The "Today I did something to my bike" thread

kaimera wrote: »

Yea, nobody tells you the price of bike bits after!

300e I'd call the going rate for good tyres+fitting.

C&S - look online for the parts yourself - see if your mech will fit them.

The bearings...man good times doing that on my old bike. Replaced the whole steering stem and yolk on a SV...handy enough to get all the parts off but the bearings...if you have time and preferably some one with with it's very doable.

Check online for guides, I'm sure if you bring it up this direction the lads on here will help!

@corkgsxr - are zuki ireland covering the recall? Wasn't sure if they were following the UK

Yep tyner or priory. I think o neils in kerry too.

In fairness to tyner. Drive in drive out all sorted. No wait for parts etc

cylinder*

minidazzler wrote: »

I'm beginning to think I bought a lemon.... Ah well, I get tax back soon and that'll sort the rest of the things.

And I should have gone to Tyner again, never even headed down that way, fell for the Fazer too fast At least with Tyner I'd have some come back, he's pretty sound about what he does. The cnut I bought it off is some sort of Cowboy I now think.

Iv bought 3 bikes of tyner and only bother I had was fork seals on a hornet 250 which he done straight way.

minidazzler wrote: »

Ah yeah, over all it's still a grand bike. It's only money.... you'd think my dad, who's been riding longer than I've been breathing would have said it was a lemon though he said nothing to influence one way or the other :pac:

Ah well, once I've these bits and pieces done it'll be mechanically perfect, then it's just a sort the speedo drive, and probably do a paint job on the whole thing. Midnight Blue with sparkly flecks :pac:

Ahh sure when you do fix it up and put that loving touch to it...you will love it even more knowing you did the work. Its a special bond you get when you service or work on your own bike.

I finally got to fire up the R1 today after doing the valve clearances. My throttle cable was badly frayed at the carbs and I thought I'd give it a go while the bike was out of action. It went well considering it was my first time but the aftermarket cable was causing a sticky throttle so I had to wait a while for an OEM replacement to arrive so I could finish the job. If I was doing it again I'd try get the cam chain off without removing the tensioner completely because that was a right pain in the a*** to get back on! :mad:

Finally got round to cleaning the chain with kerosene today, and damn does it do a good job of it too. Grunge brush + kerosene = like new chain!

While I was out in the cold I decided to pull off my calipers and give the pistons a brush down with some soapy water to remove some crap off them. Front ones weren't too bad but the rear was a right pain in the hole. Had new rear brake pads I was going to put on but struggled so much to get the pistons back into place that I gave in. Though I did manage to get the old pads back in and back onto the frame so if there is a dry spell over the next day or two i'll replace them.

Annoyingly though there is still a slight rubbing from the front brakes even after the clean. Was hoping that would have solved it.

Figured out the problem with the bulb thanks to a post on the IBF site. Basically when I hit the starter switch it was not returning to its resting position which causes the headlight to fail. Strangely enough the pass light still worked. Wonda-boy & blu3rorion will remember taping up my pass switch before to keep my headlight on.

Wonda-Boy wrote: »

Ah jaysus Joe, I must have re-told that story about 50 times....I SWEAR. It will stay with me till the day I die, its what motorbikes are all about the funniest stories when out on spins. Freezing fog, red eyes and riding about 20 miles with the visor up with no lights.

YOU CANT WRITE THIS STUFF.... ;)

lol, Frozen snot on my face like the scene from dumb and dumber. I didnt even know the headlight was gone until we pulled in. It started off a clear fresh morning and within 20 mins of leaving the cafe we where covered in major thick fog:eek: Give it a few weeks until the roads are not so slick & ill be out again (with a pair of goggles:cool:)

thecivvie wrote: »

Take it's a Honda then. Both my old Deauville and now my Pan have done the same

It sure is. Although there has been a few electrical faults I have to say the engine is bullet proof so far. I have left it outside for nearly 4 weeks in all sorts of weather and she still starts on the 1st or 2nd attempt. Not bad for a 20 year old bike:)

Sat in E Motorcycles whilst they fitted new pads and did the seals on the calipers

Richard tea wrote: »

It sure is. Although there has been a few electrical faults I have to say the engine is bullet proof so far. I have left it outside for nearly 4 weeks in all sorts of weather and she still starts on the 1st or 2nd attempt. Not bad for a 20 year old bike:)

Yeah both my old Deauville and now my Pan sit outside, I did invest in a decent cover for the Pan. Start first touch of the button, no matter the weather

Today I had a look to see if my rectifier/regulator was the cause of bulbs blowing and battery dying... Turns out it is indeed banjaxed... next thing to test, the stator

Got Osram Nightbreaker Unlimited and fitted one to my bike, went to fit the other.... it's no H4 Need to figure out what it is now and get another