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CrypticCrud
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PostPosted: 14:23 - 19 Aug 2025    Post subject: Reply with quote
Dropped it off at Two Wheel Centre. Handed over 100 notes & they'll wash, dry & polish it. Then they whip it inside, stick up in the air & give it the once over. Checking oil, water, air & lubing the chain too.

Happy to support a local business as I don't have the space / facilities to do it at home.

(took em some biscuits in to keep em sweet as well)
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Kawasaki Jimbo
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PostPosted: 15:45 - 19 Aug 2025    Post subject: Reply with quote
blurredman wrote:
Kawasaki Jimbo wrote:

Both bikes need an MOT. The tyres on the Yamaha are not only worn but are over a decade old. Pale


And yet I just installed a tyre from 2012. Thinking Took it from the tip three years ago - finally have use for it.

My rear tyre is worn to the limit, squared and also starting to crack across the tread. The front is on the limit and also has a noticeably different radius on the right side (due to roundabouts, I guess.)

blurredman wrote:
If it was a case that your indicator stalk had brewers droop effect, could you not just swap it with the other side to eventually over time counter the effect?

The one on the right was replaced for the same reason 5 years ago. Actually I probably snagged both when squeezing past in the garage, but when they age they don’t bounce back, they tear off.
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to v or not to v
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PostPosted: 17:33 - 19 Aug 2025    Post subject: Reply with quote
CrypticCrud wrote:
Dropped it off at Two Wheel Centre.


am i reading this wrong or have you just paid someone £100 to wash your bike and grease the chain?
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jeffyjeff
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PostPosted: 20:21 - 19 Aug 2025    Post subject: Reply with quote
to v or not to v wrote:
...am i reading this wrong or have you just paid someone £100 to wash your bike and grease the chain?

...and bribed them with biscuits to do their job.
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blurredman
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PostPosted: 10:21 - 20 Aug 2025    Post subject: Reply with quote
https://i.ibb.co/7JHnHWGC/pistongouge.jpg

Went to investigate what I thought might have been a hot seizure some weeks back - I put it in neutral and coasted for a few hundred yards and it came back to life fine when I put it in gear and I just carried on and have been riding it since.

But obviously it was a seizure in the making from the gudgeon pin retaining clip breaking. Classic occurance, that I had yet to experience until this point. Laughing
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A100man
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PostPosted: 10:49 - 20 Aug 2025    Post subject: Reply with quote
blurredman wrote:
https://i.ibb.co/7JHnHWGC/pistongouge.jpg

Went to investigate what I thought might have been a hot seizure some weeks back - I put it in neutral and coasted for a few hundred yards and it came back to life fine when I put it in gear and I just carried on and have been riding it since.

But obviously it was a seizure in the making from the gudgeon pin retaining clip breaking. Classic occurance, that I had yet to experience until this point. Laughing


Shocked So that's a new circlip?

File down the high spots and add some new rings - job done Wink
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CrypticCrud
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PostPosted: 10:58 - 20 Aug 2025    Post subject: Reply with quote
to v or not to v wrote:
CrypticCrud wrote:
Dropped it off at Two Wheel Centre.


am i reading this wrong or have you just paid someone £100 to wash your bike and grease the chain?


Spot on! (I don’t have the facilities to do it at home. (Greasing I do myself but I let them do it on a mini service))

jeffyjeff wrote:
...and bribed them with biscuits to do their job.


Not at all. Always on hand if I need something. Fit me in if I need something doing asap & drop me off back home if I leave the bike there.

A quids worth of biscuits doesn’t break the bank.
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blurredman
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PostPosted: 11:20 - 20 Aug 2025    Post subject: Reply with quote
A100man wrote:


Shocked So that's a new circlip?

File down the high spots and add some new rings - job done Wink


Almot piston only 4k miles old. Used the gudeon and clips that came with it. I had to put this new one in as the old piston had a piston ring retaining pin recess into the piston allowing a ring to turn and get caught up in the exhaust port- thankfully little damage from that too.

Barrel is gouged but thankfully mostly only below the side/exhange port which is good. Might put another new piston in again. But cut the clip ends shorter to reduce likelihood of fatigue on the bend allowing the end to flex off. It's not rare for this to happen, i'm just disapointed. Laughing These sort of set backs continually seem to occur to me. Too many machines you see. Laughing
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Current: 1973 MZ ES250/2 - 18k, 1979 Suzuki TS185ER - 10k, 1981 Honda CX500B - 91k, 1987 MZ ETZ250 (295cc) - 40k, 1989 MZ ETZ251 - 51k.
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Easy-X
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PostPosted: 17:04 - 22 Aug 2025    Post subject: Reply with quote
Another little run out with the GT today, sump plug bone dry. Hopefully I can mark the thread repair (2nd attempt!) a success.
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CrypticCrud
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PostPosted: 17:26 - 22 Aug 2025    Post subject: Reply with quote
Traded in the Z125 for a Monkey.

It's friggin awesome. I'll definitely be going up Matlock on Sunday!
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A100man
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PostPosted: 14:00 - 23 Aug 2025    Post subject: Reply with quote
CrypticCrud wrote:
Traded in the Z125 for a Monkey.

It's friggin awesome. I'll definitely be going up Matlock on Sunday!


Confused I thought a Z125 was a monkey Thinking
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CrypticCrud
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PostPosted: 14:18 - 23 Aug 2025    Post subject: Reply with quote
A100man wrote:
CrypticCrud wrote:
Traded in the Z125 for a Monkey.

It's friggin awesome. I'll definitely be going up Matlock on Sunday!


Confused I thought a Z125 was a monkey Thinking


It sure is but my old one was a Kawasaki Z Wink
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Easy-X
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PostPosted: 15:52 - 25 Aug 2025    Post subject: Reply with quote
Tinkering with the Old Fella's Harley...

He couldn't get it to start this morning: press the button, click, thud and then the electrics died. Sounded expensive. Of course when I lay my hands on it the bike starts perfectly fine Rolling Eyes We had a natter about this and that, then he tried it again - click, thud, dead - but at least it was decent enough to do it in my presence Smile

Whipped the seat off to check the battery, 12.7 volts not too bad, and the bike sprang to life again Thinking So we cleaned the terminals (after a slight argument with the alarm system) and I'm pretty confident it should be fine now.

As a bonus we also discovered the source of the buzzing @2,500rpm on my GT! A lot easier when you have an extra pair of hands to prod things. Turns out it's the clock mounts, I'll order the upgraded versions from Hitchcocks.
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blurredman
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PostPosted: 17:31 - 25 Aug 2025    Post subject: Reply with quote
Replaced O-ring for the idle air bypass screw on the 251's BVF 30N3 carb. Idle speed was a bit up and down depending on ambient temperatures. Do need to do a tune and balance the idle fuel screw adjustment and air screw adjustment after a ride but should be fine now hopefully after doing so. Cool
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