The story so far

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Re: The story so far

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all grounds need to be bare metal, no paint, no rust bare metal new,old, bare metal and sealed after, silicone, paint anything to keep the moisture at bay :thumbup: Bare metal to the frame or engine...engine assumes you have a good ground to the frame somewhere and to the battery negative terminal, frame and engine
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Re: The story so far

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New digiplex. :thumbup:

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Bike is running very well now.
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Stripped bike down today and got busy with a few tasks still on the list.

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Changed out coolant for Evans waterless coolant (works well) and will ditch overflow tank once I'm positive I don't need it anymore.
Replaced oil pressure switch with one from a TDi Disco. (Thanks Derek)
Replaced clutch and rear brake lines with braided lines. I was also going to do the front brake lines but the set I bought came from a 750 Paso and are too long for the 906 as they foul on the radiator.
I took the clutch cover off to inspect the bearing on the slave cylinder. I had replaced the original with one from a 900SS and used a rollerskate wheel bearing with modified mushroom pin. After 7500km's it looks like it did the day I put it in and spins freely...works a treat :thumbup:

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Then I took it out the front and degreased the f#<k out of it and gave it a good bath while the fairings were removed. This is the cleanest it's ever been so I thought I'd better take a snap of it coz I don't think it'll ever be this clean again :mrgreen:

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A couple of things still left on the wish list like floating discs but basically finished now.
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Re: The story so far

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one must love your all red wiring :)
Do invest $30 in crimping pliers for non insulated terminals and some heat shrinking tube. Those plastic insulated terminals are usually only squashed and if you wiggle a wire it will come loose which also indicates the quality of the electrical connection ;)

If you think you`re done you can start replacing rusty bolts, polish the instrument cluster cover...
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Re: The story so far

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paso750 wrote:one must love your all red wiring :)
Do invest $30 in crimping pliers for non insulated terminals and some heat shrinking tube. Those plastic insulated terminals are usually only squashed and if you wiggle a wire it will come loose which also indicates the quality of the electrical connection ;)

If you think you`re done you can start replacing rusty bolts, polish the instrument cluster cover...
Yeah G., that night I did the relays it got late and I'd ran out of brown and green so I went with the all red. It's pretty obvious where they all go when you remove the side cover :thumbup: and Seeings as I'm the only one who ever works on the thing.....

Heat shrink and solder...damn...I forgot :,( I'll do that tomorrow.

Yes nuts and bolts will be replaced along the way including a full set of well nuts and bolts.






....damn.......I feel like I just left the headmasters office :mrgreen:
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... and I thought you might be colour blind :-P
What do you want to solder ?
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Re: The story so far

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The relay on the right of the bike has its wires soldered to the spade fittings but I used all my solder on them :( so the one on the left has its fittings crimped. I was going to drip some solder down the neck of the spade fittings that are crimped so as to make sure they don't come loose. I'll do that before I add some heat shrink tubing. :D
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...went for a thrash to show it off while it's clean! :mrgreen:

At the local garden centre....

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It's running real good and sounds awesome with the Cobra F1's...beer time :beer:
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Very shiny well done. However, the 3 little girls in the picture were clearly unimpressed :)
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Re: The story so far

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Upload some of those scenic poses for next years calender
:beer: :beer:
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Re: The story so far

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higgy wrote:Upload some of those scenic poses for next years calender
:beer: :beer:
Mate, I have tried but can't seem to log in, either through my PB page or going on fresh and using your login. It doesn't recognize pasoorg as an email address and so doesn't let me go any further. If I go through the search function on my Photobucket it tells me that no matches are found for pasoorg :,(

...maybe I'll just email em to you :mrgreen:
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lane1feathers wrote: ....damn.......I feel like I just left the headmasters office :mrgreen:
Just be thankful it hasn't a red frame, you'd be in more strife than the early settlers :lol: :lol: :lol:
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New seat :D

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looking good. Now you`re only missing the side reflectors to put on those small plates hanging from the rear inner fender.
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New brakes from metalgear (eBay) Went with stainless steel rotors as the rusty look wasn't working for me! Also got a set of sintered pads so now stopping in the rain won't be such a hit n miss affair. The quality is very good. The discs are nice and fat and heavy and not warped, which is always a good thing :D

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Also replaced the rear sprocket with 41 tooth from 40 tooth while wheel was off. This was meant to be done 8000kms ago when I did front sprocket and chain, but they sent the wrong sprocket. The rear wasn't that bad anyway.
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Finally got the lower legs of the front brake lines in braided hose. I had bought a set from a 750 but the lower legs are longer than the 906 as it doesn't have a radiator to get in the way. Got some shorter ones made from the next suburb and hooked them up.

Made a garage stand from some timber I had lying around so I could get the front wheel off the ground. It's a couple of mm's lower in height than the underside of the frame when on rear paddock stand. When I lower the paddock stand the bike pivots on the stand and the front comes up. Works mint and cost nothing except for a few screws :thumbup: it's all screwed together and is pretty solid.

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