The "Today I did something to my bike" thread

Currently replacing the stock rubber brake and clutch lines on the blackbird with lovely carbon look HEL lines, 11 bloody lines in total! Had to label them up to stop me getting confused! Got all new seals for the calipers as well while I'm at it.

Some of the pistons weren't moving even under pressure from the lever/pedal. Didn't bother with using compressed air. Figured out a nice way of getting them out. Had a spare bar end weight that fit into the pistons and just tightened up the nut to make the rubber grab the inside of the piston and pulled it out! Delighted with myself!

Putting a new chain and sprocket set on as well. Still the original set on the bike since 2002!

Sold it

Fitted these this morning.
Nice and bright,but threw a lamp code on the dash and they are flashing too fast,along with the rear LED tail light unit,even with the resistors fitted.
But when I press the hazard light switch,they all flash perfectly normal.

Anyone got any ideas??

Yesterday I added barkbusters hand guards to my bike. My hands were lovely and warm this morning :-)
There are leds on them but I haven't wired them up yet.

were you having issues with your previous reg setup?

today I locked up my rear wheel when my fuel pump stopped working and I drew a big dark line before pulling in the clutch

I planned on doing it before but now I'm not riding the bike until I clear the fuel filter and see if there's anything else wrong.

also going to look into removing the alarm system on the bike. Don't have a fob for it and the ****ing thing started going off when I was cycling the ignition on and off to try get it started again to ride home

blade1 wrote: »

He wasn't but the cops were!!:pac:

They loved me really.:pac::D

stewygriffin wrote: »

They loved me really.:pac::D

BMW owners meeting!:pac:

S1000rr OEM tank cover off and new carbon vented cover on instead.

this doesn't sound one bit good..?



horrible sounds from 5 minutes on.. rough running and spluttering for the whole 6 minutes.. and what the **** is that banging at the start as I'm trying to turn it over? immobiliser or something on that fooking alarm or a relay clicking because something is shorted out?

think from my complete guessing that it needs throttle body sync and there's maybe a valve stem gone or something like that to be making those awful noises and causing the mad rev changes there at the end, I was doing my best to keep it at 2k there.. :eek:

millingmachine wrote: »

Sounds like your timing is out with the run on.
What's the spinning bolt @ 36 seconds on your vid?

could have hopped a tooth with a stretched timing chain so or something?

the spinning bolt is the adjuster for secondary air valve / high idle cam which is not engaging properly, I move the follower a bit in the video which just raises the revs, so it should be holding it open as it warms up.

Not sure if that bolt is meant to move like that but it's used for adjusting the position of the secondary air valves

Got my Austin Racing inconel headers delivered today and also went to Souhan in Trim to get a connector pipe flange widened by the lads there.
Headers are seriously lightweight.

I fitted a lovely Irish reg plate to my bike today

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

Any update frozenfrozen (great username for this time of year )

No update at all haven't been out in over 2 weeks now on it. I'm going to be off from college in a week or so and will be sorting it then.

I should really be ordering tools and bits that ill need online at the moment. Think I'll actually try do up a list today

PICS or it didn't happen
Edit, too damn cold to do anything here.. it was 6 degrees this morning, yeah that's Celsius

Today I rode over to Cotters,ordered some gear and bought a 20 ticket for a DSI charity event.
Nice day for it.:)