The "Today I did something to my bike" thread

frozenfrozen · 07-05-2017 04:43PM

I tried all day at the bike everything pointing to various stuff tried but I came to the conclusion it was the datatool alarm on it

i turned off the ignition while watching for the little red light that used to flash - no flash my decision is that the alarm is fooked

went across the road from the place I was broken down, I see a row of bikes, whose bike did I see amongst those row of bikes? the guy who gave me that caliper bolt who fixes bikes that I had been on the phone to get him to recover the bike in his van...

gave him the keys and he will give it back to me in a couple of days sans datatool alarm. I'm sure I could have traced the wires myself but if that's not the issue then he will sort out whatever else it is.

will cost a lot more than pushing the bike home and trying to fix it myself but it is 6km from my house so it'd be a focking long push home

Hotblack Desiato · 07-05-2017 08:18PM

Friday evening - the week's work over, sun shining, temperatures highest of the year so far, got delayed a bit in work so mostly empty roads on the way home, happy days

Wrung the sh*t out of it a few times through the gears, it's been a while

Pull into my drive and it's clouds of smoke, and a puddle of oil on the ground :mad:

Turns out there's a pinhole in one of the oil cooler lines and as soon as you start the motor it starts spraying out. Including new washers and banjo bolts and 2 new oil cooler lines (if one has failed, the other can't be far off) is >200 euro for genuine Triumph parts. Not having a great run of things as 6 months ago I had to replace the water pump and 3 months ago a new rectifier/regulator.

The worst thing is yet more time off the road (going to work on the bus :mad:) until I get the bits.

Really need to get myself a decent backup bike...

Edit: very lucky not to be stranded, and the oil level was still above minimum after I shut it off.

VERY lucky not to have a spill as the back tyre was covered in oil.

TeaBagMania · 07-05-2017 09:05PM

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

Pull into my drive and it's clouds of smoke, and a puddle of oil on the ground

you never told us you owned a Harley

Hotblack Desiato · 07-05-2017 10:32PM

TeaBagMania wrote: »

you never told us you owned a Harley

Some people still associate 60s Triumphs and their leaky habits with the modern version which are as tight as a Japnese nun's chuff

stewygriffin · 08-05-2017 08:56PM

Full days trackday today on the R1 today. Amazing weather and a fantastic day.
Some great footage on Youtube from Chris Grays CBR600 of us having fun through the corners and popping the odd wheelie.

Skill Magill · 09-05-2017 07:37PM

Links or GTFO

frozenfrozen · 10-05-2017 07:59PM

doesn't count because I didn't do it but the bike is home, the guy recovered the bike for me in his van, took off the datatool alarm and also took my chain off and put the link on facing the correct direction and only charged me a small sum of money for all the work he did and checking over everything.. this guy sums up all the good experience I've had with bike people since starting with everyone being helpful and sound

he lent me a 12mm allen on a 3/8" drive for taking my front wheel off to get the fresh pilot road 4 on, but told me to wear down the current front tyre a bit more as there's still life on it and to just hold into the 12mm allen till then. told me there was 2mm tread left so a couple hundred kms or so

also told me the chain I have is poor and I should think about getting myself an o ring chain. It's clean and smooth and everything but just told me it was a very poor quality one

felt great turning the key and being able to tap the starter to start the engine.... sounds strange that I'd be surprised it does that but it's been 6 months of hoping the bike will start again every time I sit on it...

and it was all down to that datatool alarm....

took the very long way home

stewygriffin · 11-05-2017 12:32PM

In the same boat here,didnt do the work myself,but.........

Bought new gear in Cotters this morning.
Yellow n black 45R race suit and yellow race boots to match.
They also tweked the suspension on the bike for me so that the back end steers more now.
Happy days,and thanks to Stewy in Cotters for the suspension tweak.

Now to track down a 600 race bike with spares.

stewygriffin · 11-05-2017 12:33PM

Skill Magill wrote: »

Links or GTFO

Thread allready posted.:p;)

blade1 · 11-05-2017 05:21PM

New speed sensor from louis.ie came today.
A bit smaller but got it installed anyway.

