|
Author |
Message |
BRUN |
This post is not being displayed .
|
BRUN Trackday Trickster
Joined: 10 Oct 2020 Karma :
|
|
Back to top |
|
You must be logged in to rate posts |
|
|
Easy-X |
This post is not being displayed .
|
Easy-X Super Spammer
Joined: 08 Mar 2019 Karma :
|
Posted: 15:56 - 12 Jul 2021 Post subject: |
|
|
Fixed an electrical problem with an old '70s KZ1000. Some crimp-joined wires which of course had to be right in the middle so it took longer to re-wrap that part of the loom than anything else. 40+ years for disintegration... not bad really ____________________ Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter |
|
Back to top |
|
You must be logged in to rate posts |
|
|
ThatDippyTwat |
This post is not being displayed .
|
ThatDippyTwat World Chat Champion
Joined: 07 Aug 2016 Karma :
|
|
Back to top |
|
You must be logged in to rate posts |
|
|
The Shaggy D.A. |
This post is not being displayed .
|
The Shaggy D.A. Super Spammer
Joined: 12 Sep 2008 Karma :
|
Posted: 18:18 - 16 Jul 2021 Post subject: |
|
|
Grip Puppies arrived today, so will be popping them on shortly. Managed to make one working TomTom mount out of two dead ones, saving myself 40 quid. ____________________ 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 |
|
Back to top |
|
You must be logged in to rate posts |
|
|
NJD |
This post is not being displayed .
|
NJD World Chat Champion
Joined: 11 Mar 2015 Karma :
|
Posted: 21:50 - 16 Jul 2021 Post subject: |
|
|
Watched a mate ride it around and figured out the metallic rattle was the exhaust collars, and thankfully not the valves...
... so I tightened the flanged exhaust nuts, again. I've no idea why they keep vibrating loose when the torque setting is 10 Nm, and that's not hard to over-do with a spanner.
Never get me to fit you a set of downpipes (once a month tightening required thereafter). ____________________ The do it all, T̶h̶e̶ ̶b̶r̶o̶k̶e̶n̶ ̶o̶n̶e̶,̶ ̶T̶h̶e̶ ̶b̶i̶g̶ ̶l̶u̶m̶p̶,̶ ̶C̶h̶o̶n̶g̶ ̶N̶o̶o̶d̶l̶e̶ |
|
Back to top |
|
You must be logged in to rate posts |
|
|
UncleFester |
This post is not being displayed .
|
UncleFester World Chat Champion
Joined: 30 Jun 2013 Karma :
|
|
Back to top |
|
You must be logged in to rate posts |
|
|
Easy-X |
This post is not being displayed .
|
Easy-X Super Spammer
Joined: 08 Mar 2019 Karma :
|
Posted: 16:53 - 17 Jul 2021 Post subject: |
|
|
My number plate had started to delaminate so I treated the bike to a new 8x6. That and the old one said "Honda" on the bottom a) Honda are in my bad books at the moment and b) bit odd on a Yamaha ____________________ Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter |
|
Back to top |
|
You must be logged in to rate posts |
|
|
trevor saxe-coburg-gotha |
This post is not being displayed .
|
trevor saxe-coburg-gotha World Chat Champion
Joined: 22 Nov 2012 Karma :
|
|
Back to top |
|
You must be logged in to rate posts |
|
|
ThatDippyTwat |
This post is not being displayed .
|
ThatDippyTwat World Chat Champion
Joined: 07 Aug 2016 Karma :
|
Posted: 18:01 - 17 Jul 2021 Post subject: |
|
|
More 125 shenanigans. It's been really fecking hot, I'm a few beers in so I'll tidy the text/typos/pissed fuckups tomorrow...
Started taking the head off. I'm more amazed now than last week it ran at all.
https://i.imgur.com/sI8ykvAl.jpg
Thankfully there doesn't appear to be any damage to the head itself. It's not the intake valve that had sheared, the melted one is the exhaust. Just need to measure these valves and order some, they're not stock Suzuki GS ones, they're smaller.
