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hellkat
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PostPosted: 20:28 - 16 Jan 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote

Took the Snarley down to Billingshurst.
All the way down on the A24, nice little ride, even through town Cool
Didn't go up Box Hill on the way. Still never even been up there.

Had a nice roast dinner with some chaps.
Rode home like a demon before the light went, due to noticing that the front headlamp wasn't working Shocked
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PostPosted: 22:33 - 18 Jan 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote

Did a bit of rebuilding.
Got the newly K-tech valved forks fitted and the new K-tech shock as well.
Powder coated bits and bobs back on but one alloy cover warped with the heat so it’s slightly imperfect
It’ll need to be replaced or it’ll be all I see forever lol
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PostPosted: 23:16 - 18 Jan 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote

Broke out the tyre levers for the Triumph rear wheel. I can see why ppl build a jig for such things, two of us swearing at it for 5 mins Smile
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PostPosted: 00:37 - 19 Jan 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote

Easy-X wrote:
Broke out the tyre levers for the Triumph rear wheel. I can see why ppl build a jig for such things, two of us swearing at it for 5 mins Smile

Builds vocabulary. Cool
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PostPosted: 13:35 - 20 Jan 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote

MOT'd it

Advisories for rear bearings and front disc fluctuation.
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PostPosted: 18:52 - 20 Jan 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nobby the Bastard wrote:
... front disc fluctuation.



I take it, that it can be felt back through the brake lever can it?
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PostPosted: 18:57 - 20 Jan 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote

GettinBetter wrote:
Nobby the Bastard wrote:
... front disc fluctuation.



I take it, that it can be felt back through the brake lever can it?


No, its being picked up by the mechanics rolling road that it's tested on for the MOT....
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PostPosted: 19:47 - 20 Jan 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote

Offered up the rear wheel to the Triumph after getting it rebuilt. It's to the spec of 1 3/8" height difference between the rim and brake disk surface now, looks much better!

Once the tyre's refitted we might actually have it rolling next week Smile
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PostPosted: 19:03 - 22 Jan 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote

Packed my rear bag with all my tea making stuff, strapped my little table and a collapsible chair to the sissy rest and I'm all ready for a little jaunt tomorrow.

Even found a spare handlebar clamp to put my phone case on (then promptly broke it) shite plastic crap.

Gonna find a nice scenic spot for a brew Cool
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PostPosted: 00:01 - 23 Jan 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote

GettinBetter wrote:
Packed my rear bag with all my tea making stuff, strapped my little table and a collapsible chair to the sissy rest and I'm all ready for a little jaunt tomorrow.

Even found a spare handlebar clamp to put my phone case on (then promptly broke it) shite plastic crap.

Gonna find a nice scenic spot for a brew Cool


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PostPosted: 01:19 - 23 Jan 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote

The rear wheel is on the Triumph. You can now jump on it and make vroom vroom noises, very important psychologically Smile
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PostPosted: 11:48 - 23 Jan 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote

Easy-X wrote:
You can now jump on it and make vroom vroom noises, very important psychologically Smile


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PostPosted: 17:49 - 23 Jan 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: 11:45 - 25 Jan 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote

Working on ‘Project Scrappy Hyosung ‘
Working on freeing a very seized front brake.

Much restrained force needed Confused Sad .

It’s coming, slowly, I don’t like using to much force in case something breaks off suddenly Shocked .

Charging it’s battery and hopefully it will hold a charge?

EDIT: battery charger went phut! , need to go and buy a new one Evil or Very Mad .
Brake caliper now apart and so far not broken ?
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PostPosted: 16:35 - 26 Jan 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote

Went out on the Snarley to Epping Forest this morning, through light(ish) late-commuting traffic.

Just a little jaunt, about 10 miles, and mostly London dual carriageways.
But its nice to get out in brisk winter days, especially when its a weekday and you should be busy working hard at being serious Cool

Back home by lunchtime to a toasty warm house.
Yay!
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PostPosted: 18:42 - 26 Jan 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote

Started the Honda monkey up to make sure that it's still running fine tried having a sit on it as well but still too painful to ride.
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PostPosted: 21:13 - 26 Jan 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nice afternoon/evening - for January anyway - so I oiled up the chain before heading out, probably not done since before Christmas! Glad I got a paddock stand and bobbins on the XSR, so much easier Smile
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PostPosted: 21:38 - 27 Jan 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote

More work on the old Triumph...

https://i.imgur.com/1Ouyr3c.jpg?1
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PostPosted: 23:47 - 27 Jan 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote

Easy-X wrote:
More work on the old Triumph...

https://i.imgur.com/1Ouyr3c.jpg?1


Is that your kitchen? I thought you were married. Shocked
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PostPosted: 03:35 - 28 Jan 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote

Easy-X wrote:
More work on the old Triumph...

https://i.imgur.com/1Ouyr3c.jpg?1


Sub frame looks bent
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PostPosted: 09:11 - 28 Jan 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote

Speedo is being annoying again. Thought I licked the non-recording mileage 200 miles ago- and it seems like I have. But now when riding + 30mph the needle wavers excessively and faster than that pins itself to the 80 marker and makes gravel being shook in a bucket noise- mileometer/odometer seems to still record though. Good job I didn't bend down the metal covering yet. Still, not sure what i'll find when I open it back up again!
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PostPosted: 15:31 - 28 Jan 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote

Polarbear wrote:
Easy-X wrote:
More work on the old Triumph...

https://i.imgur.com/1Ouyr3c.jpg?1


Is that your kitchen? I thought you were married. Shocked


Yeah, I tried that once in my kitchen, didn't go down too well! The bike's at my father-in-law's Smile

Subframe? Whole bike's out of whack, that's how they made them back in the day Very Happy
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PostPosted: 16:19 - 28 Jan 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote

WD Forte wrote:
Sub frame looks bent


Chain looks slack too
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PostPosted: 00:13 - 03 Feb 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote

Took front wheel off and popped it down the local shop for some new rubber. The incumbent Road 5 was on the wear indicators. Still felt fine though, no dodgy handling.

While the wheel was off I checked and cleaned the brake calipers. The pistons are still corrosion-free after wiping off all the road filth and I ran them in and out a few times with a bit of red rubber grease. No signs of binding.

However the big pad spring in each caliper had some entertaining thick white crust building up behind them. In the right caliper it had pushed the spring out far enough to contact the edge of the disk. Odd since the calipers are anodised and the springs are either stainless or coated. They don't rust anyway. The crusty growth was probably the result of the bike standing unwashed in my garden when the world came to a stop in March 2020. I didn't ride the bike, clean it or make space in the garage for the best part of a year... Embarassed
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PostPosted: 12:10 - 03 Feb 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote

Serendipity wrote:
Took front wheel off and popped it down the local shop for some new rubber. The incumbent Road 5 was on the wear indicators. Still felt fine though, no dodgy handling.

While the wheel was off I checked and cleaned the brake calipers. The pistons are still corrosion-free after wiping off all the road filth and I ran them in and out a few times with a bit of red rubber grease. No signs of binding.

However the big pad spring in each caliper had some entertaining thick white crust building up behind them. In the right caliper it had pushed the spring out far enough to contact the edge of the disk. Odd since the calipers are anodised and the springs are either stainless or coated. They don't rust anyway. The crusty growth was probably the result of the bike standing unwashed in my garden when the world came to a stop in March 2020. I didn't ride the bike, clean it or make space in the garage for the best part of a year... Embarassed


If they are coated in zinc (whether electroplated, passivated or galvanised) then white spalling is the rusting of zinc (zinc oxide).
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