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Blade
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by Blade » 22 Aug 2015, 14:48
Just knocked this up in 20 minutes in the man cave for £30 and works a treat
Very accurate wheel Alignment and no need to rely on the inaccurate swing arm marks.
Monty
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by Monty » 22 Aug 2015, 15:08
Man that bike's in chuffing good nick, it's a credit to you Blade
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by Blade » 22 Aug 2015, 15:21
Cheers Monty very nice of you to say so
11 years old now and still looking good
Personal I know but one of the best looking bikes ever imo.
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StMarks
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by StMarks » 22 Aug 2015, 15:25
Looks like just the job, and it should store away nice & easy too.
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by DaytonAndy » 22 Aug 2015, 17:36
I used to worry myself stupid about rear wheel alignment! Out of curosity how far off were the swingarm marks? That bike is scary clean! I feel I should clean mine now!
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by Blade » 22 Aug 2015, 19:37
The SP has a fabricated and machined swing arm Andy and susequently the standard marks are pretty dam accurate (didn't know this this until I used the jig to verify it though) but it's useful on the kawasaki who are not Honda accurate with there markings.
duke63
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by duke63 » 22 Aug 2015, 19:44
Nice job. I made one up once from two pieces similar to that but never did get the threaded bar to fit inbetween.
Now all my bikes are single side swingarms so need for them.
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by duke63 » 22 Aug 2015, 19:44
What are those two cylinders at the base of the forks, Blade?
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by Blade » 22 Aug 2015, 19:59
Remote compression adjusters.
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by Perkles » 22 Aug 2015, 20:07
Those dymags with sticky rubber look sexy
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by Rossgo » 22 Aug 2015, 20:58
Dam Blade 11 years old and that is looking stunning! If you ever were to sell the buyer would be very lucky
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by Blade » 22 Aug 2015, 21:07
Cheers Rossgo. What ever it is I like to look after my kit
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by Rossgo » 22 Aug 2015, 21:10
Totally understandable. It costs more to rectify problems than too just keep on top of it all and stop the problems from occuring!! Top job mate
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by Blade » 22 Aug 2015, 21:12
Totally agree Rossgo. Prevention is better than cure
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by Kwacky » 23 Aug 2015, 13:55
Isn't the old piece of string method quicker, cheaper and easier?
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by Blade » 23 Aug 2015, 15:50
String method is cheaper yes but its not as quick, not as easy and not as accurate. Only cost £30 so money very well spent imo.
Everyone else seems to agree it ls a good piece of kit and I'm happy with it
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by Kwacky » 23 Aug 2015, 15:55
How is not as accurate? Surely a drawn piece of string is straight? You're relying on those bars you're using to be true.
If you don't want a discussion that's fair enough.
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by StMarks » 23 Aug 2015, 16:06
Kwacky wrote: How is not as accurate? Surely a drawn piece of string is straight? You're relying on those bars you're using to be true.
If you don't want a discussion that's fair enough.
IMHO a piece of string can be pulled out of true, creating an inaccurate measure point.
Blades lengths of 20mm box section are fastened within the radius of the wheel, so (as long as the bolts are not ridiculously over-tightened) they should always lay true to the rear wheel.
Until he bends one of the poles.
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by Kwacky » 23 Aug 2015, 16:15
I'm being thick (it happens a lot with mechanical stuff) How can string be pulled not true? Do you mean not straight?
Please bear in mind you're dealing with someone who always thought a Philip's Screwdriver belonged to his brother.
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by Monty » 23 Aug 2015, 16:46
I'd go with the string, being non-ferrous you don't have to make any allowance for magnetic north
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