The rocker on the sheared intake valve had been hitting the sheared off part of the valve enough it had peened it over, so it wouldn't come through the guide in the head. Power tools were required, which was a first for me. Have I mentioned I'm amazed it actually ran?
https://i.imgur.com/7EoMr3j.mp4
Prepped piston by putting rings on. Stuck stuff in a load of labelled bags. Chucked bag over head. Drank much beer.
https://i.imgur.com/jWhOe3ql.jpg ____________________ '98 VFR800 (touring) - '12 VFR800 Crosrunner (Commuting) - '01 KDX220 (Big Green Antisocial Machine) |
|
Back to top |
|
You must be logged in to rate posts |
|
|
Easy-X |
This post is not being displayed .
|
Easy-X Super Spammer
Joined: 08 Mar 2019 Karma :
|
|
Back to top |
|
You must be logged in to rate posts |
|
|
ThatDippyTwat |
This post is not being displayed .
|
ThatDippyTwat World Chat Champion
Joined: 07 Aug 2016 Karma :
|
|
Back to top |
|
You must be logged in to rate posts |
|
|
TaffyTDM |
This post is not being displayed .
|
TaffyTDM Spanner Monkey
Joined: 15 Jul 2015 Karma :
|
Posted: 12:34 - 18 Jul 2021 Post subject: |
|
|
Today i played apprentice whilst my neighbour led me through changing the headlight bulb on the f800s.
A simple job, you would think. One that can be done at the roadside, in the dark, you would hope, with only the tools in the kit.
And it would have been, albeit fiddly, but when i freed the retaining clip the hinge side popped out too... googlefu identifies it as a common design flaw.
So, front, center and side panels off, windscreen out, unplugging various electrics on the way to release the headlight cluster which is the only way to get the access required.safest done with two pairs of hands. Next time it goes the halfords replace service for a tenner looks appealing... |
|
Back to top |
|
You must be logged in to rate posts |
|
|
Kawasaki Jimbo |
This post is not being displayed .
|
Kawasaki Jimbo World Chat Champion
Joined: 09 Oct 2015 Karma :
|
Posted: 18:48 - 18 Jul 2021 Post subject: |
|
|
Oil change for the Kawasaki ZX6R. I had spark plugs too but it was too damned hot and the bike is pulling like a train so new plugs can wait (like the valve check… ).
10Nm for the oil drain bolt (with crush washer) seems low intuitively, and I reckon without a torque wrench I would overtighten. Bit worried that I have two torque wrenches starting at 10Nm (different ranges) and one (the unbranded mid-range one I trust least) wouldn’t click. I tried to compare both by tightening a bolt on my Black & Decker Workmate which secures the wood jaws to the metal frame, but I only succeeded in counter-sinking the head into the plastic washer meaning wrench number 2 couldn’t grip. I think I need to test both wrenches using radius and weight calculations.
New oil in the old Kawasaki tho’. |
|
Back to top |
|
You must be logged in to rate posts |
|
|
MarJay |
This post is not being displayed .
|
MarJay But it's British!
Joined: 15 Sep 2003 Karma :
|
Posted: 09:41 - 19 Jul 2021 Post subject: |
|
|
This:
https://www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=333072 ____________________ British beauty: Triumph Street Triple R; Loony stroker: KR1S; Track fun: GSXR750 L1; Commuter Missile: GSX-S1000F
Remember kids, bikes aren't like lego. You can't easily take a part from one bike and then fit it to another. |
|
Back to top |
|
You must be logged in to rate posts |
|
|
to v or not to v |
This post is not being displayed .
|
to v or not to v World Chat Champion
Joined: 24 Nov 2020 Karma :
|
|
Back to top |
|
You must be logged in to rate posts |
|
|
wr6133 |
This post is not being displayed .
|
wr6133 World Chat Champion
Joined: 31 Dec 2013 Karma :
|
Posted: 14:01 - 20 Jul 2021 Post subject: |
|
|
Rewired the rear light on the 535 Bullet after it vibrated the wires apart yesterday. Topped up the primary oil as I still can't ba arsed stripping the whole primary side to replace the gasket on the E/S housing. Then pulled the front brake apart to sort a slight binding, mixture of heat making me mong it and rushing, ended up with the speedo drive at the wrong angle, weighing up whether to fix it later or just have no speedo |
|
Back to top |
|
You must be logged in to rate posts |
|
|
hellkat |
This post is not being displayed .
|
hellkat Super Spammer
Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :
|
Posted: 00:24 - 22 Jul 2021 Post subject: |
|
|
I made the classic mistake of calling up That Man with the custom shop in Hanger Lane about adjusting my clutch lever. I've managed to avoid doing anything of the sort for almost two years.
