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The "Today I did something to my bike" thread
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Damn that's deadly!.. Gonna order one now, thank you
I usually use a sink plunger to pull of dents but this looks the business
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Cayden Defeated Thunderstorm wrote: »Damn that's deadly!.. Gonna order one now, thank you
I usually use a sink plunger to pull of dents but this looks the business
Just bought it, didn't tell the wife though :pac::D0 -
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Cayden Defeated Thunderstorm wrote: »Damn that's deadly!.. Gonna order one now, thank you
I usually use a sink plunger to pull of dents but this looks the business
No worries;)
Couple tips I learnt Mak... clean the puck, glue stick and surface with Isopropyl or brake cleaner and preheat it and the surface.
When applying the glue to the puck cover the mating surface entirely with about 5mm or so thickness of glue.
Don't press it on hard enough to bottom it out against the panel or it pops off first strike of the hammer. Let it set for 10mins.
You have to be perfectly at right angles to the puck orientation when hammering or... she pops off.
Use as big as possible a puck where feasible, especially at the start when removing the initial debth to the dent.
Drink lots of beer whilst doing this and I betcha your neighbours ask "can you do that to my car?!":)0 -
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eBay is both a blessing and a curse :cool:
It's like the end of Bullseye. "Here's what you would have won" :pac:
Life ain't always empty.
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Hotblack Desiato wrote: »eBay is both a blessing and a curse :cool:
A curse
And eBay is only the tip of the iceberg for me.
These beautiful Akra cans(for a different bike) have popped up on an Italian website.
I have a set of carbon arrows on the bike but would love these
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Yesterday installed an SW-Motech DIN socket (with 1.6m wiring harness, battery terminals and fuse for 20 euro from motorcycleshop.ie - bargain!) for running my tyre pump and the occasional trickle charge. (Although the SV doesn't really need charging, the Triumph's charging system was always a bit marginal even though the bike was used 5 days a week every week.)
Today I installed Oxford LED front indicators (and resistors) in parallel with the completely shyte flush mounted LED indicators this bike came with.
Rear ones will take a while longer as the wiring loom has been butchered when a previous eejit put the stupid tail tidy on, and I managed to snap the stem off one of the indicators by overtorquing it by not very much some epoxy should render it serviceable.
That's some bird sh!t on the SV logo btw Life ain't always empty.
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Diggin the aux power feed, handy Yokes.Hotblack Desiato wrote: »Yesterday installed an SW-Motech DIN socket for running my tyre pump and the occasional trickle charge. (Although the SV doesn't really need charging, the Triumph's charging system was always a bit marginal even though the bike was used 5 days a week every week.)
Today I installed Oxford LED front indicators (and resistors) in parallel with the completely shyte flush mounted LED indicators this bike came with.
Rear ones will take a while longer as the wiring loom has been butchered when a previous eejit put the stupid tail tidy on, and I managed to snap the stem off one of the indicators by overtorquing it by not very much some epoxy should render it serviceable.
That's some bird sh!t on the SV logo btw
Ya drill the fairing to mount the other indies HB?0 -
Yup
Takes balls of steel to drill into virgin fairing :pac:
Had to dremel off a good bit of the yoke behind it as well, fcukin' used up about five cutting discs to cut off not very much plastic and was lucky to not lose an eye when the fcukers disintegrated multiple times. Life ain't always empty.
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Hotblack Desiato wrote: »Yup
Takes balls of steel to drill into virgin fairing :pac:
Had to dremel off a good bit of the yoke behind it as well, fcukin' used up about five cutting discs to cut off not very much plastic and was lucky to not lose an eye when the fcukers disintegrated multiple times.
Plastic melts as you cut and grips the disc most likely. Safety squints engaged:)
So two sets of indys.... Is it a safety visibility buzz for commuting, will one set be left on as running lights kinda dealio?0 -
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That looks like a right c**t to work on
Why new forks?
Track?
It’s a mess alright - they have a lot of ingenious solutions for the no frame thing and some stuff is very hard to access. I’ve had it almost entirely apart quite a few times and some of it would drive you mental 🙈.
The rebound damping is gone in the forks - it’s a common issue with the marzocchi and it’s a sealed cartridge so you can’t replace bits. I was waiting to see what came up for a while and managed to nab a set of unused panigale R Ohlins forks for a decent price. Had to replace the top triple and clamps as they are not as fat as the stock ones so was scouring the internet for a while for those too0 -
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Lifting the frame off is way easier than lifting the engine out;)
Dont want this coated.
Thors hammer wasn't nt budging it so zapped the upper race into the lower and out she came.
She's fair kruddy. Jimmy sans mig wire from hamamatsu 31 yrs ago lol.
Off to the coaters now along with a heap of brackets and bits. Then it's throw it all back together.0 -
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Scudster, I use 65 deg water, detergent and about 30ml vinegar. For detergent I have used mucoff but only ever a cap full in the 4 or 5 odd litres the machine can hold. Considering that's used neat it's very surprising how effective that **** is even in such dilute solution. It's also a base like the vinegar which is why I use it as that the preferred pH range for this craic so I'm led to believe.
There's probably better homebrews out there but it works for me. Buy one, they're not as expensive as you might think on ebay and they are a fcukin godsend on carbs mate.
Bench had its 13th birthday there Airhead Eire, be lost without it. Has hinged drop down sides and a big removable ramp the width of the whole thing that I hang on the wall when not in use. All pretty much made out leftovers from building the place.
How's yer new old beemer rebuild going mate? Pics!
Oh and yes! She's a big;)0 -
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drWodiSNkWE
:pac:
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