Yep chatting away at work and they all think I'm mad, even the bike owners. Just because I'm planning on doing some things to the Bird over winter. Oh all right it's a lot of things and will cost as much as the bike is worth if not more without adding a penny to the bikes value. Already paid £900 for a respray including new tail and repairs to nose cone. Now planning on spending more money on fork spring upgrade from Jaws and a new clutch set too. I don't ride hard enough to trouble the suspension and don't do track days. With sixty odd thousand miles on the clock the clutch is probably worn though isn't slipping. That all misses the point though, it's about enjoying doing something I've never done before. It will be a whole new learning experience even if all I learn is next time take it to a proper mechanic. Lol. Then it will be LED lights.
Come the Spring in time for when all the salt has been washed off the roads I'm having the brakes refurbed complete with braided hoses, so that will be another lesson to learn, fitting and bleeding the linked system. When all that's done I'll finish off with some new end cans.
Maybe I should have done this as a poll...
Am I mad or not?
As I said to my colleagues, it's not about the increasing the bikes value or performance it's about having a go at things myself, gaining new skills/experience and seeing what I learn along the way.
Come the Spring in time for when all the salt has been washed off the roads I'm having the brakes refurbed complete with braided hoses, so that will be another lesson to learn, fitting and bleeding the linked system. When all that's done I'll finish off with some new end cans.
Maybe I should have done this as a poll...
Am I mad or not?
As I said to my colleagues, it's not about the increasing the bikes value or performance it's about having a go at things myself, gaining new skills/experience and seeing what I learn along the way.