The "Today I did something to my bike" thread

arybvtcw0eolkf · 18-07-2018 05:18PM

blade1 wrote: »

Nice wind deflector Mak,do you want a sticker for it?:pac:

Max Headroom wrote: »

Doesnt need one...they come this way.....:D

BWAHAHAHAHA

Bastards

:pac:

LLewellen Farquarson · 18-07-2018 07:21PM

Cayden Defeated Thunderstorm wrote: »

Well its held in place with just four screws, the original screen is protected by rubber covers, there is no drilling holes.

LINK

Thanks, just placed an order. The screen on the k1200gt is just a fraction too low for me, and this will solve it nicely. Looks very well made, and cheap at < €20

arybvtcw0eolkf · 18-07-2018 07:37PM

LLewellen Farquarson wrote: »

Thanks, just placed an order. The screen on the k1200gt is just a fraction too low for me, and this will solve it nicely. Looks very well made, and cheap at < €20

There is no instructions with the kit, but its not rocket science however check out this link in regards to fitting the rubber guards with metal protectors because it would be easy to get this one wrong.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM0umbi2YI4

This guy goes a little overboard with spraying his nuts

black, its only his personal preference.

Emmersonn · 19-07-2018 08:18AM

Max Headroom wrote: »

Shame on you....does it have BMW on it ..DOES IT.....People will laugh and small children will point at you....

Or Touratit at least

D3V!L · 19-07-2018 08:20AM

Emmersonn wrote: »

Or Touratit at least

Or Wankerlich

Sonics2k · 19-07-2018 08:20AM

Might actually order one of these for the Deauville, I assume it'll fit. I'm that bit to tall for it and can be deafened by the wind sometimes.

arybvtcw0eolkf · 19-07-2018 12:53PM

Sonics2k wrote: »

Might actually order one of these for the Deauville, I assume it'll fit. I'm that bit to tall for it and can be deafened by the wind sometimes.

Can see why it won't fit tbh.

I'm very impressed with this. To remind myself what life was like two days ago I keep raising my head above and to the side of it lol.

€20, I wouldn't tolerate wind noise and buffeting anymore after this.

Actually, if you wish I'll fit this onto a Deauville in work and let you know before you order?.

Sonics2k · 19-07-2018 01:03PM

Cayden Defeated Thunderstorm wrote: »

Can see why it won't fit tbh.

I'm very impressed with this. To remind myself what life was like two days ago I keep raising my head above and to the side of it lol.

€20, I wouldn't tolerate wind noise and buffeting anymore after this.

Actually, if you wish I'll fit this onto a Deauville in work and let you know before you order?.

That'd be great if you wouldn't mind. Won't be ordering until the end of the month as I'm broke right now, but it'd be good to know for sure before waiting 30 days for it.

arybvtcw0eolkf · 19-07-2018 01:13PM

Sonics2k wrote: »

That'd be great if you wouldn't mind. Won't be ordering until the end of the month as I'm broke right now, but it'd be good to know for sure before waiting 30 days for it.

I'm at home now, but I'll try get that done and photographed tomorrow or Sunday for you. I'll post up here.

blade1 · 19-07-2018 06:30PM

Oil leak and clutch fluid leak.

When I got the bike 14 months ago there was a leak from both rocker covers.
Got new gaskets and while I was at it I planned on doing the valve clearance.
Rear cylinder went smoothly for me but the front one had a rounded Allen head bolt on the rocker cover so I couldn't be bothered with it at the time and only got back around to it today.

Also need a new clutch slave cylinder so have an Oberon one on the way.
Old clutch slave had a rounded head as well so I epoxied a bit onto both bolts and luckily that was enough to loosen them.

Cam cover off and valve clearance within spec.
Happy Days!!

Gasket fitted and cover back on.
I couldn't be bothered waiting for a new cam cover bolt from Aprilia so I just tightened up the old worn one until the epoxy snapped and the bit came away from it.
We'll see how it goes for now.

All done just waiting for my slave cylinder to arrive now.

zubair · 19-07-2018 10:19PM

Epoxy in rounded bolts...

TeaBagMania · 19-07-2018 10:57PM

blade1 wrote: »

Drill a small hole in your thumbnail to relieve the pressure, keep us posted on how she grows out

Hotblack Desiato · 20-07-2018 01:44AM

TeaBagMania wrote: »

Drill a small hole in your thumbnail to relieve the pressure, keep us posted on how she grows out

Heard a story years ago about KRJR getting the same thing. KR stuck his son's digit under the drill press and relieved the pressure, then said "that might get infected, better stick it in some gasoline" - and he did.

blade1 · 20-07-2018 10:32AM

TeaBagMania wrote: »

Drill a small hole in your thumbnail to relieve the pressure, keep us posted on how she grows out

Haha, closed the van door on it last week.:o

blade1 · 21-07-2018 02:44PM

Couple of more bits done today...
Replaced expansion bottle as tabs were broke off the old one.
Replacement was €14 delivered from Lithuania.

Coolant flush while I'm at it
Motul Inugel Expert €26 for 5litres.

Bleeder screw on top of rad.

Filled rad until coolant at full level on expansion tank.
Heat up bike, switch off and it burps some coolant out of the bleeder.
Repeated a couple of times and should be good to go.

Waiting on a couple of bits to arrive and should have everything sorted for another while.

blade1 · 21-07-2018 04:34PM

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Kerosene for wheels/chain and sprockets.
Brake cleaner for calipers and discs.
That Lidl bike off stuff for all over.
Rinse everything off.
I use Silkolene Silkopen and all nuts and bolts.
Lemon pledge to make the bike nice and shiny.
It also makes removal of dead flies easy!

ayux4rj6zql2ph · 21-07-2018 04:37PM

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blade1 · 21-07-2018 04:52PM

Prisoner 6753 wrote: »

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Not really other than what's mentioned.

