What have you done to your bike today?

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Had a queue of things for the GT.

I think either the kickstarter or main sprocket seal has gone, quite common on these engines. There's still some oil spraying off the chain and it's not letting up so probably not down to an over-oiled chain. Anyhoo, getting to the seals means taking the right hand cover off so may as well do an oil change. And if the cover's off may as well investigate the "anti-vibration plate" Hitchcocks sell. 50/50 whether it's just snake oil from the various opinions in various forums. Worth a go and an easy job with the right tools.

One seal is behind the main sprocket. For some reason I made the mistake of glancing at a quick Google search (possibly the AI) saying a 36mm socket was needed. Wrong! 46mm, which I don't have Now to drum my fingers while I wait for one ordered from eBay.
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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

[Grumpy Grandad]

Went to Weymouth for a Dorset Apple Cake flavoured Icecream.

Then went onto West Bay (Bridport) for a cup of Tea along the coast road. Lovely ride and No Bloody Camper Vans blocking the road.

Quick 100 miles and that OLD suspension is definately testing this OLD body.

Changed the Fork Seals recently. Fronts not too bad. Think I'll have to save up and get the Monoshock sorted.

Cheers
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Life may begin at 30, but it doesn't get interesting until about 75 mph.

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was the ice cream worth it?
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current bike Yamaha Thunderace.
Moto Guzzi V7.

[Grumpy Grandad]

Definitely was mate

Felt a bit of a Twat sat there with all the gear on amongst a lot of Grockles in swimming costumes.

Makes a change from riding 50 miles for a bag of chips though

Cheers
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Life may begin at 30, but it doesn't get interesting until about 75 mph.

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I finished replacing the kickstarter and main sprocket seals today. Obviously 5 seconds with the Li-Ion impact driver and the previously mentioned 46mm socket sorted things out

As it turns out the final kickstarter seal was absolutely caked with oil, the main sprocket seal not so much. I'd did weigh up "if it's not broke don't fix it" but that sounded weak. I have the seals literally in my hand, let's do this thing! Cue half hour of quietly swearing to myself trying to get the old seals out I did manage it in the end without fucking shit up, very happy

However...

The main sump plug threads are 50% fucked. There's quite a lot of thread left so I did weigh up getting a longer sump bolt but M14 by 1.25mm pitch is surprisingly difficult to get a hold of compared to M14 by 1.5mm.

I have a thread repair kit on order. I went with the "spark plug style" over the traditional helicoil as the former has a bit of a lip. It's not massively important given it's only hot oil it has to hold back and no real pressure to speak of.
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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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