What have you done to your bike today?

[to v or not to v]

finally managed to balance carbs after changing the faulty mixture screw.
replaced it with an allen headed screw, not the brightest idea ive ever had, it was blinking awkward trying to get to the screw with a little 3 mil allen wrench
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current bike Yamaha Thunderace.
its old and fat, but its a damned good ride. the bikes not bad either.

[Jayy]

[Jayy]

[Easy-X]

Does clutch-less (with or without a proper quickshifter) increase this sort of basket wear?
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Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter

[pepperami]

Today I did put all the spacers for the back wheel of ‘Project Scrappy Hyosung’ in a sonic bath.
With a bit of wire brushing and the sonic bath, they’ve come up nice and shiny clean.

Happy Pepperami is happy
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I am the sum total of my own existence, what went before makes me who I am now!

[hellkat]

Organised someone from Riverbank to collect the GSX750 and sort out its carb problem, put it through an MOT, including a discussion on how much it will cost me to get it to ULEZ compliance

But at least its not sitting being ignored any more.
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Not nearly as interesting in real life.

[Easy-X]

While the Vance & Heinz 57 exhaust on the old fella's Harley might be pleasingly anti-social the downside is the high chance of 3rd degree burns if you don't plant your leg down just right

The supposed heatshield it has is attached via steel jubilee clips with plenty of other contact points We very carefully stuck a bit of the cafe racer heatwrap under the heatshield and things are much improved! Downgraded from egg-frier to panini warmer
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Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter

[MarJay]

[Weisse Schlange]

Blew them both dry with a leaf blower and stuck em in the garage now that the monsoon has arrived in Scotland.
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Hing Oan

[hellkat]

Well I have no intention of doing anything fraudulently.

I would only go by what the guy at the shop says, because obviously I have less clues about how the thing gets done, than I have fucks to give.

Either it goes through the test, or I only ride it outside the M25, I can work on that if I have to
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Not nearly as interesting in real life.

[MarJay]

[hellkat]

[Easy-X]

Fuck that, go older! "Historic" bikes are ULEZ and CC charge exempt

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/125435295877 1981, maybe outside the realms of "largely unmodified"

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/284866483011 1980 Ducati if that's your thing, just the other side of Guildford

And we've almost finished the T140 if you'd like a British classic
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Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter

[blurredman]

4 of my vehicles are tax/mot exempt and CC and ULEZ exempt. I'm telling you- you have to go backwards in time! I'm surprised more people aren't buying historic vehicles specifically for the benefits. After all, there's no restriction on usage, times, mileage etc if it's a private vehicle.


As for my bike- went to the monthly club meeting near bristol, but bike charge light was flickering and sometimes on dimly all the way there (55 miles). Currely have the 14ah battery from my Honda in the ETZ251. After a few pints and time to go home I realise the charge light didn't come on at all when the ignition was switched on- I decided to ride on but soon realised the battery wasn't being charged at all now (on the way was intermittent). I could see that it wasn't being charged (I've a voltage gauge mounted) but I just couldn't stand the hickups and misfires and bogging anymore.

Stopped near Crick to see if I could see anything. Brushes on the alternator were fine.....long enough by a long way and still springy and not a bad surface to ride on either rotor connection wise. But simply removing them and putting them back seemed to work, and the battery was being charged all the way home.
Still have my other issues with the bike though, the leaking core plug, the slipping clutch and the stalling at idle.


I have the new 75.6mm piston for the ETZ250 but have yet to have time to put the bike all together. The car is taking my time at the minute replacing metal that used to solid but now have holes. Still a way to go on that, but the rear is done- just some work in the floor pan and some in the skuttle (that will be a pain!).
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CBT: 12/06/10, Theory: 22/09/10, Module 1: 09/11/10, Module 2: 19/01/11
Past: 1991 Honda CG125BR-J, 1992 (1980) Honda XL125S, 1996 Kawasaki GPZ500S.
Current: 1981 Honda CX500B - 91k, 1987 MZ ETZ250 (bored to 295cc) - 38k, 1990 MZ ETZ251 - 49k, 1979 Suzuki TS185ER - 9k, 1972 MZ ES250/2 - 17k.

[ThunderGuts]

New exhaust fitted to the Viffer. Sounds ace - can’t wait for a ride out!
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TG.

[to v or not to v]

big and ugly looking to my eyes
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current bike Yamaha Thunderace.
its old and fat, but its a damned good ride. the bikes not bad either.

[Easy-X]

More on the rolling noise-abatement order* It's performance is a bit lumpy at the low end so we decided it needed a remap. The traditional dyno route requires extra Harley tax so something like Power Commander V starts to look more economical. V&H does a mouth-breather version that's a bit cheaper and we plugged it in today...

