fabio222 Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 Hi all, I posted here a few times explaining how I was guilty of letting my lovely 750 sit in the shed and gather dust. Well, this summer I really got to work on it and it's back on the road. I put together a little PDF with pics and some text for a work group and thought it'd be nice to share it here. Enjoy! VFR presentation.pdf Here's how it looks now: 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Captain 80s Posted September 25, 2023 Member Contributer Share Posted September 25, 2023 Lovely. Nice work, she deserves it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer tsmitty Posted September 25, 2023 Member Contributer Share Posted September 25, 2023 well done! beautiful bike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer bmart Posted September 25, 2023 Member Contributer Share Posted September 25, 2023 The best color, obviously. Nice work! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer interceptor69 Posted September 25, 2023 Member Contributer Share Posted September 25, 2023 Wow-that is a great write-up. Thanks for that. A buddy of ours bought bike when I bought my '98 new and loved it but sold it soon thereafter because he was scared he was going to get hurt or killed. He wasn't accustomed to fast bikes so it was sad for him to sell it. I wish I had to skills to do what you did to yours. Maybe when I retire I can delve into the specifics of some of those tasks you completed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V4 Rosso Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 Quite a transformation, it looks brand new. Excellent write-up too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Lorne Posted September 26, 2023 Member Contributer Share Posted September 26, 2023 9 hours ago, fabio222 said: this summer I really got to work on it Lovely looking VFR and in an uncommon colour. And your pdf looks like a magazine article - well done you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer LangoPTC Posted September 26, 2023 Member Contributer Share Posted September 26, 2023 Good Lord that is a beautiful bike! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer rhoderage Posted September 26, 2023 Member Contributer Share Posted September 26, 2023 Great refresh and summary presentation 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabio222 Posted September 29, 2023 Author Share Posted September 29, 2023 Thanks folks, I appreciate the comments and hope that it added something nice to your day! If anyone wants to see more pics or just see them out of the PDF, take a look at the album here: https://ibb.co/album/K0cvQR I really dragged out the work I think, essentially it was a full service and a full on checkover but I didn't need to replace things like wheel bearings or head bearings. Remarkably, those are are all fine at 92,000 miles! That said, it all takes time. It took me days to get the chain on right because my rivet tool wasn't great and I had to improvise. And when you've been off the tools for a while you lose confidence in your ability and that needs to be built back up again too. Anyway, I'm glad I did it, and I'm glad you all like it. I have been using it to go to the office this week, that's about 20 miles from where I live and is a fairly easy commute when the weather is decent (most of the riding is on motorway, easy but boring). It's a beautiful bike to ride, always been really. I know it wouldn't put it up to more modern machinery and I can tell you that I wished it had ABS and all of the modern accoutrements when I was riding through flooded roads yesterday (a combination of high tides and heavy rain means Cork city floods a lot). That all said, it got me home in one piece and I enjoyed it. I remember when I started working on it again I said to my wife that I wanted to have something that, LCD clock aside, was almost completely analog in nature. Many of us work with or on computers and we all have phones in our hands these days and I just thought it'd be nice to use something that is a world away from the digital devices we use all of the time. It seems purer and more tangible somehow. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Bren Posted September 29, 2023 Member Contributer Share Posted September 29, 2023 Great job there, a lot of effort to get it looking virtually new again! The paint looks really good 👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bakhsh Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 Excellent PDF with detailed descriptions and pictures. Really enjoyed reading it as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Dutchy Posted December 30, 2023 Member Contributer Share Posted December 30, 2023 On 9/29/2023 at 11:42 AM, fabio222 said: I remember when I started working on it again I said to my wife that I wanted to have something that, LCD clock aside, was almost completely analog in nature. it'd be nice to use something that is a world away from the digital devices we use all of the time. It seems purer and more tangible somehow. I see a <1950's motorcycle in your future..... I infected my pal last year and now he owns two... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer bmart Posted December 30, 2023 Member Contributer Share Posted December 30, 2023 "Real men!" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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