No riding for me today

[Muscle Bike Rider]

Instead I cleaned my chain and sprockets, lubed the chain, washed the bike and gave her a spray of ACF 50. Muck off is brill, chain is all shiney and new looking, gonna leave it overnight now for the lube to work its way through, no adjustment needed on chain even though I've done about 1500 miles since it was replaced in July, how often do you guys / gals have to adjust yours? anyone else worked on their pride and joy today?
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Previously Known As A5tra_G
Old Bikes :2010 Kawasaki ER6 F & 2000 Honda VTR Firestorm
Current Bike : XJR1300

[doggone]

Never, it's a shaft.
Days of labour saved

[Cigaro]

I've taken my pride and joy completely to bits today. I currently have a bare frame sitting in my yard, tommorrow's job is to strip the paint and respray it

[The Tot]

I adjust mine when I sudden hear a noise similar to ron jeremy's scrotum pummelling Chasey Lain's labia... with the same regularity and vibrational force! Usually adjust it every month or whenver I see fit, clean with white spirit/meth/parrafin and off it goes; much cheaper than muc-off! Keep it free of road crap and lube it well, you can go up to 1-2k miles without needing adjustment. Don't overtighten your chain since that's a sure fire way of shortening the life.
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The Tot 2019 Z1000SX - 2007 R1
Never argue with autism

[Finglonga]

[evoboy]

Lube the chain probs every week. Clean it every month (white spirit). Havent needed to adjust it for 5k+ miles.

Normaly always take the bike round the block after cleaning, warm the chain up, then lube it while its still warm
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Suzuki GT250 x7------- Fazer 600------CB250RS------Aprilia Rally 70----- Bandit 600

APT Motorcycles

[hornetmike]

I always lube my chain just before I go for a ride, probably the reasn it flies everywhere didn't think about warming chain up or leaving it to set in, clever.
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87 Honda CG 125 - 97 ER5 - SR 50 -81 Z250- 96 CBR 600 F- 94 GPX600R 88- GPX 400R- 87 GS 125 - 2006 Honda CB600F- 2003 ER5 - Honda CBF 1000 2009 - Honda CBR 600 RR 2011
Current BMW R1200GS 2010

[neil.]

I did my first DIY 20k mile service (a la Haynes manual) today. Went ok apart from a couple of things.

Oil change
New spark plug
Attempted valve clearances but couldn't get the damn timing inspection cap off (posted in The Workshop about it)
Air filter cleanage
Clutch and throttle cables lubed
Lubed all the pivot points
Clutch lever free play set
Brake pedal free play set
Throttle free play set
Chain tension and wheel alignment adjusted
Cleaned the chain with paraffin and lubed it up
Cleaned the front brake/pads
Pulled the tank off and checked/cleaned the fuel filter (accidentally dropped the tank and it has a few small scratches now damnit).
Battery topped up with distilled water (was REALLY low!)
Full on degrease of the frame with paraffin, clean and AFC50 coating for winter.
Usual checks of hoses and other components

Still got to do a fork oil change but don't have the correct socket bit for it, so gonna go get that tomorrow. Might do the steering head as I suspect a possible small notch in the bearings.

Just saved myself at least £80 in labour.
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CBT February 2008 | A2 June 2008 | Yamaha YBR125 (written off) | Honda CBF125 (current)

[Howling TerrorOutOfOffice]

^^Nice 1 neil.martin. I find that it gives me extra confidence in my bike knowing its all my own work. Once paid for a service on my CG and when i did it myself and changed the oil filter there was part of a mechanics rag jammed in there.

Pat
Got blown around the carriageway today
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[neil.]

[Howling TerrorOutOfOffice]

I found i'd been overtightening everything before i got a torque.

Tried to get on a maintenance course but the college crapped out on me...so its back to the oily bible.

Pat
Hoping my bike doesn't blow over tonight
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Diabolical homemade music Bandcamp and Soundcloud
Singer songwriter, Artist and allround good bloke Listen to Andrew Susan Johnston here
The Harry Turner Project

[Muscle Bike Rider]

never thought about the battery, presumed they are all sealed maint free, will check mine tomorrow, thanks for mentioning it Neil
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Previously Known As A5tra_G
Old Bikes :2010 Kawasaki ER6 F & 2000 Honda VTR Firestorm
Current Bike : XJR1300

[Chris750]

I have recovered my seat. The pillion seat was a different colour to the main seat and it looked shit and now ive fanally sorted it. I think I've done a fairly good job of it so I'm well pleased.
Bought some material off ebay to use. I found it alot more tricky than I expected but got there in the end.

[neil.]

[Muscle Bike Rider]

Cheers Neil, mines maint free when I checked, bit less to do
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Previously Known As A5tra_G
Old Bikes :2010 Kawasaki ER6 F & 2000 Honda VTR Firestorm
Current Bike : XJR1300

[Pete1959]