What have you done to your bike today? Archive.

[Kayak23]

Been messing about at work designing and CNC'ing a bracket on the router to replace the stock dials and display on my 1982 GSX400F with a nice little speedo from Daytona and some individual LEDs to show gear position, neutral, indicators etc...

Lots of tweaking the Perspex prototype but getting there. Turns out the casting for the yokes isn't exactly symmetrical.
I will move the ignition key at a later date but at the moment it's going to stay put.

The final one will be made from powder coated aluminium.

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Kind of happy with it I think. Next step is to cut it out of the aluminum. 4mm T6 aluminum to be precise.

[Tracer1234]

[Hong Kong Phooey]

[ThatDippyTwat]

Sold it.

On lookout for something new.
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'98 VFR800 (touring) - '12 VFR800 Crosrunner (Commuting) - '01 KDX220 (Big Green Antisocial Machine)

[The Shaggy D.A.]

Paid the remainder and rode it home

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Chances are quite high you are not in my Monkeysphere, and I don't care about you. Don't take it personally.
Currently : Royal Enfield 350 Meteor
Previously : CB100N > CB250RS > XJ900F > GT550 > GPZ750R/1000RX > AJS M16 > R100RT > Bullet 500 > CB500 > LS650P > Bullet Electra X & YBR125 > Bullet 350 "Superstar" & YBR125 Custom > Royal Enfield Classic 500 Despatch Limited Edition (28 of 200) & CB Two-Fifty Nighthawk > ER5

[Fin]

Removed the exhausts, drained oil, removed the sump, went to put on new gasket and saw this
https://i.imgur.com/VYroFhN.png


Have put it on anyway, but didn't get round to putting the exhaust on and checking if the sump leaks, will find out tomorrow

https://i.imgur.com/bgehWMS.png

[Tracer1234]

[Hong Kong Phooey]

[pompousporcup...]

bought a dynojet kit for the gpz900 as ive not been having much luck with rejetting with keihin jets.. its still epicly lean.

Looked inside the dynojet box and compared the contents to some parts i have as spares.. turns out i already have a spare set of drilled slides and a 4 matching shortened slide springs.. bugger.

Put more cable ties on the thundercat fairing

[kramdra]

Was going to get the 250rr mot'd tomorrow. Turns over but wouldnt fire, couple months since I started her, Im guessing the carbs are full of shit

Instead got the front off the CBR6 to fit new fairing bracket. The original is rusty and probably bent.

[Wheezybiker]

Not on the bike but for the bike
Installed my ground anchor dug the hole a smidge on the large side took 40kg of concrete to fill it
Don't think it's coming out

[Kawasaki Jimbo]

Went to fit the float bowl gaskets which arrived from Wemoto during the week, only to find they're a really poor fit and a waste of time. Poor quality control. I should have known better. Buy cheap, pay twice. Kawasaki originals now ordered. Shame because I'd been looking forward to getting on with the task this weekend.

[pompousporcup...]

gpz900: started rebuilding carb set #2 in case the play in the linkage on set #1 was causing shite.. whilst everything was off i ran a compression test (with some oil down the bores)
1:120
2:170
3:180
4:180

So it was cylinder 1 after all causing the low speed running and popping issues following that i tested the piston heights against each other and piston 1 is 3mm or so lower than the others. I'm guessing a bit of hydro lock was involved under previous ownership ultimately one or more of the rods are bent

Thundercat: Put the fairing on properly and removed the cable ties that were holding it all together. It looks half decent now.. from a distance

[chickenstrip]

Replaced front pads, as one stupid pad was near to the metal, the others still had a fair bit left No seized pistons Now have "throw you over the handlebars" brakes again
Bought rears today too, will get around to them soon.
Test ride c/o, satis.
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THERE'S MILLIONS OF CHICKENSTRIPS OUT THERE!

[UnspeedySam]

On Monday I got some nearly new Michelin PR4s fitted for £100 at Russ Tyres in Portsmouth.

On Tuesday I serviced the front brake caliper and changed the pads, then failed to dismantle the leaky forks for a rebuild and ordered some new long reach allen head sockets off amazon that aren't made of cheese.

Yesterday I started myself off easy changing the oil and filter then attempted a job that I've always avoided; checking and adjusting valve clearances.

