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Post by mrnegative on Apr 29, 2012 22:09:33 GMT 1
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Post by mrnegative on Apr 29, 2012 22:11:47 GMT 1
So I now own an RD125LC mk1, FZR750 Genesis and a Vauxhall Astra GSI.... Happy days  |
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Post by mellow on Apr 29, 2012 22:13:10 GMT 1
looks like a very nice example m8  |
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Post by mrnegative on Apr 29, 2012 22:24:00 GMT 1
cheers as mentioned... mechanically its sound, had a lot of new bits on it - new chain, tyres, fork seals ect. and a full years MOT so its ready to ride, its no where near mint though and its annoying me thinking about the little faults I've noticed. Like my LC, its going to be played with until I'm happy |
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Post by Norbo on Apr 30, 2012 9:31:59 GMT 1
Its a lovely bike mate. nice one
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Post by mrnegative on Apr 30, 2012 12:03:05 GMT 1
Cheers for the comments
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Post by bigal1 on Apr 30, 2012 15:06:27 GMT 1
never own up to owning a vauxhall they never made a good 1 ...
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2012 17:18:58 GMT 1
Very nice. One of my all time favourite colour schemes  I had a D reg FZR 1000 in exactly the same colours. Wish I still had it. |
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Post by mrnegative on Apr 30, 2012 18:21:27 GMT 1
never own up to owning a vauxhall they never made a good 1 ... hmm.... ford man then I take it?  Well I'm only young and its basically a car I've learned from.... Not knowing any mechanical know-how I've recently ported, polished and re-profiled the cylinder head, replaced all valve guide seals and re-ground the valves in, new cambelt kit ect. .... Thats what I did a few weeks ago (due to running too high compression on another head I had machined)... now using a race spec multi-layered steel head gasket. Correction, this is the 5th head I've built and put on her! pushing her a little too far with the other modifications! So as you can tell, I'm very attached to the car. Anyway I digress ;D nothing wrong with vauxhalls, I love anything different... hence the RD I own and the new Genesis. The car is a VERY rare GSI Phase 2. Would have gone even older if I had more money at the time... I wanted a Manta A to be honest. |
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Post by mrnegative on Apr 30, 2012 18:25:22 GMT 1
Very nice. One of my all time favourite colour schemes I had a D reg FZR 1000 in exactly the same colours. Wish I still had it. Love its looks... I'm sure a little birdie told me that the 1000 engine bolts strait in too  |
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Post by mellow on Apr 30, 2012 19:49:35 GMT 1
never own up to owning a vauxhall they never made a good 1 ... I kind of disagree m8 i had an L reg (1994) motorsport cavalier. I owned it SIX years and only changed the Spark Plugs and Oil.............. ONCE IN SIX YEARS!!!!!!!! ;D That car never broke down or went wrong and was used daily and went on holiday all over the uk. Dont get me wrong......i know there are better cars but i bet there are newer cars that wouldnt survive a life like that and last that long |
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Post by bubba on Apr 30, 2012 19:51:05 GMT 1
looks a nice fzr you have got there nowt wrong with vauxhalls either!!!! great cars!! |
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Post by lovelydog on Apr 30, 2012 22:50:50 GMT 1
Had an Astra hatch for 3 years and did nothing but MOT it each year only buying tyres and wiper blades. Currently got an Astra diesel estate and a Frontera sport,never broke down in a Vauxhall. Even in the snow.  |
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Post by dazaha350 on Apr 30, 2012 23:00:11 GMT 1
might sell the ypvs and buy a vauxhall ! ;D ;D ;D
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Post by lovelydog on Apr 30, 2012 23:04:18 GMT 1
might sell the ypvs and buy a vauxhall ! ;D ;D ;D [/quote] Gladly swop my Frontera for your YPVS |
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Post by Norbo on May 1, 2012 9:08:57 GMT 1
Throw in an hour with a nice ting tong and id gove you £200 for it
Delived if your passing bike and ting tong.
