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Posted: 19:52 - 05 Sep 2017 Post subject: |
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TL;DR: After passing an MOT and about 300 miles of commuting I found that my front calliper mounting bolts were only finger tight.
After 85,000 miles, my fork seals had started weeping so I stripped them down and they went from this:
https://i.imgur.com/sVY8Ng1h.jpg
Via a little bit of this:
https://i.imgur.com/JdsYXvyh.jpg
To looking more like this:
https://i.imgur.com/YzuxXyMh.jpg
New genuine seals, fresh oil and put it all back together before zooming straight round to the bike shop for an MOT, which it sailed through…
…but there was a gentle knock through the bars over bumps and ripples in the road. I was so fixated that I’d done something wrong with the fork internals that I failed to check the obvious. It was only after a couple of weeks, last night as I rode home that the front brake juddered as I gently slowed approaching traffic lights and a doubt pinged into my head. I had definitely torqued up all the bolts as I went right? There’s no way I could have forgotten such critical bolts?
Except it seems I did. Both callipers. In fact the left ones weren’t even finger tight, hence the judder. Now nipped up to the correct torque
Oh well. Not deaded. Live and learn. ____________________ 2007 CBF1000-ABS - Commuter heaven | 1994 CBR600FR - Awaiting defibrillation |
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Posted: 19:59 - 05 Sep 2017 Post subject: |
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Not deaded is always a plus ____________________ 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 |
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Posted: 21:55 - 05 Sep 2017 Post subject: |
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Tracer1234 wrote: | The Shaggy D.A. wrote: | Not deaded is always a plus |
That's always the ideal situation to be in at the end of the day. |
Thirded. Congrats on being alive! Although I'm pretty sure I did this once in my early self-bike-servicing days.
Also interested to know how you got the forks to look so nice...not that I'm doing anything that requires effort or cost to my bikes.
ThatDippyTwat wrote: | I'll re-use one if it's in decent condition, but that one was utterly fucked. I needed to change the cooler as well (original leaked, badly), so did it at the same time |
Have you somehow bought a bike where literally every component is completely shagged? I hope it was cheap!
Nothing to report with the Bros after a couple of weeks of commuting on it. The fork seals still aren't leaking, and the CBR600 internals have made SUCH a difference! Looks like I got away with reusing the old bushings. Also I like that it looks a little more rat with the fork gaitors I've had knocking around in the shed for ages.
I do need to re-route the radiator hose back where it's supposed to go, put the protective wire back on it, and put the radiator grill back on as well.
I've also got some cheap chinese pod filters that have just arrived to replace the airbox, because all the rubbers for it have perished, so is doesn't seat on the carbs properly anymore.
I'm also going to route the cylinder head breather which blows a little oil into the airbox when thrashed (worn piston rings maybe?) into a makeshift catch can/bottle, as I can't just have it blowing oil all down the sides of the engine when the airbox goes... ____________________ 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 |
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My Fireblade died for the first time since I removed stock alarm years ago. This morning it started, but was already giving me signals that something was not right with the battery. I was silly enough to ride 1 mile to petrol station to fill up. It didn't want to start anymore after that
I couldn't be bothered to bump start it on a leveled surface (I've never really tried to bump start 1000cc before.. but 2T 125cc and 4T 600cc yes, I did that many times). If I was stranded somewhere far away from home I would have no choice but to try. Home was close and I had unused MotoBatt battery sitting there in my cupboard so I decided to have a short walk home, grabbed a toolbox and battery, put it in my car and after 5 minutes of spannering the bike was alive again. I took it home.
I had to walk to get my car after that, but I took my dog with me so he had a walk too.
Yes I'm lazy
Now I have to investigate if it's just a battery that I didn't look after (never bothered to charge it) or maybe alternator is on its last legs. ____________________ Current Bike: Yamaha XSR900 Previous bikes: Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade, Kawasaki ZX-6R Ninja, Aprilia RS125 2-stroke |
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Why didn't you just get a nice simple one that replaces a bolt in the bar clamp? ____________________ stinkwheel: He had an animated .gif of a cat performing fellatio. It's not socially acceptable. It can have real life adverse effects on other people. |
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I very rarely use the centre stand on the CBF1000 and the last few times I’ve used it the corrosion had got into the pivot shaft and it wouldn’t retract fully.
After the bike was stood on the centre stand for over 2 months earlier in the summer it got worse so I decided to drive the shaft out, clean it up and grease it.
I started by trying to remove the springs with a spring puller that came with a big trampoline I got for the kids a couple of years ago. It’s just a strong hook with a comfortable T-bar handle, but I just couldn’t get enough grip in the right place to pull the really strong springs.
So I headed to Google for inspiration and came across a simple, but very effective method. Found on the V-Strom owners site and posted by a guy called ejy12. Thanks to him….
1. Get a length of strong cord. He suggested nylon boot laces, but I had some thin plastic rope.
2. Rotate the rear wheel so a spoke is pointing directly down and tie the end of the cord around the spoke.
3. Loop the cord around the end of the spring that needs pulling.
4. Pull on the cord away from the spring back towards the rear of the bike.
5. The U on the end of the spring acts as a pulley giving you a mechanical advantage as you pull.
6. I added extra leverage using my Gordon Freeman special wedged under the rear tyre so I could easily pull the hooked end of the crowbar and the spring neatly stretched and popped off.
7. Same trick to restore the springs after clean-up.
https://i.imgur.com/VAr9Skuh.jpg
Once I’d removed the springs I had to use a fair bit of force to drive the rusted pivot shaft out of the stand. I used a small socket and extension bar that was thin enough and hammered the shaft out with a big club hammer. It got to a point where it just wouldn’t move any further so I coated it with Plusgas and hammered it back in. Then I was able to hammer it back out all the way.
I gave the shaft a good rub down with wet and dry followed by a polish up with Autosol then re-assembled everything with lashings of grease.
I didn’t need to fuck around with removing exhausts because I wasn’t removing the stand to clean or paint it. I only needed to get it moving smoothly again. ____________________ 2007 CBF1000-ABS - Commuter heaven | 1994 CBR600FR - Awaiting defibrillation |
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Put standard bars back on the Enfield, the Triumph Scrambler jobbies were too wide/tall. ____________________ 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
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Checked over the voltmeter connections and verified the readings with a multimeter. Then checked and cleaned the reg rec connections and wiring. Couldn't find anything that looked dodgy, so I'll just have to see what the voltage does on the way to work tomorrow. |
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Posted: 16:21 - 11 Sep 2017 Post subject: |
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Fz6 mot'd clean sheet apart from missing bush in clutch lever (been missing for 2 years and doesn't affect anything)
Was even described as 'clean' by the mot guy despite being crashed and self repaired ____________________ Current: Honda City Fly CLR125 2003 Honda CB600F Hornet 2008 Yamaha FZ6 S2 + 1991 Kawasaki GPZ500
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 6 years, 200 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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