05-31-2005, 09:25 AM
As many of you already know, I bought Rob's old Ninja 500R. It's in "ok" shape, I spent yesterday afternoon trying to repair the front plastic with epoxy - seems to be holding pretty well, it just looks ugly :roll: I spent about 10 minutes trying to be neat about it, then I accidentally got some on my hand, then I grabbed a piece of bodywork, then I gave up and decided that eventually the whole front will be ghetto-painted anyhow, so what do I care.
After fixing the plastics, my next project will be lining the thing up - Any tips/tricks I should know about aligning a bike? The front end pulls *slightly* to the right, once per wheel revolution. I'm going to take the wheel off and see if it's straight. No flat spots or chunks missing from the tire. Front forks *might* be uneven, not sure as I haven't accurately measured it yet...
Pictures soon.
After fixing the plastics, my next project will be lining the thing up - Any tips/tricks I should know about aligning a bike? The front end pulls *slightly* to the right, once per wheel revolution. I'm going to take the wheel off and see if it's straight. No flat spots or chunks missing from the tire. Front forks *might* be uneven, not sure as I haven't accurately measured it yet...
Pictures soon.
My two feet.