Sheep Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 Made these for my 1230 EFE but changed them last year for more conventional 4 into 2 and I must admit the new ones are better for low down as Gixer1460 says but the side swept version did look good 3 Quote Link to comment
Pudzrx Posted January 15, 2021 Author Share Posted January 15, 2021 Very nice , better pics needed Puddy Quote Link to comment
eddiegsx Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 35 minutes ago, Pudzrx said: Only trouble I find with hammerite is it takes ages to go off , and you have to leave it 24hours for every subsequent coat. I like the halfords satin black myself , goes on lovely. Cheers puddy I know where you're coming from with the drying issues, I've discovered after many resprays that hammerite loves heat, so I give the subject a good hiding with a heat gun and blast it several times after each coat, seems to work perfect. There again we all have our own methods to get there. Black frames look cool on EFE's me thinks. Quote Link to comment
Pudzrx Posted January 15, 2021 Author Share Posted January 15, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, eddiegsx said: I know where you're coming from with the drying issues Black frames look cool on EFE's me thinks. You know dat ! Edited January 15, 2021 by Pudzrx 1 Quote Link to comment
TonyGee Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 6 hours ago, Pudzrx said: Only trouble I find with hammerite is it takes ages to go off , and you have to leave it 24hours for every subsequent coat. I like the halfords satin black myself , goes on lovely. Cheers puddy yeah ive used the Halfords stuff a few times, its pretty good Quote Link to comment
Pudzrx Posted January 18, 2021 Author Share Posted January 18, 2021 (edited) Well , been busy over the weekend, luckily it warmed up , 9 deg c, toasty ! Rubbed down , primed and painted. Put them all back together today with new seals , oil and dust covers. Will refit them once I've sorted the loose fitting secondhand starcycle headers, more to follow on that puddy Edited January 18, 2021 by Pudzrx 2 Quote Link to comment
Pudzrx Posted January 30, 2021 Author Share Posted January 30, 2021 Well I've been chipping away at the oil cooler problem, standard one runs right thru the starcycle headers. Found an old cooler in the shed , cut off the bsp fittings and had dash 6 weld ons fitted. Bought a cheap bracket kit on the bay and modded that a bit to fit . Finally bought a very nice oil cooler line kit , just had to spread the 180's a bit to fit. Also bought some fittings for the lines into the block , and put it all together today , worked out very nicely. Puddy 4 Quote Link to comment
TonyGee Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 very satisfying when you figure out a problem Quote Link to comment
Pudzrx Posted January 30, 2021 Author Share Posted January 30, 2021 1 minute ago, TonyGee said: very satisfying when you figure out a problem Yeah , just gotta make a bracket for the v&h meg , its actually a srteet meg with a n off set unlike the race ones which are dead straight. But now its all fully on there it actually runs quite nicely behind the brake pedal, more to come on that. Cheers puddy 3 Quote Link to comment
Pudzrx Posted February 1, 2021 Author Share Posted February 1, 2021 Ordered some 70mm horns , the standard ones are touching everything even with the brackets reversed. Put the front wheel back in today , one of the spindle clamp threads is u/s so just gonna get some stainless 60mm cap heads and nuts to get round that problem. So , apart from the meg bracket very little to do to the efe now . Luckily the katana chipped in today with a few little jobs to make up for that tho , lol Fitted wadded baffle , new front brake light switch, and fitted the genuine sharks fins. Puddy 1 Quote Link to comment
Pudzrx Posted September 14, 2021 Author Share Posted September 14, 2021 At long last , exhaust all now mounted properly, mot next , then what to do with her ? Puddy 7 Quote Link to comment
Pudzrx Posted September 14, 2021 Author Share Posted September 14, 2021 (edited) Tbh , with the katana and several other bikes on the road already , it may go up for sale. Puddy Edited September 14, 2021 by Pudzrx Quote Link to comment
gsx Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 8 hours ago, Pudzrx said: Tbh , with the katana and several other bikes on the road already , it may go up for sale. Puddy Sell it to me 2 Quote Link to comment
Pudzrx Posted September 15, 2021 Author Share Posted September 15, 2021 5 hours ago, gsx said: Sell it to me Lol , something has to go . Pm me if you are serious. Puddy Quote Link to comment
CockneyRick Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 On 1/15/2021 at 5:15 PM, Sheep said: Made these for my 1230 EFE but changed them last year for more conventional 4 into 2 and I must admit the new ones are better for low down as Gixer1460 says but the side swept version did look good Did you get rid of these @Sheep? Quote Link to comment
Pudzrx Posted October 12, 2021 Author Share Posted October 12, 2021 At last , finally rode it home tnt from the farm lockup , felt great ! Mot to book this week now . Puddy 5 Quote Link to comment
TonyGee Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 looking good it makes a big difference to an old bike with the better wheels and forks. 1 Quote Link to comment
Pudzrx Posted October 12, 2021 Author Share Posted October 12, 2021 3 minutes ago, TonyGee said: looking good it makes a big difference to an old bike with the better wheels and forks. Tbh my katana is on stock wheels and suspension, and I have great fun on that , was out on it on Sunday. Thanks tho , well chuffed 1 Quote Link to comment
Pudzrx Posted October 19, 2021 Author Share Posted October 19, 2021 Efe passed its mot after a couple of small hiccups, steering head bearing re- adjustment, and lack of number plate light , although my katana hasn't got one, and the same tester never aaid anything about that, lol. Done a few miles on it so far, and I would say it picks up better than the katana, and also feels more nimble ! Puddy Quote Link to comment
Swiss Toni Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 So, now you’ll be having second thoughts? 1 Quote Link to comment
Pudzrx Posted October 20, 2021 Author Share Posted October 20, 2021 11 minutes ago, Swiss Toni said: So, now you’ll be having second thoughts? Oh yes definitely. Trouble is, in inverted commas , I have the efe , an 1100 katana , 2 x big classic kwaks , several 1980's 2 stroke machines , and a couple of other bikes apart from that. Something has to give ! Thank you for your concern tho puddy 1 Quote Link to comment
Swiss Toni Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 You’re very welcome, pudster! 1 Quote Link to comment
Pudzrx Posted October 20, 2021 Author Share Posted October 20, 2021 Just now, Swiss Toni said: You’re very welcome, pudster! Motorcycles are like a woman , you can have too many .... Cheers swiss toni Quote Link to comment
Blubber Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 1 hour ago, Pudzrx said: Oh yes definitely. Trouble is, in inverted commas , I have the efe , an 1100 katana , 2 x big classic kwaks , several 1980's 2 stroke machines , and a couple of other bikes apart from that. Something has to give ! Thank you for your concern tho puddy As this is OSS: the only advice "we" will give is to keep the Suzuki's ... and thus sell the other brands. In the real world that ^ doesn't work.. so it is up to you.. again Quote Link to comment
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