A tub of this wouldn't go astray if you don't have it already and you are up for doing a bit of maintenance yourself.
It will keep loads of stuff on your bike in tip top shape.
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F331841244015

21-07-2018 07:57PM

Blade can you explain the epoxy? Looks very useful. What brand it is and does it take long to dry etc?

blade1 · 21-07-2018 08:42PM

Zaiden Fit Schoolmarm wrote: »

Blade can you explain the epoxy? Looks very useful. What brand it is and does it take long to dry etc?

It's only a cheap one, a sort of unbranded one.
It comes with a hardener.
Mix together and it sets in 5 minutes.
I left it for about 4 hours.
I think if the bolts were any more stuck the epoxy would not have been strong enough to loosen them.
I couldn't believe it when it worked.
Usually seized bolts and rounded heads go against me.
I was planning a trip to an engineer to get them out so delighted it worked.

Zebbedee · 22-07-2018 07:18AM

blade1 wrote: »

It's only a cheap one, a sort of unbranded one.
It comes with a hardener.
Mix together and it sets in 5 minutes.
I left it for about 4 hours.
I think if the bolts were any more stuck the epoxy would not have been strong enough to loosen them.
I couldn't believe it when it worked.
Usually seized bolts and rounded heads go against me.
I was planning a trip to an engineer to get them out so delighted it worked.

I can't believe it worked either
Fair play to ya

arybvtcw0eolkf · 22-07-2018 02:14PM

Sonics2k wrote: »

That'd be great if you wouldn't mind. Won't be ordering until the end of the month as I'm broke right now, but it'd be good to know for sure before waiting 30 days for it.

Just getting back about the screen on your bike.

I forgot to take in an allen key to fit the wind deflector to the work bike screen, but I inspected the screen and it'll fit no bother.

Sonics2k · 22-07-2018 02:50PM

Cayden Defeated Thunderstorm wrote: »

Just getting back about the screen on your bike.

I forgot to take in an allen key to fit the wind deflector to the work bike screen, but I inspected the screen and it'll fit no bother.

Legend, cheers for letting me know.

arybvtcw0eolkf · 23-07-2018 07:54AM

Way too early to make a call on this one, so I'm just making an observation.

In reference to the wind deflector.

Just to recap, I was getting terrible buffering from the original screen. It was shocking bad.

Put the wind deflector on, and it worked a treat. No buffering or wind noise.

Well I'm normally getting 220-230km before I go onto reserve.

This fill up got me 265km before hitting reserve!.

The only difference to the bike and my riding has been the addition of this wind deflector.

Fingers crossed, because if this is the result of adding it then its the best €20 I've ever spent on a bike.

Like I said, its too early to call this a result but here's hoping

D3V!L · 23-07-2018 08:54AM

Cayden Defeated Thunderstorm wrote: »

Way too early to make a call on this one, so I'm just making an observation.

In reference to the wind deflector.

Just to recap, I was getting terrible buffering from the original screen. It was shocking bad.

Put the wind deflector on, and it worked a treat. No buffering or wind noise.

Well I'm normally getting 220-230km before I go onto reserve.

This fill up got me 265km before hitting reserve!.

The only difference to the bike and my riding has been the addition of this wind deflector.

Fingers crossed, because if this is the result of adding it then its the best €20 I've ever spent on a bike.

Like I said, its too early to call this a result but here's hoping

Very interesting ! Has your driving style changed at all ?

arybvtcw0eolkf · 23-07-2018 09:19AM

D3V!L wrote: »

Very interesting ! Has your driving style changed at all ?

She hasn't mentioned anything

But nope.

D3V!L · 23-07-2018 03:08PM

Cayden Defeated Thunderstorm wrote: »

She hasn't mentioned anything

But nope.

Driving , not riding :pac:

zubair · 24-07-2018 11:23AM

Schools are off, I'm getting 20 more miles out of my tank at the moment.

blade1 · 25-07-2018 04:23PM

blade1 wrote: »

All done just waiting for my slave cylinder to arrive now.

Slave cylinder hasn't turned up so I got onto seller on eBay.
They said yep, it was delivered on the 20th and signed for by "parcel motel".
I said why would it be signed for by parcel motel when the address I gave was parcel wizard.
Seller says oh well, it says successful delivery here so nothing we can do.
If I have a problem take it up with royal mail and parcel motel.

I get onto PayPal and tell them I want a refund as my item was delivered to wrong address.
They say don't worry,that they'll sort it.
They get back to me and say they have finished review and have decided against me.WTF?
Got back on to them and appealled so will have to wait but has me rightly pissed off now.
I'm doubting now I'll get my money back.

frozenfrozen · 25-07-2018 04:27PM

blade1 wrote: »

Slave cylinder hasn't turned up so I got onto seller on eBay.
They said yep, it was delivered on the 20th and signed for by "parcel motel".
I said why would it be signed for by parcel motel when the address I gave was parcel wizard.
Seller says oh well, it says successful delivery here so nothing we can do.
If I have a problem take it up with royal mail and parcel motel.

I get onto PayPal and tell them I want a refund as my item was delivered to wrong address.
They say don't worry,that they'll sort it.
They get back to me and say they have finished review and have decided against me.WTF?
Got back on to them and appealled so will have to wait but has me rightly pissed off now.
I'm doubting now I'll get my money back.

never heard of paypal siding against someone like that, normally they are awful for the seller as they are so soft to refund money.. can you appeal again and attach pictures of the address you provided and the reply from the seller saying parcel motel signed for it etc?

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