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  • #59538
    BigBen
    Participant

    Haha yeah. What was I thinking!? Getting my workshop soon :)) excited! Getting two bike benches in aswell as a solid wood bench:)

    #59539
    katana
    Participant

    What you doing with the Bandit Ben?

    #59540
    BigBen
    Participant

    Throwing it in the bin! Haha
    nah when the workshop is set up then it’ll be on one bench getting built up, will possibly have another fight on another bench that I’m getting for naff all or a gsx1400 with a front end smash to put back together:)

    #59541
    Radar
    Moderator

    What happened to the piston kit?

    #59542
    BigBen
    Participant

    The big bore kit? It’s hiding away in a Tupperware box inside another box hiding inside either my shed or my spare bedroom… Basically not got a clue. Radar just to mention I’ve been taking great pics all this month so I can make selecting a winner of pic of the month easier for you cos I’m such a nice guy :)

    #59543
    Radar
    Moderator

    Cheers for that Ben, I look forward to seeing them. Enjoying the Gixxer so far?

    #59544
    BigBen
    Participant

    Good good. I think everyone will like them ;)
    no the Gixxer is crap. Handles like a bag of poo. Isn’t as fast or fun or comfy as my ten. It probably won’t last the season although my missus loves it.

    #59545
    BigBen
    Participant

    Bit of progress to report on the bandit front: swingarm pivot bushes have been totally ground out and flattened to bare metal so I have enough breathing round to get the ducati swinger lined up. I have the rest of the ducati bits I needed to line the two sprockets up and I spent 32 quid on a laser chain alignment tool which is absolutely cock on for this specific type of work. Next stop is to machine the bushes for the swinger and the stress member. After that just need to make damn sure the wheel alignment is right too cos if not there will be a load of greif, swearing and eventually crying to follow :p I also have an MV Agusta f4 thou rear wheel coming to try get that to got with a bit of machining.
    Other than that not a lot going on. Workshop is near enough up and running and it feels good to finally get space to work in:))

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    #59546
    Radar
    Moderator

    Encouraging progress Ben

    #59547
    BigBen
    Participant

    Yes indeedy. What I will show you next everyone told me wasn’t possible so this will blow your minds!!

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    so there you go. The impossible was very possible it would seem. Bandit frame to Ducati swingarm to MV Agusta rear wheel.

    #59548
    imperialdata
    Keymaster

    Now that’s nice Ben, keep it up!

    #59549
    Radar
    Moderator

    Got to agree with ID then Ben…keep the updates coming!

    #59550
    BigBen
    Participant

    I knew all my cockyness would come Back and bite me on the ass at some point but i thought it’d take a bit longer. Long story short, barrels were left in the wrong box for 5 months that was full of water. You all know what came next. Unwrapped them and they were obscene. They looked like they had been in the sea for a year. Best part of two hours I spent rubbing them down with a pan scrubber. And this time they are caked in grease and hidden away from water… Nearly messed the whole project up

    #59551
    imperialdata
    Keymaster

    Holy crap, hope they are OK

    #59552
    HippoDrones
    Participant

    lovin the progress :)

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