Got my ear bent for half an hour, bless him, but also some entertaining conversation, which I have to admit I have missed in the intervening five or so years - and I ended up agreeing to go round there on the weekend and do some office work. FFS.
He's bound to grind my gears at some point, the old bugger. Ahhh fuckit, I need someone to argue with, who thinks they can tell me off, but who I can ignore and argue back at ____________________ Not nearly as interesting in real life. |
|
Back to top |
|
You must be logged in to rate posts |
|
|
stinkwheel |
This post is not being displayed .
|
stinkwheel Bovine Proctologist
Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :
|
|
Back to top |
|
You must be logged in to rate posts |
|
|
Barnoe |
This post is not being displayed .
|
Barnoe Trackday Trickster
Joined: 17 Aug 2014 Karma :
|
|
Back to top |
|
You must be logged in to rate posts |
|
|
Blah blah |
This post is not being displayed .
|
Blah blah Scooby Slapper
Joined: 05 Mar 2015 Karma :
|
|
Back to top |
|
You must be logged in to rate posts |
|
|
hellkat |
This post is not being displayed .
|
hellkat Super Spammer
Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :
|
Posted: 21:09 - 24 Jul 2021 Post subject: |
|
|
I piked out on going to Hanger Lane because rain (fairweather rider)
Fortunately one of my ex's was coming over so I got him to ride the Snarley round the block a couple of times and see what he thought of the clutch. He reckons it feels fine, but in the meantime I might just put it through a local shop and see what they think.
Started up the GSX as well, just to make sure it was still starting
The scrotes down the end of the road were milling about with their chavvy crossers out on the pavement, so I was kind of pleased that my ex was looking even more crazy and unapproachable than his normal long-haired heavily-tattooed freakybeard persona (his normal demeanour ) as he rode it round the block ____________________ Not nearly as interesting in real life. |
|
Back to top |
|
You must be logged in to rate posts |
|
|
trevor saxe-coburg-gotha |
This post is not being displayed .
|
trevor saxe-coburg-gotha World Chat Champion
Joined: 22 Nov 2012 Karma :
|
|
Back to top |
|
You must be logged in to rate posts |
|
|
ThatDippyTwat |
This post is not being displayed .
|
ThatDippyTwat World Chat Champion
Joined: 07 Aug 2016 Karma :
|
Posted: 08:49 - 25 Jul 2021 Post subject: |
|
|
Made up a bracket for the (temporary) switches for the manual fan and camera. Not sure on placement. Relocated camera thingmy that lives on yokes to allow it. We'll see how it does next week. I have some different waterproof switches are on the way, just making sure routing is right, but this is tucked into the cowl fairly well and the contacts are covered in a conformal coating.
Before anyone bitches, the gap in the clip-on was measured beforehand and plate is .05 thinner when bolt is torqued.
https://i.imgur.com/aEA4fQnl.jpg ____________________ '98 VFR800 (touring) - '12 VFR800 Crosrunner (Commuting) - '01 KDX220 (Big Green Antisocial Machine) |
|
Back to top |
|
You must be logged in to rate posts |
|
|
GettinBetter |
This post is not being displayed .
|
GettinBetter Crazy Courier
Joined: 20 Jun 2019 Karma :
|
|
Back to top |
|
You must be logged in to rate posts |
|
|
Alex1759 |
This post is not being displayed because the poster has bad karma. Unhide this post / all posts.
|
Alex1759 Derestricted Danger
Joined: 18 Jul 2021 Karma :
|
|
Back to top |
|
You must be logged in to rate posts |
|
|
Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 2 years, 278 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
|
|
|