Quote from: Ronr on August 11, 2008, 07:19:50 AM
Thanks guys, he sounds like he will be perfect!  Maybe he can trick them up for me a bit while he has them apart.

I'm leaving town for the week so probably won't know anything for a bit but I'll post up when I find something out.

Thanks again!!

i'm in "suspense"......

Bad news and good news....

Took my old forks at lunch today to Piper Performance Racing in North Richland Hills for inspection.  Not a lot of rust speckles, but enough that the spots will continue to erupt, and abrade the seals.  Forks are toast. 

They called a parts place (chop shop??  ) down the road, and they have a pair of the exact forks I need in stock!!  Checked 'em out, chrome looks good, took them back to Piper for rebuild and some proper springs.  Should be ready in a couple weeks! 

And now, recommendations.....

Piper Performance gave me a tour of the shop.  Big and very clean.  He is a Race Tech suspension builder, and a Dyno Jet dealer with a nice looking dyno setup.  Might be a good alternative to Jim Sabin if he's busy or too far away (westies).  He even does Harley work, not that there's anything wrong with that.  Or is there....  He's an expert CMRA racer when he has time, and does sport bikes, race bikes and dirt bikes.  He has a flow bench (for head work) and does quite a bit of machining and MIG and TIG welding.  They were super helpful checking Honda prices for me and calling the parts place for me while I waited.  Very impressed with their service so far.

Richland Motorcycle Salvage is down the road in Richland Hills.  Huge storage area with tons o' parts.  My forks were $375 and looked really nice.  Maybe they can help me get my old ZX-6R going again?!?!  Piper had good things to say about them, that they back up their stuff.  Definitely worth a call if you need some parts.  Didn't think to ask about Duc parts.

Now, I just need to flush out my carbs again, get Randy to seal the inside of my formerly really rusty gas tank, and I may be on the road again!  Will be nice to have a functional backup bike when I get another Duc someday!

good times...

pregnant dogin dude....i'm stoked to see it running man   

Quote from: McKraut on August 19, 2008, 07:28:36 PM
pregnant dogin dude....i'm stoked to see it running man   

Thanks.  You don't know how painful it is driving my air conditioned truck to happy hour, with you guys all on your bad rides sitting there with stinky helmets and sweaty leather jackets.

Outstanding report! Glad to hear it. Sounds pretty much like the positive feedback I got from the High Five guys. Good to hear that this is working out. Boy do I have some relics in storage that could use some restoration magic... can you say original '86 GSXR750? Some day, maybe? [moto]

You need to have an open house someday!  [moto]

Quote from: Ronr on August 19, 2008, 08:37:30 PM
You need to have an open house someday!  [moto]

what happened to your 1098?

old CBR900RR are my favorite 90s Superbikes i remeber when they first came out in 92 people went crazy, lightweight and superfast compared to FZR1000, GSXR1100 and ZX11...

1098 was totaled and picked up a couple weeks ago by insurance company.  Pretty pumped about riding the old RR again, very fun bike.

Quote from: Ronr on August 20, 2008, 06:33:29 AM
1098 was totaled and picked up a couple weeks ago by insurance company.  Pretty pumped about riding the old RR again, very fun bike.

That thing is sweet Ron! One of my favorite old rides as well.

Thx man 

Just like old people old bikes can be an absolute hoot. You forget with the passing of time and with newer bikes coming along how cool some of the older bikes still are. With the gas crunch and the economy not being too spiffy I bet you start seeing a lot of older, forgotten bikes dragged out of the garage and into the shop for a re-do. I know the guys at Action Suzuki/Kawasaki have seen quite a few in the last 6 months or so. Can't get Momma to approve a new scoot but she won't say no to resurrecting old faithful. Happened to the Dad of one of Colin's baseball teamates. He talked to me about borrowing my trailer for 2-3 years to get his old Triumph into the Plano shop for tire, carb clean, battery, etc. Finally did it this May. [moto]

So super duke hooked me up with a company that will fit me with the right springs to accomodate my f-350 ass and I was wondering who I needed to see about installing them.  So, who can install new springs on a 1098s?   Is piper performance my only option, or do we have a suitable "in house" mechanic?

Quote from: fastwin on August 20, 2008, 08:10:37 AM
Just like old people old bikes can be an absolute hoot. You forget with the passing of time and with newer bikes coming along how cool some of the older bikes still are. With the gas crunch and the economy not being too spiffy I bet you start seeing a lot of older, forgotten bikes dragged out of the garage and into the shop for a re-do. I know the guys at Action Suzuki/Kawasaki have seen quite a few in the last 6 months or so. Can't get Momma to approve a new scoot but she won't say no to resurrecting old faithful. Happened to the Dad of one of Colin's baseball teamates. He talked to me about borrowing my trailer for 2-3 years to get his old Triumph into the Plano shop for tire, carb clean, battery, etc. Finally did it this May. [moto]

I love the look of the old bikes...never ridden one though.  I get excited when I see one on the road.  I really enjoyed the photos of the older bikes on the photo thread.  I was hoping to see more pix.  You guys should post up.  I grew up going to car shows with my dad, never bikes though.  

Quote from: Bonwilder on August 20, 2008, 08:17:07 AM
I love the look of the old bikes...never ridden one though.  I get excited when I see one on the road.  I really enjoyed the photos of the older bikes on the photo thread.  I was hoping to see more pix.  You guys should post up.  I grew up going to car shows with my dad, never bikes though.  

I was wanting to see more pics too, but I came to the realization that until they make cameras and computers that are "old people" friendly, we probably won't see any old bikes