I am a little intimidated, apprehensive and excited with the work ahead but I am quietly determined to see this through. So over the last week and a half I have been reading up on NSR's and looking at the wealth of information available on various sites. From a quick look over the bike I have come up with a few things that I think I may have to look into:

* The front and rear brake callipers and brake pads - The callipers seems that they are seized or partially seized as I can't see any separation between the disk brake rotor and the brake pads. The brake pads will most likely also need replacing as well.

* The rear brake doesn't seem to activate the rear brake light. Maybe the switch is stuck or broken or something.

* The front forks - The front forks seem to have oil on them after they compressed and decompressed, when I held the front brake and pushed down the handlebars to test the front forks. I guess the front forks may need new fork oil, new fork oil seals and new fork dust seals. There is also a little rust on the upper section of the front forks near the steering stems top triple clamp.

* The rear shock absorber seems not to rebound at all. When I sat on the bike it just seemed to compress fully and do nothing else. If I stood up and put more pressure on the rear shock absorber, it seemed extremely soft and would compress all the way to it's limit and the rear of the bike would clunk down. The rear shock absorber seems to need a service.

* The front and rear tyres seem like they will also need to be replaced.

* The kickstand shut off doesn't work. Maybe it's faulty or has been removed. I didn't check to see which it was.

* The petrol tank has a little rust inside it and that will need to be removed.

* When I did a little test ride of the bike it seemed that it pulled to the left slightly. And the handling through turns was not good. It was as if you had to struggle with the bike to wrestle it through turns as it just wanted to keep turning and not return back to a neutral position after initiating the turn. I guess the steering stem bearings may need some looking at. I am not sure what else may need a look to correct this issue and would appreciate any advice.

I also took the bike into a local motorcycle repair shop after a little calling around and a recommendation from the guy who works on my four stroke Honda RVF400.

He added the following to the list of things that I need to look at...

* The front wheel right hand side rotor is warped and needs replacing.

* There is a petrol leak in the carburettors.

* The steering stem bearings are notched and in need of replacing.

The mechanic also confirmed my above list of things that I thought need work.

I guess any comments on the list of things above would be appreciated. I also thought I might ask what people think would be the best way to tackle the work at hand, that is listed above. I am especially interested in how to address that fuel leak in the carburettors that the mechanic mentioned.

If I find something else that might or does need work I guess I can add that to the thread in another post.


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