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Post by bigal1 on May 1, 2012 10:01:33 GMT 1
as you can tell im not a vauxhall guy i own a type r accord doing 325 bhp n/a and have own'd most vauxhalls out there the best 1 had a v8 engine and was made by holden my daughter own'd a corsa c it was nothing but trouble sensor hell id rather put a fag in my eye than own another ... i drive a car hard most of the time and i have own'd most high end cars out there and a vauxhall just cant cope with my driving style
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Post by twostroker on May 1, 2012 22:12:34 GMT 1
as you can tell im not a vauxhall guy i own a type r accord doing 325 bhp n/a and have own'd most vauxhalls out there the best 1 had a v8 engine and was made by holden my daughter own'd a corsa c it was nothing but trouble sensor hell id rather put a fag in my eye than own another ... i drive a car hard most of the time and i have own'd most high end cars out there and a vauxhall just cant cope with my driving style yep i agree 100% ive had most sporty vauxhalls from the early 80's to current stuff . from my experience the older stuff (pre 1993 ) was good before vauxhalls had them weak eco-tec motors but sadley them ecotecs dont take kindly to any abuse. 10 years ago i had a astra gre 16v and a cavalier gsi both with the old style red top engines and they both went well but handled poor and occasional broke down but i did drive them like a absolute loon every day. i recall a old 8 valve cavalier sri i had as a apprentice that went well but smoked so bad i used to top the oil up so often it used 2.5 litres a week . Ive currently got a 60k mile vectra and its had the usual crank sensor,cam sensor,alternator and central locking electrical faults and i drive it like a grandad cos it struggles to achieve 30mpg from the 115bhp power house but i got it for free so cant grumble i suppose gorgous looking fzr and the astra gsi looks sweet too. im just not a fan of them eco-tecs id rather bolt a c20xe or even a old c20seh from a sri130 cavalier,failing that 2.3 saab turbo motors are ment to be a easy enough swap |
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Post by mellow on May 1, 2012 23:42:58 GMT 1
stroker................i can do u a nice 2.0i saab 900 ;D
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Post by mrnegative on May 2, 2012 12:24:37 GMT 1
as you can tell im not a vauxhall guy i own a type r accord doing 325 bhp n/a and have own'd most vauxhalls out there the best 1 had a v8 engine and was made by holden my daughter own'd a corsa c it was nothing but trouble sensor hell id rather put a fag in my eye than own another ... i drive a car hard most of the time and i have own'd most high end cars out there and a vauxhall just cant cope with my driving style yep i agree 100% ive had most sporty vauxhalls from the early 80's to current stuff . from my experience the older stuff (pre 1993 ) was good before vauxhalls had them weak eco-tec motors but sadley them ecotecs dont take kindly to any abuse. 10 years ago i had a astra gre 16v and a cavalier gsi both with the old style red top engines and they both went well but handled poor and occasional broke down but i did drive them like a absolute loon every day. i recall a old 8 valve cavalier sri i had as a apprentice that went well but smoked so bad i used to top the oil up so often it used 2.5 litres a week . Ive currently got a 60k mile vectra and its had the usual crank sensor,cam sensor,alternator and central locking electrical faults and i drive it like a grandad cos it struggles to achieve 30mpg from the 115bhp power house but i got it for free so cant grumble i suppose gorgous looking fzr and the astra gsi looks sweet too. im just not a fan of them eco-tecs id rather bolt a c20xe or even a old c20seh from a sri130 cavalier,failing that 2.3 saab turbo motors are ment to be a easy enough swap Thats my point.... most people would put a LET or C20XE or saab lump in, but me being me I like to be different and to proove a point I had to make mine special hehe.... my ecotec will kill most redtops- mine should be 134bhp ish standard (X20XEV / ecotec) but I've got mine to 171.8BHP and now I've thrown throttle bodies on and going custom managment soon so god knows what I'm running now! People have tried to tune redtops and only got their engines back up to standard power (147BHP ish)so mines not doing bad a lot of redtops are tired now and well overpriced... Dont get me wrong, redtops are nice (my brother ownes a GSI with redtop) but I like to be different Anyway, FZR is my new toy stripped all headlights and fairing off last night after I noticed a water leak. Radiator is dead, its had a very poor repair which involved body panel filler by previous owner  aww well, wouldnt be happy if I didnt have to play with it. Want to re-paint a few bits of it too before its on the road. |
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Post by mrnegative on May 10, 2012 22:43:27 GMT 1
