What have you done to your bike today? Archive.

[bacon]

I decided to remove all of the Ktech suspension from my MT09.

Started with the rear shock 4 weeks ago, flogged that.

Then Tuesday I removed the fork internals/springs and reinstalled the OEM kit. Took 5hours start to finish. Including clearing up the mess I'd made and boxing the Ktech kit back up. Rather pleased with that! Considering it was the second time I've ever touched forks, first being the initial installation.

Stuck them up on gumtree, sold last night. Nice quick turn around. Time to decide if flog my MT09 and deauville now and buy something that can do it all.

[Evotion]

I removed my mirrors, switched them over so I could have them upside down.

Thought it went well with the café racer look.

Problem is, I keep looking up and thinking my mirrors have fallen off.
Takes some getting used to.

https://i.imgur.com/1Lyv93m.jpg

[NJD]

Got some PR4's fitted, and had an interesting ride home with the old ones... in rain.

£250 fitted: not bad I'd say.

https://i.postimg.cc/ydYv8tht/tyres.jpg
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[Islander]

[ThatDippyTwat]

Failed MOT on play in the hub a couple of weeks back. Got tester to do a proper going through to give me a list to sort outas soon as he said it would fail. Spent most of the time so far waiting for the correct stake nut to be sent. Ended up getting one from someone else in a VFR group as the fucktards I ordered from kept sending me an M30 instead of M35, which as far as I can tell, is for an Ifor Williams trailer.

Once it arrived, I Stripped it down, cleaned it. Checked bearings for play - none. Cush seems tight enough. Blasted and painted brake torque arm while I was at it.
https://i.imgur.com/n5oZsNsl.jpg

Rebuilt hub, making note of correct direction of conical washer. stripped and cleaned caliper back on.
https://i.imgur.com/rKARsvql.jpg

All done. No play.
https://i.imgur.com/aSBYpbgl.jpg

Also replaced left hand grip, will get brake/rear light bulb (one filament on one bulb out)and clean out contacts in switch tomorrow, which should finish off the advisiories.

Work rat - Replaced chain and tightened up rear sprocket, despite having locking tabs on the bolts, a touch of play had crept into it, making a clunk when getting back on the throttle.
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'98 VFR800 (touring) - '12 VFR800 Crosrunner (Commuting) - '01 KDX220 (Big Green Antisocial Machine)

[Andy_Pagin]

Did the job I most dread on the Fazer, changed the rear brake pads. As usual the pistons were seized solid, took three sodding hours to compress the bastards with enormous mole grips. Next time I think I'll just buy a new caliper.
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[blurredman]

Changed fork oil.

https://scontent-lht6-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.15752-9/68672046_2887739051452318_8435478853547196416_n.jpg?_nc_cat=111&_nc_oc=AQlHSTmXF0RN-JX1dCZkyhbbm20zzaUiaVFNbp6XxROaekWyB17TBe_7Yk5K2IzpEpg&_nc_ht=scontent-lht6-1.xx&oh=f7cfc782310b282a2796f8ec543752c5&oe=5DDB3765


And also changed the front/rear brake shoes on the Suzuki.. Originals were very worn, and one had a bit of delamination- didn't take much to pry the material off.


https://i.ibb.co/jMXXb6k/Whats-App-Image-2019-08-05-at-09-02-07.jpg
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[Evotion]

Well, not what was 'done' but what I didn't do..

As in tighten the left mirror!

It feel off whilst riding.

https://i.imgur.com/t3VJmRE.jpg

It's supposed to be on the end of the bar.

