What have you done to your bike today? Archive.

[Royski]

[Easy-X]

[wr6133]

After ignoring it for a few years and using it as a table to roll joints on for a while decided to do something to it.

Removed engine, now my table weighs less

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Some of the crap around that sprocket may be older than me.

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[zark]

Watched the Thou sail through its MOT. Bonus!
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Rides a Fazer like an idiot... Edit: Now ride a Fazer Thou...

[1198]

Waded through shin deep water then completed my ride through snow. I don’t think that’s quite the use Kawasaki has in mind for their flagship ‘fastest production bike in the world’ when they designed it!

[ThatDippyTwat]

'tis a touch damp out there at the moment in this general neck of the woods.
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'98 VFR800 (touring) - '12 VFR800 Crosrunner (Commuting) - '01 KDX220 (Big Green Antisocial Machine)

[wr6133]

Enfield is getting close to 1000 miles so figured I'd drop the oil and do the filter again.

Only the finest motorcycle specific oil for me

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As well as a filter it has a strainer that had caught a bit of swarf. Being a tight git I cleaned it and reused.

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[Easy-X]

Fitted a GPS tracker on my father-in-law's Bonnie
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Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter

[Pigeon]

Gixxer + Striple got new oil + filters + coolant top up.

[Fisty]

Made it go brap. (right click unmute)

https://i.imgur.com/rpDS1Oo.mp4

Picked up a nice stainless end can to use while I wait for the beet system to come from Trumpland.

Also banged on a lithium battery and a pair of dynacoils.
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TL1000R | Hayabusa | ZXR400 | TL1000S | Bandit 400 V
Fatter and faster than Fret

[redeem ouzzer]

Got the drill and whizzy wheel onto the headers for my GSXR400 to get rid of the worst loose rust then applied a liberal coat of Plastikote BBQ paint. They havn't rusted through but they weren't in a good way, basically the last coat of HT paint was fucking useless and flaked off, coupled with one 100 mile trip on salted roads last year to the dyno which not only turned the exhaust as rotten as Bodyguard's teeth but ruined the rest of the bike as well.

I attempted to get some heat into the pipes to cure the paint with a hot air gun but this was like trying to knit fog so I shoved as much into the oven as possible and whacked in on gas mark 9 for 90 minutes which seemed to do the trick, result is a completely uniform flat finish which will hopefully last a year or two.

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[redeem ouzzer]

[Pigeon]

Replaced brake fluid on Striple and bled the system.

TuneECU (phone app) now operates the ABS pump solenoid, which means I can bleed the ABS pump for the first time in 6 years (could have paid Triumph dealer before but went the non-technical route of occasionally triggering the ABS when out on the bike).

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[recman]

ABS?

[Pigeon]

[Easy-X]

I've ridden out in the bad weather in the last few weeks and had a few "abrupt stops" and so far I've not managed to trigger the ABS. I can only assume it'd have to be a real "oh shit!" moment for it to kick in.
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Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter

[recman]

[Hong Kong Phooey]

New exhaust fitted, 5.7kg lighter, twice as loud but throatier.

Flashed a suitable tune using TuneEcu from my mobile phone , thing is popping and banging on the overrun, can is borderline obnoxiously loud, but it does improve the character no end.

I could block off the eco-bollocks SAI/SAS/PAIR* valve with a ballbearing to stop the backfires, but I might take it on a wee run first for a laugh.

*secondary air injection, added to a lot of bikes to improve emissions.
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'81 CG125, '97 FZS600 : '99 CBR600F4, '09 KTM RC8

[Royski]

[Fisty]

A few weeks ago I found the same Beet titanium system on ebay as I had on the bike in the 90's.
It was sold in "good unmarked condition"

The seller was a liar. The end can was broken internally, scratched and leaking. Downpipes and link pipe scratched and dented.

After a bit of an argument I got my money back.

Today I cut down the can by 20mm to remove the damage, repacked it with new wadding re sealed it and polished it.
Cleaned and brushed the scrapes out of the downpipes.

Then fitted it.

God I have missed this bike.

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TL1000R | Hayabusa | ZXR400 | TL1000S | Bandit 400 V
Fatter and faster than Fret

[Fisty]

Shakedown of the baby bandit today.

45 miles of various roads..... and I learned.

Chain is slack
Headstock bearings need adjusting
Flat spot at 5k rpm and a fluffy idle.
Fret likes it
He can't have it

I have been grinning all afternoon.
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Quietly and consistently taking the piss.
TL1000R | Hayabusa | ZXR400 | TL1000S | Bandit 400 V
Fatter and faster than Fret

[FretGrinder]

[Hong Kong Phooey]

4hrs off and on cleaning both bikes, CBR6 was manky.

Lots of disposable cloths caked in oily gunk now gone in the bin, which might have been used as toilet paper in desperation.

Might have to buy cheap knickers to wipe my arse on, then sell em on to King29.
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'81 CG125, '97 FZS600 : '99 CBR600F4, '09 KTM RC8

[linuxyeti]

Gave the ST7 it's post winter full clean, not bothered re-coating in acf-50, as, hopefully, we've had the last of the gritters, did the same with the Interceptor as well, just the Imperiale left winterised, which I will leave it as for a few more weeks, then give that a thorough clean.

Nipper did the same on her Superlight, the Mash 50 will be done towards the end of April before it's put up for sale, as that will have been superceeded by another Superlight, which we picked up and put into storage a couple of weeks ago.
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[wr6133]

Boredom started me polishing, I'll have to do the other side to match

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