Fresh bling!

It’s christmas day and this is the 1st chance I’ve had to update the blog with some new bling that’s been arriving over the last week or so. Moose had some seat height brackets made up and offered them to the class so I snapped a set up. My seat unit had a simple bent up plate supporting the front with some angled bracket Steve sorted for me bringing up the rear. It was finished off with some lush mahogany blocks in the middle to protect the CDI etc.

Sexy ali brackets and blingin' tank logo's

After my off at Clearways my bike was taken to technical inspection where the the scruit asked who the carpenter was!

So even tho I am loosing weight gradually to get into race trim (yeah righto!) I needed something a little more sturdy to a. carry my heftyness and b. survive a trip into gravel land.

The brackets arrived last week and they are superb quality. Moose got the price down to £45 delivered because we ordered a few between us, now all I’ve got to do is fit them to the sub frame. I think I’ll wait until the new plastics show up coz I need enough room to move about with my lanky legs.

Speaking of which I’ve ordered a set of rearsets for 2010. I’ve been using cutdown standard footrests on standard hangers and have been struggling a bit. I always ground down the toe sliders and can’t seem to get off the bike as much as I need to. Lifting my size 11′s up and back a bit should help along with the increased seat height.

The tank decals arrived as well, a simple black with chrome fork logo, I’m going for the R7 style tank with nothing else but the logo.

I picked up the old frame and forks from the Team Stoater garage today along with a box of assorted bits that had been removed or fallen off, what a jigsaw puzzle this is gonna be!

So I’ll take this oppertunity to wish everyone a a merry Xmas, Happy New Year and a safe 2010.