I polished a turd and it came up yellow

Same here, enjoying the story and very sorry to hear about your spill but admire your spirit, good luck with the opp.

jings said:

a bit like this you mean

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That's what I'm getting at!

Well today I came out of hospital after having my thumb reconstructed.

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hurts like hell but it won't put me off biking. At least I have a thumb to put back together. I see guys riding around without gloves and I find it staggering. I can understand it in hot weather but at this time of year aside from the increased skid risk it's bloody chilly.

In a way it's a blessing for this thread that I had my mishap because it's back to the drawing board. I might do something like this on the bike:

http://www.wrenchmonkees.com/motorcycles/monkee-84.html

Ouch. Heal well lad.

Aidan1150 said:

Ouch. Heal well lad.

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Thanks Aidan, I'll be sure to say hello to yourself and Mandy when I'm over next.

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Oh my goodness - that's GORGEOUS! I want one. Now, if you could just get a set of Verns on the back of it...

Know what you mean about the thumb. Did the same thing a few years ago. They k-wired mine. All fine now though. Hope yours heals up PDQ.

(slightly inappropriate smiley)

Ow!
That's all .
Get well soon.

Yes. Get well soon and get posting more of the ongoing work.

Thanks guys. It's slightly ironic that I badly damaged all the stuff I bought this summer. Only days before I was imagining a stripped down version. Be careful what you wish for

As a bit of a retrospective I forgot to mention previously that I changed the handlebars.

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I bought Fehling F650 Dakar replicas from Motorworks. You can just about get away with not changing the stock cables.

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The bars were the right diameter but because of the paint they were a bit snug. Instead of taking the paint off the bars I pared down the inside of the controls. The left control bracket was a bit stiff and I ended up snapping a portion of the alu off . It means it is a bit loose now.

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I really like the riding position of these bars. Visually I like the look of them also as an added benefit.

is that a right side foot peg bracket / assembly that you need

I have a hideous blue one (I think) lurking in me man cave if you want it ??

DrFarkoff said:

is that a right side foot peg bracket / assembly that you need

I have a hideous blue one (I think) lurking in me man cave if you want it ??

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That's very kind of you DrFarkoff. I'll have a look at mine to make sure it's the whole bracket. I think it's one piece that holds the passenger and rider pegs. It's a different shape and length on the K75's. I think the K100 brackets are longer.

send me an email to jonathanfox1972@gmail.com and let me know how much you want for it and p&p. We can swap photos to make sure it's the same bit

Well the days are getting colder and the bike still needs some work but at least my K wires are gone now.

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