What have you done to your bike today? Archive.

[BigTim]

Put straight bars back on Blackbird, Had ride, when got back put new nose cone on, put short levers back on, changed all fairing bolts.
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MZ S50B, Suzuki GP100, Honda CBF1000, Honda Blackbird (I like my Blackbird)

[Hong Kong Phooey]

Bit of a dab of black paint on the rear rim of the RC8, tiny bits of damage pre-emptively coated to prevent them getting any worse.

Huge dobs of black paint on the CBRs front and rear rims, it's almost done 60K miles so covering big gashes is to be expected.

Greased and adjusted the CBRs headstock bearings, had been feeling a little bit of looseness on the bumpier stuff.
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'81 CG125, '97 FZS600 : '99 CBR600F4, '09 KTM RC8

[Whosthedaddy]

New pads for the RSV as track day at Bedford Aerodrome today!!
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Current : MSX 125 Past : CBR 900RR Monkeybike : c50 LAC : ZXR750 H2 : FZR600 : ZX7R P3 : YW100 : TRX850: Trophy 900 T309 : GSXR 600 L0: Monkeybike : XJ6S Whosthedaddy

[ThatDippyTwat]

Washed it with the "help" of the sproglet today. Scrubs up well for an old lass.
https://i.imgur.com/NfJGmf9l.jpg
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'98 VFR800 (touring) - '12 VFR800 Crosrunner (Commuting) - '01 KDX220 (Big Green Antisocial Machine)

[Easy-X]

Talking of Hondas, the CBR1000F wasn't starting again so my father-in-law had the tank off expecting more carb fettling. "Hold up! Let's see if we even have a spark."

And no, two plugs had weak if not absent spark. Cleaned and re-gapped the plugs and started pretty much straight away (once I remembered to put the choke on!)
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Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter

[hellkat]

Went to Shepherds Bush and back, through town (sorta).
Traffic was surprisingly light, I only got out of order once ( ) and the Snarley was admired by a nice looking young chap on an MV Augusta.

*mwah*

Oh yeah, and I finally got round to trying on some of the assortment of leather jackets that belong to [I-don't-even-remember-who-anymore] in my hallway cupboard. One of them was quite big, even for me, but comfortable enough to ride around in. I'm well chuffed. Its proper skin-saving leather. I even had on steelies, I actually felt almost well protected (for me).


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Not nearly as interesting in real life.

[Campbell SOUP]

MOT picked up some slop in the rear suspension, so treated it to some new bearings. Sockets and a G-Clamp worked well for the bearing on the swingarm, but the shock bearing was a bit more prone to slipping. Some cursing was required... Think I'll just take it all off and use a vice next time around

Proper back-yard mechanic sticking the upside-down foot pegs on axle stands

https://i.imgur.com/p5AJVTu.jpeg

[Fisty]

Nearly fell off it.

https://i.imgur.com/oy9jhmB.jpg?1

https://i.imgur.com/2D3LfiK.jpg?1

60mph left hand bend, instant deflation. Chucked me out of the seat and on to the wrong side of the road.

No idea what I hit but at least some of it is still in the cavity.

This one has shaken me.
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Quietly and consistently taking the piss.
TL1000R | Hayabusa | ZXR400 | TL1000S | Bandit 400 V
Fatter and faster than Fret

[NJD]

[Fisty]

[FretGrinder]

We both had a walk up to the spot where the wheel deflated l, couldn't see a thing on the road.

The only thing I could see was a chunk of metal plate that was on the side of the road, but nothing blatantly obvious that would have caused that damage to the wheel.

Luckily, Fisty was OK, albeit a bit shaken.

Recovery turned up 45 minutes later, bike and owner got home safe.

