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Protection
I’ve added engine covers (GB Racing), frame sliders (R&G) and fork protectors (R&G). I already had R&G rear spindle bobbins for my paddock stand.
Funny Story
I’m not a total idiot when it comes to mechanics, but software is my thing and I don’t really have much experience when it comes to working with “hardware”.
The instructions for the GB Racing covers say to tighten the bolts to 10nm. So I went ahead and bought a torque wrench to do this.
Thing is… I set the torque wrench to 20nm, thinking it was set to 10nm because I misread the lines on the side of the wrench . Thankfully ever single bolt tightened fine… except the last, which snapped in half inside the hole hahaha.
After calming down from the bout of panic I had, I called FWR Tyres who are just 5 mins down the road from me who, firstly, assured me that they could sort it and then proceeded to tell me I was a wally for using a 3/8 Inch torque wrench with something as low as 10nm force hahahah. He (Matt) said that he usually does anything under 15nm by hand… LESSON LEARNED.
I’ll be posting a praise thread for FWR later because Matt was absolutely fantastic right from the first phone call through to me popping down there. Can’t speak highly enough of my experience with them.
New bolts ordered from GB Racing so all should be sorted soon.