My Superfour
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 8:32 am
After tidying up a Superfour a little last year, I tucked the thing away for winter and sort of forgot about it. A mixture of overtime, plus an appetite for various day-to-day commuters left the Superfour hibernating in the back garden over winter.
Pulling it out from under its cover a month or so ago, it struck me that something wasn't quite finished with the bike. It had been bothering me a little last year, but I finally decided to get the wheels coloured to suit the paintwork. I was umming and arrring about which colour to go for for a while, but I spotted a similar-coloured CB1300 whilst a trip to up to Whiteways one weekend and the decision was made. The bike at the end of summer last year:
The Michellin part-worn Pilots were a bit of a steal too as the tyres beforehand were somewhat miss matched.
I was a little concerned about one of the fork legs weeping and low and behold, the seal has finally popped through lack of use. Has given me an excuse to fully refresh the front end as it was feeling a little weird, especially considering that I had sorted the rear suspension last year. So, new springs, oil, seals and bushes to go into a second set of fork legs I managed to source.
So, not much to do before I can start using it properly again.
Pulling it out from under its cover a month or so ago, it struck me that something wasn't quite finished with the bike. It had been bothering me a little last year, but I finally decided to get the wheels coloured to suit the paintwork. I was umming and arrring about which colour to go for for a while, but I spotted a similar-coloured CB1300 whilst a trip to up to Whiteways one weekend and the decision was made. The bike at the end of summer last year:
The Michellin part-worn Pilots were a bit of a steal too as the tyres beforehand were somewhat miss matched.
I was a little concerned about one of the fork legs weeping and low and behold, the seal has finally popped through lack of use. Has given me an excuse to fully refresh the front end as it was feeling a little weird, especially considering that I had sorted the rear suspension last year. So, new springs, oil, seals and bushes to go into a second set of fork legs I managed to source.
So, not much to do before I can start using it properly again.