Coming back to the fold - track conversion NC23 + road NC35
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Re: Coming back to the fold - track conversion NC23
Fancy utilising my bike trailer and doing a fair whack of track days next year then mate?
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Re: Coming back to the fold - track conversion NC23
Timon wrote:Watching

Cheers bud, after your quality of bikes that's a real complimentDrunkn Munky wrote:This is gunna be a stonking NC23

YES!!!! Hoping to get loads booked :) Sharing the use of your trailer would be great, would obviously split costs and stuff :Dalexwitham wrote:Fancy utilising my bike trailer and doing a fair whack of track days next year then mate?
Planning on getting some bodywork sorted this month if possible, if not get it running again :)
'89 CBR400RRJ and '91 VFR400R NC30 project
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Neosophist - The NC30 doesn't go very well when it's on fire
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Re: Coming back to the fold - track conversion NC23
And on Monday this is gonna have a new friend lol :D


'89 CBR400RRJ and '91 VFR400R NC30 project
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Neosophist - The NC30 doesn't go very well when it's on fire
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Re: Coming back to the fold - track conversion NC23
Leaving in an hour to collect it :D
'89 CBR400RRJ and '91 VFR400R NC30 project
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Neosophist - The NC30 doesn't go very well when it's on fire
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Re: Coming back to the fold - track conversion NC23
On the way home
460 round trip!



'89 CBR400RRJ and '91 VFR400R NC30 project
Neosophist - The NC30 doesn't go very well when it's on fire
Neosophist - The NC30 doesn't go very well when it's on fire
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Re: Coming back to the fold - track conversion NC23
Nice one sam 

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Re: Coming back to the fold - track conversion NC23
What's your plan for this one mate? Keeping it as it is or a few nice mods to it?
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Re: Coming back to the fold - track conversion NC23
VFRkieran wrote:What's your plan for this one mate? Keeping it as it is



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Re: Coming back to the fold - track conversion NC23
40 minutesDrunkn Munky wrote:VFRkieran wrote:What's your plan for this one mate? Keeping it as it is![]()
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I give him a week

It needs work, got it for 1500 but bought 100 quids worth of odds and ends to go with it. 33,000km, Been stood 5 years but fires on the button :D
'89 CBR400RRJ and '91 VFR400R NC30 project
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Re: Coming back to the fold - track conversion NC23
Started playing with a few bits today, so figured out whats going on. The bike does have all OEM panels, but at some point it was struck from behind, breaking the tail unit, this was repaired I assume with a woven mat race panel as the curves are spot on, but half of the left panel is a pattern attached to the OEM one. They were fibreglassed and riveted together, I have already saved the joiner piece and may yet save the right hand side, but the left is scrap (unless anyone needs to cut the back off to repair another panel?)
The subframe is undecided, the rear loop is bent, but the main frame is square, so may bend back, but the undertray has been destroyed and a new bracket for the numberplate has been welded on, again I may be able to work some magic and save it.
The exhaust appears to be a mismatch of Ethos half system pipes up with a full system Y pipe :/ it ideally needs changing as its a little loose, but will do for now, might get GF link pipes and have shotgun pipes.
Aside from that nothing really out of the ordinary :)
The subframe is undecided, the rear loop is bent, but the main frame is square, so may bend back, but the undertray has been destroyed and a new bracket for the numberplate has been welded on, again I may be able to work some magic and save it.
The exhaust appears to be a mismatch of Ethos half system pipes up with a full system Y pipe :/ it ideally needs changing as its a little loose, but will do for now, might get GF link pipes and have shotgun pipes.
Aside from that nothing really out of the ordinary :)
'89 CBR400RRJ and '91 VFR400R NC30 project
Neosophist - The NC30 doesn't go very well when it's on fire
Neosophist - The NC30 doesn't go very well when it's on fire