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Yes indeed just a five minute job, replacing a damaged OE can on the ZZR1400 with a new to me one of the bay of E. Idiot son-in-law of my brother in law, thew a block of wood across the workshop and it landed full on my RH exhaust can so a bit of eBaying later a really nice pair of OE cans were sourced for£70 they're like new, what could possibly go wrong... all bolts and fixings came undone no problem but would it part with the collector no sir-ee, its a heavy brute of a thing and single handed its hard to manouver I ended up wellying the bracket with a big lump of wood after what seemed hours of fecking about I reached for the paint stripper hot air gun and heated it up. Lots more overzealous wiggling and It eventually came off and the reason it wouldn't slip off plain to see


I got to thinking that Savio had been at it and we knowwhat happens there anyhow off it came






New ones lovely

Nice to see a bolster chisel being used to repair a motorcycle.

Lutin wrote: Thu Mar 19, 2020 5:56 pm Nice to see a bolster chisel being used to repair a motorcycle.

And 3 hammers

Lutin wrote: Thu Mar 19, 2020 5:56 pm Nice to see a bolster chisel being used to repair a motorcycle.

The flanges on the old pipe needed to be eased off the ceramic stuck gasket bolster worked well

I consider that "just" is a four letter word.

deffo was a four letter word I chose some others too

Ahh.... Sir has one of those....

Yorick wrote: Thu Mar 19, 2020 7:22 pm

Lutin wrote: Thu Mar 19, 2020 5:56 pm Nice to see a bolster chisel being used to repair a motorcycle.

And 3 hammers

The Victorians managed most things with a suitable selection of hammers.

Hammerfication is a subtle craft.

Well done that man!!

Heated grips alert, How many hammer will be required this time Place bets....

Yorick wrote: Thu Mar 19, 2020 7:22 pm

Lutin wrote: Thu Mar 19, 2020 5:56 pm Nice to see a bolster chisel being used to repair a motorcycle.

And 3 hammers

2 hammers and a mallet.

demographic wrote: Wed Apr 01, 2020 11:18 pm

Yorick wrote: Thu Mar 19, 2020 7:22 pm

Lutin wrote: Thu Mar 19, 2020 5:56 pm Nice to see a bolster chisel being used to repair a motorcycle.

And 3 hammers

2 hammers and a mallet.

Oooooh. Get her