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    Jul 18, 2018 4 minutes
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    LAST ISSUE I ‘PROMISED’ I’d have the 1987 GSX-R1100 firing like a beast but life got in the way and it’s not. But it’s close. Real close.

    A caravan road trip got in the way of getting things finalised this month but I did get a number of things done, which took up more than a few hours of toil.

    Last issue I’d pulled apart the brake calipers, which was a real mission as they had been sitting for some time. Moving parts do not like inaction, especially when you allow the lubricating bits to go off

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