The "Today I did something to my bike" thread

Wonda-Boy · 30-05-2016 01:46PM

Why take the whole caliper off blade? Major overhaul while doing the pads.....

TeaBagMania · 30-05-2016 01:50PM

Perfect opportunity to clean all the bits and areas not normally accessible

blade1 · 30-05-2016 02:48PM

Wonda-Boy wrote: »

Why take the whole caliper off blade? Major overhaul while doing the pads.....

TeaBagMania wrote: »

Perfect opportunity to clean all the bits and areas not normally accessible

Yep,a bit of a clean and grease while i was at it!;)

Max Headroom · 30-05-2016 04:25PM

Fitted a quick shifter to the T250.......:)

arybvtcw0eolkf · 31-05-2016 05:42PM

New chain and sprockets on the Vstrom today.

I priced around and was getting quotes of €220 fitted from most garages. I rang Steven up in NDM and he suggested I call Cotters as "can can't touch them on prices for chains and tyres".

Rang Cotters (thank you Steven @ NDM) and saved myself €50 ~ Chain & sprockets fitted for €170

31-05-2016 10:35PM

Got a new exhaust for the gixxer. Was gona buy an arrow or a leo vince but I cant justify spending 500 quid on a slip on can for a 2007 bike that is essentially for noise and aesthetics.

Bought a dominator gp exhaust from Poland for around 180 quid,build quality looks really good for the price, welds are clean and tight. ,il put up pics of it on the bike once fitted. Ive posted a pic below of what it should look like.There is also a de cat pipe included but i didnt take a pic.

The baffle is removable and to put it very kindly wasn't straight in the pipe. It was straight as would go in most pipes as standard but I have bent it so it fits the curve of the pipe and will be more effective, im not going to run it without the baffle, I imagine it will be crazy loud as is.

goodlad · 31-05-2016 10:45PM

Spent a good 2 hours cleaning my fz1 the other day.

And sure wouldnt ya know today I won two free OCD cleans with motorcycle valeting in dublin.

Gotta get the fz1 nice and mucky now... haha

Wonda-Boy · 01-06-2016 08:15AM

I will take the other free clean G.....

goodlad · 01-06-2016 08:16AM

haha! Ah sure that will be used later in the year just before the ****ers start salting the roads

Wonda-Boy · 01-06-2016 05:31PM

Soooooooooooooooooooo thats a no then!

mufflets2 · 06-06-2016 08:52PM

Heres my baby
since i got this street tripple 2010 4 months ago i have added

New shorty adjustable levers (matching colour)
Shiny rear break reservoir
Smaller rear indicators (the original ones were nearly touching the cans)
new front tyre

I laid it down when it slipped out from under me on gravel and resprayed everything (luckily there isnt an athfull lot of fairing and was mostly small scratches)

I then added s w Mothec crash sliders and fork sliders
new tank pad and tank Knee grip pads

Im waiting for rear Mudguard front indicator and throttle rubber and bar end to arrive from england.

Jimmy Bottlehead · 14-06-2016 10:41AM

Had tried cleaning the fork stanchions recently as they were so dull and oxidised, which is no wonder for a 1993! Did some research and finally bought a tube of Autosol yesterday evening. The guy at the counter asked me if I'd used it before and told me how amazing it was. He wasn't joking!

Early on into the cleaning...

Then took it to the down-pipes, this is half way through...

Ended up taking the Autosol to the dash, brake levers, the metal mount of the radiator and the chain guard. Unbelievable stuff.

And this was her finished last night:

And this morning:

I also touched up a few bits where the rust was coming through the black paint on the frame and the springs. Delighted with how she came out. She'll never be pristine but it makes a good difference.

Cienciano · 14-06-2016 12:09PM

Jimmy Bottlehead wrote: »

Had tried cleaning the fork stanchions recently as they were so dull and oxidised, which is no wonder for a 1993! Did some research and finally bought a tube of Autosol yesterday evening. The guy at the counter asked me if I'd used it before and told me how amazing it was. He wasn't joking!

Early on into the cleaning...

Then took it to the down-pipes, this is half way through...

Ended up taking the Autosol to the dash, brake levers, the metal mount of the radiator and the chain guard. Unbelievable stuff.

And this was her finished last night:

And this morning:

I also touched up a few bits where the rust was coming through the black paint on the frame and the springs. Delighted with how she came out. She'll never be pristine but it makes a good difference.

You didn't happen to see the post on r/motorcycles on reddit last week? I got a tube of autosol after reading it, but haven't used it yet!
What sort of cloth did you use to apply? Did it take long? Elbow grease or drill attachment?

goodlad · 14-06-2016 12:11PM

Autosol is savage stuff. Although the most use it gets from me these days is cleaning up 2 euro coins from the tooth fairy so they are super shiny

Cienciano · 14-06-2016 12:42PM

goodlad wrote: »

Autosol is savage stuff. Although the most use it gets from me these days is cleaning up 2 euro coins from the tooth fairy so they are super shiny

Nice tip

Jimmy Bottlehead · 14-06-2016 02:38PM

Cienciano wrote: »

You didn't happen to see the post on r/motorcycles on reddit last week? I got a tube of autosol after reading it, but haven't used it yet!
What sort of cloth did you use to apply? Did it take long? Elbow grease or drill attachment?

