What have you done to your bike today?

[Weisse Schlange]

Fitted a tool roll like my old one, that took ages to find.

https://images.z900rs.co.uk/5B005F06-3B21-4B49-805B-BF3ADD0E3CC6.jpg
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Hing Oan

[ThatDippyTwat]

Spotted a nice carbon can (Remus Viper) that was getting binned on a Viffer group. Guy even dropped it off for me if I covered petrol. Might well buy his bike off him in the not too distant future...

aaaanyway.... it looked like this after splitting on the guy when he was giving it some over the Mountain on the TT course.
https://i.imgur.com/0T9ArSUl.jpg

And like this after I set the welders about it in work. I can weld decently, but not as well as someone who does it all day every day. Might as well use the "work perks" heavily in my last week. It came with a High level link pipe as well, so I'll figure out fitting that at the weekend.
https://i.imgur.com/kf2DqkBl.jpg
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'98 VFR800 (touring) - '12 VFR800 Crosrunner (Commuting) - '01 KDX220 (Big Green Antisocial Machine)

[Prawny]

I bought a rear reflector so my bike had at least a chance of passing its MOT, but it’s raining so it’ll have to wait. Better get the thing booked in though or I’ll have to pedal it and my laptop weighs a bloody ton.
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Yamaha Vity 125 (gone) Kawasaki ER6N(dead) 2022 Royal Enfield Meteor 350 (nicked) 2003 DL1000 V Strom

[om15]

The Himalayan has a problem with the stock screen, for riders of my height it causes helmet buffet when on open road riding. TEC and Hitchcocks have both designed and sell short windscreens to address the problem.
Being a skinflint I have carried out a DIY mod on my standard screen, road tested today and found to be satisfactory.
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Alcohol doesn't solve problems, but neither does milk

[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

hit pheasant and broke n/s indicator
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"Life is a sexually transmitted disease and the mortality rate is one hundred percent."

Mobylette Type 50 ---> Raleigh Grifter ---> Neval Minsk 125

[Hong Kong Phooey]

[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

not sure i actually killed it tbh
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"Life is a sexually transmitted disease and the mortality rate is one hundred percent."

Mobylette Type 50 ---> Raleigh Grifter ---> Neval Minsk 125

[Brava210]

Fitted new drive belt to Scoot


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Honda Novio, Puch Grand Prix, Suzuki AP50, CZ 125, Wassell 125, Montesa 348,Honda 125TDC, Suzuki 100ER, Suzuki GSF650 Bandit, Aprillia Pegaso, Honda PCX125, Honda Forza300, BMW G310 GS, Suzuki SFV650, Honda CB500X

CHARLEY SAYS " ALWAYS TELL YOUR MUMMY BEFORE YOU GO OFF SOMEWHERE"

[Easy-X]

I can't see those pictures, are they marked as private?
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Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter

[Brava210]

[hellkat]

I finally took the plunge and attempted to start the GSX from jumpstarting it off the Harley.

At first, the GSX was just going "brrrt" when I turned the key. So I went and bought some jump leads, and read the instructions of how to put them on without blowing myself up.

That part went very well.
But ultimately it did not work.

The GSX turns over but I remembered that the guy in the shop when I picked it up said you have to hold the choke in place for a bit.

So then when I realised I might have to take the sidestand up (!!! !!!) and balance it, I did *nearly* get it started, I could feel it wanting to pick up under the throttle.

But the next time I tried, worried about flooding the engine, it wouldn't pick up under the throttle again

When I was jumpstarting, I put the red and black in the right place, cos it certainly fired up properly, but when I took them off again, it just went "brrrt" again.

I am not sure, I don't think it is quite out of petrol, I could hear gas slooshing around in there, but it *is* in the orange zone - so I guess it is rather low. I wonder if I might have to suck some out of the Harley and put it in the GSX just to be sure (they are both old and will probably be better with E5 anyway, which I put in the Harley on the way back from Halfords).

NB. It looks like a brand new battery.

But not today cos now I have hurt my wrist.


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Not nearly as interesting in real life.

[hellkat]

[to v or not to v]

[to v or not to v]

[Bhud]

Filled a classic bike with E10 (that's all they had, after a long queue at the pump). Bad, right? Well, I didn't travel far on it - just went down the road and back home. Added water (up to the brim), agitated the tank and will drain about a litre or so of fluid from the fuel tap tomorrow. This should, I expect, bring the percentage of ethanol down to just below 5%.

[Brava210]

Fitted another fairing panel....
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Honda Novio, Puch Grand Prix, Suzuki AP50, CZ 125, Wassell 125, Montesa 348,Honda 125TDC, Suzuki 100ER, Suzuki GSF650 Bandit, Aprillia Pegaso, Honda PCX125, Honda Forza300, BMW G310 GS, Suzuki SFV650, Honda CB500X

CHARLEY SAYS " ALWAYS TELL YOUR MUMMY BEFORE YOU GO OFF SOMEWHERE"

[Nobby the Bastard]

[hellkat]

[Nobby the Bastard]

A couple of litres of distilled water is about a quid. You can scrape ice out of your freezer but you neeed loads of it and invariably end up with a bit of cauliflower cheese and a manky chip in it.
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trevor saxe-coburg-gotha:"Remember this simple rule - scooters are for men who like to feel the breeze on their huge, flapping cunt lips."
Sprint ST 1050

[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

Would water from a dehumidifier count as distilled? According to most answers on google that's a yes. I've certainly used it to fill batteries before (a long time ago though), and it was fine.
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"Life is a sexually transmitted disease and the mortality rate is one hundred percent."

Mobylette Type 50 ---> Raleigh Grifter ---> Neval Minsk 125

[blurredman]

[A100man]

[Bhud]

[Bhud]

[blurredman]

Put 3,000 miles on my CX500 since E10 was mandated... No problems here.

No MPG changes to speak of and power is the same too.

EDIT: Though I realise I've done approximately 15,000 miles on E10 in Europe over the past 5 years....
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CBT: 12/06/10, Theory: 22/09/10, Module 1: 09/11/10, Module 2: 19/01/11
Past: 1991 Honda CG125BR-J, 1992 (1980) Honda XL125S, 1996 Kawasaki GPZ500S.
Current: 1981 Honda CX500B - 91k, 1987 MZ ETZ250 (bored to 295cc) - 38k, 1990 MZ ETZ251 - 49k, 1979 Suzuki TS185ER - 9k, 1973 MZ ES250/2 - 17k.