The Silk Purse Project continues..

Stage 4 of the silk purse project is now completed and she is just about ready to go.
The fork rebuild I did had a bit of a problem as I couldn't turn the rebound all the way in so it was off with the caps for an inspection. It seems when you put the caps back on you need to ensure the rebound is wound all the way in... Anyway, that problem was sorted so it was onto the brakes.
I removed and split the calipers and cleaned up the seals, reassembled and bled the brakes. A 2 hour job became an all dayer when it turned out the previous owner had used silicon based fluid and I was using glycol.. So the bleed turned into a complete flush...
Any way all went well and the brakes felt substantialyy better after.
Many beers were then consumed...

Damon came over with his trusty spray gun and we added a white stripe to the side fairings. It looks pretty good so, surprisingly, we had a few beers to celebrate.
Damon also re coated the carbon fibre air duct as it had a few cracks in it..
I picked up a couple of Renthal 520 rear sprockets on ebay (very cheap) and Brian (greenman43) gave me a spare 520 front sprocket so all that was needed was a 520 chain. Picked up one of those at MAW the other day, with nice gold links so that all went on today.. If you haven't checked the weight difference of a 520 cconversation I suggest you do, it can add quite a few HP just in driveline wight reduction.
A Motrax tank protector went on too as did some mushrooms I picked up, both very cheap..

The pics below are during the chain fitting process.. A rattle gun is an essential for front sprocket removal..

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TOP SHELF DAVE, Sik em mate

Looks like a good thing to me.

Going for the "Best Dressed Bike" award?

Looking schmick!

Going for the "Best Dressed Bike" award?

Looking schmick!

I always believe if you can't be fast at least look fast...

The slower you go the more ppl see your bike....

Rob from RT Screen printing has knocked up a bunch of stickers for it, so it should be all dressed up and ready for its track debut next Tuesday..

Fark Dave, she looks pretty damn good in that last shot, one problem though bud, she ain't gonna go to quick on Tuesday with no chain

Well done dude arrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Beauty! Beauty! Beauty!

You paint the inside of the fairings too?

AAARRRRrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr..........

Beauty! Beauty! Beauty!

You paint the inside of the fairings too?

Yeh, we brushed on some left over paint. We did a lot of patching and repairing to the fairings it came with, they were pretty bad... so it had filler visible everywhere...

the ugly duckling is growing into a swan...

looks awesome mate, that white stripe looks the goods! wish i could come and see it on tuesday

Looks good mate. It'll be good to see it on the track on Tuesday. We need a photographer though.

That looks awesome...

can't wait to see it in action.

That is a work of art!
Great job, mate!

Going for the "Best Dressed Bike" award?

Looking schmick!

I always believe if you can't be fast at least look fast...

The slower you go the more ppl see your bike....

Rob from RT Screen printing has knocked up a bunch of stickers for it, so it should be all dressed up and ready for its track debut next Tuesday..

Dave, Is it a track day on Tuesday?, I would not mind having a look, is it open to the public?

Looks good for now, hope it stays that way after your trackday.

Going to use the road tyres or get a set of slicks fitted ?