No but I think I saw that post too!

I used an ordinary dishcloth type cloth. Also tried with a sponge with a rough and smooth side. Didn't much much difference. To be fair, it doesn't actually take THAT much elbow grease either.

Cienciano · 14-06-2016 03:50PM

Jimmy Bottlehead wrote: »

No but I think I saw that post too!

I used an ordinary dishcloth type cloth. Also tried with a sponge with a rough and smooth side. Didn't much much difference. To be fair, it doesn't actually take THAT much elbow grease either.

Guy on reddit used steel wool.
Here's his post. Might go at mine tonight

https://www.reddit.com/r/motorcycles/comments/4m6ulw/1_tube_of_autosol_metal_polish_1_heavy_duty/?

Skill Magill · 14-06-2016 05:02PM

Sebatron3 · 20-06-2016 07:47AM

Cleaned up my Bonny during the fine weather with about a 5th of a tube of Autosol, amazing stuff and goes a ridiculously long way.

For any of the rust spots I left a small spray of ACF 50, a friend gave me his can; he recommended it so much he said he was going to buy a few of them online! I can see why, some of the smaller rust spots dissappeared entirely and a huge reduction in rust on the bigger ones - keep at them and they'll go right down too I'm sure.

So ya, definitely a must for your bike maintainence bag. Probably best to spray it during the wet weather or a few week before a big polish with your Autosol!

Skill Magill · 20-06-2016 03:34PM

Sebatron, I've got a few rust spots beginning to appear, must get some ACF, might check motor factor.

Is this the gear?

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I have a parcel motel account, if anyone fancies ACF as described above I could order a few in, and not charge for delivery just the amazon price.
You can pm me, the order goes in on Friday. I'm in Dublin and the parcel motel is at glasnevin cemetery. Could be a meet-up for the weekend after

Sebatron3 · 20-06-2016 04:14PM

Skill Magill wrote: »

Sebatron, I've got a few rust spots beginning to appear, must get some ACF, might check motor factors

I was told that Halfords sell it, or else online, best of luck!

Max Headroom · 20-06-2016 04:44PM

In halfords yesterday picked up a gnarly colour anodised set of ball-end allen keys for €6....had a torx set too for the same price..bargain

blade1 · 25-06-2016 07:37PM

Remapped the Tiger.
I had a Triumph off-road map on it with a while and was fairly happy with it but at 60-70mph it wasn't as smooth as it should be.

Stuck an Arrow street map on it and seems to have sorted it.

Was getting worried as tuning program kept disconnecting when i was trying to download the new map but switched off my anti-virus and was grand then!

Max Headroom · 25-06-2016 08:57PM

blade1 wrote: »

Remapped the Tiger.
I had a Triumph off-road map on it with a while and was fairly happy with it but at 60-70mph it wasn't as smooth as it should be.

Stuck an Arrow street map on it and seems to have sorted it.

Was getting worried as tuning program kept disconnecting when i was trying to download the new map but switched off my anti-virus and was grand then!

You mean the "anti-porn"..........:P

mufflets2 · 30-06-2016 12:38AM

Was once conceited but now it's perfect

Replaced the standard front cowling with a dart manta screen to reduce wind blast at eh... Higher speeds . Works a treat

arybvtcw0eolkf · 02-07-2016 02:28PM

Not work I've done. But I thought this would be a good place to put this..

Damaged screw remover set ~ €5 in Aldi tomorrow (03 July)

First time you use it and [if] it works it'll be a fiver well spent.

D3V!L · 02-07-2016 05:40PM

I got my bike professionally cleaned with the ACF50 threatment from a local crowd this morning, fantasic job, looks better than it did when it was new.

Unfortunately they also re-enforced my trust issues with motorcycle industry service providers by ragging it up and down a road at 2 and a half times the speed limit at 8 o'clock this morning !!! Aren't GPS trackers great !! :rolleyes:

lennymc · 02-07-2016 06:03PM

D3V!L wrote: »

I got my bike professionally cleaned with the ACF50 threatment from a local crowd this morning, fantasic job, looks better than it did when it was new.

Unfortunately they also re-enforced my trust issues with motorcycle industry service providers by ragging it up and down a road at 2 and a half times the speed limit at 8 o'clock this morning !!! Aren't GPS trackers great !! :rolleyes:

what gps tracker do you have? Are you going to follow up on it?

D3V!L · 02-07-2016 06:05PM

lennymc wrote: »

what gps tracker do you have? Are you going to follow up on it?

It's a Scorpio Ridecore, I got it from the states about 18 months ago, fairly accurate but expensive, has an alarm and proximity sensor as well.

Haven't decided if I'm going to take it further yet, needless to say I didn't pay and he didn't ask.

lennymc · 02-07-2016 06:08PM

Thanks. I think I would be rather furious.

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