What have you done to your bike today? Archive.

[DrSnoosnoo]

[bacon]

[Soggz]

Wiped it over
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Life is short,so live it...

[bladerunner]

removed failed waterpump seal from the clutch cover casing and top end to find rusty piston rings .....hey the poor bike aint been used for many years so to be expected.....you got to love old 2 strokes right?
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Current bikes...cbr929, KDX200's, Rd125lc mk2, RGV250's

[kramdra]

Fuckkered the gear lever attachment. The aluminium clamp for the gearbox splines has worn and came loose the second time in two weeks. The result, gear lever moves too far and catches on sidestand, gets stuck. It tightened up but the whole left hanger could do with replacing.

[bladerunner]

changed barrel,piston,head and reeds psi reading is 112psi up from 63psi so all good....oh yeah extra cc's added too!! post man brought me a new gasket set so I can put it together over the next week...RDLC might get a day or 2 on the road before retiring for the winter!!

now upto 125PSI as changed the must be ancient hi tech reeds for std st/st ones that actually seat and changed the head for a std 125cc item rather than one that had been bored out to run a big bore kit.....thats 63PSI to 125PSI so hey time to put it back together !!
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Current bikes...cbr929, KDX200's, Rd125lc mk2, RGV250's

[Courier265]

CBF500 had a PR5 on the front and a new battery.....

[Kawasaki Jimbo]

Oil, filter and plugs changed on the R1. Stick coil number 1 was fiddly because it is close to the frame with a bunch of connectors in the way, so I did that one first to get it over with.

There's a plastic tray which fits over the top of the coils, secured with three push pins (I'm not sure what they're called) but annoyingly I managed to drop/ping two into oblivion. My usual go-to magnetic tool for such retrieval jobs was no use because they're plastic. Hopefully Halfords will have some which will fit. I'm annoyed at potentially leaving them lurking somewhere inside but I've searched for ages.

[ThatDippyTwat]

Work rat -

• Swapped carb out for one that wasn't leaking, has a larger jet, and the needle raised one notch.
  
• Drilled a 6.5mm hole, and put a some 6mm threaded stainless bar straight through the overlap where the polylock meets the downpipe. Copper silicone liberally applied. Wrapped.
  
• Chain tension and lube.
  
• Slapped some more matt black on places rubbing off.
  
• Pulled obvious rust off, brushed it, applied inhibitor and painted when that dried.

VFR -

• Stud extractor set and centrepunch have been 'borrowed' - which I only found out when I went to use it and couldn't find it.
  
• Swore a lot at borrower over phone, Swore at the studs for snapping in the first place.
  
• Found more mullered socket head bolts. At least these I should be able to put a flat in and get out without too much hassle, assuming I apply some heat and penetrating oil.
  
• Swore some more, and locked her back up.

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'98 VFR800 (touring) - '12 VFR800 Crosrunner (Commuting) - '01 KDX220 (Big Green Antisocial Machine)

[MarJay]

Fitted Oberon clutch slave cylinder to the VFR.
Tried to fix the sluggish right hand indicator, but was unsuccessful
checked the configuration of the Regulator Rectifier
Fitted the correct front brake bolts on the right hand front caliper


Still to do:

Arrange for heated grips to be fitted
Actually fix indicators
replace regulator rectifier
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British beauty: Triumph Street Triple R; Loony stroker: KR1S; Track fun: GSXR750 L1; Commuter Missile: GSX-S1000F
Remember kids, bikes aren't like lego. You can't easily take a part from one bike and then fit it to another.

[Hong Kong Phooey]

Sticked some LEDs in the dashboard, a few had failed officer, that's why I was speeding in the dark you see.

Much brighter now, no excuses anymore though
Cheaper than the standard set from Honda too, according to man maths.
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'81 CG125, '97 FZS600 : '99 CBR600F4, '09 KTM RC8

[kramdra]

Made up some nylon rings, 26.8mm bore, 38mm OD and 4mm thick. They are to press onto my bar ends to locate and secure the muffs.

https://i.postimg.cc/5NJ56hMd/IMG-20181029-002733.jpg

[Beehive Bedlam]

[ThatDippyTwat]

[almostthere]

Split the crankcase on the Daytona https://i64.tinypic.com/f4o5fa.jpg

and found this missing tooth on 4th gear!
https://i63.tinypic.com/2mq71p4.jpg
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[FretGrinder]

[MarJay]

Yesterday I attacked the slow starting right indicator on the VFR, fitted rubber bungs to the top box plate, and fitted the heated grips. I don't have the relay yet, but the 'intelligent shutoff' seems to work ok. I don't really want to take the risk though, especially as the auto shut off takes 5 minutes to work...
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British beauty: Triumph Street Triple R; Loony stroker: KR1S; Track fun: GSXR750 L1; Commuter Missile: GSX-S1000F
Remember kids, bikes aren't like lego. You can't easily take a part from one bike and then fit it to another.

[Pigeon]

Sunday. Wheel + caliper off XR, undid forks and rotated them around a bit in the hope it would all button up a bit straighter having bounced it off the front of a car at around 20mph and been about 3-5 degrees out of whack.

Seemed to work


I have bruised finger, legs, knees, hip, ribs. But essentially fine.
EDIT: Driver admitted fault, as on wrong side of road.

[pits]

Past few weeks, my bike has been serviced, MOT, taxes and insured, first time in 4-5 years.
Out in rain today, forget how weird people get when you bring a Ducati out in the rain and turn up at a cafe covered in filth from roads.
Forgot how much fun that bike is
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00:32:08 Blau Zedong: yes, i am a massive CB400 fan and collector
00:33:00 Blau Zedong: the CB400 is my favourite road bike

[kramdra]

Fixed the sloppy fitting gear linkage, filled the slot so that it can close a bit tighter.

Also drilled holes in garage floor, inserted some expanding nuts, so I can use as tie down points when bike is on stand and I want the front wheel in the air - much quicker than removing fairing to jack the sump.

[Pigeon]

Took XR for MOT. Failed. Sidelight wasn't working. It had been the night before.

Turned out that XR was trying to copy Striples example and eat its own wiring as it passed between the fork leg.

The earth had been worn away completely and it must have been luck that when I checked, the bars were rotated left, squishing the two ends together.

Soldered in a an extension. Heat shrinked. Electrical taped. Then wrapped a section of old MotoX inner tube around the wires and cable tied in place.

The wires were wrapped in the standard sheath, but it had been worn through and I'd not spotted it. Should last a bit longer now.

[waffles]

Applied some new vinyl decals on the grom, checked it started up properly then locked and chained up both bikes and covered them over. I am not going to be doing a whole lot of riding over the next few months. I will swap the trickle charger over so they both get some juice.
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Theory test - 19/8/09, CBT - 11/10/09, MOD 1 - 16/8/10, MOD 2 - 27/10/10
Past rides Yamaha XT125X, Triumph TT600, Honda XR250
Current rides Suzuki GSXR 600, Honda MSX125

[RhynoCZ]

[kramdra]

[redeem ouzzer]

Went to service 1100. Found two head gasket leaks. Then lost an oil gallery washer somewhere in the head. Lost my shit and will be shipping it off for an engine rebuild in January, that’ll be a thousand quid I don’t really have
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