What have you done to your bike today?

[Hong Kong Phooey]

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[ThatDippyTwat]

[Easy-X]

Finally! T140 tank and panels painted:

https://i.imgur.com/dDRu2tb.mp4

Pickup in a couple of days once fully cured
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Royal Enfield Continental GT 535, Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter

[A100man]

[A100man]

[ThatDippyTwat]

MOT'd the £500 Fireblade. No Advisories. I have literally put a battery on it, wiped it down and changed a few fasteners. Maybe £40 total.
https://i.imgur.com/r5YFqSwl.jpg
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'98 VFR800 (touring) - '12 VFR800 Crosrunner (Commuting) - '01 KDX220 (Big Green Antisocial Machine)

[Bhud]

[Fat Angry Scotsman]

[ThatDippyTwat]

[DJP]

Today I did fit a Healtech FI Tuner Pro. I've owned three Bandit 1250s over the years but my current one is the only one to exhibit the well documented low speed surging issue.

This is my first foray into tuning boxes and mapping and I have to say that it's pretty straightforward.

I've richened up the mixture in the problem area and after a few tweaks and half-a-dozen test runs I appear to have dialled out the problem.

Happy Days!
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Suzuki Bandit 1250
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That's http not https

[pepperami]

You know those moments when your thinking is really dim and you should really not be allowed to play with tools ? , or is it just me?

Trying to refit the front caliper on to Project Scrappy Hyosung, and I could not for the life of me work out which way the plate that holds the caliper went on to the fork leg???
Then I remembered , I have my other Hyosung in the garage and I could go and look at that bike to see how it should be attached .
Nearly two hours wasted, because I didn’t think

Anyway, the caliper is now on.
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[Rob W]

[Freddyfruitba...]

[to v or not to v]

fitted new clutch plates and springs. need to replace the clutch and brake fluid now.
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current bike Yamaha Thunderace.
Moto Guzzi V7.

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renewed the clutch fluid.
thank Heavens for vacuum pump kits. they make bleeding so much easier.
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current bike Yamaha Thunderace.
Moto Guzzi V7.

[Easy-X]

Replacing Harley fork seals:

https://i.imgur.com/9u8PNXh.jpg?1

Fuck me these things are just daft. The stanchions are almost 2 inches in diameter, the springs are surprisingly short though so also inside is a massive spacer. The addition of a rebound spring is all that keeps theses from being the most simple construction I have ever seen.

That being said at least they're easy to work on... apart from when I almost took my father-in-law out - clocked him right in the eye with the end of the stanchion Luckily he was wearing his glasses so he just looks like he lost a boxing match

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Forgot to mention, I got the service manual to make sure all the nuts and bolts were torqued correctly. Almost nothing on the front end was Now everything's been properly reassembled the ride is much more stable, we did suspect the rear wheel alignment was a bit out but no, 'twas the front end
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Royal Enfield Continental GT 535, Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter

[to v or not to v]

replaced the brake fluid and bolted the fairing back on.
next time i want a naked bike. bodywork is too time consuming.
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current bike Yamaha Thunderace.
Moto Guzzi V7.

[grr666]

Couple of days ago but couldn't find this thread... Took the hardwired mount for my Garmin Zumo off of
the Spacker. Sounds simple enough but because I routed the wiring so well had to remove the seat, tank and loosen
the airbox to get the cables out with numerous fiddly bits of trim and rubber to remove before I could get the tank off.
I noticed that my faux air intake grilles had a few spec of rust (or possibly dead bug corpses) so I whipped them
out for a quick blast with some black spray paint to tidy them up pre part exchange, also the reason the zumo
mount was offed. While I was at it I temporarily replaced the Zumo mount with my new Quadlock phone mount just
so I still have navigation available on the old bike, it's a two minute job to remove it again as it was bought for the
new bike really.

Does need a knuckle joint before I can use it, the Gilles bar brace thingy (which was a standard part on my bike
so will be staying on it when it goes) is at exactly the wrong height for me to get my phone on the mount. It should be here
tomorrow so I'll get it added asap. Also routed a microphone under my seat as I've been doing some filming and experimenting
with my Ghost camera and the inbuilt mic is gash over 30mph, way too much wind noise. Had a faff about fitting my old
seat pack too so I have room to take a couple of camera bits and bobs with me next time I'm out for a ride (probably Tuesday).
I am fighting a strong urge to buy a 360 degree camera. Holding out so far but weakening....
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[pepperami]

Again, it’s the little things in life that make you smile.

I put the refurbished front caliper back on Project Scrappy Hyosung, along with a brand new hose and it all seemed go back together easily.
I topped it up with new brake fluid without to much fuss and no airlocks/bubbles AND it works
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[dextersaurus]

Little things I've been meaning to do for ages.

First of all I found and plugged the puncture on the rear wheel of the fireblade, which was a nightmare to find till I got the fairy liquid out.

Then took the tank and airbox off to re-seat the throttle cable that pinged off when I tried to adjust it at the switchgear. that's all sorted and good to go now.

The Mille I took apart to check for the airbox restrictor which was still there, and snipped the wire at the ECU so that should be a bit faster, but also took the opportunity to re-route the fast idle cable so it reaches the switchgear after putting the nice wide fatbars on. Still need to do the fork seals before its MOT though

[to v or not to v]

took it out for a ride and murdered many insects.
oddly enough, i have no urge to eat them. but i am thinking of scraping them off the fairing and sending them to Nicole Kidman.
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current bike Yamaha Thunderace.
Moto Guzzi V7.

[Easy-X]

Initial flight of the T140:

https://i.imgur.com/rNs4vDP.jpg?1

Yesterday we were mostly were swearing at the carbs. It was only running on one cylinder so not good enough for a test run. Gave the cold cylinder's carb a really good strip down and clean* and boom, 2 kicks and everything's lovely.

First run out the back brake locked on but turned out to just need some pedal adjustment. Apart from a few bolts working loose the carb idle/mixture screws need a good fettle, maybe up a jet size, fiddle with the timing but at least it'll sling you down the road as it is.

(audio on)
https://i.imgur.com/8Zx4mel.mp4

(We threw the side panels back at the paint shop to do a better job of 'em.)

*as the actress said to the bishop.
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Royal Enfield Continental GT 535, Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter

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the bike sounded like a Harley when off the throttle
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current bike Yamaha Thunderace.
Moto Guzzi V7.

[Islander]

More M750 shenanigans, over fuelling this time.

So, carbs off and stripped only to find that not only was there wear on the emulsion tube but the 'Ducati engineers' that rebuilt the bike before we bought it had fitted the wrong needles and main jet. One stage one Dynojet set ordered along with new emulsion tubes. Received and duly fitted and now it's running better than it ever has across the rev range.

I'm a happy chappy.