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Posted: 13:39 - 25 Jul 2021 Post subject: |
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You should review your chain maintenance regime because it looks like it hasn't been greased since the last millenium. ____________________ a.k.a 'Geri'
132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good |
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Blah blah Scooby Slapper
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hellkat Super Spammer
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Posted: 21:30 - 25 Jul 2021 Post subject: |
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I managed to close the shed door in the back garden, in some misguided stable-door/horse-bolted kind of way, to protect what remains of the Super Tenere.
It seems that the senior consort asking me "What are you going to do today, then?" has a sort of gentle motivational force upon my conscience: if a 71-year-old man with a gammy knee can do medium-to-heavy gardening things, including growing vegetables, farting around with power tools in sheds, building waterfalls, etc., then what the fuck am I doing sitting on my fat arse indoors?
Anyway, it turns out, a back wheel* has been jamming the door open, which is why I couldn't close it before - but I hadn't been brave enough to stick my head into the shed to investigate before now (because spiders/hair). But I was heavily protected against garden greeblies, so I shoved my shoulders into the shed, moved an old half a sofa cushion, heaved the wheel up on top of the sofa cushion and with a little effort, wiggled the doors closed.
Shortly after that, it pissed down cats & dogs, thunderbolts & lightning, galileo/figaro, etc ... so I scarpered indoors feeling a little more valid.
*even in my complete ignorance, I can tell it's a back wheel because it has a sprocket, an extremely rusted sprocket, in the middle of it. I'm considering bringing it indoors and seeing how much of it I can un-rust.
But that will require considerably more organised-ness inside planet hellkat. ____________________ Not nearly as interesting in real life. |
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Zen Dog World Chat Champion
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Posted: 11:51 - 26 Jul 2021 Post subject: |
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Fitted some sintered pads and flushed and bled the front brake circuit on the VFR800. Still feels squidgy at a standstill (I think due to the weird linked brakes setup), but works much better on the move.
Also fitted some 20mm risers, no real hassle, no noticeable stress on the various dangly bits, doesn't foul the fairings, and makes a small positive improvement to the riding position. ____________________ Current - '94 VFR750FR, '00 VFR800FI Previous - '10 Street Triple R, '92 MZ ETZ301, '05 TTR250, NSR125R, KMX125, "Honda" Win (chinese copy of an old Honda design with a C90 engine)
My bike trip around S.E. Asia 2010/2011 |
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Posted: 15:47 - 26 Jul 2021 Post subject: |
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So on the new/old C90; fitted a genuine headlight bulb (rather than the "upgraded" one a previous owner fitted which has more watts but a hopeless beam pattern), changed the oil, fitted a +1T front sprocket for slightly less revs, fitted an iridium spark plug and cleaned/lubed the chain. That schedule will be an awful lot more time consuming on the viffer, but was under 2 hour's work on the C90. ____________________ TG. |
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trevor saxe-coburg-gotha World Chat Champion
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ACF50 / snake oil time on the C90. Fairings and seat off, tyres and control points wrapped in plastic then the whole thing drenched in the stuff. Wiped down with a MF cloth afterwards. The bike isn't intending to be ridden in rubbish weather, but you can't always plan these things and they're not exactly known for longevity when they get wet. Going into the garage this morning the smell of ACF50 was heavenly. ____________________ TG. |
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Posted: 14:27 - 31 Jul 2021 Post subject: |
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Fitted a Givi Monorack. ____________________ Chances are quite high you are not in my Monkeysphere, and I don't care about you. Don't take it personally.
Currently : Royal Enfield 350 Meteor
Previously : CB100N > CB250RS > XJ900F > GT550 > GPZ750R/1000RX > AJS M16 > R100RT > Bullet 500 > CB500 > LS650P > Bullet Electra X & YBR125 > Bullet 350 "Superstar" & YBR125 Custom > Royal Enfield Classic 500 Despatch Limited Edition (28 of 200) & CB Two-Fifty Nighthawk > ER5 |
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Posted: 18:07 - 31 Jul 2021 Post subject: |
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Installed an original indicator set for the rear. They look much better now
I would like to replace the front ones as well, but they are hard to find. ____________________ Honda NSR 125R (1999) |
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Set the front and rear suspension back to factory settings ahead of tweaking it to what i prefer. Whatever it had been set to was definitely NOT factory and the adjusters on the front forks were not equally set either side. I counted the turns back to zero and they were different each side
Next thing to measure is static sag / rider sag and go from there. ____________________ Module 1 and 2 passed - October 2014. Happy owner of a 2017 Z1000SX, ex owner of a YBR125 / CB500 / VFR800. |
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Bonnie failed the MoT. Rear brake pads worn, oh really?
https://i.imgur.com/0V78pa9.jpg?1
Ah. Okay, I'll give you that one! ____________________ Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter |
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to v or not to v World Chat Champion
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to v or not to v wrote: | Easy-X wrote: | Bonnie failed the MoT. Rear brake pads worn, oh really?
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It's my father-in-law's bike, if he'd mentioned it I would have offered to check it over. Then again I do have to work for a living There's a few other bits that need doing on it but I'll get to that when the parts turn up.
They seem like straightforward bikes to work on, the modern Triumphs, I don't know how they compare to the old ones? ____________________ Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 2 years, 258 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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