The "Today I did something to my bike" thread

TeaBagMania · 29-03-2018 05:03PM

drain the brake fluid, weld a nut to that bolt, and then with a plumbers torch lightly heat the threaded area. apply torque

blade1 · 29-03-2018 05:25PM

TeaBagMania wrote: »

drain the brake fluid, weld a nut to that bolt, and then with a plumbers torch lightly heat the threaded area. apply torque

I'm back in action!
New Ti bolts copper greased and torqued.

blade1 · 29-03-2018 06:33PM

Getting there.
Just put mudguard back on and bleed brakes.

CJhaughey · 29-03-2018 06:39PM

blade1 wrote: »

Getting there.
Just put mudguard back on and bleed brakes.

Everytime I see the front of those I think of The Matrix

blade1 · 29-03-2018 07:23PM

CJhaughey wrote: »

Everytime I see the front of those I think of The Matrix

I know what you mean CJ.
There's a lad wanting to buy it off me.
If I was selling it,I'd be wanting the newer one but I think I prefer the front of my one.

All done now anyway!:D

A quick wash down and new bolts looking sexy as Fuq! :pac:

stewygriffin · 29-03-2018 09:20PM

All most done.

Carbon ram air ducts gave an extra 3 whp.

Max Headroom · 30-03-2018 08:24AM

blade1 wrote: »

I'm back in action!
New Ti bolts copper greased and torqued.

Well done...nice to see people working on their own bikes...;)

blade1 · 30-03-2018 11:51AM

Max Headroom wrote: »

Well done...nice to see people working on their own bikes...;)

The only things I hate doing are things where access it very tight.
Brakes were a little spongy after bleeding but I had enough of it last night so sorted them today.
Back to stopping dead with the touch of one finger again!

Motion Pro bleeder is a handy little tool.

frozenfrozen · 30-03-2018 04:42PM

so handy having a bleed nipple at the master cylinder

blade1 · 30-03-2018 05:20PM

frozenfrozen wrote: »

so handy having a bleed nipple at the master cylinder

Certainly made things a lot easier ff.
Do I recall you putting braided lines on a while back?
It's one thing putting fresh fluid in while you have the old fluid to help but can be a bit of a bastard starting from scratch.

frozenfrozen · 30-03-2018 06:19PM

Yep I put braided lines on some time last year don't remember too much bother starting it once I got the first bit to start flowing, but it just took forever to get it properly bled. Need to bleed again now whenever I get it back on the road

Moved up to connemara part time recently so looking forward to a summer of having the bike up there

stewygriffin · 30-03-2018 06:41PM

Ready to race.

blade1 · 30-03-2018 07:01PM

stewygriffin wrote: »

Ready to race.

Looking sweet stewy!
Enjoy!

Sonics2k · 31-03-2018 03:20PM

Parts are finally starting to roll in.

Pray for me that taking off the old pipes goes well because that's the make or break of this whole thing. Penetrating fluid started on it a few months ago, but really lashing it on now.

CJhaughey · 31-03-2018 05:07PM

Sonics2k wrote: »

Parts are finally starting to roll in.

Pray for me that taking off the old pipes goes well because that's the make or break of this whole thing. Penetrating fluid started on it a few months ago, but really lashing it on now.

Will you have to re-jet with that more open pipe?

Sonics2k · 31-03-2018 05:59PM

CJhaughey wrote: »

Will you have to re-jet with that more open pipe?

It's the full exhaust pipe, the corrosion is quite bad so I'm getting the lads in Lee Honda to do the work honestly. It's just not worth the hassle if anything goes wrong.

tightspeedos · 31-03-2018 09:47PM

stewygriffin wrote: »

Ready to race.

Liking the colour scheme .... a lot of work gone into that machine ... if it's not a closely guarded secret ....how many ponies are available with the full system etc .... rubber side down

stewygriffin · 31-03-2018 10:24PM

Viva Espania....

blade1 · 31-03-2018 10:56PM

stewygriffin wrote: »

Viva Espania....

Is that your truck stewy?:pac:

stewygriffin · 31-03-2018 10:58PM

blade1 wrote: »

Is that your truck stewy?:pac:

1 of 2 trucks........:pac::p

stewygriffin · 31-03-2018 11:18PM

I forgot to pack something very important for Monte Blanco race track............

The Lyons Teabags

Max Headroom · 01-04-2018 08:56AM

stewygriffin wrote: »

I forgot to pack something very important for Monte Blanco race track............

Wish i could afford Lyons, Aldi for us.....:(

The Lyons Teabags

Wish i could afford Lyons, Aldi for us.....

blade1 · 01-04-2018 09:46AM

For any looking for a good all-round grease for bearings,seals etc. this can be got on e-bay for about €15 delivered.

D3V!L · 01-04-2018 09:54AM

I got my bike its first service in BMW Belfast on Friday. I was blown away by the thoroughness of the reports I got afterwards.

Even with the price of petrol and the exchange rate it worked out cheaper than going to Dublin.

blade1 · 01-04-2018 10:11AM

D3V!L wrote: »

Even with the price of petrol and the exchange rate it worked out cheaper than going to Dublin.

And more importantly, it was probably done right!:)

stewygriffin · 01-04-2018 10:28AM

Max Headroom wrote: »

Wish i could afford Lyons, Aldi for us.....

Could be worse.....could be Tescos own brand...:pac::eek:

frozenfrozen · 01-04-2018 08:59PM

Brought out the bike out, got the floppy mirror fixed and have a bit of a plan for other things that need doing

frozenfrozen · 03-04-2018 05:52PM

You can see my magnum ice cream sticks and wine cork shift lever in that pic,

I need new rearsets I can either get a replacement oem one or go with second hand gilles / woodcraft / etc also some gsxr rearsets fit, think it's pre 2007 ones.

Not sure which way to go. Seems like not many good condition second hand rearsets go up for sale online. New ones are too much at 400 euro

cadete · 03-04-2018 11:44PM

frozenfrozen wrote: »

You can see my magnum ice cream sticks and wine cork shift lever in that pic,

I need new rearsets I can either get a replacement oem one or go with second hand gilles / woodcraft / etc also some gsxr rearsets fit, think it's pre 2007 ones.

Not sure which way to go. Seems like not many good condition second hand rearsets go up for sale online. New ones are too much at 400 euro

I had the Chinese ones on my sv, they were sound, eBay or amazon can’t remember but didn’t break the bank looked well too

Riva10 · 04-04-2018 06:55AM

Put a pair of Metzler Tourance Next on my XT1200. €263. fitted to loose wheels, balanced and new valves from Lee Motorcycles. Tourance Next are now being made in China.

All previous sets (4) were made in Germany.

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