The "Today I did something to my bike" thread

Sorry to hear that D3vi!.
That's not bad luck, you have had no luck at all with bikes.
Have you ever thought about a Japanese bike?
I know they aren't as flash as a Euro but generally they don't seem to give as much trouble as Euro's either.

D3V!L wrote: »

Yep, same one, I did about 200 kilometres on it so far just in and out of work.



You're telling me. My other bike had a replacement gearbox and clutch due to failure at 3000 kilometres.



Yep, the hydraulic clutch just wouldn't disengage. First happened when I went into a roundabout, shifted down from 2nd half want through the bend and then it got stuck in neutral while leaned over :eek:

Sounds like the clutch release bearings shat the bed, that or an issue with the clutch slave/rod or all the above!
If I'm correct about the release bearing it shouldn't be a big deal, so long as all the bits are present when they remove the old one and are sensible to flush the engine.

https://www.donedeal.ie/motorbikes-for-sale/02-gs-500e-for-sale/26527446
You know you want to!!!!

goblin59 wrote: »

also this if you get a bank loan xD
https://www.donedeal.ie/motorbikes-for-sale/the-2021-suzuki-hayabusa-is-coming-/27043641

Operation how ugly can we make it rendition 3:D

H_Lime wrote: »

Operation how ugly can we make it rendition 3:D

They really are an ugly bike.
plus I'd be worried about it constantly, one scratch and you'd be heart broken.

Yum, white hag!
Snippety snip snip:eek:

Oatmeal and imperial stouts all day long but ffs mint choc chip lol, lost me there.
Had some nice ones from them in the past.

The highlight of last wknds reward for being a good boy all wk.

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

Looks nice! I'm off over to Martins in Fairview tomorrow, gonna pick up a few. That was a random box they put together, tbh the mint choc was actually alright.

I miss Martins n McHughes, since moving to de sthicks I've managed to convince a local offo (20 mile round trip local) to stock some of my tipples. Must get organised and buy online.

Story with the clocks? You have that nice old steely cbr6 yeah?

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

Yep I have an F3, my clocks had seen better days and trip didn't work so fitting a set from an F4i. Wiring in isn't roo bad then need to make brackets. I'm getting some old carbon forks from somebody in the cycling forum and going to make the brackets with cuts from them

Why not just fit a good original set, there's loads out there, be hard to fit the F4i ones tidy?
What's the craic with fitting these, how compatible is the swap from a wiring perspective and is your aim to retain all the functionality on the new ones?

H_Lime wrote: »

Why not just fit a good original set, there's loads out there, be hard to fit the F4i ones tidy?
What's the craic with fitting these, how compatible is the swap from a wiring perspective and is your aim to retain all the functionality on the new ones?

Because fitting originals would be too easy Tbh its piss easy. I will keep all functionality and I'll gain a clock. However the big change is now I'll have a digital screen for speedo

This is the difference (stock image of old clocks)

D3V!L wrote: »

Oh how right are you !

The Asian offerings don't make you feel quite so special thats true. All those trips in trucks and vans to get a new motor and box do make one feel quite privileged.

**** talk aside you wouldn't know yourself on an @ or tenere, reliability is never a guaranteed but its certainly stacked in your favour with them asians....mind you the brethren may not wave and the dealer don't serve gourmet coffee...

H_Lime wrote: »

The Asian offerings don't make you feel quite so special thats true. All those trips in trucks and vans to get a new motor and box do make one feel quite privileged.

**** talk aside you wouldn't know yourself on an @ or tenere, reliability is never a guaranteed but its certainly stacked in your favour with them asians....mind you the brethren may not wave and the dealer don't serve gourmet coffee...

The 1200 Tenere has been discontinued due to palaeontologists putting them all on display in natural history museums and the 700 is far too small for me.

D3V!L wrote: »

The 1200 Tenere has been discontinued due to palaeontologists putting them all on display in natural history museums and the 700 is far too small for me.

Yes absolutely, the ten doesn't have the luxury, prestige and engineering enhancements the unrivalled gs waterbuffalo has. What other manufacturer would have the genius idea to install a "break in" engine and box.
Triggers broom.

Full disclosure, I own many unreliable bikes, but I'm not deluded enough to shill them as reliable because they cost a fookin fortune and have a """prestige""" badge on the side.
"nothing from Asia to equal it at the moment"
DEEP IRONY:pac:

D3V!L wrote: »

I didn't shill anything as reliable. :rolleyes:

"nothing from Asia to equal it at the moment"

If in your assessment of your brand new 20k bike that has nothing to equal it from asia, where does its reliability come in priorities, and how is it unequalled from the far east?
Most of us plebs have that high, actually very high on the list or else we get to come on here with tales of Harleys in vans going to wexas needing special hoses and gs's needing heart and lung transplants so yea nothing to equal it from asia lol.