Jan 302010
 

Whilst in the UK last week and early this week I managed to be a set of slightly used exhausts from a 2002 Valkyrie with the piggies cut. They are in perfect condition and only cost £175. I also got a mountain of other small items like anti-seize compound stainless nuts and bolts, fuse box and the npt connectors for the electronic fuel shut-off. I also had the cam end covers engraved with Valkyrie to add a bit of bling.

Thursday: I picked up some cable for the lighting and fuel shut off and some conduit to run it all in when I was in Gandia getting the car its annual safety check. This afternoon the courier arrived with the exhausts from the UK, I used Jack Neale Transport again as I was pleased with everything he did when he brought the bike over and later the lift. I then made a tool to strip the forks down, finally collected the re-painted front mudguard (I am really pleased with the quality of the paint job that he did).  I removed the disc’s from the wheels so they are ready for polishing and had a general tidy up in the storeroom so that I can get to all the parts.

Friday: I had a few other non Valk jobs to do today. But I did manage to clean up a few bits and pieces and do some more painting on some others.

Saturday: Spent the day doing more cleaning and re-painting. The front brake callipers were very heavily encrusted with dirt and brake dust. Brake cleaner didn’t do much good but barbecue cleaner worked wonders on them and they are now gleaming.  That’s it for this week as I will be riding out with my friends tomorrow.