RIZLA,S RIDE

[RIZLA750]

Hi chaps, i posted on the old org on how i came by my bike, but as this is a new forum, like all good stories, i,ll start at the beggining,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
my bike was bought from new by adrian jones, from brum. sadly last year he died after a short battle with cancer. i was with his close family in the hospice when adrian passed away.
after a month or so gav and jem, his son and daughter asked if i was interested in his 14 as they knew i had bikes in the past.and wanted the bike to stay in the family.
ide only ridden sports bikes and had allways liked 14,s. so after a chat with the missus a deal was done.
the bike came fairly standard, heated grips, givi top box, hugger, alarm, screen and custom seat.
i havnt got any pics with the bike as it came but it wasnt long before some tastefull mods were fitted.

[gsxbarmy]

SO do you have some later pictures Andi, or pictures of Work in Progress if you are adding mods perhaps?

[seth]

top bike
how do you get it to float like that without a stand 
i have a red/black k5 for my second bike sometimes its nice to go back to standards 14  every now and then .
so relaxing to ride .

[RIZLA750]

I do have pics of the stuff I've done, and plan to do a build thread.but I was on nights last night and I am still a bit sleepy
Pics and details to come.

[RIZLA750]

The first thing i did was fit renthals as the standard bars felt a bit too tall, also new black mirrors and bar clamp. new grips and "bullet" bar ends.

[Mrg]

nice ride and welcome 

ive got the same mirrors as you have  how do you find them

[seth]

i bet the same as you do 
1 at each end of the bars 

[Mrg]

bugger off seth 

[seth]

couldn't resist that one 

[gsxbarmy]

 

[Mrg]

i am not going to bite nope 

[RIZLA750]

as with other bikes ive had, i allways seem to try for 7th gear
so whilst i was in ibiza last august, tomohawk was busy fitting his digi gear shift magic to my dials and were waiting for me when i got back.
same time painted the headlight brackets as the laquer was pitting in places as were the fork bottoms.
the swingarm and rear footpeg brackets went off for powdercoating, whist footpegs and half front rests were painted/polished

[RIZLA750]

nice ride and welcome 

ive got the same mirrors as you have  how do you find them

so far iam happy with them, dont rattle and havnt moved, good price as well

[RIZLA750]

next thing was to remove headers and collector to get to the engine for a bloody good clean, yup one bolt  sheared  , drilled and stainless studs fitted.collector box was all rusty and a couple of pipes had dinks on the underside soooooooooo i really had to fit new black widow headers and collectors and would have been rude not to fit the yoshi tri oval can i just had sitting in the garage.
rear springs and engine casings went off for powdercoating and just had to scratch the itch of wanting the sidestand chroming

[RIZLA750]

another pic