New bloke
- lavy78
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Re: New bloke
The wheels aren't standard, they've had a bit of blue paint blended out from the spokes to the ally rim. Im sure its paint as its got a couple of flakey bits.
Tempted with powder coating, maybe white (waiting for more abuse...) but heard of horror stories about the heat treatment cracking the wheel...
Ok just to clear up on how fascinated you lot are with my shiny rims...Ive added these photos to my gallery, still not sure how to upload pics you can zoom in to?


Help on uploading pics would be nice, thank you.
Tempted with powder coating, maybe white (waiting for more abuse...) but heard of horror stories about the heat treatment cracking the wheel...
Ok just to clear up on how fascinated you lot are with my shiny rims...Ive added these photos to my gallery, still not sure how to upload pics you can zoom in to?
Help on uploading pics would be nice, thank you.
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Re: New bloke
Quite like them rims
there's a link somewhere about how to get photos on - jompy usually does the honours for links
I use tapatalk on my smartphone for posting pics 
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- lavy78
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Re: New bloke
I've just downloaded tapa talk app and uploaded my stuff for sale with it, seems quite easy so far lol
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Re: New bloke
That R1 looks lovely 
Clarkey what you need is a pair of white wheels
Ohh and by the way , as your giving newbies grief on they're first posts . . . . . . i'm sure you never did a newbie post
did you ever sort your idle speed out ?

Clarkey what you need is a pair of white wheels

Ohh and by the way , as your giving newbies grief on they're first posts . . . . . . i'm sure you never did a newbie post


did you ever sort your idle speed out ?
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Re: New bloke
Cheers bub,
She's an oldy but in great nick, had a good life this one.
This pic is when I first got her before the carbon and braiding etc...
She's an oldy but in great nick, had a good life this one.
This pic is when I first got her before the carbon and braiding etc...
Re: New bloke
Better put one up of it with carbon on it ,Pod can put it in his wank bank
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- lavy78
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Re: New bloke
I'll leave the carbon for a different post... I've got a few more bits I'm in the middle of making...seeing that it's my job to make carbon components, thought I'd have a few for myself
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i've never seen it but theres a company that we do work for that makes or used to make carbon components (for martin baker ejector seats ) the lads at work tell me that one of they guys that works there has an R6 that he comutes on and has to keep covered up so the boss of the company doesn't see how much carbon he's borrowed , apparently !
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Re: New bloke
No piss taking this end. Just welcomed a newbie in with a nickname to make him feel part of the forum [FACE WITH TEARS OF JOY][WINKING FACE]
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Re: New bloke
Luke on the other hand was taking the right proper piss [FACE WITH TEARS OF JOY][FACE WITH TEARS OF JOY][FACE WITH TEARS OF JOY]
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Re: New bloke
Out of the shiny wheel yes but I'm saying nothing about his crap camera...pod wrote:Luke on the other hand was taking the right proper piss [FACE WITH TEARS OF JOY][FACE WITH TEARS OF JOY][FACE WITH TEARS OF JOY]

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Re: New bloke
No colour mods for me m8 - & I accept no responsibly for any suffering incurred by anything I may or may not have impliedjompy wrote:That R1 looks lovely
Clarkey what you need is a pair of white wheels
Ohh and by the way , as your giving newbies grief on they're first posts . . . . . . i'm sure you never did a newbie post![]()
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did you ever sort your idle speed out ?




Sadly I'm too skint at the mo' to sort the idle(she's running sweet apart from the idle issue

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Re: New bloke
.R1Clarky wrote:No colour mods for me m8 - & I accept no responsibly for any suffering incurred by anything I may or may not have impliedjompy wrote:That R1 looks lovely
Clarkey what you need is a pair of white wheels
Ohh and by the way , as your giving newbies grief on they're first posts . . . . . . i'm sure you never did a newbie post![]()
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did you ever sort your idle speed out ?![]()
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(didn't mean to pee anybody off(said soz already
))
Sadly I'm too skint at the mo' to sort the idle(she's running sweet apart from the idle issue)
Sent from somewhere in the midlands by Paul
so if someone happened to have a set of carb balancers you wouldnt be interested in using them ?
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Re: New bloke
Cheers mate but had Geoff do that - he 'thinks' might be a 'slightly' sticky valvejompy wrote:.R1Clarky wrote:No colour mods for me m8 - & I accept no responsibly for any suffering incurred by anything I may or may not have impliedjompy wrote:That R1 looks lovely
Clarkey what you need is a pair of white wheels
Ohh and by the way , as your giving newbies grief on they're first posts . . . . . . i'm sure you never did a newbie post![]()
![]()
did you ever sort your idle speed out ?![]()
![]()
(didn't mean to pee anybody off(said soz already
))
Sadly I'm too skint at the mo' to sort the idle(she's running sweet apart from the idle issue)
Sent from somewhere in the midlands by Paul
so if someone happened to have a set of carb balancers you wouldnt be interested in using them ?

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Re: New bloke
Cheers mate but had Geoff do that - he 'thinks' might be a 'slightly' sticky valvejompy wrote:.R1Clarky wrote:No colour mods for me m8 - & I accept no responsibly for any suffering incurred by anything I may or may not have impliedjompy wrote:That R1 looks lovely
Clarkey what you need is a pair of white wheels
Ohh and by the way , as your giving newbies grief on they're first posts . . . . . . i'm sure you never did a newbie post![]()
![]()
did you ever sort your idle speed out ?![]()
![]()
(didn't mean to pee anybody off(said soz already
))
Sadly I'm too skint at the mo' to sort the idle(she's running sweet apart from the idle issue)
Sent from somewhere in the midlands by Paul
so if someone happened to have a set of carb balancers you wouldnt be interested in using them ?

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- lavy78
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Re: New bloke
I hid my exhaust for a few weeks but had it on there long enough now.jompy wrote:i've never seen it but theres a company that we do work for that makes or used to make carbon components (for martin baker ejector seats ) the lads at work tell me that one of they guys that works there has an R6 that he comutes on and has to keep covered up so the boss of the company doesn't see how much carbon he's borrowed , apparently !
I make my own moulds and carbon bits at home now so no worries about hiding it all, just got to make it good enough not to get the piss taken at work.
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Re: New bloke
Working on a few bits at the mo, all for 4xv
dash in fill panels and chain guard. Looking to do the other in fill panels, rear hugger and front mud guard and undertray
dash in fill panels and chain guard. Looking to do the other in fill panels, rear hugger and front mud guard and undertray
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Re: New bloke
I wouldn't mind a couple of tank infils but there's no way I'm paying the prices they charge plus they're rare as rocking horse sh!te .
looking forward to seeing the bike carboned up
looking forward to seeing the bike carboned up