Wow! Talk about easy. Are you up for downloading an app and doing Bluetooth pairing? If so you can remap Harleys Bike model auto-detected, pick your menu of parts, flash

As an aside the pipes apparently have baffles. "These things get louder?!"

*1690cc into straight pipes
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Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter

[Easy-X]

The old fella's Bonnie had been sitting about for a while due to the steering being a bit "crunchy." We wondered whether one of the bearing cages had cracked so ordered some replacements.

Took the front apart today and the old bearings and races all look fine so we just cleaned and re-greased everything (there was hardly any grease left in there) put it all back together and the steering seems fine now

TBH the lazy option as the new bearings were the tapered sort and we would have had to knock out the old ones. Only the one on the bottom yolk would have been a pain; to get out without damaging the rubber dust cover anyway.
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Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter

[Kawasaki Jimbo]

I noticed the amber lens had fallen out of the right-rear indicator but I had a pair of Oxford mini-arrows bought in a Halfords sale sometime ago so on they went. The LED lights came with resistors. They’re not as bright as I’d hoped, or maybe it’s that the orange light doesn’t seem to fill the space. OK though.

https://i.postimg.cc/vHvZnpLY/0-AE8-D567-B06-A-4332-BB55-1942246-AAA9-D.jpg

[A100man]

Oil and filter change on teh XJ/Radian which involved removing the exhaust.. got my copperslip out for the studs then a bloke came to the door offering to chop down a tree in my front garden for 80, no 60, no 50 quid..
.. sent him packing but then realized my tube of copperslip had vanished with him (twas sitting atop my wheelie bin awaiting usage) . Tosser.

Found a few pin head sized bits of ally in the old oil which I've chosen to ignore.
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Now: A100, GT250A, XJ598, FZ750

Then: Fizz, RS200, KL250, XJ550, Laverda Alpina, XJ600, FZS600

[blurredman]

Finally got around to installing replacement piston in one MZ, after fishing out all the ring remnants from the exhaust silencer. Unfortunately the ring broke soon after re-building the engine (new main bearings). Ring managed to spin due to retaining pin recessing into the piston.
Sounds good with the replacement 76mm piston (standard=69mm). Thankfully there was minimal damage to barrel that only consituted my requirement to deburr the exhaust port.


2nd MZ, the mirror fell of Friday, well actually it literally came off in my hands whilst I was riding and wondering why it was jiggling all of a sudden. I was considering then frisbying the mirror to the side, but decided to keep it- might be able to do something with it. Obviously the rust and fatigue have got to it. Replaced the unit for now.

https://scontent-lhr8-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.15752-9/299943592_482743896532014_5939287672219957578_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=ae9488&_nc_ohc=1_WvtztHVIcAX9o3hwE&_nc_ht=scontent-lhr8-2.xx&oh=03_AVJSmhOiZWk3uX_2zhWAArF_a3dC_vrg_wQYLORqUTTQvQ&oe=632975E1
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CBT: 12/06/10, Theory: 22/09/10, Module 1: 09/11/10, Module 2: 19/01/11
Past: 1991 Honda CG125BR-J, 1992 (1980) Honda XL125S, 1996 Kawasaki GPZ500S.
Current: 1981 Honda CX500B - 91k, 1987 MZ ETZ250 (bored to 295cc) - 38k, 1990 MZ ETZ251 - 49k, 1979 Suzuki TS185ER - 9k, 1972 MZ ES250/2 - 17k.

[ThatDippyTwat]

Changed sprocket on ethe Viffer, went +2 teeth. Speedo over-reads by a noticable margin, but that's what phones and GPS are for. Accelerates nice and briskly now, because honestly, when am I going to use much north of a ton commuting to work.
https://i.imgur.com/IY8LRT9l.jpg

Found the fault on the Fireblade, Fuel Pressure regulator. Ordered an OEM one, half the price from the US, even with taxes etc included. Cheapo copies are £15 on fleabay, but I'm not sure I trust those in a high pressure fuel system.
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'98 VFR800 (touring) - '12 VFR800 Crosrunner (Commuting) - '01 KDX220 (Big Green Antisocial Machine)

[Easy-X]

[Nobby the Bastard]

[ThatDippyTwat]

Pickup is driven off the output shaft, you have to remove it to change the front sprocket. Covers are well spaced, and the eccentric hub has plenty of adjustment to allow the not at all worn chain to stay on there.
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'98 VFR800 (touring) - '12 VFR800 Crosrunner (Commuting) - '01 KDX220 (Big Green Antisocial Machine)