First of all doing this on the Honda Bros 400 involves removing the tank, carbs and partially removing the radiator. Then it's still a mission to remove the front rocker cover. But aside from all of that I somehow managed to monumentally screw it up and now my bike sounds like a tractor.

After some research I think it's because I only used the marks on the flywheel to get the engine in the right position. I should have also checked where the piston was in its stroke. Hopefully I haven't completely buggered my engine; I should have to some time to try again tomorrow.

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Riding: Does an Audi estate count?
Fixing: Honda VFR750 RC36 '94 and MZ ETZ 251 '90
Gone: ZZR600 '00, TRX850 '97, RXS100 '93, JS125-6B '07, BMW R1100RS '93, Kawasaki ZX-6R-J2 '01,Honda Bros NT400 NC25 '88

[M.C]

[UnspeedySam]

[Beehive Bedlam]

Got these two replaced before they kill me or cost me 6 points and a fine.

https://i.imgur.com/Z9wZeDm.jpg

PR3's 16K out of the front and 13K out of the rear generally hard riding Monday - Friday.

Decided to try Avon storm 3D's this time.

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

I started antagonising them on the way back and they didn't let go. So far so good.

[groovylee]

started to clean the chain on the ninja in readiness for changing the sprocket carrier. spotted a couple of missing rollers. stopped cleaning

new C&S ordered.

I'll get this thing done at some point......
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Past - 1988 honda revere 600, 1996 kawasaki gpz500s, 1999 Yamaha R6

Current - 2002 Aprilia RSV1000R & 1999 Kawasaki ZX6R

[RhynoCZ]

[The Shaggy D.A.]

Sold the 350, will be dropping to off to the new owner tomorrow. Now back down to one bike.
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Chances are quite high you are not in my Monkeysphere, and I don't care about you. Don't take it personally.
Currently : Royal Enfield 350 Meteor
Previously : CB100N > CB250RS > XJ900F > GT550 > GPZ750R/1000RX > AJS M16 > R100RT > Bullet 500 > CB500 > LS650P > Bullet Electra X & YBR125 > Bullet 350 "Superstar" & YBR125 Custom > Royal Enfield Classic 500 Despatch Limited Edition (28 of 200) & CB Two-Fifty Nighthawk > ER5

[Suntan Sid]

Fitted a new front brake light switch, yesterday.
Today got a fresh MOT, with no advisories, for my 35 year old, built from a box of bits, Honda XL125.

I am NOT disappoint!
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[UnspeedySam]

[haroman666]

Back in April, I was headed to Sheffield to see a friend and after about 3 miles the bike chugged and chugged and eventually died. I managed to get it home by pinning the throttle and slipping the clutch to keep the bastard running.
Turns out that the little foam filters in the airbox had disintegrated and been sucked into the top of the carbs, thus hindering the movement of the lifters/jet needle.

I've been running these little secondary air-ports filterless for a while and I don't think that ought to continue long term.

So I bought some foam filters from ebay which were meant for some sort of old-skool Honda (as opposed to using a washing up sponge as some people had suggested online.

Airbox top off:
https://image.ibb.co/g3ZGba/WP_20170812_14_04_57_Pro.jpg

Use air filter as a stencil to cut around:
https://image.ibb.co/n9KhGa/WP_20170812_14_05_57_Pro.jpg

https://image.ibb.co/maLpwa/WP_20170812_14_07_37_Pro.jpg

Use one cutout as second stencil:
https://image.ibb.co/kXdbba/WP_20170812_14_08_47_Pro.jpg

Cut hole for little tubey thing:
https://image.ibb.co/bNFdpv/WP_20170812_14_11_22_Pro.jpg

Ta daaaaaa!:
https://image.ibb.co/fm1Uwa/WP_20170812_14_12_34_Pro.jpg

And while I was there I thought i'd have a butchers inside the top of the only accessible carb to see what shite was there. A little bit, but not enough for me to care.
https://image.ibb.co/hW9tNF/WP_20170812_14_16_37_Pro.jpg

All done and a test ride is imminent. Naturally i'm expecting a 10bhp gain and for the front wheel to only be touch the tarmac during corners.
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The mistresses: 2000 Honda CBR600f, 2000 Honda VTR1000

[chickenstrip]