What have you done to your bike today? Archive.

[redeem ouzzer]

At weekend had a day on the Dyno.

YR5 was slightly down on previous peak (possibly down to running rich / slightly blowing head), but we coaxed another few torques out of it. Ended up just over 35 ft/lb torque which is ridiculous for an aircooled twin with a fixed exhaust port. Might do a “wet” map as I think it’ll be a handful on a wet circuit.

GSXR400 went on with bigger mains (to richen it up at the top without the baffle) and dropped needles (to cure the excessive richness under 5k). First try was bang on. 57.2 bhp, 22 ft/lb torque and AFR in tolerance through the rev range. About a 2bhp gain over the airbox but no real trade off in torque or driveability. But the best thing is I’ll never need to wrestle the fucking airbox on and off ever again. Oh and the filters and pipe sound absolutely feral at 15000 rpm....
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[ThatDippyTwat]

Put a flap of 6mm rubber over the shock on the viffer, stop it getting coated in shit. This is more in prep for probably getting Maxton to put a decent shock in there.

Tidied up wiring. Put accessories (Voltmeter, USB, camera) on 2 pin connectors and ran a fan of them out to one ring, rather than a stack of ring connectors. Should make connecting batteries much easier.

Chain tension, clean and lube.

Pulled exhaust and carbs off parts bike.
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'98 VFR800 (touring) - '12 VFR800 Crosrunner (Commuting) - '01 KDX220 (Big Green Antisocial Machine)

[Wyberton John]

Cossetted it with a luvvly new Oxford Raintex Premium cover

Oh - and my new pillion pegs arrived today, so Felicity (my bike) will be chuffed to rocks
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[wr6133]

Having been made redundant and sitting on gardening leave I finally got back to the GSXR I tore apart over Christmas.

Today managed too

Drain oil and coolant
Flush out coolant system
Repair the damaged bits of the loom
Harpic cleaned the headers and link pipe
Degunged any gungy bits I came across while doing the above.

If all goes to plan tomorrow will be putting the loom back and connecting it all up, reattaching subframe, new oil in, get it ticking over and refilling coolant, rebuild rear brake calliper, fairings on and then all I need is a front tyre and an MOT.

[notabikeranym...]

Stopped neglecting it

https://i.imgur.com/0NTGuQb.jpg

[ThatDippyTwat]

Chains clean, lube and tension on both bikes.
Replaced rusty screws in Viffers master cylinders with stainless ones.
Rearranged the locks over between bikes to make it less of a faff.
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'98 VFR800 (touring) - '12 VFR800 Crosrunner (Commuting) - '01 KDX220 (Big Green Antisocial Machine)

[B0ndy]

Oil change, shoutout to the dummy who put the last filter on - really enjoyed spending 1 hour to do an oil and filter change instead of 15 minutes

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CBF 125 -> CB400SF -> GSX600F -> ZX6R (G1) -> GSXR1000 K4 -> ZX6R (B1H Stunt bike) -> VFR800 -> R1 5PW -> Sprint 1050 -> Fireblade 929 -> ZX10R C2H

[Courier265]

Changed the headlight bulb and "position" bulbs on the inazuma, also adjusted the chain again, farking swift chain crap...never again.

I would of washed the bike but it started to rain with hail mixed in and it was to farking cold.

[BigTim]

New stator on my Biffer, Oil and filter change. put my pannier and top box racks back on and only two bits left over?? WTF!

[FretGrinder]

[Polarbear]

[derillius24]

A few bits and bobs done to prepare the big Yam for the new season:

Oil and filter change
New tyres
3Pistons bar end mirrors
Evotech and GB Racing crash protection
Radial master cylinder from a 2015 R1 fitted and Brembo SA pads
Brake fluid change
Evotech levers
Carbon fibre bits
Rad and oil cooler guards
Tail tidy and 7x5
Oxford Hot Grips
Stompgrips
Silver panels painted black
rearsets powdercoated

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shell near me
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CG125, CBF250, DRZ400-SM, Z750, Street Triple R, Tuono V4R

[ThatDippyTwat]

Sold it.

Parts bike went to another home, after I pulled the wheels off, they stay with me.
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'98 VFR800 (touring) - '12 VFR800 Crosrunner (Commuting) - '01 KDX220 (Big Green Antisocial Machine)

[pompousporcup...]

not today but last week i wrote it off -_- RIP gpz900

[ride_to_die]

Lubed chain & bled the clutch on the rsv because finding neutral was becoming a bit of a sod.
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[Hong Kong Phooey]

[pepperami]

Cleaned a few cruddy bits and plugged the Hyosung GT250r into the Optimate.
Oh and checked the tyre pressures
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[Serendipity]

I paused to take a picture:

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

I've done lots of miles with lots of vehicles, but this is the first one I've taken over the 100k mark. I bought the CBF1000 with 20k on the clock and added the 80k over the last 6 years. It would have got to 100k sooner, but I tend to give the bike a break over the summer while I ride the cooler CB500.

The bike is still in pretty good shape. The heel plates and heated grips are worn and there's a frame brace hidden behind the radiator that's almost rusted through, but otherwise it cleans up quite nicely.

Another 100k ahead? Meh, I don't know. The mileage effectively makes the bike worthless so I'll probably keep knocking out the miles until something expensive breaks, then move on to something made in the current decade.
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2007 CBF1000-ABS - Commuter heaven | 1994 CBR600FR - Awaiting defibrillation

[pompousporcup...]

[Wyberton John]

[Hong Kong Phooey]

[sickpup]

Ordered new Hyperpro suspension front and rear for the 2008 ER6. Built to order so will take about a month to arrive.
Need to decide if I should fit PD valves when the front end is apart.

[ThatDippyTwat]

Changing wheels to the earlier 90-93 ones. Thought I would change pads while I have the wheel off. Back wheel already on and sorted at this point.

Front right caliper was no problem. Cleaned it up, greased slider, new pads, bosh.

Left? Slider jammed solid. Heat, drill - Nothing moves it. New caliper and rebuild kit. ordered.
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'98 VFR800 (touring) - '12 VFR800 Crosrunner (Commuting) - '01 KDX220 (Big Green Antisocial Machine)

[Skudd]

Just fitted sat nav to the GS and bled the brakes on the Cagiva.
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[Whosthedaddy]

Washed it.

Well, used some snow type soap and rinsed off with the hose.
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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