Long time between posts this is for me. It's been killing me but I've been off the road the last 5 months with bike in pieces in garage. I missed the national Rally, I've missed RTE's, I've missed my daily commute!
What happened was back in October 2014 I decided to finally rid my 94 ST1100 of it's small, but persistent coolant leak. I'd already had the radiator "fixed" of it's small leak 6 months earlier, but it had returned in the same place. Fixes are not as good as replacements.
However I also discovered a new leak, the fun one that means removing carbs to check top hoses. So some time around the second week of October 14, I did just that. Removed fuel tank, removed carbs, only to find hoses in very good condition, and no leak up that way.
Bugger. So the water pump must be it

I removed radiator, and front engine covers and whilst looking at the timing belt and cam pulley's decided that to proceed, I'll order parts before proceeding. It was a job I wanted to tackle beginning to end, not wanting to tempt fate with the bikes timing etc.
With great timing Shaun was wrecking his ST, so I was able to procure a new used radiator. Yippee. Only problem getting it to me was distance. I live near Toowoomba, Shaun in Sydney.
My sister in law - SIL (short for Silly) lives in Sydney and she agreed to pick it up and post it to me. However SIL needed bugging every second day to do so, and about 3 weeks later finally grabbed the radiator off Shaun.
Step one complete.
Now all I needed SIL to do was take 10 minutes to post it to me. Easy....so I thought. Unfortunately Brother in Law BIL (short for Billy) had a grander idea, he'll send it through work to save me the $25 in postage (which I was quite willing to pay) and get it up to me straight away.
What happened though is it sat in the boot of his car for the next 4 months! Never rely on a SIL'y BIL'y

Meanwhile I had all parts (except radiator) on my workbench waiting installation. Being such a large job, I held off week to week hoping said radiator would arrive so I could delve into it over one full weekend. No such luck.
Anyway, fast forward these 4 months, It's now Easter 2015, I have radiator and I'm about to attempt water pump removal, including timing belt. All of which is a new adventure for me.
What can go wrong
