Still got a new little bits to do this week, I have my leather to drop in for repair after the Cadwell crash, I have a bit of a hole in the elbow that needs a patch up.

I have also got some nice Carbon Fibre to have a play with! I am making a new rev counter surround and a chain gaurd, It wont make me go any faster but it looks pretty!

TW Fuggles have offered me and Tom sponsership again this season on the tyres which is a great help to us! Thanks Crispin if you read this! On a side note his Kenny Roberts RD is in MCN this week, very nice!

Here is the link to the beast!!

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/News/newsresults/General-news/2010/March/Mar0410-modern-classics-hot-lc-stars-in-new-mag/

This is him getting his hands dirty!

Suprise Suprise its Toms bit he is fixing after Tom ran over Kev Higgertys bike at Clearways! But a top bloke and thanks again for the help.

Found some random pics too from last year…

Winners!

So I am planning the big re-build of the rolling chassis next weekend, watch this space…………………………………………………………….

I have also done some work on the frame, I have had a new seat mount welded to the frame and dropped it in for powder coating in gloss black.

I hope to have this back next week and start the rolling chassis re-build!

Engine Work-

I dropped my engine off up to Dave Gardners house for Small Paul to put the top end back together.

Thanks to Fish for the Mikita pistons etc, got the gastkets from Laguna Motor Cycles in Maidstone, it was only £38 for the top end gaskets and power valve seals, all genuine Yamaha so quite happy with that!

Small Paul put it all back together last Wednesday so its ready for running in!

Pics of Daves lovely Norton and F2 Kawasaki

dave bikes

I also got some new bits for the bike, Kev Higgerty has got me a shiny Venhill quick action throttle with cables so this will be going on shortly! Thanks for that mate!

New rear pads and got some new fronts on order from Marcus from EBC, I am planning to get a EBC Pro Lite disk on order soon.

It has been an age since I have been on here with any updates, I have been doing a few bits and bobs on the bike but should have dont a bit more!!

Moose posted on the forum its only 6 weeks till Oulton so I had better get a shift on and had a good week doing some jobs!

Right over xmas I have been doing some body work, I got a new fairing from ebay and this has been painted and is ready for collection and today I finished off the seat unit, tank ( sorry bally the famous paddock hill crash dent is no longer in the tank!)

tank

You can see a nice bit of filler was needed! the seat unit just needed a tidy up and the odd bit of filler, these are being painted by my brother in law this week.

Xmas was good, got lots of nice stuff and some bits for racing next year, new sockets, back protector and most important a new sleeping bag! So hopefully this year I wont freeze at night!

Well I finally got into the workshop today and did a bit more on the bike.

This morning I went over to Neil Allens to pick up my Transponder, gave it a charge up and changed my transponder bracket for this type of transponder to fit.

Todays aim was engine strip down:

First of all I took the carbs apart and gave them a good clean up, removed the jets and blasted them out with carb cleaner, I should have done this earlier on but they were not gummed up.

Next was getting the top end apart to take the pistons out and see what size they were so I could order some more up from Pete Fishwick, some pics below, seemed in really good nick seeing as it did a seaons racing and practice days.

I found out on inspection that it had 1.00mm over bore pistons fitted, the barrells seemed fine with no signs of wear or scores, so hopefully it will be a case of fitting new pistons and gaskets and power valve seals and it should be good for another 4-5 meetings.

It looks bad sat with the hammer there, trust me I didnt use it!!

Next on the list of things to do is:

Order up gaskets etc and put engine back together

Carry on with tank,seat unit,front mudgaurd prep for paint

Trim out ebay fairing and prepare for paint

Get the frame seat stay modified and send of for power coat

Dec 5th:  The strip down!!

Well I had the day off yesterday and I am starting my TZR winter re-build, I thought I would do a sort of Project step by step on here, so far as you can see its in alot of bits! Just getting the frame etc ready for paint/powder coating.

The only mods so far are grinding off the rear foot rest mounts off the frame to clean it up, loads to do…..Watch this space!

the project begins!

If you have any constructive comments then please feel free!

Dec 12th-13th:

I won a new fairing on ebay, needs a bit of trimming etc so I have dropped this is of at a mates business ( Curley Composites ) for trimming,filling and primer then it will be ready for paint!

I went to Jules brothers Russells who has a body shop and DA the seat unit, front mudgaurd and the famous Bally tank that has some good dents in it from his crash at Brands Paddock Hill Bend, shame to make it look neat as its got some history, time for me to dent it me thinks at some point!!

18th Dec:

I did some work on the frame and tidied up the rear foot rest mounts after I ground these off, Toms bike has this done and looks alot neater:

frame mods

The frame is ready for powder coating now, just going for gloss black me thinks!

As for the swing arm, not sure as this is Ali, paint maybe better….

frame ready for paint/p-coat

I also went to Park Leisure today, they make skate ramps and slides etc for parks and they do powder coating too for general items, as you can see in the picture, I have had the engine cradle,engine stay and spring done, they ook really good, shame you wont see them that much but atleast I know they look nice!

bits from powder coating

I am off for a pint later with our new sponsor for 2009/10 season, The Bull Pub in Bethersden: Tom has the graphics ready for my bike and is running them on his at the moment, just need to collect the dosh for 2010! Dont get too jealous its only enough for a few sets of tyres but it all helps!

 I have bought myself a Transponder at last, thanks to Higgsy for putting me on to it, Neil Allen needs more beer money for uni so wanted to sell it, I am well pleased as £25 a pop from Bemsee adds to the weekends expenses!

The one I have bought used to belong to a certain Shakey Burn so on mylaps it must seem funny him riding a TZR!! I am sure Ducati would laugh if they saw the lap times!!

I am doing some body work this weekend so out with the P38 filler! I’ll post some pics next week……