Mark

Just dicovered this thread and what an awsome read. i always thought No9 was so named as it was your 9th NC30 lol.

That track day back in 2006 was Soooo cooool. Camping, beers, BBQs and sunshine all weekend (Do you remeber Tim (IFTNFS) tinkering with his bike in the padock then riding of without refitting the oil filler cap and filling his boot up with fresh oil - Oh how we laughed )

Keep the updates comming mate as this is going to become a must read thread.

Long live No9

quality thread mate love the colure sceame f number 9

@ Ian - aye, This was my first ever motorbike..and will be my last too, I am sure.

That Cadwell sessions was amazing. We need another one to get the guys together, get some on track, get some camping and a good crack. I saw Tim not long back - he is a top chap, one of a kind.

So - snow outside.might be getting into the garage, strip the side cases and see if I can get the clutch and genny off without going to buy a rattle gun. (which I want anyways) Will clean that up and go from there.

The bike deserves a wee pic, I'll get one..you can see how sad it feels in the garage right now!

It must be cold all alone in the garage, go give it some loving my man

It must be cold all alone in the garage, go give it some loving my man

Right then..seeing as we have a TD to be getting ready for I want some advice, bits and bobs..lol

1: I need to remove the clutch and genny out my dead engine - it is on the bench. Am I going to have to use something very hard and nasty to lock the clutch up so I can undo the nut? Same for the genny?

Any advice about removing these without the rest of the bike being attached?

Second - I want some rearsets to either buy, for cheap, or borrow for the TD! Std ones are gay and drag too much.

Third - Anyone want to buy the Mille so I can have some room in my garage?

A proper tool for the genny makes it dead easy to remove on the bench, Timon made one a while back and it works a treat, it will require some welding skills though. I was going to do the same for the clutch by welding a bar to a old clutch plate, its a ballache having to have the engine in situ for this if you dont have the tools although i seem to remember doing a clutch in the past by jamming a tie down strap in the cogs

I have the GSXR genny* in there...so I should be just winding the jobby off the taper??

*Which is why I want it out!

Removed the clutch from my spare RVF engine by jamming the gear with a piece of rag to get the nut off, wasnt ideal tbh but worked ok, havent tried anything with the alternator yet though.

I'll be getting some jamming done then!! Thanks dude..

Will need to clear me some room in the garage but as I am on a half day at work, I'll be rolling at 1300!!