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bamt
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PostPosted: 22:50 - 16 Feb 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

Fizzer Thou wrote:

The original front pads on my R1 have done 35,250 miles and there is still some life left in them.I have some brand new Ferodo sintered pads waiting to go in Thumbs Up


The front pads on my old Divvy 900 did about 55,000 miles in my ownership (never changed them). No idea what they were, or how long they'd been in when I got it, but they did work. I'm getting less than half of that on the Pan Sad
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PostPosted: 16:42 - 18 Feb 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

Took these off. Plates are bent from at least 1 PO crash. Indicators were as bright as the Remploy Allstars quizteam, and headlamp alignment was about 3 feet above the left hand kerb.
https://i.imgur.com/Aq8rejWl.jpg


New brackets and LED indicators I had kicking around. Weirdly, the flasher unit is blinking these at a normal rate without fiddling. Rears are LED as well, but were bulb.
https://i.imgur.com/0eJp1wUl.jpg

It now looks like this.
https://i.imgur.com/KgdomHpl.jpg

Ordered front brake switch - existing one has the odd moment where it won't play ball.
Touched up the odd spot of metal showing through.
Lubed ball joints on shift linkage, it now finds neutral without a fight.
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PostPosted: 22:03 - 18 Feb 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bogeyman wrote:
Tightend the chain.

Tightend the clutch cable.

Checked the tyre pressure.

Fuelled it up.

Promised her she would get a jet wash/polish/service next month just in time for the weekend warriors crawling out of the woodwork as she loves owning weekend warriors. Twisted Evil

Pussies. Middle Finger


By all accounts you're slow as fuck apart from speeding on the motorway *yawn* so i can't see you doing much owning...
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PostPosted: 22:50 - 18 Feb 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nearly dead, smelly and no one wants to be around. Dang, you are right.

That, or hes really good at camping at the back taking pot shots...
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PostPosted: 22:58 - 18 Feb 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

Unstuck the rear brake on the racebike, 10 minute job.

Changed the rear pads on the Nazi Tractor (20,400 miles from new since we're keeping track). Several hour job thanks to Herr BMW using one of those verdammt calipers that requires the axle and wheel to come out (gotta earn them workshop fees). Worse, it's a hollow axle so I had to apply the minimum amount of tippy-tappy drifting to shift it, and it took ages to come clear.

I did have a moment of inspiration when putting it back together for that awkward Billy No Mates Lone Wolf job of getting the wheel lined up with the swinging arm: suspend it from the seat with a rope. The grab rail even functioned as a handy point for throwing some turns around. Bonus, it can be swung clear to finesse the spacers into place then will swing naturally back to the correct position. Very pleased with the success of that technique, I wish I'd Thot of it sooner.
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PostPosted: 23:29 - 18 Feb 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

Fitted the new pads + seals to Striple, front and rear. Adjusted chain.

https://i.imgur.com/xjnkj1k.jpg


https://i.imgur.com/JYxBDvj.jpg


Made several cockups including, hours hunting air at the front. Lever still more spongy than I'd like (left bungeed overnight).

TuneECU not operating the ABS solenoid, so not a "full" bleed.

Putting front wheel on backwards...

Faffing trying to get the rear wheel, caliper and spacers to line up correctly (as all are connect to axle) without something jumping ship.
Lots of grease holding things in place, block of wood to get the right height. But in the end, it was simply inappropriate technique, due to brembo caliper slotting into swingarm.

Last time I must have fluked it Smile
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PostPosted: 09:49 - 19 Feb 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

Pigeon wrote:
Faffing trying to get the rear wheel, caliper and spacers to line up correctly (as all are connect to axle) without something jumping ship.
Lots of grease holding things in place, block of wood to get the right height.

Yup, my least favouritest part of a solo de-wheeling. I usually wedge from the bottom, but try dangling from the top, it'll change your life. Or at least reduce the swearing down to mildly-wounded-pirate.
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PostPosted: 10:16 - 19 Feb 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

Shaft drive FTW Smile On both the Divvy 900 and the Pan the rear is dead easy - lift the wheel up, slide it across onto the shaft drive and it'll sit there whilst you mess around with the axle, spacers and rear brake.

It is somewhat irritating that on the Pan you are about 10mm short of space to slide the rear axle out with displacing the right hand side exhaust can upwards or off - I know some people just put a dent into the bottom of the can so the axle can clear it without breaking the seal onto the downpipes.
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PostPosted: 21:56 - 19 Feb 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

Installed some tasty Gilles rearsets on my track bike:
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PostPosted: 23:14 - 19 Feb 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

CB250

Adjusted and lubed chain

Checked and topped up oil

Adjusted rear brake backwards 3 half turns
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PostPosted: 00:49 - 20 Feb 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

XR250R - New front tyre + tube, stripped caliper.

As ever, took my sweet time due to the usual mix of ignorance, incompetence and where the feck did I put that whatsaname.


New seals (usually pistons are hollow, but these had a metal cap on them).

https://i.imgur.com/AjrRNdH.jpg



Rimlock had me confused for a bit, but will know for next time.

https://i.imgur.com/SaQddOZ.jpg



Old vs New tyre. About 2,000 miles on tarmac and maybe 100 on dirt. Will try and do a few more in the mud this year.

https://i.imgur.com/suH3K2W.jpg



Caliper was being a prick. Airlock in the system somewhere, but banging and shaking wasn't working. Fluid was not coming out the bleeder.
So tried reverse bleeding. The last time I did this on my Tokico shod SV, I blasted my face and garage with brake fluid, but very little ended up in the system.
This time it worked really well, very quick, 10 seconds, job done. Thumbs Up


Then used the suction of the syringe to bleed the traditional method. Worked very well. But to double check, rigged up the normal bleed kit + non-return valve. All good, no bubbles, firm lever. Ran a reservoirs worth through. Pumped the pistons out and back again several times before putting pads in.

https://i.imgur.com/esQpD82.jpg



Happy.

https://i.imgur.com/eUI8YKq.jpg


EDIT:
Been checking wheel bearings on my two bikes (so far 3/4 wheels) given the wheels have been off. So far all good too.
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PostPosted: 09:42 - 21 Feb 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

Got my rod stuck in my muff and it went all stiff.

