The Zephyr Zone

I've also seen that. I'd be worried you wouldn't get any pre-tension on the fixings, which means they may be more susceptible to fatigue. When I did mine, a friend drilled it apart, tapped the rivet holes and countersunk the back plate. I screwed in some countersink high tensile screws with plenty o...

Got a few bits through the post and played for half an hour fitting them. New baffle for the pipe, a couple of replacement screws and a new sprocket. The 15 was so low, I decided to put the 16 on the shelf (sorry, David) and go straight to a 17. Fitted them all in half an hour and off out for a quic...

Great... then I'll stop trying to fix it

Thanks, Freddy!

So, having replaced both rear indicator assemblies... no difference whatsoever! Stripped a long piece of heavy wire and used it to jump the earth from the flashing rear indicator all the way back to the battery negative... still no difference whatsoever! With earths completely separate, they cannot ...

Cheers, David. I owe you a pint!

Got her all reassembled tonight. Reangled silencer bracket and found a couple of mm clearance. Clutch is miles better.

Will change sprocket and baffle in exhaust later in the week and she'll be ready for another quick run.

Thanks, Freddy. One thing I remembered last night was that, when I took it all apart, the clutch cover gasket face was smothered in blobs of blue sealant so some wrenchmonkey had been in there. All bets are off as to what said monkey did, but from the quality of his work I can only assume he was wor...

Thanks very much, I'll take you up on that. I had a Bandit 600 for a short while and went from 15 to 16 to 17 on that. Had to file the cover away inside for chain clearance, but so much nicer afterwards. Had the clutch apart twice this afternoon, measured and inspected everything and finally conclud...

15-17mm according to Mr. Haynes,

Hi David. I guess 15/38, I bought a standard set off Ebay about 2 years ago. From today's brief ride I'd guess it could happily pull another tooth on the front.

16 front from Wemoto is only 8 quid...

Sort the clutch first... and find another baffle for the exhaust...

The moment of truth... just been for my first 1.7 mile ride on my Zephyr since 2016. Just up the road to a local roundabout and back, to see if it all works. And, yeah, it all works! A couple of minor nasties that need sorting before it goes anywhere else, but nothing disastrous. The clutch is awful...