Monthly Archives: November 2006

More Engine Mounts – 90% there now

Posted on November 26, 2006 by admin

Well a day spent in the garage has resulted in the engine mounts being almost completed. I’ve fabbed up the right hand mount. This one I decided to make in a single piece, without the necessity for a central bolt … Continue reading →

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One Side Done

Posted on November 21, 2006 by admin

Only time to spend an hour or so in the garage last night, but that was just about time enough to finish the engine mount for one side (well bodge up the first go and then finish the second one … Continue reading →

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Engine Mounts Started

Posted on November 19, 2006 by admin

Well after a night to contemplate my engine mounting choices I made a few decisions The engine will be hard mounted… it is quite a long way from the perimeter of the chassis so I’m hoping it will be OK … Continue reading →

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The new engine is in …well sort of

Posted on November 18, 2006 by admin

The CRB 1000RR is in the chassis, well when I say “in” I really mean “resting in” the chassis. It’s not in any way connected to the chassis but it is within the perimiter of the chassis rails. I started … Continue reading →

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A dirty job

Posted on November 15, 2006 by admin

Today I spent a couple of hours cleaning down a generally getting the engine bay ready to have the new engine fitted. This involved large quantities of solvent and whole roll of workshop paper and much cr4p under my fingernails. … Continue reading →

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Stripping the CBR100RR

Posted on November 12, 2006 by admin

Well did I get the new engine fitted to the car? Did I ‘eck as like. I spent most of the dayclearing out an entire seasons worth of junk from the garage including the remaing bits of my previously killed … Continue reading →

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Nova Diff and CBR1000 Billet Sump

Posted on November 10, 2006 by admin

I’ve collected my loan differential and swinging sump from Nova engineering so I thought I’d post a couple of pictures. The differential has been a bit of a TV star before when it was used on in the Discovery series … Continue reading →

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Hoiking out the ZX12- R + Chassis Weights

Posted on November 4, 2006 by admin

I’ve spent the day stripping and weighing the car I wanted some solid metrics against which I can measure the changes I plan to make to the car this winter. Remember, I’m taking the slightly odd decision to have less … Continue reading →

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