The "Today I did something to my bike" thread

lennymc wrote: »

sv1000, starter motor is spinning, bike isnt cranking. I havent looked too much into it as I was heading off to work, might take a look when I get home tonight.

Have you been trying to start it with a weak battery lately?

My over-reactionary 'die bike, die' post may have been a bit premature. Turns out it was a loose relay. Phew.

Slowly coming together now.. (zx6)

Swingarm swapped for a better condition one (very cheap one from ebay, and it was in great nick). New swingarm spindle - the one that came out was pretty horrific... and stunk for some reason lol. Had a second from a job lot of parts I bought ages back - never worked out what it was, till I took the old one out hah

Swapped rear shock for 07/08 one (same seller as above with the swingarm, very cheap - came from germany I think), and cleaned and re-greased linkages

Wheels powdercoated metallic red - has some mad name, 'candy apple rosso red' or something, very pleased with the result (thanks tallaght powdercoat). Theyve some pics up on their facebook page I think, but really dont do it justice

New wheel bearings, captive spacers, and since I had to cut the chain for swingarm swap above, new chain & sprockets, and new stainless sprocket nuts

swapped rear caliper for a better condition zx10 one, and general tidy

nearly back together, so pics shortly...


couldnt get the front sprocket off though unfort.. reckon will need to get it running and swing by a tyre place to have them zap it with an impact. Have a breaker bar, but rear brake doesnt stop the wheel, and I dont want to put anything through the wheel, in case I knacker the new powdercoat (which would be just typical..)

Evening to myself, so fitted the R&G crash bungs that came last week. Some delightful bricking it going at bits of the bike with a hole saw. Knew those LIDL f clamps would come in handy some day.

Wonda-Boy wrote: »

I taught you would not have drill or make any holes if you got the specific kit for you bike????

Depends on the bike. Most faired bikes or other bikes that don't have exposed engine bolts do need drilling, I think R&G have the instructions for each model on the site so you can tell. They also sell hole saws :-)

For the diversion it's just a small plastic cowling in front of the engine bolt that needs drilling.

I'm doing a valve clearance at the moment but I'm having trouble finding shims. I can only find shims in increments of 0.05mm. Does anyone know where I would find shims which have 0.01mm increments?

DubVelo wrote: »

Wemoto maybe? If you can find the part number you can do a search on there by part number. What make of bike is it?

It's a Fazer 600 foxeye. As far as I know shims are pretty generic and used on a lot of other engines (7.8mm). I checked wemoto, ebay, etc but they all only have 0.05mm increments. A guy on ebay told me some brand called HotCams are the dominant brand these days and that's why it's difficult to find other sizes.

I can use the 0.05mm increment ones if needs be but since the allowed clearance tolerance is a range of .09mm and I'd like to be on the 0.3-0.5mm end of the range.

Ok thanks. Yeah that was a typo, they're 7.48mm.

Tzardine wrote: »

Some more minor maintenance on the Bandit today

• Rear caliper clean and rebuild - Seals / Pads / Nipples / Pins
• Change front and rear brake fluid
• Change clutch fluid - Stuff was almost black
• Replaced the 8 rubber / copper washers on head bolts that were leaking after last valve clearance adjustment

Looks more sterile then Intel....lol

The Don wrote: »

It's a Fazer 600 foxeye. As far as I know shims are pretty generic and used on a lot of other engines (7.8mm). I checked wemoto, ebay, etc but they all only have 0.05mm increments. A guy on ebay told me some brand called HotCams are the dominant brand these days and that's why it's difficult to find other sizes.

I can use the 0.05mm increment ones if needs be but since the allowed clearance tolerance is a range of .09mm and I'd like to be on the 0.3-0.5mm end of the range.

Wemoto only listed the 0.05mm ones on the page for my bike, but when I searched with the part numbers they did also have the 0.025mm ones from Honda. There's a box down the page to search with an OEM part number.

Looks great man! seeing how long it takes makes me want to just powder coat mine.

Richard tea wrote: »

True enough but thats the bulk of it now. Hopefully it will be a quick maintenance polish every few weeks from now on

10 minutes maintenance every so often will keep them nice and shiney!
Some difference,eh?