]


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Had my r1 in bits for years, trying to get it back on the road (next year hopefully!)

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Dug my broken 4xv out the the back of the garage, been festering there for over 10 years. Just need to find all the parts now....


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That looks mega

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That r1 is amazing, I can remember the article, its what made me want a 4xv

thanks Pete

Cheers Gary. Progress will be massively slow but it will hopefully get done. No physical injuries whatsoever.

Thanks for that Stephen, nice to know I'm not the only one throwing it up the road on my first go! I wasn't even going fast

Thanks Jompy, i'll have a look

bikes current state. Work to do!

PJC wrote:Welcome in Paul, got any pics of the bike and/or the get off

just found some after crash pics buried in my hard drive but they are only thumbnails and i can't re-size. It was my first track day too! gutted.

thanks to everyone for the replies

Thanks lads! Good to be on here.

Welcome in Paul
I guess a good idea if you haven't already is to download the parts micro riche , you could put your build in the projects section ;)


Is there a link for the download somewhere on the forum? that would be really handy. Thinking of doing a ...

Cheers Sam, i will need as much as i can get!

Hello, Im Paul, live near Worksop, Notts. Been a lurker on here for a while but I've finally pulled my finger out and started sorting my 4xv.

Came off on a trackday at cadwell (that was on my birthday!) several years ago, after stripping the bike down and threatening to sell the bits I've decided ...

S80 near Worksop, Notts. anyone close?