CBR400RR NC29

 Sorting the scruffy Bumblebee I kind of liked the yellow CBR400RR but the bodywork was scruffy so I started looking for a replacement. I had a number of options open to me from repairing what I had, OEM replacements and aftermarket replacements of various qualities. As this bike was never intended to be a painting I didn't want to spend loads so out the window went any plans for Tyga performance bodywork or anything else expensive.  I'm not convinced yellow was ever a factory option so it looked like a colour change might be in order without faffing with paint. As it turned out the bike made the decision for me when its left mid fairing flew off into a field on the way to work. Funnily enough this is exactly what happened on the last CBR400 I ran but this time I didn't find the misbehaving panel. So my hand had been forced and now I'm fairing shopping a little harder. I had decided on some pattern Chinese bodywork like on the NSR250 MC28 . they are c...

If you need to get to part D then parts A.B&C also need to come off and now you can reach part E more easily. Sod it lets just do the alphabet whilst we are here! The CBR had shown that it really needed new tyres in a recent "moment" so the wheels needed to come off. Seeing as the wheels were going to be off I might as well get that powder coating done whilst I am there. The NSR250 MC28  also needed its wheels powder coating and some fresh shoes wouldn't be a bad idea either. Might as well get them done together eh? Tyres were bought off of eBay in the form of a set of Bridgestone battleaxe S20 EVO's for the NSR and Metzeler M3 front and M1 rear for the CBR. This cut the costs right back which was good as this was going to be a very expensive month for me. I took the bare wheels to Viking powder coating near Bardney Lincolnshire who did a fairly good job. At £50 a wheel I expected a touch better, but the price was still good and so far the coating ...