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Posted: 14:11 - 08 Jun 2017 Post subject: |
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This bothers me immensely.
https://s20.postimg.org/mfxkggaml/Screenshot_2017-06-08_at_14.09.05.jpg ____________________ Riding: Yamaha MT-09 Tracer Occasionally Riding: 08 Suzuki SV650, Potato: 2011 Yamaha YBR Custom.
Used to ride: 2015 Yamaha MT-09 Tracer (smidsy) 09 Triumph Street Triple (P/X'd) 08 Yamaha YBR (Sold)
CBT 04/14. A: Mod 1 & 2 13/04/15 |
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Ha yeah one of the previous owner did the tape
Might have to take if off now wheel tape is naff.
brakes are good thou ____________________ ZX6R B1H |
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Posted: 21:14 - 12 Jun 2017 Post subject: |
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This is really the weekends work:
rebuilt rear caliper (including dremeling one of the sliding pins into something approaching smoothness) with new seals.
Replaced chain and sprockets (first time with riveting a chain - not so hard, assuming rivets don't fail on dual carriageway).
Removed battery, positive power lead and starter relay for sanding and cleaning.
Put it all back together.
Turns out the bottom of the mounting point on the chain guard had broken off. Since a new one costs north of £70 () I rebuilt this one out of cable ties and a bit of plastic lying around from when a careless car driver hit the wall near where I park
https://thumb.ibb.co/nxAcna/IMG_20170612_203444317.jpg
It's (surprisingly) not total shit. quite pleased with it
EDIT: oh and put on a radiator guard from a breakers. ____________________ I tell you what, mathematically, I'm having it |
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Tracer1234 |
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Tracer1234 World Chat Champion
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Posted: 21:35 - 12 Jun 2017 Post subject: |
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I mourned my bike.
Yes, i am still very much indulging in my own pity party, it will pass. ____________________ Riding: Yamaha MT-09 Tracer Occasionally Riding: 08 Suzuki SV650, Potato: 2011 Yamaha YBR Custom.
Used to ride: 2015 Yamaha MT-09 Tracer (smidsy) 09 Triumph Street Triple (P/X'd) 08 Yamaha YBR (Sold)
CBT 04/14. A: Mod 1 & 2 13/04/15 |
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waffles World Chat Champion
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MOT successfully passed with no advisories, went out for a ride around afterwards in the sunny sun ____________________ 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 |
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Ripped the loom apart - crimped, heatshrunk and sealed with 'malgy tape, the metric fuckton of bodge jobs (wrapped ends, cable ties, poundshop insulting tape) by a PO, she now starts after almost 2 weeks off the road.
Oil and filter change.
Sorted the floppy indicator.
Put fan on a switched relay, I suspect the thermistor is fucked and I'm not paying that kind of money for one.
Changed uber-dim headlamp for LED that gives a decent beam pattern that won't blind oncoming traffic.
Removed "brush guards".
Removed heat wrap from exhaust, it's nasty, unneeded, and a fucking 125 not a nitro drag bike.
Chain tension and lube.
Oh, and fried to a fucking crisp in the sun. It was a good day.
Pads tomorrow I reckon, there's plenty of meat on the ones in both ends, but I have a suspicion they're contaminated... the YBR stopped better. ____________________ '98 VFR800 (touring) - '12 VFR800 Crosrunner (Commuting) - '01 KDX220 (Big Green Antisocial Machine) |
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Posted: 00:08 - 18 Jun 2017 Post subject: |
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-put new clutch cable on (cleaned out all the gunk out from behind the level )
-Half drained coolant and removed themostat and test it in a pan of boiling water (it works)
-removed the fan switch plug, grounded it on the engine to test fan (also works)
So now I know that the prime suspect for the tendency to run hot on hot days in traffic (I have read the gauge shouldn't get much over half). Next step is work out if the fan is cutting in at all.
- filled up the coolant and then ran the engine with the pressure cap on guess I get to pull the fairing and the tank *again* tomorrow.
- Fitted new starter relay ____________________ I tell you what, mathematically, I'm having it |
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bamt World Chat Champion
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Posted: 10:49 - 18 Jun 2017 Post subject: |
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Needed a new rear tyre on the Pan, which turned out to be far more work and expense than normal over the last couple of days.
To remove the axle, you have to displace one of the exhaust cans. But this time, after I loosened it and gently rotated it to break the seal, I had the ominous crack. At the end of the downpipe, where the clamp goes over the slitted end to connect the can, two of the bits of slitted pipe rusted off (looking at the rust in the break, it had been going for a while and definitely wasn't me being too gorilla like). I knew that that area of the exhaust wasn't in great condition so no major surprise, but it meant that the can can't go back on easily. If it was a case of slapping it on and hopefully never having to touch it again, I'd have considered doing a baked bean can and putty bodge as it is all held rigidly - but a back tyre only does about 7-10,000 miles so I need to remove it three or four times a year. It might have been possible to get it welded, but then I start hitting the time/effort tradeoff as I don't have a welder so would need to find someone to do it. It's on my list of things I should buy, but a thin, rusty exhaust whilst under time pressure probably isn't the ideal way to start learning to weld. A few days messing around without the bike costs me more in time/money/aggravation than just sorting it out so I decided to replace.
Luckily (!) I'd done this on Wednesday night to drop off the wheel to my tyre place on Thursday. That meant I could get new headers ordered for delivery on Friday - when I normally only work the morning and work from home so would be in for the delivery and with a clear run in the afternoon. Removing all the plastics is always good fun - though it gave me the opportunity to do a few other niggly jobs that I put off because of the effort involved (cleaning up some cable runs, adding a run for some auxiliary lighting, replacing some fasteners where the previous owner had butchered their heads or that had rusted in place).
Luckily the headers came off cleanly, so no nightmare scenario of having to remove broken studs, and everything went back together pretty easily - though annoyingly the new headers only came with two copper gaskets not four. That was sorted out with a phone call and the missing ones arrived Saturday morning, but I couldn't reassemble on Friday. Instead, I played at being a Harley owner, and sat in front of the telly on Friday night going over the end cans with chrome cleaner to get all the areas I normally miss because they are on the bike.
All back together yesterday, and a quick shakedown ride showed all is well again - albeit close to £400 lighter in the wallet (including the tyre). |
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Posted: 11:11 - 18 Jun 2017 Post subject: |
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Hong Kong Phooey wrote: | So I cleaned and oiled the chain, checked the tyre pressure and acf'd it.
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Why use ACF in summer? Surely all you're going to achieve is that it will collect a layer of dust and grit? ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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M.C wrote: | chickenstrip wrote: |
Why use ACF in summer? Surely all you're going to achieve is that it will collect a layer of dust and grit? |
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You know nothing, M.C ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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I still think they're a beautiful looking bike (even without a fuel tank ). Need good pics when it's all complete please ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 6 years, 313 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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