A bit of a crap end to an otherwise pretty good ride down to Cheddar Gorge and back.
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Yamaha MT-09

ಠ_ಠ

[Hong Kong Phooey]

[Nobby the Bastard]

I managed to ding both wheels on the strumpet but.i know what I hit (similar to a brick) cause I saw it before I hit it and the bike managed airtime.
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trevor saxe-coburg-gotha:"Remember this simple rule - scooters are for men who like to feel the breeze on their huge, flapping cunt lips."
Sprint ST 1050

[hellkat]

FFS.
Wot are you like?



Glad to see fate has decided to let you stay.
I'd have to stand on a chair to kiss the top of your head.
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[NJD]

I own Frankenstein's creation in vehicle form, it can today be confirmed.

Why, you ask?

Oh, I broke it by pressing the stater button.

No, but yeah. Rode to work and was relatively okay. Slight vibration on the left, but I thought that was just the plastic inner fairing panel that's broken vibrating. Before that I thought the Denali horn was the cause (wedged inbetween the radiator and engine bar), but in either case the vibration wasn't excessive or alarming.

Started the bike after finishing work and it sounded woeful. Vibrating like hell on the left hand side, sounded internal and terminal (from the head). Plug leads were all on okay, and I knew the plugs were tight. Figured it may be coil related, but since it started and revved fine without any performance or running issues I rode home without much fuss. I rode home wondering how much I could strip off it before scrapping it and loved the idea (because I get to tinker).

Then when I got home I had a look on the left side of the bike to see what it could be: radiator was fine... oh... oh but that's not.

https://i.postimg.cc/vTskHgyJ/20210405-214513.jpg

So the story with this one is that the shop that sold me the bike allowed it to leave the workshop with what is clearly a monkies attempt at fixing the aftermarket exhuast pipes to the engine block.

After taking delivery (sometime late last year now) I noticed after a few rides that the exhaust collars were a bodge, and got them to weld the two outter ones up as they were bent and had cracks / splits in.

& Now that weld has rusted away on the left hand side, and looks bad on the right.

So my plan of action is to see if my local shop can weld the collar back together and use some better bolts to create a tighter fit, or if I should buy a brand new aftermarket downpipe and exhaust gaskets and try to replace it myself.

The plus side is that it looks like the exhaust downpipes can be removed without the radiator being touched, so that saves money.
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The do it all, T̶h̶e̶ ̶b̶r̶o̶k̶e̶n̶ ̶o̶n̶e̶,̶ ̶T̶h̶e̶ ̶b̶i̶g̶ ̶l̶u̶m̶p̶,̶ ̶C̶h̶o̶n̶g̶ ̶N̶o̶o̶d̶l̶e̶

[blurredman]

Fixed the rear brake switch with a handily perfectly sized (number plate holder?) insert.
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CBT: 12/06/10, Theory: 22/09/10, Module 1: 09/11/10, Module 2: 19/01/11
Past: 1991 Honda CG125BR-J, 1992 (1980) Honda XL125S, 1996 Kawasaki GPZ500S.
Current: 1981 Honda CX500B - 91k, 1987 MZ ETZ250 (bored to 295cc) - 38k, 1990 MZ ETZ251 - 49k, 1979 Suzuki TS185ER - 9k, 1973 MZ ES250/2 - 17k.

[Hong Kong Phooey]

[NJD]

[Hong Kong Phooey]

^ full fitting kit included with the headers, get your hands dirty.
The nuts/bolts look like they might come out first attempt.

Six sided socket, give them a bit of a shock with a hammer and see what happens.
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'81 CG125, '97 FZS600 : '99 CBR600F4, '09 KTM RC8

[NJD]

[recman]

[NJD]

[Hong Kong Phooey]

[hellkat]

Chatted up the parts guy in Warrs ... just to keep me hand in whilst he was rinsing my credit card

They're all so *young*


Then rode home with my new drive belt hung over my shoulder bandolier stylee, cos the box was too big for my rucksack.
*whistles theme tune from Indiana Jones*
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Not nearly as interesting in real life.

[Pete.]