ok so done a few little things so thought I'd make this into a little diary now  So first thing I HAD to do was do something about them horrid gold airintakes.... Somebody thought it was a good idea to paint them gold, I thought they were plastic... they were rubber! how anybody thought the paint would last is beyond me!  Took me a LONG time lol but both are looking as new now  Also had to re-paint the mirrors, somebody has never heard of "feathering!"  Not perfect but 100x better than the previous owner did!  Made a start on making the fairing again lol, this will take me a while... So anyway, the above was just a few little things from boredom (I dont actually watch TV, I bring projects back into my apartment and keep my hands and mind busy that way, always have music in the background though). Ahem, lol.... so noticed that the bike had a weak bladder, when the bike got to temperature it started to pee out with the extra pressure -  A very badly bodged leak, its the bracket thats snapped off and been stuck back on again... it leaked, it leaked a lot lol  Got another one bought (top), gave it a quick clean up and on it goes-  Welcome to my garage there is a tailgate, 17" alloys, front and rear GSI bumpers, 2x 3 door doors, rear windows, bonnet, 2 x whole suspension legs, 2 x driveshafts, a C18XE head, X20XEV head to name but a few items hidden in here!  Bubble fairing, lights and rad off, waiting to replace the rad  Rad back on, anti-freeze in and lower fairings back on.  Just to give an idea of how huge the bike is.... pics dont really pick it up so much but the tank on this is BIG.. but then I guess I'm used to my little LC |
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Post by mrnegative on May 23, 2012 15:55:23 GMT 1
Update time Fairing all done but graphics and clearcoat very happy with the results considering how it looked before! Before (started to repair with fiberglass)  After!  This is the opposite side, all was there but was cracked, crack was grooved out and filled with resin then filler and sanded (there were a lot of cracks done like this)  Fresh air intake sticker.... this is original and due to how rare the graphics are I thought I'd see if I could save these  Barbie nurse.... scalpel! Did loads of feathering out and lots and lots of work done to it but thats all the photos I took of the repair work....  fresh coat of paint  I'm very happy with the results!  This is the bit where 1/2 of it was missing, not bad considering I've made this from scratch! The top lip / curve was a pain to get right!  even looks ok from the inside too... this is the 1/2 missing bit I've repaired from inside And as luck would have it.... I found these on e-bay the other week! couldnt beleive my luck to be honest! mega rare!  |
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Post by marsbar350 on May 23, 2012 23:20:39 GMT 1
lookin good neggo ;D hope your not neglecting the tiddler |
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Post by mrnegative on May 24, 2012 17:05:03 GMT 1
Nah, shes my first love.... always has been and always will be RD, Car, FZR..... girlfriend and in that order! lol |
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Post by mrnegative on Jun 5, 2012 19:59:20 GMT 1
update -  Tail piece re-painted white, Yam decal and then clearcoated over (sorry, no before pics)[/img]  Tail piece fitted  Also fitted Yam decal to the fairing, its finished in this shot apart from the screen. Its clearcoated in this shot too  Fairing fitted and new blue screen fitted (off a different model lol)    Tank letting the bike down now....  So this is where I finished... masked all coachlines ect. and needs to be clearcoated to finish but will let it set for a bit before I remove the masking. |
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Post by kennyroberts on Jun 5, 2012 20:54:28 GMT 1
nice job mate, i had an fzr 1000,.....loved that bike, but your colour scheme is better!
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Post by mrnegative on Jun 5, 2012 22:15:14 GMT 1
Cheers, I'm loving this bike too ... I find it really fits me well if you know what I mean Makes me laugh, this bike was sold as a "minter" "fully restored" haha, yeah right! |
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Post by mrnegative on Jun 6, 2012 22:04:40 GMT 1
Tank finished now... it is by no means a minter, I've just done it quickly, looks a lot better than it did but cant really justify stripping it totally and loosing the graphics so spent some time masking everything-    Again, its not a proper restore I've done on the paintwork but at least now I wouldnt mind been seen on it Still needs flatting and cutting back slightly. Also, sods law...  I won this! 35 quid delivered so would have been rude not to buy it, shame I didnt see this before all the work with the original one... DOH! |
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Post by mrnegative on Jun 6, 2012 23:07:12 GMT 1
Only used rattle cans on it I've got a few spray guns and compressor ect. (its actually all in my kitchen pantry at the moment) but couldnt really be bothered to rig it up, that and I havent got anywhere to spray it other than inside my flat.... which is where the fairing was painted which also wasnt the best idea I've had... whoops! there goes the bond I've put down on this place lol. |
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Post by 47x on Jun 7, 2012 18:37:49 GMT 1
hey rave,u using the cbx to come this way tomorrow m8?  ??  |
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Well I'm only young and its basically a car I've learned from.... Not knowing any mechanical know-how I've recently ported, polished and re-profiled the cylinder head, replaced all valve guide seals and re-ground the valves in, new cambelt kit ect. .... Thats what I did a few weeks ago (due to running too high compression on another head I had machined)... now using a race spec multi-layered steel head gasket. Correction, this is the 5th head I've built and put on her! 
aww well, wouldnt be happy if I didnt have to play with it. Want to re-paint a few bits of it too before its on the road.
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