All going well until I put the rear wheel going.
Speedo is all over the place.
Anyone know what's going on here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjoC7JbC1S0

stewygriffin · 11-05-2017 05:51PM

Smaller means more aerodynamic Blade,means you will go faster.:p:D

CJhaughey · 11-05-2017 08:04PM

blade1 wrote: »

New speed sensor from louis.ie came today.
A bit smaller but got it installed anyway.

All going well until I put the rear wheel going.
Speedo is all over the place.
Anyone know what's going on here

Are you sure the wiring is correct?

blade1 · 11-05-2017 08:18PM

Followed this.
http://apriliarsv.com/guides/16285-inexpensive-speedo-sensor-fix.html
A different sensor but with the same blue,brown and black wires.
The only thing different was in the link it's says the Aprilia wires are blue/orange,grey/white and green/violet but there was no green/violet,just a plain green wire.
Would it even work if the wires were wrong?

blade1 · 12-05-2017 06:11PM

Ok it seems I had the sensor not quite dead centre.
As it's smaller, I built it up with some rubber seals I had.
It's now a perfect fit.

I left the ignition switched on overnight by mistake and the battery is charging at the moment so I can't test it properly until tomorrow.
I have just walked with the bike around the yard and 3mph was showing on the clock( yesterday same walk showed 24mph) so looking good so far.

Only thing now is the bolt to secure the sensor doesn't line up so I have a cable tie holding it at the moment.
I'm thinking I'll cut a piece off the sensor mounting area and make a piece out of a big washer to secure it.
That's if it shows the right speed when tested properly.

Hotblack Desiato · 12-05-2017 10:22PM

You should've left it as it was, you'd have the fastest bike in Ireland

On a bike like mine, half the battle of doing any job is getting the plastics off...

Put the new oil cooler lines on today (one had sprung a leak), new banjo bolts and new washers, ran the engine no leaks and all looks good. It needed an oil change anyway so put in a new filter. Took the opportunity to replace the spark plugs (with iridium ones) and clean the K&N, two jobs I'd been putting off for ages. Letting the air filter dry off overnight and I'll re-oil it tomorrow.

One of the plugs was only finger-tight in the head, and has some rust on it. It's hardly rainwater as the plug cap seals are very tight (and covered by the airbox, which is covered by the tank) so I'm thinking blow-by of combustion products (which contain a lot of steam) condensing on the plug body. I had been having a bit of a rough idle lately so hopefully that will cure it.

A very well known and well respected Dublin mechanic changed the plugs last time, so I'm pretty disappointed that one of them wasn't torqued correctly. The other two (yes, a triple) were just right - not loose but not too tight either.

Also (after skinning my finger yet again last weekend taking the seat off) I chamfered down the very sharp edge on the plastic Givi adaptor plate on the rear rack. Already had a cheap Dremel-a-like from Lidl and this was the first time I actually used it

(see a tool, buy a tool...) and it only took a couple of minutes to give it a nice rounded off edge.

I should probably scrub the rear tyre down with water and washing up liquid, given the amount of oil that got on it...

blade1 · 13-05-2017 09:48AM

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

You should've left it as it was, you'd have the fastest bike in Ireland

And soon it would be the bike with the highest mileage showing on the odo, the rate it was going:o

Test spin this morning and happy with outcome.
At 100kph it's reading 5 kph under what the satnav on my phone was saying.
Close enough.
Must check the profile of the tyres.
No biggy though.
100 quid cheaper than buying a genuine sensor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H39rzGyJWH0

Wonda-Boy · 13-05-2017 11:18AM

So braved the elements last night and went over to a m8 to fit the denali soundbomb onto the bike. Have to say I looked at them online and youtube but they are alot bigger then I taught (1st mistake lol)

I really taught that it would fit behind the headlight after taking off the standard horn but no way the size of the unit, I taught I was rightly fooked until I took the left fairing off and found a spot that I swear looked like it was made to measure by Suzuki themselves it fitted mm perfect with a pre drilled hole on a bracket that supports the fairing.

Alot of wires for a horn TBH but you deffo need to fit a fuse and a relay so thats where the wires come from. I should have took a few pics of it in place but I was under pressure to get home last night and forget but I will deffo stick up a video of the sound of it coz it mental how loud it is even behind a fairing.

