Dutchy

Strip that puma!!!

We want more..... we want more!!!!

Alien VI???

Aye! they are shot!

The dedd spot was very pronounced

Parked up next to one of The Dutchy's beasts.....

Ever wondered why coolant is so radio-active green???

Today the 1st of 4-5 days nice "autumn weather"

Keeping 2 wives happy......

Promised redslut to take her to Assen on Sunday. So puma insisted I took her out this evening....

"Does the offer still stand"??? I think the question is whether you want a specific person to come over and help in your work-shop, or whether you're just looking for an extra pair of hands.

Yanno, I'm pretty damn good at "couch surfing", living out of a backpack etc. So IF you need somebody to help you fuck up a bike project, I could lend a hand, live out of a cardboard box, hell if it's a climate anywhere south of where I'm at, that's not a problem. However, I would have to bring my BIKE with me....

Well it would have to happen in somebody else's shop space, wouldn't it? I'll be damned if I'M ever gonna find the space for all of those tools. I'd just as likely whip up a small-scale Aluminum foundry as run a friggin' MILL in the corner of a garage....

I mean shit - that's money already earmarked for BIKE PARTS ha-ha. Ain't nothin' LEFT for tools!

Damn though. What YOU need, my friend - is an APPRENTICE!

-S.

Damm

Fuck

Shit

great 1st post........... Can't wait to see the pictures.......

and "Flappy Honda Wings Award".....

Not the easiest of jobs, but got there in the end....

One thing I learned last night is that with the rear shock +3mm in length, I need to adjust the headlight aim up a bit........

That double piston rear brake caliper sure grips fine, to the point of locking up the rear (or I should slow down a bit at night???)

"Because the night,

belongs to VFiffers.....

Because the night belongs to us..."

Hahahahahaha you drank so much Crown Royal that you started to double post!!!

Submerge them in it?

Reasons to be cheerful........part 1

They will clean up nicely

No customs bill attached!

Super! good to see that part #2 in your pics is "hat" shaped, just like mine.

On 9/3/2015 at 7:21 AM, keny said:

the one whit a black cap is engine breather/waste pipe, and yes you can, as should let the water/oil mix out of there, just yurn the blug whit a canister below.

Got some 15cc of what had the consistency of ketjap manis, but did not smell like it :-)

On 9/3/2015 at 11:46 AM, timmythecop said:

The petcock is the achilles heel on this bike. There us a bix box headed your way with a rebuildable one in it.

Cheers Timmay!

Can we all keep our fingers crossed that Dutch Customs will not go berserk on import duties??? :-)

Inspecting the fuel tap, I realised that fitting the vacuum hose to the little fuel drain is not clever....

It also found that the repair kit "fits vf500f2" will not.

It is way smaller..

The new smaller diaphram is very flat whereas the oem one is is a "hat" shape. No holes or tears.

So is this one eol or is this normal?

According to the manual, there should be a small siff/filter inside but it is not there. There was a tiny bit of crap inside the cap that is screwed on at the bottom.

Worth getting one or adding an inline fuel filter?

The Tubes.................

Near the rear brake pedal, 3 tubes hang down, one of which is capped

(sorry for the crappy pic)

what is this? some overflow from the airbox?

Should I take the cap of to let out some crap?

Oh yeah, The Tubes!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kP8nGNbk7oQ

Nina Hagen liked it a lot...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWzPcDtZZZo

Yes is does, but getting fresh oil in is a bit more work.

My shop manual has a procedure but it requires a press to compress the shock.

Am riding now, eating ice cream in fact.

:-)

No worries on the boxes, good thing you did not use 9MM ammo boxes..... imagine Dutch customs having kittens when they spot those....

For the record.... The oem rear shock holds 350cc of oil.

Will put fresh oil in and either sell or keep it

If all goes as planned, the cavalry will arrive to save the day.

In the mean time, 10 euros worth of Holts Gun Gum tape and paste filled the gap.

Yes that is my creme brulee torch doubling up to warm the muffler :-)

They looked (and still sound) OK from the outside/what is visible with them mounted.

but taken off, well euh.....

Upon buying the bike, I had seen that a section had been patched

but what is this on the iside? a mini db killer?

The other muffler has small hole (already welded once?) facing the swingarm

Stuff this hole with JB Weld?

But facing inwards near the collector box...

Hello Linda!!!

Across the North Sea: "petroleum" :-)

Tip:

Replace the oem pin covers with these from Pro-Bolt....

OMG!!!!!!!

Phantom's build actually exists!

Many :-)

Slowly but surely...

(and cheaply!!!)

Yep code restrictions, c'est la vie...