The "Today I did something to my bike" thread

frozenfrozen · 25-11-2017 07:32PM

I'm in Clare so no good to me unfortunately but that's a good price for fitted

Jackdaw89 · 25-11-2017 07:45PM

Fitted a set of Leo vince slip-on's today not for an extra few hp and maybe loud pipes do save lives but I just bought them to make loads of noise. Seems to run fine without the cat to.

thecivvie · 28-11-2017 10:06AM

Replaced the Mosfet rectifier on the GS and added a battery monitor and BAAS jump lead setup. With the battery hidden under the faux tank it is a royal pita to get to

stewygriffin · 29-11-2017 08:31PM

Few more goodies arrived.

Colm17RvB · 30-11-2017 11:53AM

Bought R&G heated grips at NEC on the cheap, spent 5 hours (cos I was faffing about too) fitting them the other day, such a pain in the ass, but now my hands are lovely and warm riding around the place. Really should have got them sorted a few months ago, but I've been fairly lazy on it. First time having heated grips in 7 years, why did I wait so long again!

GBX · 30-11-2017 12:00PM

Colm17RvB wrote: »

Bought R&G heated grips at NEC on the cheap, spent 5 hours (cos I was faffing about too) fitting them the other day, such a pain in the ass, but now my hands are lovely and warm riding around the place. Really should have got them sorted a few months ago, but I've been fairly lazy on it. First time having heated grips in 7 years, why did I wait so long again!

There are lads who will swear they'd never have them . F**k that. I've had them on every bike and will going forward. Although I reckon heated gloves next. Bit more of an expense compared to the grips but they keep the whole hand warm.

arybvtcw0eolkf · 30-11-2017 01:55PM

GBX wrote: »

There are lads who will swear they'd never have them . F**k that. I've had them on every bike and will going forward. Although I reckon heated gloves next. Bit more of an expense compared to the grips but they keep the whole hand warm.

Same here, wouldn't have a bike without heated grips. And like you I'm considering heated gloves.

I've tried Oxford muffs but could never get used to them.

GBX · 30-11-2017 03:03PM

Cayden Defeated Thunderstorm wrote: »

Same here, wouldn't have a bike without heated grips. And like you I'm considering heated gloves.

I've tried Oxford muffs but could never get used to them.

Found muffs too restricting on the hand.
I know lads have said they might push against the brake lever at speed. But I would never speed your honour :P

cadete · 08-12-2017 06:01PM

On my phone so not sure what the brackets are for video but this is well worth a look, did something to me bike today lol, walked away though

https://splice.gopro.com/v?id=Vz3PaG

Hotblack Desiato · 08-12-2017 11:52PM

Aw, sorry to see man, but you were very wide on the first apex, better on the 2nd but then it got worse and worse until the inevitable

if you run wide on one of a series of corners you have to slow down and get back on line, it's not going to sort itself out through a series of corners it's just going to get worse unless you back right off and get back on line and regroup. Hope you and the bike were ok.

You didn't hit the apex of the 2nd corner, didn't get close to the first part of the third, almost hit the apex on the 2nd pard of the third corner but I think you were off line at this point, you should have been on the extreme left side of the track going into the fourth corner, were off line and didn't slow/brake enough into the fouth and went way wide, at the fifth corner (or second apex of the fourth, to be pedantic) there was no more road

cadete · 09-12-2017 06:26AM

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

Aw, sorry to see man, but you were very wide on the first apex, better on the 2nd but then it got worse and worse until the inevitable if you run wide on one of a series of corners you have to slow down and get back on line, it's not going to sort itself out through a series of corners it's just going to get worse unless you back right off and get back on line and regroup. Hope you and the bike were ok.

You didn't hit the apex of the 2nd corner, didn't get close to the first part of the third, almost hit the apex on the 2nd pard of the third corner but I think you were off line at this point, you should have been on the extreme left side of the track going into the fourth corner, were off line and didn't slow/brake enough into the fouth and went way wide, at the fifth corner (or second apex of the fourth, to be pedantic) there was no more road

To be fair it’s a weird line through there, I didn’t commit enough on the last section the long left is treated as a double apexran a little wide there but not enough to really mess it all up, on leaving that it’s a b line to the right hander not taken wide but straight through carrying speed which was pretty close to spot on, as I come up the hill in good condition tip to the right of centre(a couple meters from the paint on the right) but at the crest I should have closed the throttle and commited, tipped a bit more and rolled into the next right rather than standing her up and come off like a fool,
The line is weird as **** and some of the lads run it like I was trying to, and others like you say are getting over the paint on the right before I came off, I did the tuition with Steve Brogan here and that was his line, so was Goin with it, but a hesitation put me over and into the trap, might get a “fast” lap up later today or tomorrow if ya like,

traco · 15-12-2017 07:55PM

Swapped from a yellow plate to a white plate. Pricey but of plastic though.

frozenfrozen · 15-12-2017 08:00PM

Fresh oil

arybvtcw0eolkf · 16-12-2017 05:55PM

Done some chain maintenance, went through a few other checks and gave the Zed a good wash and polish in preparation for a charity ride out tomorrow.

The bike is sparking now, which means hail, sleet and snow tomorrow lol.

And now she's all wrapped up and put to bed

Anyone else going on the annual Rathmines Womens Refuge run tomorrow?.

I'll be at Statoil Ballymun/Santry cross at 11am

blade1 · 16-12-2017 06:38PM

Looking good Mak!

stewygriffin · 16-12-2017 08:23PM

Now the real work begins.