OK, point to the "muffs be hazardous" massive there. A floppy section of my muff got dragged into the clutch assembly on the bars and the clutch wouldn't quite fully disengage. The bike was ridable but was slipping and over-revving when accelerating.

Disconcerting, but a 30 second fix when I stopped to sort it out. Bit of a freak occurrence and only possible with the particular style that I'm using on the Tractor.
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PostPosted: 15:13 - 22 Feb 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

Learnt a lesson about fork seals today.

I have a few jobs that I want to do to my Hornet but the only 'must do' for the MOT was a weeping fork seal.

The seal/bush kit I bought a few days ago came with a little scraper tool designed to clear dirt from under the seal to allow it to work properly. A quick scrape beneath the seal and it's now perfect.

Rode the bike round to the MOT place and it passed with no issues. The other jobs can all wait until the weather's a bit warmer or the electrician has finished in my workshop.

Happy to have my 'bike ready to use again.
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PostPosted: 16:30 - 22 Feb 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

LAst night I managed to get all bar one side of the body work back on. (need to swap starter relay) Wired in the new phone holder.

Over the last month, ive rebuilt forks, all calipers, painted bits, new clutch slave, oil changes including all fluids for brake and clutch. steam cleaned engine and a host of other things to get all good for this years mot and ireland trip!
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PostPosted: 13:59 - 25 Feb 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

fitted heated grips to my own bike, first time ever had them on one of my own bikes in 32+ year of riding, have ridden other bikes with them on but this is the first time I've ever had them on one of my own, getting old!
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PostPosted: 15:25 - 25 Feb 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

Tackled exhaust - Outer skin totally eaten through. Inner skin largely gone. To date it was only held on by hopes and dreams, aluminium shims, wrap and Mikalor clamps.

What I was facing. 6mm cap heads had corroded themselves to the flange over the 15yrs they've been on. Not budging, even with nuts welded onto them and a breaker bar. This is after I started to chisel out the corrosion.
https://i.imgur.com/V8Hb6Eel.jpg

Got one to move with locking pliers.
https://i.imgur.com/Zq51sPql.jpg

3.5 Hrs after starting this... the fucker is off.
https://i.imgur.com/3U573jul.jpg

To discover the spunkgobblers had "Guessed it would fit". Refund issued.
https://i.imgur.com/Y8UVDQAl.jpg

Bastids.
https://i.imgur.com/0qrRWZYl.jpg

Borrowing a mates bike until Flex joint and cheap can arrive. I'll bend this to be a bit better in work and bung them on.
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PostPosted: 19:38 - 25 Feb 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

@Thatdippytwat, when my CBF500 had the replacement downpipes my mechanic had the same problems.

Just getting the old downpipes off took about 3 hours and he managed to do it without snapping the studs which was my main worry.

The downpipes he had didn't fit either which is why I ended up with Honda downpipes.

In the end the job was done.
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ThatDippyTwat
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PostPosted: 20:36 - 25 Feb 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

Courier265 wrote:
@Thatdippytwat, when my CBF500 had the replacement downpipes my mechanic had the same problems.

Just getting the old downpipes off took about 3 hours and he managed to do it without snapping the studs which was my main worry.

The downpipes he had didn't fit either which is why I ended up with Honda downpipes.

In the end the job was done.


I waited until I got a decent screw extractor kit. Didn't need it, and ultimately in the same boat as I would be if I had snapped the studs.

The only OEM pipe I've found is in Korea and £750+ postage, which is about double what the bikes worth, so it's flex and a cheap can.
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PostPosted: 21:50 - 25 Feb 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

New rear tyre + tube, caliper strip + clean, new seals and bleed screw.

Rear tyre had life in it, but given the time of year and I'd done the front last week, decided now was as good a time as any.

https://i.imgur.com/g6M0Wt9.jpg



Plenty of road salt / crud in the grooves, seals were deformed in places.

https://i.imgur.com/HPdpbg3.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/f98KAza.jpg

Piston was pretty grim, caked on crud and rust. But green Scotch-Brite pad got it lovely and smoothe and did not mark the outside, but I don't have a pic of it.
Pin took a bit more effort and some wet/dry. Did scratch it, but its also very smooth compared to what it was.

As usual I fecked up a bit. Put the brake hose back on upside down, with the error not making itself known until I went to put the caliper cage back on and it wouldn't. So wheel out, caliper off, fluid out, start again. Bit faster the second time round though.

https://i.imgur.com/QqEMdvG.jpg


Bring on the snow!
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PostPosted: 17:47 - 01 Mar 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

Had fork seals and a service. Blew the dust off it from nekkid storage and then bolted it back together.

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PostPosted: 18:55 - 01 Mar 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ridiculous bodge job, in the snow after work last night, to get it sorted for work until the weekend when I can be less bodgy about it sorting it out.

Didn't fancy cutting stianless flex to length with a dremel in the snow, so it go slapped on as is. It works and doesn't leak.

https://i.imgur.com/bDeMBBQl.jpg

Chucked CO2 in totally flat tyre. No obvious leaks or objects, so likely some joker in work letting it down.
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PostPosted: 20:23 - 01 Mar 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

What the shitting fuckery is it?!?
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