What have you done to your bike today?

[hellkat]

[P.]

Found why its fouling the plugs..someone has whacked the CB400 set up on here...

It should be running 72/105 jets, but its running 105/122... plugs are fouling within a minute of full throttle, it starts and runs nice, albeit richer than Jeff Bezos.

Spare carbs have 72/105s so I will swap out tonight

[Jayy]

Today I found out I need a complete dry slipper clutch for the V4R... fucking £3,000

[Rob W]

[Jayy]

3,300 miles

That price includes VAT + Ducati labour too. For resale value though, I would only get it done by a Ducati dealer.

[A100man]

[Jayy]

Because that's what I like to do and make sure it's done properly. What's the problem?

It's a £35,000 bike, not going to let some have a go mechanic loose on it.

[blurredman]

Put Epoxy over the leaking core plug. Hope it cures the leak because it's pissing me off and epoxy is my last resort. Core plug is new, but previous ownership hasn't been kind to the bike. Previous core plug was installed backwards and got mis-shapen and damaged the seat and recess.


Also swapped around condensors between two bikes back to their repective original machines that I swapped a few months ago trying to find a problem (was coil).
And put new grips on one bike. Now I don't have slipping throttle hand. Always nice


Also on another bike, cleaned out the front drum of dust to try and remove the annoying squeel... Didn't work though. Tested a replacement throttle cable (didn't fit- too short). Cleaned up contacts on ignition switch and headlamp wiring to eliminate voltage loss (6v system). Worked a little bit but it's not optimum. Rewelded the broken seat bracket. Tuned the carburettor a bit (main needle position and idle/air adjustment). Fitted new grips on this bike too and lubricated throttle tube (throttle cable mechanism inside the bar so can be awkward system).

Still need to replace the chain gaiters and take apart the speedo. A couple of hundred miles ago it started reading 10mph too fast. Ugh.
Might experiment with putting indicators on it at a later date. But.. Part of me thinks what's the point, no one seems to use their indicators these days- I may aswel be a cunt too.
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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: 1973 MZ ES250/2 - 17k. , 1979 Suzuki TS185ER - 9k, 1981 Honda CX500B - 91k, 1987 MZ ETZ250 (295cc) - 38k, 1989 MZ ETZ251 - 49k

[A100man]

[grr666]

[Easy-X]

Talking of helmets the downside of buying a cheap one is lack of parts. I did manage to replace the hinge plates last year (slight cock up with a visor swap) but looking at a 9 month wait on a replacement liner - mines falling to bits - again, cheap stuff

At the time it was the only helmet that fit comfortably but I think I'll see what new ones are available.
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Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter

[Kawasaki Jimbo]

[Hong Kong Phooey]

[to v or not to v]

had a poke around in the carbs, think ive found the problem
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current bike Yamaha Thunderace.
its old and fat, but its a damned good ride. the bikes not bad either.

[blurredman]

[Easy-X]

[Jayy]

[Hong Kong Phooey]

How badly scored are those basket fingers

They'll all get markings in them, much less than that in a wet clutch though, but looking at the photos you're not thing to be able to just lightly dress them.

I suspect the basket is expensive being blingy, but contact STM for a list of resellers, you might get one for a few hundred.

As for the steels, and plates, they're done. But not 3k worth of done.

What's to stop this happening again in another few thousand miles though?
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'81 CG125, '97 FZS600 : '99 CBR600F4, '09 KTM RC8

[Jayy]

The guy must have hammered it on a track before chopping it in. I don't intend on tracking it, just mooching about. I'll sell the cunt before that happens again!

The clutch is £2k + VAT so £2.4k (Direct from Ducati)

Labour takes it to £2.8K + £200 for the slave cylinder which was also blown out to fuck.

[virus]

3 thousand miles and its fucked the basket that badly?! on a 35k bike?
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own: 81 xs1100g...
owned: 85 rat CG (sold), 91 GS500e (stolen), 84 gsx400f (scrapped), 81 z250 (siezed, siezed, scrapped), 83 cb250rs (sold), 84 gpz750r ratfighter (killed) 84gpz400 (sold), '80 cb650 ratfighter (wrote off) 95gsx6/12f ratfighter (killed) 91 xj900 (sold)
stinkwheel Well I just had my hands up a pigs fanny. Which makes your concerns pale into insignificance.

[to v or not to v]

[Easy-X]

[pepperami]

Today I did manage to get the back wheel out of ‘Project Scrappy Hyosung’.
Simple you might think,,,,,, not on a bike that’s been lying on it’s side in a hedge for years !

A rattle gun , penetration oil and a lot of swearing got the job done.
AND I didn’t break anything
Even though the back wheel turned freely, the caliper hung onto the disc for dear life.
Tiny g-clamps compressed the pistons enough to give me wiggle room to get the wheel out, yay!
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I am the sum total of my own existence, what went before makes me who I am now!

[dn38416]

[Easy-X]

Went down the local bicycle shop and bought some cable to run a handlebar choke for the old T140. We've come to the conclusion that it likes kicking over a few times (ignition off) with some choke; somewhat simulating the tickler on older Amals. After that it kicks over fairly easily but I'm sure there's more voodoo we're missing to get it to kick first time every time.

Figured out why the back brake was binding: loose foot peg Really chunky rubber on these old pegs so it was sometimes pressing the brake down depending on your foot position.
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Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter