what sh*t did you get up to today?

i put summer wheels on



i am swapping the ctek round every few days.. even washed the Shitsun Cashcow.. even hoovered it! even cleaned the wheels!

christ

 

i dont like cleaning bikes but..

i did



and now i smell of ACF50

 

Useless right now around here. Far too much pollen in the air.

 

useless here cos we are locked down

pissed off with this

rust under the chain slider

 

Plenty of Brexit hot air though

 

Chain tension ?

 

nah, that looks ok, maybe starting to slack a touch but within the tolerance i think.

its under the plastic slider, a water trap. the paint on the swing arms on these bikes is woeful and they are steel (obviously). I am going to strip it and powder coat i think. just need to figure how to get it stood and where, the only stand i have is for the dirt bike and that can be lifted on. the XS has no frame under the sump and i dont want to rest on the sump for obvious reasons

 

Had a look at the MT09. No rust whatsoever there. Quite well engineered that one. Not on par with the CT but then again a ct costs about twice as much.

 

i think the 07 and XSR7 are made in the cheap plants.. in France

whereas the bigger bikes are made in Japan.. i might flip it for an XSR9 but for now might just powder coat that swing arm

 

Indonesia rather. The whole bike would rust if it were french made.