Slabbies and why we need them....

[gmseed]

A lovely bike.  There's something about these bikes that makes them special.

[Simbec1863]

Took the old girl out to Matlock and treated her to some chips

[Simbec1863]

Trip over to Cadwell today,few technical problems with the bike stuck in 3rd gear ,stopped in a garage and found the pinch bolt was loose on the gear linkage and it had jammed the gear change solid,trusty Suzuki tool kit and got it sorted 

[Simbec1863]

Mot passed today no advisories to

[R1guy]

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Edited June 29, 2018 by R1guy
Retard

[Simbec1863]

Hangover today so took the old girl for a slap up breakfast at hungry hogs 

[Rossco(Iceman Josros)]

Slabby has been out and about this week and even took it to work 

[Simbec1863]

Arrived cold and wet ready for the Manx 

[Simbec1863]

Time to sort the crappy brakes and front end so forks are coming out and the brakes need a fettle, want to get this sorted before track day season next year.

Got some spare slingshot wheels so plan to stick them in with some modern rubber to see if that sorts the handling, tedancy to wallow through corners.

Also got some spare Nissin callipers off a slingshot that I might rebuild and fit with some newer discs

Will keep the original wheels for road use and the odd ride out in the summer, that's the plan anyway....upgrades on the cheap

[Simbec1863]

Road trip to drop off the forks 

[GsxrCol]

The nissins make a massive difference to the braking power, I went to 20w oil and a smaller air gap in the forks to compensate.

[Simbec1863]

Postie delivered these back today ready for the winter upgrades 

[wsn03]

All finished ready for a house move

[Simbec1863]

Forks back in and back on her wheels,last job before I start eating the mince pies  

 

 

 

 

 

Edited December 24, 2018 by Simbec1863

[Simbec1863]

Too sunny not to fire her up and test ride the new forks....bloody brill no more nose diving now thanks to Maxton.

Stuck some fresh juice in and did a few miles,big grin now bloody love this bike ....beer o’clock and if it stays nice tomorrow it could be 2 stroke Sunday too

Edited February 23, 2019 by Simbec1863

[Rossco(Iceman Josros)]

3 hours ago, Simbec1863 said:

Too sunny not to fire her up and test ride the new forks....bloody brill no more nose diving now thanks to Maxton.

Stuck some fresh juice in and did a few miles,big grin now bloody love this bike ....beer o’clock and if it stays nice tomorrow it could be 2 stroke Sunday too

Timmy for some 17”s now Si 

[Simbec1863]

On 2/23/2019 at 8:45 PM, Rossco(Iceman Josros) said:

Timmy for some 17”s now Si 

Got some in the shed and some Nissin 4 pots just need time to get them swapped now

[Simbec1863]

Track day at Donny today should have been on the blandit but it won’t behave so took the slabby instead,practice is practice at the end of the day.

She ran like a dream and the Maxton forks are ace,had loads of brake fade last session and ended up heading into the gravel trap at Redgate corner managed to keep it upright and rejoined the track to finish the session  

 

Edited March 2, 2019 by Simbec1863

[Simbec1863]

Action shot from Donington thanks to whoever took it 

[Simbec1863]

Nice day for a ride,after passing the mot 

[Simbec1863]

Dragged the old girl out the shed today and went for a blast,struggled with road shift after spending most of my time in race shift on the blandit

Stopped for a quick photo at my usual place  

[Iain88]

Awesome bike 

[Bobby]

great looking bike, good to see it out on track

[Simbec1863]

Second ride of the year over to the Newark Winter Classic to catch up with some of the OSS crew

[Simbec1863]

Lovely day for it today but did the right thing and only started her and the smoker up and then gave them both a clean before tucking them back in the shed.