Comments on: Intarweb shopping woes

By: Gavin

Gavin — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 10:10:09 +0000

Voortrekker road, there’s about 10 bike shops along that road, but it’s a pretty damn long road. Otherwise Waterkant street in Cape Town has about 4 bike shops. Those are the two main groupings of bike shops, there’s more out in Belville\Parow\Brackenfel area but I’m not familiar with any of those. Suzuki South on Wynberg Main road, and Linex Yamaha on the other side of town by Viglietti’s. Most bike shops have offroad stuff.

By: Marlon

Marlon — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 09:39:04 +0000

where in cape town is there bike shops that are worthwhile?

i need offroad stuff, and apparently I’m not that familiar with cape town area.

By: Gavin

Gavin — Sat, 01 Oct 2005 12:06:24 +0000

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm… hmmmmm.

Well the problem with removing the fairing is that the lowers are 1 piece, i.e. it covers both sides of the bike and is joined at the bottom underneath, so it’s like a U shape, and it’s pretty tall (parts come all the way up to the tank), so the only way I can think of removing it is down (with the bike raised), or forward (with the front forks off).

But… I may be able to drill the fairing with it still on the bike, as long as I’m very careful and line up everything perfectly, as I’d have to drill it from the outside anyways (painted side) to get a smooth finish.

Do you have a 5cm hole saw? My sliders have a 2″ diameter, so a 5cm hole would be a good start, so I’d just have to file/cut a few more mm to get them nice and flush.

By: Ross

Ross — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 14:01:03 +0000

In my garage is a lathe, a large drill press, a large electric hacksaw and enough tools to build almost anything.

Hole saw = yes!

Probably have all the tools required to remove a fairing.