Motorcycle related queries - ENTAR BIKORS!

MrSix

MrSix

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Right then, here we go:

1) I intend to refurbish my lower fork legs as they're marked and the paint is wearing off due to the bike being 15 years old.
So I'm getting the forks stripped and rebuilt with new seals and fresh oil and while they're apart what should I do with the fork legs?
I'm thinking of stripping them back to metal then spraying them up silver or black and giving them a good laquer. Any other suggestions as to what I could do, are there any procedures which are commonly performed to refurbish lower fork legs?

2) My speedo reads in KMH, so all of the mileage so far is correct and true in KM. However it's a bit of a pain in this country so I have a few options.
i) Sticker the face up with mph equivalents
ii) Get a kmh>mph converter and bolt it to the speedo cable (this means that I'll have to record the current mileage in KM and then work out how many miles it's done after that - it's basically a ball ache and could cause complications when I come to sell it).
iii) My preferred option - buy a digital speedo.

Now, does anybody have any reccomendations for a digital speedo which can be fitted to any bike? It'd be super useful if it had a clock and a trip computer too. Are there such devices? If so, where do I get them from?

I've tried to categories the questions, so please feel free to answer any that you can!

Cheers.
 
I had slightly corroded forks on my bike when I got it, well more the paint was bobbled up a bit, all I did was take the lose off with wire wool and paint the forks back up with a silver, did the trick and as far as I know is still doing a great job today.

As for the speedo mate, well I have owned a bike in the past which was purely in Km, was a bit of a pain in the rear when it came to knowing how fast you were really going, I'd just suggest the sticking the numbers on the speedo, loads of bikes in this country are imports and it doesn't really give problems when it comes to the sale.
 
Performance Bikes had a gizmo in it a few months ago that, for a few quid, downgeared the speedo input so that 20kph on the clocks is 20mph. :)

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penski said:
Performance Bikes had a gizmo in it a few months ago that, for a few quid, downgeared the speedo input so that 20kph on the clocks is 20mph. :)

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Aye, that's what I mentioned in the OP. Problem is, my KM mileage then become mile mileage which then becomes a ball ache to explain to the next buyer who might be put off by a dodgey change.
 
I just have stickers on mine. Not the most elegant solution, but to be honest you dont actually look at the speedo much anyway. I'd either go with stickers or a big additional LCD for speed only. Messing with the conversion to miles etc is just going to make it difficult when selling on.
 
Loads of people on the Firestorm list fitted Sigma BC800 cycle computers to the VTR.
Will read up to 186mph, got a whole host of toys on it. If you do go down the cycle computer route, dont buy a wireless set, the ignition on the bike plays havoc with the wireless.
 
Shoei said:
Loads of people on the Firestorm list fitted Sigma BC800 cycle computers to the VTR.
Will read up to 186mph, got a whole host of toys on it. If you do go down the cycle computer route, dont buy a wireless set, the ignition on the bike plays havoc with the wireless.
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So i've bought one, but christ knows how i'm meant to input my wheel size, the user manual is literally useless - I can't make ANY sense of it.

There's 3 sections about how to enter the correct formula for you wheel size:

Part A) Measure the wheel from top to bottom - so that's 431.8 mm+the profile of my tyres which is 20 then is says :1.61

Part B) Measure how far the wheel travels in one full rotation - Wheel size = mm:1.61

Then it gives you a chart with a whole host of measurements on 16x1.75x2, 20x.175x2, 24x1 3/8A etc.

What the hell does this crap mean, I'm starting to get really frustrated now.
 
If you're still to refurb the fork lowers, get them powdercoated- best protection you're going to get there, and it's a lovely finish if done right. Nothing corrodes quite like SV650 fork legs :) So I got 'em coated by BBS and 2 years,30000 miles and one trip into a gravel trap later there wasn't even a scratch. Not even expensive to do, provided you don't want an uncommon colour- mine in black cost me a tenner each leg.
 
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