The "Today I did something to my bike" thread

Lovely job. Where did you get it done?

Fazer below not fully done but it's looking done. She's running like a top and shake down mileage is the next milestone

My first 'proper' paint job went pretty well, I think. Happy with the finish, just to de-nib, polish and ceramic coat it now.

goblin59 wrote: »

Never seen a hatchet used like that before xD

He wanted a chopper!

cantdecide wrote: »

Fazer below not fully done but it's looking done. She's running like a top and shake down mileage is the next milestone

My first 'proper' paint job went pretty well, I think. Happy with the finish, just to de-nib, polish and ceramic coat it now.

Lookin Well!!
Did you post a vid on your painting?

lennymc wrote: »

did very little in quite a while, went to start the fazer a couple of weeks ago after a good while sitting up, and it was dead. Charged battery, but it wasnt holding, so new battery. test ride around the block, and it was riding rough as a box of frogs, and eventually died. New battery was dead, recharged, left it for a few days and came back to 6 volts. Charged, put a meter across it, and <12 volts at5k rpm. new regulator ordered and fit, so its now back in spec at 5k rpm. Battery fully charged now, so will get out for a spin around the block later, see how it's riding, and monitor battery level over next few days to make sure that there is no drain. The joys of parking things up. Stupid covid.

Glad to hear you're whippin her back into shape Lenny.
A dash mounted v meters a great idea.

tried to upgrade the rotor on the DR over the weekend from a 290mm to a 320mm, should have spent the extra cash and gone EBC, damn KKE rotor was too thick and wheel wouldn't spin, even with the pads sanded down.

Starter motor might have blown too, so going to spend the day looking at the engine to see why.

worse case, I'm going to borrow the starter off the CCM R30 and then refurbish my starter

Sun shining so the long way to work. 60km of bliss via the Sally Gap, Cruagh etc. Glorious.

D3V!L wrote: »

Sounds like an awful commute :pac:

Someone has to do it. Double my "normal" commute. The Tiger seemed to enjoy it.

H_Lime wrote: »

Lookin Well!!
Did you post a vid on your painting?

Thank you muchly! I'll stick one more up once the bike is running and riding. I've decided to repaint the tank because there was room for improvement. I'll save the tank repaint for after the shakedown though. I'll be glad to be finished with it!!

H_Lime wrote: »

I suppose its over 18% bigger being .95mm oversize. Modifying pads to suit is a bit of a bodge, your doing the right thing replacing imo. You could bring it to an engineering firm and have it resurfaced to 4.2 if they won't take it back.

Is the starter cranking at all or is it dead? Give it a tapitty tap tap of a hammer and try again. If she's dead dead try bypassing the loom and feed it 12v direct and see if she spins? Failing that open it up, clean it out, grease the bearing and try again.

It was an ebay purchase, so will just tell ebay this item isn't fit for purpose and get the refund that way.
I can definitly see them trying a you're on your own buddy thing'
I think it would be too expensive to try and get turned, plus its a floating disc, can't see that being an easy thing to resurface or cheap.

I can easily turn the crank by hand, took the bung out of the LHS casing to give it a spin.

A direct feed from the battery didn't turn the motor either.
I've a mate swinging round later to bring it up to his garage and I can pop the motor out there to take apart.
Unfortunatly not in Fermanagh at the moment, so don't have the same space in the apartment garage to be taking off the exhaust, cam chain tensionor and clutch cable and then leave them out for a week while a new part arrives.

The CCM starter uses a slightly different mounting system too. Bastards must have known I'd be cannibalizing it xD

zubair wrote: »

Today I did something completely different with my bike, I rode it.

Last day with the current job tomorrow so had booked access to the office to clear out my locker. Well the biker gods were on my side, took the scenic route of course, 200km+ covered. Knackered!

Fair play bud. Finished with my current job Monday. Thursday pencilled in for a day's spin and the weather is looking good. All the best in the new job if you've one lined up!

Ehhh....no.
More than I can handle offroad.


She's a tar puppy for sure.

KildareMan wrote: »

Fixed not 1 but 2 punctures, at the same time coming into work. Fence post staple. Embeded to the "hilt" with the two punctures over a cm apart. No way I can bend the ends apart so shows the energy and mechanics at work when a tyre picks up. Sticky string and compressor under the Tiger's seat so back up and running in 15 minutes.

Fair play I would be still sitting at the side of the road!

What brand Sticky String Kit \ Compressor do you have?

H_Lime wrote: »

Looking forward to it. You have your next project lined up? Any work on yer own bikes?

Motivation went through the floor in the New Year and a promise to put me on shift work didn't happen so I've struggled with the mind, energy, and the time to keep after multiple projects.

On one hand, I might take a break after the Fazer and Fireblade are finished. On the other hand, I'm half looking for something to use and abuse ahead of my beloved GSX1400. It's currently declared off the road so I have nothing of my own on the road. I wouldn't mind finding something sports-touring-ish or ideally, something adventure-ish I can do some touring on this year! If it needed fixing up, all the better.

If nothing turns up, I may put the Fazer on the road in the meantime.

Just picked up an RAC compressor from Argos. €18 so pretty cheap. Took it apart and greased the metal gears and oiled the piston.
Got it as it's the smallest I could find (not much storage space on the bike).
Comes with crocodile clips, SAE and accessory plug.
Tried on wheelbarrow tyres, so it works fine.