What have you done to your bike today? Archive.

[Irn-Bru]

New rear tyre on the KTM, Pilot Power. Tried to fit the wheel the way I took it off, can't get it back together, the rear pads just keep coming out of the caliper and swinging about on the retaining pin Must be doing something daft.
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KTM 990 SMT & Suzuki DR-Z 400 SM

[kramdra]

I did do replace front pads as they were too low. Have not managed to swap the spare calipers yet but they are now clean assembled and ready to fit.

[pompousporcup...]

yesterday i did put 350mm delkevic cans on my gpz900r. the change in sound is great! It's not asbo loud like the 225 cans were on my old 500r.. they have a nice deep growl and burbly idle but once on cam they start to scream something fierce. Best £230 i've spent on this bike yet.

I also put a new number plate on and cut down the rear mudguard which makes the rear end A LOT cleaner.. it also means i can remove the rear wheel much more easily. Doing this meant i had to removed the number plate light so i have fabrimacobled a 45deg plate bracket and fitted an LED in place of the old bulb.

Next job is to polish everything to a shine.


On a sadder note, i put my Thundercat up for sale. The most reliable bike i've owned.. i will be sad to see it go

[pompousporcup...]

Sold it. Less than 24 hours from posting to the bloke riding away.

Ive sold a couple of bikes already but I am genuinely sad to see the little Yamaha go. It taught me a lot about riding. Silver lining is now I have space for my other 900r project in the garage.

Gpz900r got a wash.

[wr6133]

Rebuilt the 6 pots again as they decide to shit their seals again . So for the next 5 minutes I will have good brakes

[M.C]

[kramdra]

Part won racetec arrived, which I will fit tomorrow after doing the brakes.

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/yMYAAOSwOxNay6iG/s-l1600.jpg

[UncleFester]

Rode it for the first time. 70 ish miles done. New tyres scrubbed in. Am amazed how easy a modern bike is to get on with. Light controls, stable, sweet gearbox. .140bhp doesn't mean scary. Compared to my old 500 twin .... This goes like stink in any gear.

Definitely bought the right bike.
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Module 1 and 2 passed - October 2014. Happy owner of a 2017 Z1000SX, ex owner of a YBR125 / CB500 / VFR800.

[ThatDippyTwat]

Sorted exhaust to where I'm happy it won't blow or heat anything up it shouldn't. Slapped lots of VHT onto it. A few gentle heat cycles to start it curing.
Fixed the rear light that someone smashed/ran into while I was in Town the other day.
Touched up some rust spots.
Wiped excess road crap off.
Chain had a clean, lube & tension.
Caliper parts arrived, so that'll get stripped down next weekend, cleaned, new seals and put back together with new SBS pads.
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'98 VFR800 (touring) - '12 VFR800 Crosrunner (Commuting) - '01 KDX220 (Big Green Antisocial Machine)

[mrmistoffelee...]

Cleaned it,

Home > Helmsley> Pickering> Whitby realised as i got into Whitby I'd knocked the idle adjuster when cleaning it. Spent ten minutes googling where the adjuster was. adjusted idle back to normal. cup of tea and a fag. > home.

Cleaned it. spat flies out of my mouth.

I likes the new bike, much nicer than the VFR

[NutsyUk]

Well todays been an eventful day... Bikes nearly ready to go on the road now...

Anyway today i took off and totally cleaned up the back calliper and placed new pads in... it had seized and was binding rather badly to the back disk.

Reattached and bled them in... The new pads do need to bed in a little but outside that theyre al good... I now have a fairly free moving back wheel. Which is a relief as I also feared it could have been the bearings.

Just pushing the bike form where i was storing it to the front of the house nearly gave me a heart attack. That was about 15 meters over grass...

Also the back tyre seems to have a slow puncture. The back tyre also has a bit of a flat edge in the middle... and the tread is about 1.7mm... I cant afford a new set right now so ill carry on with these for the moment. But I will get a new set. Maybe mid to late summer...

Also while working on it, we "dad" saw the back wheel was also out o alignment... this caused a little wear on the back sprocket. Straightening that up now...

