Cardiff, I need your help

Friendly Cardiff Orgers, I need your help. My problem: I have no space or area in which to work on my bike and need to do some stuff (change shock, fit lights, change brake pads/speed sensor).

Looking for any help, possibly a nice garage somewhere if anyone's willing! You'll have the joy of helping me (there's a pint and a packet of crisps in it for you) and I'm also happy to lend a spare pair of hands if anyone wants any work done. I might learn a thing or two

So if anyone up for this or can suggest something, would be happy to hear from you.

P.s. A long, long time ago, I remember reading somewhere about bikers lending their garage and tools/expertise to other bikers for a small fee. It would be so great to have something like this in South Wales.

When and for how long would you need it?

Would love to help, but my garage is currently housing the CBR, the K100 and a Suzuki 200 two stroke in need of work lots of work. Sorry lad.

Originally Posted by Springbokki

Would love to help, but my garage is currently housing the CBR, the K100 and a Suzuki 200 two stroke in need of work lots of work. Sorry lad.

No worries. Thanks for replying.

Originally Posted by metalangel

When and for how long would you need it?

Thanks for replying firstly. Those are two good questions that I don't know the exact answer to. My list of jobs are as follows:

1. Remove damper rod to get them sent off in prep for fitting Debrix emulators;
2. Fit rear shock which requires the rear to be supported from the subframe (Or if someone would like to enlighten me on this?);
3. Diagnose why my speedo isn't working (the rotor is in good condition so the mystery continues);
4. Find out why my rear indicators are doing the opposite of what they should..

The when could be next week as I'm off on leave. The how long is a question mark, but obviously I would not take the p*ss. Would be happy just to get suspension sorted.

On a plus note, what a great day for riding hey? Hope you all got out and had a good time.

I'm off on Thursday if that's of any use to you.

Please note my garage is small, dirty, plenty of junk, and badly lit (no power). That said, I took my CB500's rear end apart in there, and fitted lowers and a Scottoiler to my SV in there.

I also don't know what tools you'll need for any of that work. I have the usual set of stuff- toolbox with screwdrivers and allen keys and the other stuff you'd find (wrenches, pliers), I also have a small socket set and a torque wrench. I don't have any paddock stands, though I do have some bricks if you're feeling brave and fancy building yourself something. I especially don't know how you'd hold the rear end up to do the rear shock.

You think you'd be done the same day? That would be most convenient.

Thanks for the offer, I'll get back to you on that. Definitely won't get that all done and don't expect to. Only rear shock would be possible cause I would have to store the bike if I took out the Damper. But I'd need to get the rear up somehow and wouldn't be confident to use such an 'innovative' solution to support the bike Will put my thinking cap on ...