Hi all, New member here from UK.
Have a few bikes but my partners late husband had a 906 which had been stored for 14 years since he had a fatal accident on a TL 1000s. Thought it was time to give the old girl a freshen up and it's now on the road again
I have been looking at this forum for months and it has helped a great deal so thanx to all you experts here. The tyres were fine (but 14 years old) and after a change of belts and carb clean etc the bike went out for it's first trip in over a decade. Well what can I say...............lumpy, heavy, slow and loads more, but totaly thrilling and loads of that elusive thing called "character"
I grew up with bikes of this era but Im used to my GSXR 1000 and the likes now and it took a bit of getting used to.I have decided to go Colonial boys way with the 180/60 tyres, I've not spaced the chain out yet but have the rear spacer made and ready but have done a few hundred miles with the chain rubbing the tyre side, it don't seem to bad but a swap is imminent. The only other problem I found was with the chain......too short, so the tyre rubbed the swing arm, but an extra link makes it a bit slack. The problem was sorted with a "Half link" it's not ideal but works fine for the local runs we do and I won't strain it to much.
Steven (UKY)