CJhaughey · 13-05-2017 12:16PM

blade1 wrote: »

And soon it would be the bike with the highest mileage showing on the odo, the rate it was going:o

Test spin this morning and happy with outcome.
At 100kph it's reading 5 kph under what the satnav on my phone was saying.
Close enough.
Must check the profile of the tyres.
No biggy though.
100 quid cheaper than buying a genuine sensor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H39rzGyJWH0

So it was reading more speed than usual because the apparent wheel size was smaller due to mounting the sensor closer to the hub?

blade1 · 13-05-2017 12:30PM

CJhaughey wrote: »

So it was reading more speed than usual because the apparent wheel size was smaller due to mounting the sensor closer to the hub?

I'm not sure exactly why CJ.
The speed wasn't just faster, it was going up and down like crazy.
I'm wondering, because the sprocket bolt heads are not flat(there's a hollow in the middle),was the sensor picking up the edge and the centre of the bolt heads.

This is the way I have it at the moment.
That larger O ring shown is just to keep it that little bit out so it's position is exactly like the old one.
It seems secure enough with just the cable tie holding it.
I think I'll just see how it goes and leave it unless it moves.

Hotblack Desiato · 13-05-2017 12:57PM

117km/h on a lane that narrow? :eek:

blade1 · 13-05-2017 01:09PM

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

117km/h on a lane that narrow? :eek:

Shìt!! Speedo must be still fücked!!!!

Wonda-Boy · 13-05-2017 04:13PM

blade1 wrote: »

Shìt!! Speedo must be still fücked!!!!

Its guys like "you" giving us bikers a bad name.....:eek:

blade1 · 13-05-2017 04:35PM

Wonda-Boy wrote: »

Its guys like "you" giving us bikers a bad name.....:eek:

You'd be rightly fùcked so if I put up the rest of the video!:pac:

frozenfrozen · 15-05-2017 10:33AM

Someone is selling forks from an injection sv with maxton cartridges for 350 euro

I have been pricing up gold valve emulators and progressive springs and other stuff and tbh between hopping and trotting the maxton ones above are not too far away in price and I'd have a set of stock forks to sell or keep for putting back on the bike to sell on when the time comes

Anyone have any words of wisdom? I'm going to have this bike for at the very least another year so don't mind spending money I'll never get back at resale

cadete · 15-05-2017 11:34AM

frozenfrozen wrote: »

Someone is selling forks from an injection sv with maxton cartridges for 350 euro

I have been pricing up gold valve emulators and progressive springs and other stuff and tbh between hopping and trotting the maxton ones above are not too far away in price and I'd have a set of stock forks to sell or keep for putting back on the bike to sell on when the time comes

Anyone have any words of wisdom? I'm going to have this bike for at the very least another year so don't mind spending money I'll never get back at resale

I'm in a very similar situation right now aswell, will be changing the bike next year most likely but still wanted to try to improve the front shocks. The seals are needing done so just gonna stick some hyperpro springs in, from what I read they will make a big difference and as I'm unlikely to keep the bike a lot longer should be a good short term fix. I think the springs set me back £115 or thereabouts.

Wossack · 15-05-2017 11:39AM

great part about a whole new set of forks, is if you were mad pushed, you can revert to stock, and sell them on again (more simply then fork internals). I'd imagine you wont be long finding a buyer in a couple of years if it came to it

frozenfrozen · 15-05-2017 12:07PM

perfect lads I'm going to do it, they need to be addressed and the difference in price is low, and since I'm going to have it another year at the very least I'll get the extra value out of having all the goodies of messing with compression and rebound.

cadete have you got that new rear shock on and if so how is it. I'm only 10 stone so the stock rear is hard enough for me on max preload just feels **** and bounces around

cadete · 15-05-2017 12:15PM

frozenfrozen wrote: »

cadete have you got that new rear shock on and if so how is it. I'm only 10 stone so the stock rear is hard enough for me on max preload just feels **** and bounces around

Still stuck abroad sadly, hopefully will have it fitted next week and will drop ya a line then!

16-05-2017 08:16PM

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Small job today, I got a ram gps mount for the handlebar from a German crowd called Hornig. They make lots of useful stuff for bmw's.

stewygriffin · 18-05-2017 11:09PM

Wheels off the 996 and S1000rr,and up in Stephans place (SD Designs) in Kells for a change of colour.
Pig of a job to get the rear wheel off the 996,torqued to stupid crazy spec,over 150nm.

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