New rear wheel bearings fitted

This morning myself and a friend stripped the back wheel/drive assy off the vfr and fitted new wheel and drive sprocket bearings. It took about 3 hours i guess and was surprisingly a very simply task. I was lucky that nothing was seized and all the bolts had previously been greased. So the old girl is riding like a treat again. O and i forgot to record the wheel bearing job so no video to help you, but you can always message me and i will try to help with instructions.

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This Sunday

Have to fit new rear wheel bearings to the vfr. Not bad really that they have lasted 80K miles. Hope to fit my camera to my cap so i can record the event to help others with this job. Will post it to youtube when done.

Avon tyre update

Have just had a call from the tyre supplier and was told that Avon have inspected the tyre and as the usage is so low that they will send a new tyre FOC to me. They didn't offcause admit to any fault with the first tyre but thats what i kind of suspected would happern. So thanks Avon for not just b s ing me around.

Forks Refitted

I got the fork sliders back from the powder coaters on Friday evening so they were dropped of at Essex Honda motorcycle shop for the rebuild on Saturday morning. They were finished at the end of the day so i ran home to fit them. Wow its nice to ride a bike again after these weeks of it. I went for a ride with the EAMG full members on Sunday and really got back into the grove again. Still no news on Avon front tyre, i can assure you i wont be buying any Avon tyres in the future if this is the normal wait for returns. Im sure that wont break there hearts to here but its still four tyres a year they wont be selling.

Avon trye update

Well having called the tyre supplier to ask for an update they say that there is no news yet. so Avon have had the tyre for about 3 weeks now and haven't come to a conclusion. It makes me think they either hope i will simply forget all about it or they have an lot of faulty tyres to test. so i am awaiting a return call from the supplier or Avon soon. On a different point the newly powder coated fork lowers should be ready for collection in the next couple of days so i can get the front end back on my bike and use it again. Hooray i've missed a load of good weather and rides out with the club already and its starting to get me down a bit.