The "Today I did something to my bike" thread

arybvtcw0eolkf

Btw my old R1100s had an Ohlins unit, when that started to leak it cost or replacement was way out of my budget. A repair was possible with NDM, but I junked it and bought a Chinese damper from Ebay and tbh it was excellent, had 22 settings and gave me the confidence to use one again.

blade1

Motorcycle cnc Universal Stabilizer Damper Complete Steering Mounting Bracket For Kawasaki Z1000 Z800 Z750 EX-300 honda Yamaha
http://s.aliexpress.com/vei2qUzQ
(from AliExpress Android):eek::eek::eek:

arybvtcw0eolkf

blade1 wrote: »

Motorcycle cnc Universal Stabilizer Damper Complete Steering Mounting Bracket For Kawasaki Z1000 Z800 Z750 EX-300 honda Yamaha
http://s.aliexpress.com/vei2qUzQ
(from AliExpress Android):eek::eek::eek:

More or less what I put on the old bike.

That price doesn't include the mounting bracket, just the damper.

You'll get the whole unit for €50-€60 delivered, for me its a few quid I can afford should a part turn out to be junk. But so far I've used Chinese discs, exhausts, a steering damper and some smaller bits over the years and tbh I haven't been let down by any of 'em.

I've not racing a bike so I'm not asking something to put up with the stresses of a race.. For me (always on a budget) its a no brainer.

blade1

I might try one of those myself.
I've an ohlins on my Mille but as I said the Sachs one on the Tuono is rubbish.
Aprilia cost cutting I suppose.
That V-twin sometimes wants to bite back when pushed.

stewygriffin

Lads,I have 3 chinese steering damper kits here,and the quality is good,fitment is bang on too.

All you need to service one is a set of rubber O-Rings and some ATF fluid.Piece of pi55 to service one.

Some of the racers in Mondello use them on their bikes.

I say go for it.:)

stewygriffin

Heres a Hyper-Pro damper with a chinese fitting kit.
For a CBR600rr.

Fitment is bang on too.

arybvtcw0eolkf

blade1 wrote: »

I might try one of those myself.

I'll be ordering one shortly, if you want (when I get it) we can hook up for you to check it out before buying.

My advice to buying Chinese is spend what you can afford to write off if its junk.. Now to order an Ohlins sticker too

arybvtcw0eolkf

stewygriffin wrote: »

Lads,I have 3 chinese steering damper kits here,and the quality is good,fitment is bang on too.

All you need to service one is a set of rubber O-Rings and some ATF fluid.Piece of pi55 to service one.

Some of the racers in Mondello use them on their bikes.

I say go for it.:)

There'll be a rush to buy Chinese steering dampers now, price will rocket tomorrow

blade1

Mak, if u want,pm me your address and I'll send you on one large and one small öhlins decal.

arybvtcw0eolkf

blade1 wrote: »

https://photos.app.goo.gl/oi2vDkymeJZzGsmh2

Mak, if u want,pm me your address and I'll send you on one large and one small öhlins decal.

Cool, I wasn't messing about getting Ohlins stickers

stewygriffin

If Mak dont want the big stickers,then can I have them please?

They will go well on the track bike fairings

blade1

Cayden Defeated Thunderstorm wrote: »

Cool, I wasn't messing about getting Ohlins stickers

The large ones are way too big for a damper so if ye want I can send Mak the small öhlins and 2 ninja decals and I can send stewy the 2 large öhlins.
Battery just to show size.

blade1

The reason why I have öhlins decals on me?
Some previous owner of my Tuono overtightened the pinch bolts for the axle.
And it doesn't take much to snap these.
The new one that was put on didn't come with a decal on it.
An expensive mistake by someone.. a torque wrench would have been a lot cheaper


Also,looked into a box just there that came with the Tuono and amongst other stuff was a front sprocket and these bearings and seals.
It's my lucky day today.. I also won €50 in the local primary school fund raising draw!!:D

CJhaughey

You'd be surprised just how good some of the Chinese parts are, I got two sets of adjustable levers for less than 30 delivered, they look identical to the LSL ones but I didn't go for gold and black just titanium colour.
I can't tell if the alu is the same grade but they are pretty impressive for the price.
YMMV.

arybvtcw0eolkf

Blade just home from training, I'll text you in a bit. I can hook up with Stewy, we live close by. It'll save you posting twice, if that's ok with Stewy

stewygriffin

Im easy Mak,whatever suits Blade the best.

blade1

stewygriffin wrote: »

Im easy Mak,whatever suits Blade the best.

I sent them separately... One each for the 2 bestest boys!:pac:

blade1

Seems I'm not alone with my feelings about the Sachs damper.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HiOA3Lx0d0

They sell öhlins dampers on AliExpress??:pac:
http://s.aliexpress.com/vaqUN7nq

stewygriffin

4 months waiting,but worth it.

Hotblack Desiato

Coors Sh!te and raw chips, mmmm!

stewygriffin

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

Coors Sh!te and raw chips, mmmm!

Only the best for me......:p:pac::D

It was just the 1 bottle too,and with me food,as I still had to drive back to Dub land.

Hotblack Desiato

Should've stuck to the water, tastes better!

stewygriffin

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

Should've stuck to the water, tastes better!

Nah,its Tango or nothing at all........................:P

Hotblack Desiato

Ya could at least stick to something Irish!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oi7VWk4R-do

(yeah that ad seemed weird at the time, too)

stewygriffin

Black and Gold

Hotblack Desiato

Nice.

Earlier this evening I did something to my bike - mop beer out of the top box

Bought a few bottles on a Friday evening (it's not a crime - yet) and took them less than a km home - one started to spring a leak and I went inside and didn't unload the bike for a while - by the time I realised, half a bottle was gone!

Was briefly tempted to unhook the top box, tilt it up and stick my mouth under it but I ended up tipping it out, hosing it out, wiping it off as best I coud with that big roll of Lidl workshop paper towels, and sighing malcontentedly to myself. At least nothing non-waterproof had got wet. I must have brought beer home hundreds of times and this never happened before.

D3V!L

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

Nice.

Earlier this evening I did something to my bike - mop beer out of the top box

Bought a few bottles on a Friday evening (it's not a crime - yet) and took them less than a km home - one started to spring a leak and I went inside and didn't unload the bike for a while - by the time I realised, half a bottle was gone!

Was briefly tempted to unhook the top box, tilt it up and stick my mouth under it but I ended up tipping it out, hosing it out, wiping it off as best I coud with that big roll of Lidl workshop paper towels, and sighing malcontentedly to myself. At least nothing non-waterproof had got wet. I must have brought beer home hundreds of times and this never happened before.

I did this on my Street Glide a couple of weeks ago. A glass 6 pack and the Wicklow Gap don't get on well !!

arybvtcw0eolkf

Right I've just ordered the Chinese steering damper. Now just to wait six months for the slow boat delivery from China now

frozenfrozen

anyone have experience with chinesium rearsets?

my gear side arm isn't 100% after the fall and an OEM replacement is pretty spendy and all the second hand ones look in no better shape

arybvtcw0eolkf

This is the very same unit I've just bought, looks pretty nice

The guy has a funny way of reviewing something.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONlrKC_CBG0