Late Wed work

[Geese]

Guess what I've been up to ...

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[joshwalker094]

Changing brake lines?

[squirrel_hunter]

Seeing if a Honda CBR400 NC23 petrol tank looks better on the floor or on a bike?

[Geese]

Yep the NC23 tank on the floor the abandoned project bike. :-x

Changing brake lines is right. Except the Donkey's gave me the wrong thread banjo bolt for the master cylinder.

So I had to re-thread their bolt to suit... :smt013

[yorkie_chris]

Re thread their bolt? Is that really a good idea?

[Geese]

Yes it's dodgy to rethread a bolt but I knew it was either going into the bin and wait for a bolt to be sent out.

So I took the dies at it. It was tough to rethread but I got there slowly. Out of about 12 threads it lost half of one. And after through cleaning, thread filing and ultrasonic bath cleaning I installed the bolt.

It should be ok all it needs to do is squish the copper washers so there's no leak.

Which i why i left it overnight with pressure on the lever and some paper to see if there's any leaks.

[davepreston]

just a side note give stewie a pm about the nc23 bits as i know hes got a nc23 project on atm
hth
dave

[squirrel_hunter]

just a side note give stewie a pm about the nc23 bits as i know hes got a nc23 project on atm
hth
dave

He's not the only one with a NC23...

At the risk of vultureisum, if there are any performance parts then I would be interested to talk more.

[Geese]

No performance parts. Just a standard grey import with no plastics.

[Geese]

Just back from a very cold winter run. I could even see my breath inside my visor! Thank the lord for proper windproof bike gear.

It's all good. Beforehand I was very annoyed at the 2 stage brake lever i had. To go into detail. I would pull the lever a little the brake you could tell engaged a little. Then you just kept pulling more and more, all the time the rate of deceleration was the same...

Then suddenly the brakes bite like a shark... It really doesn't help when the forks are so soft on the SV having a non progressive brake makes them go up and down faster than a thai hooker. :D

But now.... Feels like a normal brake. Next stage see what sort of springs are in those forks and change the fork oil.

P.S. Gratius to the Admin who deleted my double post.

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