Yesterday

All our trouble seemed so far away... Well not quite.
Finally we had time to do some modifications on Sander's motorbike. The welder is still fitting the pannierracks to Marianne's bike, so that one will have to wait a little longer.
We started the day by removing the Touratech pannierrack from Sander's 1150 GS, as it was sold to a club member and he was coming to pick it up.
After that Sander started working on the handlebars. Removing the old one wasn't really a problem, but fitting the new ones was a little tougher. Just as the new Renthal bar was clamped down, Michael arrived to pick up his 'new' Zega cases.
We started by removing the original luggage carriers from his bike. But as the bolts had never been removed and had been out in the elements, one of the Allen bolts failed. At first we tried to remove it using quite an array of tools. But finally we had to drill the head off. After which we used a pair of pliers to ruin the thread. Just as the damage was done, Sander thought of putting two bolts on the thread, lock them together and use a pair of spanners to remove the stud.
Next we had to hacksaw the damaged thread off the stud. Putting the two bolts on was kinda fiddly, but once we succeeded removing the remaining bolt end from the frame was like a breeze.
Fitting the Sondersystem pannierracks to the bike, also was a bit challenging, as Michael had an aftermarket exhaust on his bike and the original long flashers. But we managed. After that job was done; Sander could continue his work on the handlebars, which included filing down some notches in the original controls and removing the end of the throttle control. There still is an issue with the throttle response we will have to fix.
Meanwhile Marianne removed the front fender and tried to mount the Pivot Pegz to the bike. But when mounting the leftside peg to the bike, we discovered someone probably dropped the bike as the bolt had been deformed and also the peg is facing forward in a funny angle. Luckily a member of the Transalp club, has a used footpeg mount that we will pick up next wednesday.
2 B Continued...