So yeah been a good productive day...
Double checked the head socket... it didnt feel like there was any free play to me.. so i think. Thats it... No more work needs doing to the bike. Ill give it a clean up tomorrow and i guess this week get the tax and insurance sorted and go for a ride.
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Yamaha FZ8/Fazer800 (split headlight one) 2014, gingerly getting used to the massive increase in HP and not killing myself in the process! That was easy to get used to.
Kawasaki ER6F 2007 650 Gonna sell as a project bike!
Lexmoto XTR S 125 Sold!

[recman]

Fitted a new horn. It was mainly for cosmetic value, the old one worked ok its just that it was quite rusty.
I got the new one from a friend who'd bought it ages ago for his wife's motor but never got round to fitting it.
It's loud as fvck, resembles one of these...
https://s9.postimg.cc/kz0gu6nfz/TB2_Fb_XSap_XXXXa_LXXXXXXXXXXXX_382040307.jpg

[kramdra]

https://s20.postimg.cc/57xrjq3l9/IMG_20180414_195249.jpg

[HappyDays]

fitted new mirrors and a Black Widow Exhaust.
https://youtu.be/pNn7WfVyGBg
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Liquorice Torpedoe

[wr6133]

[redeem ouzzer]

Mot’d the X5, no issues. Nice to ride a 2t that isn’t a premix swilling fuckpig that only works properly when accelerating.
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Be a REAL MAN!

[stevo as b4]

One day I'll have one of those again: an auto lube 2stroke that's totally bog standard and reliable of sorts those were happy days!

[kramdra]

[Hong Kong Phooey]

Cleaned it, that's twice this year!

Reset all suspenders back to stocking settings. Seems Honda knew what they were doing and bike magazines know jack shit. It feels so much easier to ride, can't believe the difference half a turn looser of rebound has made such a difference.
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'81 CG125, '97 FZS600 : '99 CBR600F4, '09 KTM RC8

[wr6133]

[Tdibs]

Fitted a cbr600rr mosfet RR to the SV and replaced a bunch of melted connections. RR now goes straight to the battery with a fuse.

https://puu.sh/A32t2.jpg

A bit neater

https://puu.sh/A32sS.jpg

So far so good, just going to have a few long rides and monitor voltage before I feel like I can trust it again!
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Previous : 09 Vanvan 125| 02' Sv650s || Current: 1999 Xj600n | 1992 DR650 RSE | 2005 Fazer 1000

[Courier265]

It's cold and wet so nothing done today except from starting up my Suzuki and checking the lights, indicators, horn and tyre pressures.

Bike all ready to use for next week.

[NutsyUk]

I was going to wash the insides and then put the fairing back on my bike today... But forcast said rain... And theres not been a single drop... BC cheated me D:
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Yamaha FZ8/Fazer800 (split headlight one) 2014, gingerly getting used to the massive increase in HP and not killing myself in the process! That was easy to get used to.
Kawasaki ER6F 2007 650 Gonna sell as a project bike!
Lexmoto XTR S 125 Sold!

[recman]

Fitted new spark plugs, the old plugs didn't look too bad but they were the original ones so it's about time.
A considerable faf, lots of bits and pieces to get off before the old plugs came out.
First time I'd done bike plugs so it took a while, also the first time I'd had to unscrew the little silver contact cap.
Didn't know that until one of the old plugs came out.
Can't reassemble yet because the air filter needs chucking.
https://s17.postimg.cc/y44qnd9rz/20180415_144641.jpg

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https://s17.postimg.cc/y44qnjwz3/IMG-20180415-_WA0002.jpg

[Fizzer Thou]

Decided not to go to Brands for the BSB,so cleaned the KTM more thoroughly,especially the front of the exhaust,which catches much of the dirt thrown up off the front wheel

https://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv23/WiNot_Rhencullen/Workshop/20180414_134442_zpsndcf3bmn.jpg~original
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It had been suggested on A.N.Other website to clean stainless or titanium exhausts with Harpic x10 cleaner and to apply it with a toothbrush before finishing with Solvol chrome cleaner.It mostly worked,but it is only going to get dirty again the next time I hit the Byways,so I will not bother with the chrome cleaner
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