Bar conversion with pics

[BanannaMan]

Looks awesome Jayne!
The carbon bits along with the new forks really set it off!
Job well done!

[Geodude]

Absolutely bloody fantastic, but thats enough about me now where was I erm.. Oh yes.. Eww its one of those pointy things argh my eyes my beautiful eyes

[Jayneflakes]

Originally Posted by BanannaMan

Looks awesome Jayne!
The carbon bits along with the new forks really set it off!
Job well done!

Thank you, I think that she is fab, but then it is my bike and I did some of the work!

Originally Posted by Geodude

Absolutely bloody fantastic, but thats enough about me now where was I erm.. Oh yes.. Eww its one of those pointy things argh my eyes my beautiful eyes

Mind your cheek, children can read this! Remember children, not every one believes that pointies are better than curvies, they are the same sort of people who do not believe in evolution or that the Earth is round! You young man are not too old to go across my knee and be spanked... usual price, see you Thursday!

[Geodude]

Yippee a spanking a spanking

[squirrel_hunter]

Nice to see it all come together in the end.

[Jayneflakes]

Today I called my bike a lot of very, very rude names.

I was required to remove the sprocket nuts in order to place a speedo rotor on them. A very simple job you would think, but it proved to be a complete and total nightmare and ended with a Dremmel! One single stud stripped and the nut was firmly stuck on, despite turning easily with the spanner. In the end I had to remove the wheel from the frame, grind off the offending nut and then replace the bolt and nut with a nice one from my collection.

Anyway, after three hours I managed to get the beautiful Speedo rotor onto the sprocket carrier.

S5031550 by Jayne Carter, on Flickr

Can you guess who made this beautiful bit of kit? Here is another clue.

S5031553 by Jayne Carter, on Flickr

The magic of Bibio has once more hit the door step of Sylvie and the parts are beautifully made.

Threading the lead through the frame was mainly a simple task, but had a couple of tight bits that proved difficult until I pulled out the forceps and helped the lead through. Then it was just simple plug and play.

S5031556 by Jayne Carter, on Flickr

Sadly after all of the messing about with knackered sprocket carrier nuts, it got too dark to continue, so I have not yet finished the final set up with the sensor.

S5031554 by Jayne Carter, on Flickr

So it looks very much like tomorrow I shall be wandering back down to the garage and having a play until I can get it just perfect, like the Genius Lance likes it.

If anyone is interested in the speedo Kit talk to Lance (AKA - Bibio), the price is very reasonable for the quality of the kit you get and you wont have to muck about with dodgy wiring or super gluing magnets onto your disk rotors!

[Geodude]

Nice, looks a bit fancy does that Do you hide the wire from the sensor under the swing arm?

[Jayneflakes]

Originally Posted by Geodude

Nice, looks a bit fancy does that Do you hide the wire from the sensor under the swing arm?

I will do, when I can get back onto it. All of this work is catching up with me and like a worn out bridge, I am starting to sag in the middle!

[Jayneflakes]

The speedo is fitted, the panels are back on and the tyres are inflated. So it must be final test ride time.

I am the lucky person to have one of Bibio's (AKA Lance) fabulous Speedo adapters and it works very well.

On my "Secret Test Track" I checked the accuracy against my Sat Nav, a Tom Tom 1 and the result was excellent.

At every check the bike speedo and the Sat Nav read the same up to and incliding 60 MPH. At an indicated 70MPH on the bike speedo, the Sat Nav read 68MPH. At an indicated 100MPH on the bike, the Sat Nav read 97MPH. At this point though it had got cold and the frost was settling on the track, so I went home.

For public roads though, Lance's speedo adaptor is perfectly usable, it reads accurately enough that you can avoid speeding fines. The rotor fits perfectly onto the wheel and the sensor holder is beautifully designed.

[Bibio]

thanks Jayne, i assure you the pleasure is all mine. yes there a a few bits to iron out but all in all the test was a success. i can now go ahead, get things moving and make the kits up for sale to help out those wishing to do a front end conversion with a plug and play speedo drive kit which is the main stumbling block with changing the front end to a GSXR one.