Aussie 1100's new life

[Troyskie]

Thanks Mark & Bones, I'll hold off removing the rack for the moment. Great contact for the plates Mark, I'll give them a ring. Mr. Olson, not riding was never a possibility. I get to go to work tomorrow on my beautiful baby (weather permitting, don't want her getting all cold & dirty just yet)...next posts I'll have some more of the re-decorations done, plus a list of new or emerging gremlins, the tank needs work in and out, including the fuel guage sensor/damper, the brake and clutch masters need a good old clean, plus, once the rain sets in (if ever), a major strip, paint & tidy-up.
I've also been perusing the rpmracingca.com site for more bits, WOW!
Also Flynt & Monkey, the AD test is now a challenge, I'll finish getting comfy again & then set her up, already picked the bit of road.

[Troyskie]

One last one, Pete, now I'm on the road let's hook up for a coffee, perhaps in Ulladulla or Batemans?

[oldktmdude]

   

One last one, Pete, now I'm on the road let's hook up for a coffee, perhaps in Ulladulla or Batemans?

Sounds like a good idea. How's next weekend looking for you? At the moment I have no plans, so name the time and place and we'll take it from there.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                Pete.

[Flynt]

Frank , you should try a panic braking right hand turn with a reducing radius at rally speed .

I double dog dare you.

So I've been playing around a bit and have found with AD all the way out (toward H), this situation induces a chatter in the braking that's hard to modulate...  you end up not wanting to get there because your bowel does feel a bit loose...  I backed down to 1 turn in from full H and it is much more modulated in heavy braking.  I've also adjusted the rear preload and damping to get a nice, stable street ride with decent performance when stressed.  It is certainly serviceable and pretty nice actually, so I'm happy to ride it like this for some time.

Frank

[Mark Olson]

Frank , you should try a panic braking right hand turn with a reducing radius at rally speed .

I double dog dare you.

So I've been playing around a bit and have found with AD all the way out (toward H), this situation induces a chatter in the braking that's hard to modulate...  you end up not wanting to get there because your bowel does feel a bit loose...  I backed down to 1 turn in from full H and it is much more modulated in heavy braking.  I've also adjusted the rear preload and damping to get a nice, stable street ride with decent performance when stressed.  It is certainly serviceable and pretty nice actually, so I'm happy to ride it like this for some time.

Frank

Hey Frank , If you can get it to work where you feel good about it then congratulations 
I could never get mine to work right .

[Troyskie]

Been busy riding and breaking some of the old parts. Hooked up with Pete, Pete, & Alf down in Batemans, thanks fellas! I'll be back down soon. Next morning after the Bay ride Ms Effie presented me with a nice puddle and petrol stinking shed, plus the LHS aluminium side plate has finally cracked through. Still rideable, but the fuel tap/petcock has buggered rubber and worn out wave washer. Also discovered on the ride back my forks had different preload settings (troy troy troy!).
I pulled the tank off, drained (filleted her up on the way home), and discovered a lot of crud. What a nice surprise before trying to go to work in Monday!
A quick call to my local source (thanks Glenn!) and with some Vaso, TLC, some words my kid will be learning shortly in the playground, I'm off.
A beautiful surprise in the office, Randy & RPM came through, new front guard, drop bars (crash bars), plus heaps of rubber bits, and I only ordered them 6 days, including the weekend earlier!!!
More to follow...
Troy

[Troyskie]

Whoops, forgot to mention, also ordered a Haynes Manual. Hmmm, I have to do quite a bit of re-assembly for things to be correct.

[Troyskie]

Here's a couple of pics of the drop bars (crash bars), you can also see the foot pegs are pretty buggered. Found a new pillion LHS on, waiting for it to arrive. I've also replaced that rubber grip on the rider LHS peg...

[Troyskie]

Finally heard back from F1 re the mufflers (they had a nasty little work injury that has buggered them up, glad I didn't get nasty), hopefully here today or perhaps Monday. Then I'll have the shiny new headers, collector, mufflers, and new side mounts ready to go on.

[Troyskie]

Hopefully I'll be looking at stripping her down and giving the engine, frame, wheels & other bits a nice little paint. I'm not sure I'm sold on the look of the drop bars. They look good on the 1200, but I don't think they do the 1100 much justice.
What do you guys suggest about the frame paint v powder coat? I've noted quite a number of powder coat projects, but I'm not sure I want to break down that far yet...

[Troyskie]

Hey Mr Conlon, I've been eyeing off your beautiful beast & tried the search for a project write-up on it but had too many results. Is there are specific one mate? What got me searching initially is the seat (well a fair few other things as well). It looks like a Corbin & I've been considering their 'Gunfighter' model. I'm looking for local Aussie seat guys, but they all seem to simply recover & my seat has been bent by the last 'recover' specialist, so the cost of a simple recover with new foam plus another seat base are coming up higher than the Corbin.

[Pat Conlon]

Hey Troy, thanks for the compliments. The seat shown in the picture is indeed a Corbin. A Gun Fighter and Lady model. I now have a Gunfighter solo model on the bike.
Corbin seats are strange. You sit on one and think, holy shit this seat is hard. It's only after the first 200 mikes where this seat starts to shine. I've learned thru the years that soft seats are fine around town but after a long day on the road they set my ass on fire. Not so with the Corbin.

For the first 20 years I had my '84 I used a sheepskin cover on my stock seat....much better than stock.
It was only when I stole Klavdy's Corbin off his '93 (now Frank's Wizard) and rode from the WCR in Petaluna back home to Palm Desert (680 miles) that I really had a chance to feel what everyone was talking about.
I FedEx'ed Klavdy's Corbin back to him so all is good there....however that will be the last time he will leave his keys in his bike at a rally....serves him right.

I don't have a build thread. I've been modifying my bike in stages over the last 31 years. A lot of info. came from Barry Edwards site. The TAce conversion specs from Marc Rittner, etc.
I have several other links on the picture descriptions. If you have a specific question fire away.

Cheers

[Troyskie]

Mate, I'll have only a few million questions, but you've answered the first of many.
Cheers,
Troy

[oldktmdude]

    G'day Troy, it was great to catch up with you last weekend. There's a great seat builder in Goulburn. I haven't had anything done by him yet, but I have two riding mates that have. His work is as good as it gets. http://www.mjmcustommotorbikeseats.com.au He's usually very busy so there might be a wait to have yours done. Not cheap either but this kind of workmanship rarely is. He's only a couple of hours away from you so you can ride up there, take a spare seat with you and he will measure and design with you on the bike, leave your spare seat there and ride home. I bought a spare seat to do this too but haven't got around to it yet.   Regards, Pete. 

[Troyskie]

Thanks Pete! I'll look them up. I do really agree with Pat about the firmer seat being better for longer times in the saddle. My car has quite firm sporty seats compared to others and on long drives are surprisingly comfortable. Something to ask the boys in Goulburn.