Tw*t of the week? They do say that 90% of all accidents happen within 1/4 of home....... I took the 888 up to Croft (300 miles) for its first trackday with its 916 motor, nice shiny single seat (that's another story in itself), hi-level microns etc etc. Bike went great,warped a disc and shredded the rear supercorsa but brought bike all the way home safely on the trailer........and dropped it off of the trailer in the driveway.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:mad: Moral of the story is: keep the bike 1/2 mile from home and everything will be ok! |
Sorry to hear that Paul, hope there's not too much damage.:( |
Ooops, thought this was another thread about vman. Sorry to hear about that Paul. These things always happen when you least expect them to. |
Oh mate sorry to hear that, hope you didnt do too much damage? How did you get on with fitting the single seat then? |
Hey Paynep How easy/hard was putting th e916 motor into the 888? Have you done a write up on it anywhere? |
Hi Celeste, fitting the seat was easy as I was using a race foam pad rather than the original seat, however it was chafing on the rear pillion grabhandle mountings. Probably wouldnt be a problem if using the original seat as you won't actually be sitting on the tailpiece like I was. As I have a spare strada subframe I will cut off the grabhandle brackets to solve the problem. I will try to do a set of pics on this project.... Eddie, I used a 916 crank and pistons in the 888 crankcases so it was a piece of cake. (The heads and barrels are identical to a 916 bip, but you DO need the 916 pistons as crown-gudgeon pin height is different to the 888). Lightened flywheel, adjustable cam pulleys, change of FIM chip and voila, Cadwell here we come! Cheers Paul |
Think I can put my hand up to being **** of the week #2! Working on my new monster today, fitting high level cans I had to undo the footrest bolts on both sides as you have to fit spacers. What I didn't realise and no one told me was one of the LHS footrest bolts also secures the sidestand mechanism in place so as I undid the last bolt the sidestand slipped forward and bike landed on top of me! As I was sitting on the floor at the time I cushioned the blow. With no one around to help me I somehow found some super human strength to lift the bike off me I then discovered I had snapped the footrest. I've only had the bike 6 days! DOH! |
Sorry to hear about the disasters, makes me a little happier about mine dropping off the bike table though. We all seem to have some sort of dramas. Ho Hum. :frog: |
Disasters Hows this for one: One night last year I came home and parked my 916 up in the garage on the prop stand. I came to look at the bike in the morning only to find it on the floor with a broken nose fairing caused by a knackererd mirror stay rotating when the mirror hit the floor and stressing the fairing:( After what I thought was a reasonable attempt at plastic welding the fairing it broke again about a week later. This ended up with me having to buy a new nose fairing - one way to get rid of a few stone chips though!! The original cause of this disaster - a slow puncture on the back tyre - the bike has been on its paddock stand every night since then:sing: |
Wheeling my newly rebuilt 748 off the bike bench. Didn't notice prop stand down. It dug in as the back wheel came off the ramp & momentum propelled the bike away from me over the "high side" until it was lying virtually upside down on it's RHS. Escaped with scuffed paint & v'sore arms from snatching it back onto it's wheels in a panic.:o |
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