Bigger cubes! Part of the reason for putting the GS550 on the road was to take things at a gentler pace. While the CBR600RR  is  amazing — ...

EBC Heavy Duty Springs. So after a few rides on the old 550, it soon became apparent there was a bit of clutch slip when used hard in high ...

From a parts bike, to potential mileage muncher. It was a little cheapie, bought unseen on eBay. My famed acquaintance Bryan picked it up f...

2000 Grit Wet & Dry After a good flatting with soapy water and the old P2000 grit, the paintwork was looking smooth and, well, dull. Ta...

While perusing the internet the other day for a  Paulo Tarozzi  fork brace I, quite luckily, happened across this place —  Fast From Th...

Amateur paint jobs. Because I just wanted the GS550 to look good enough to go back on the road without any fineries and, because I'm to...

Fitting what? Contact breakers, remember them? It appears that many of the younger mechanics coming through don't really know what poin...

Basics — why do we need clearance? In an ideal world, the combustion chamber in an engine would be completely airtight during the compressi...

A BIG thumbs up! I saw a CBR600 street fighter doing the rounds on one of the forums lately and, to be fair, it was a nice build. What real...

When you alter anything from standard... Inevitably something must change with it. The clutch cable was way too long since I've dropped...

Skeptical, or concerned? You will find different opinions on using engine flush from every mechanic out there. Some say never use it no ma...

Link Pipes Done. With the merge collector done, I needed to make the links to the reverse cone mega's. I decided to cut up loads of li...

Unskilled. Not my favourite job if I'm honest. I spent ten months prepping cars for paintwork a long time ago, but I think the very lit...

Funnily enough... grease dries out and goes hard after thirty years of getting mashed in a worm drive, but how do you get the speedo drive a...

As projects go... this one is dragging.  I've been doing too much other, altogether mundane, stuff rather than concentrating on the caf...

Never a bad day! Last time I was at Queensland Raceway I came off at turn four, but even that day turned out pretty good in the end. That w...

Back in the garage. Finally got some time to crack on with the wiring and battery box. It's been bugging me for a while because I wante...

Doing It The Old Fashioned Way. Because my brand new, fitted two years ago, gasket broke when removing the clutch cover, I needed a new one...

But it does pour a lot! The Easter break gave me a chance to not only procrastinate some more, but actually get a bit done on the GSX. I de...

Thank F... goodness For Seven-Fifties! They were all the rage in the '90's. World Superbikes kept them firmly in the minds of any p...