Max Headroom · 17-12-2017 09:44AM

Cayden Defeated Thunderstorm wrote: »

Done some chain maintenance, went through a few other checks and gave the Zed a good wash and polish in preparation for a charity ride out tomorrow.

The bike is sparking now, which means hail, sleet and snow tomorrow lol.

And now she's all wrapped up and put to bed

Anyone else going on the annual Rathmines Womens Refuge run tomorrow?.

I'll be at Statoil Ballymun/Santry cross at 11am

Are ye defrosting the christmas ham at the same time......:D

arybvtcw0eolkf · 17-12-2017 04:29PM

Max Headroom wrote: »

Are ye defrosting the christmas ham at the same time......:D

The last photo?.. My son calls it 'the space ship' lol

Well she (Zed Zeppelin

) scrubbed up well for the ride out today.

2017 Womens Refuge charity ride out. The shelter gives shelter to women and their children who are victims of domestic violence.

Imagine being the kind of bastard who beats the sh*t out of those he should cherish and protect. Those kunts make me sick.

Max Headroom · 17-12-2017 07:37PM

Don't forget about the men too.....most seem to put up with it tho....; (

arybvtcw0eolkf · 17-12-2017 08:19PM

Max Headroom wrote: »

Don't forget about the men too.....most seem to put up with it tho....; (

And lets not forget the non binary people, and the people who today self identify as helicopter gunships, lizard people or whatever the fook crazy idea's millennials come up with these days

minidazzler · 18-12-2017 06:16AM

I did something with my bike... I let it run out of fckukingingsh petrol around 4 miles from home.... at 3 am.....

And worse is a biker rode past me :v I was sure I'd built up some good karma the time I got in a fight with an ex girlfriend to let me out of the car in the rain to help a stranded biker but nah..... a 9 mile walk all in to get home, get a petrol can, get petrol and walk back to the bike

Hotblack Desiato · 19-12-2017 11:25PM

I've been on that rideout before - good cause - just need to be careful at the end cause some of the kids are traumatised at the sight of men because of what they've been through. Doesn't bear thinking about especially with what's been in the news today.

I once ran out of juice on the Tallaght Bypass and had to push in a couple of miles until nearly Templeogue to get fuel... do you think any cager on the Spawell roundabout would give way to a rider in distress trying to push their bike across the side road.. NO.. cnuts... I was waiting about ten minutes to get through one junction. Selfish wnakers.

arybvtcw0eolkf · 19-12-2017 11:48PM

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

I've been on that rideout before - good cause - just need to be careful at the end cause some of the kids are traumatised at the sight of men because of what they've been through. Doesn't bear thinking about especially with what's been in the news today.

The families are actually counciled for the week before we visit. They're prepared for us and told that there's going to be men in the shelter (men are barred for obvious reasons) but that they're kind men who won't be violent or abusive.

It boils my piss. In fact for a number of years I couldn't go in, I found it too upsetting (for personal reasons). And I wasn't the only one.

We'd a lovely ride out to a home for adults with sever intellectual disabilities last week. Some of the lads were a little upset seeing adults with the mental capacity of children, and it was upsetting ~ but to put it into perspective my OH hit the nail on the head and she said that these people were living a forever childhood and that meeting so many Santa's had made their forever childhood that little more special for a few hours.

Seriously it was a beautiful experience.

stewygriffin · 20-12-2017 06:53PM

Cayden Defeated Thunderstorm wrote: »

The families are actually counciled for the week before we visit. They're prepared for us and told that there's going to be men in the shelter (men are barred for obvious reasons) but that they're kind men who won't be violent or abusive.

It boils my piss. In fact for a number of years I couldn't go in, I found it too upsetting (for personal reasons). And I wasn't the only one.

We'd a lovely ride out to a home for adults with sever intellectual disabilities last week. Some of the lads were a little upset seeing adults with the mental capacity of children, and it was upsetting ~ but to put it into perspective my OH hit the nail on the head and she said that these people were living a forever childhood and that meeting so many Santa's had made their forever childhood that little more special for a few hours.

Seriously it was a beautiful experience.

Ive a cracker of a photo of you in yer Santy suit photobombing my picture on Sunday.:pac::D

blade1 · 20-12-2017 06:57PM

stewygriffin wrote: »

Ive a cracker of a photo of you in yer Santy suit photobombing my picture on Sunday.:pac::D

Well stick it up so!!!!
Oh,I forgot,you don't know how to post pics!!:P

arybvtcw0eolkf · 20-12-2017 08:09PM

stewygriffin wrote: »

Ive a cracker of a photo of you in yer Santy suit photobombing my picture on Sunday.:pac::D

Go on, post it and shame me .. Nothing could be worse than the Ohlins sticker :mad:

stewygriffin · 21-12-2017 11:48AM

Cayden Defeated Thunderstorm wrote: »

Go on, post it and shame me .. Nothing could be worse than the Ohlins sticker :mad:

I cant reveal Santas secret identity though,or can I??:P:D:D

Ah no its a nice pic,and a nice pic of your bike too.:)

arybvtcw0eolkf · 22-12-2017 10:56AM

stewygriffin wrote: »

I cant reveal Santas secret identity though,or can I??:P:D:D

Ah no its a nice pic,and a nice pic of your bike too.:)

Show me?.. I don't mind my face being shown, I mean I don't waken every morning wish I was this damned sexy, but sh*t happens

stewygriffin · 04-01-2018 11:16PM

Time for some new paint.

beno619 · 06-01-2018 11:52AM

Might be a stupid question but is it always necessary to bleed brakes after topping up the reservoirs ?

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