[ThatDippyTwat]

MOT'd the viffer. 2 advisories I was aware of.
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'98 VFR800 (touring) - '12 VFR800 Crosrunner (Commuting) - '01 KDX220 (Big Green Antisocial Machine)

[Easy-X]

Replacing the redundant pillion seat...

https://i.imgur.com/1SNlfzo.jpg?1

with this:

https://i.imgur.com/F823ZH5.jpg?1

I didn't like the idea of Chinesium rubbing against plastic so I thought I'd stick a bit of Gorilla tape on the bottom:

https://i.imgur.com/5dwHHFI.jpg?1

And without the pillion footpegs:

https://i.imgur.com/17Ww1Lt.jpg?1

Interesting... on the nearside I just unbolted the whole arm. On the offside the arm also supports the stock exhaust but the footpeg and its mount unbolt, unlike the other side which is all welded together as one piece. Almost like some one knew I was going to do this

Just need to get some hex bolts to tidy things up a little.
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[chickenstrip]

I peeked at it through the shed window on the way to put the bins out. It's still there.
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[Bhud]

Kawasaki had idling problems over the past couple of weeks (randomly cutting out), so I'd been gradually turning up the idle screw, which seemed to sort it out. Today I had a look and realised that I'd forgotten to tighten the screws connecting the linking plate to the bank of carbs, and, as a result, they'd fallen out long ago! I'd done this because it's easier to mount the carbs if they have a little give between them. I'd forgotten to tighten up after mounting the carbs. This meant I'd been using the bike with the carbs well out of balance even though I'd just bench-balanced them... Put new screws in, and tried to start the bike. Wouldn't start. Figured out that the idle screw was wound in way too far, as a result of my tweaking! Unscrewed it and all is well again. Bike running perfectly.

[NJD]

[Easy-X]

[P.]

Remove the pegs. Done.

[Whosthedaddy]

The RSV100R has gone off to the dyno today to see if a fuelling problem is causing it to cut out at low speeds.

Hopefully I'll have some.nice printouts and figures to boast about.
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[ThatDippyTwat]

Viffer decided to run on 3 again. Last time I had no spark on Cylinder 2, so we just snagged a known good set with 10K miles on a facebook group. Plusgas all over the brackets as they're off the 3rd gen, and I'm just using the coils.
https://i.imgur.com/xky3pmEl.jpg

Offending coil out.
https://i.imgur.com/eDnu4T3l.jpg

Replaced said coil - No difference. As James May would say - "Oh Cock!"

So, tank off.
https://i.imgur.com/boT26Wdl.jpg

Airbox off.
https://i.imgur.com/oQrTlIvl.jpg

Poked jet/MIG cleaning tips into the jets. Cleaned out all the offending debris inhabiting the airbox.
https://i.imgur.com/ZA8b5Csl.jpg

Also cleaned out secondary air filter that had seen better days.
https://i.imgur.com/VhejL6rl.jpg

Bodged with a cut up sponge until a new one arrives.
https://i.imgur.com/m5XIMq9l.jpg

One "spirited" ride later, and I'm happy that she's happy again.
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'98 VFR800 (touring) - '12 VFR800 Crosrunner (Commuting) - '01 KDX220 (Big Green Antisocial Machine)

[grr666]

Given it a wipe over as yesterday I was forced to ride it through a small amount of water where a drain had burst.
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[1198]

Received thin wall plug sockets from eBay. Changed plugs on the 851, cured the horrific misfire / inability to run below four thousand revs. Twenty mile test run and feeling happy!
(Didn’t even need to take too much fairing off, just the seat, tank unit. I feared much worse!)

[Hong Kong Phooey]

[Sister Sledge]

Tightened the chain by 1/3 turn. Despite being set to manufacturers spec it's still slack, wobbly and resembles a strimmer wire but it stays on.
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[grr666]

[Pigeon]

Striple passed its MOT.


XR sidelight hasn't worked for a while, replaced it and still no joy. Wiggled the bars and nada. Wiggled the switch and bingo.

Took switchgear apart in hot + sweaty garage in 33c. Fingers slipped. Ball bearing, contact plate and two tiny springs pinged into the dusty concrete floor.
(luckily had put down kitchen roll in advance, expecting to drop something).

Scraped + cleaned the contacts etc

Then took 2 hours to get the little buggers all back again. Springs and bearing pinging all over the place. I suck.
But eventually luck intervened and the lights are now working.

[recman]