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  • April 8, 2012 at 5:39 pm #14619
    Radar
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    5 days to when I leave for a 800 mile weekend outing to Scotland with a few folk from the Thundercat forum and I start getting the bike ready…

    No MOT, no tax, oil thicker than a premiership footballer, bald tyres and I have not ridden the Thundercat for 6 months

    Good job I am not leaving in 5 days then…oh hang on…sh!t!

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    Up on the paddock stand and out with the back wheel

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    Pretty grubby in there

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    Bit of Gunk and elbow grease and things are looking better

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    I am even going to clean the hugger

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    Grubby

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    Finally using my workbench for some actual work!

    Get the new tyre fitted on Tuesday and hopefully get the MOT done too. The give the old crate some fresh oil and a new filter.

    It would probably be easier to take the FZ or RD, but hey ho!

    April 8, 2012 at 8:08 pm #63535
    imperialdata
    Keymaster

    Good to see some action in the garage, enjoy your run.

    Is it me or is everything on the back wall on the slant from the weight of those Playboy Bike magazines? [:D]

    April 9, 2012 at 1:17 pm #63536
    ses310
    Moderator

    Looking good mate, nothing like leaving things till the last min haha

    April 10, 2012 at 7:17 am #63537
    Radar
    Moderator

    New tyre now fitted to the rim for £8 including a new valve. Just got to pop it back in the bike and book an MOT

    April 10, 2012 at 2:47 pm #63538
    Radar
    Moderator

    Refitted the wheel this morning

    MOT passed at Grand Prix Motors today with no advisories. The 12th consecutive time the Thundercat has passed its’ MOT first time.

    Just got to tax it now and then change the oil and filter

    April 10, 2012 at 7:10 pm #63539
    ses310
    Moderator

    Excellent news! The old girls doing well

    April 10, 2012 at 9:39 pm #63540
    katana
    Participant

    Looking at what the wheel is resting on in the last picture, were you doing bike maintenace in your pants?

    April 11, 2012 at 1:50 pm #63541
    Radar
    Moderator

    quote:

    Originally posted by katana

    Looking at what the wheel is resting on in the last picture, were you doing bike maintenace in your pants?

    [:D]My old jeans always wind up as rags for the garage.

    Thundercat now taxed, the oil and filter changed and enjoyed her first proper run of the year up to Quatt and back. All seems ready for Scotland on Friday. Hope the weather picks up though!

    April 11, 2012 at 5:41 pm #63542
    HippoDrones
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    nice one on the turn around time mate [:)] Hope the weather is better for you than it was for me at the BSB (and looking like crap for my trackday tomoz too)

    April 11, 2012 at 5:57 pm #63543
    Champs
    Participant

    How old is the thundercat now?

    April 11, 2012 at 8:42 pm #63544
    HippoDrones
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    15yrs?

    April 11, 2012 at 11:22 pm #63545
    Radar
    Moderator

    It is a September 98 bike and I have owned since March 2000 when it had 900 miles on the clock.

    April 12, 2012 at 6:10 am #63546
    Champs
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    My zx6 isn’t far off then, May 2000

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