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The "Today I did something to my bike" thread
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EvoTech oil and radiator guards,R+G carbon tail sliders,carbon tank pad,and a 5nm torque wrench.Oh and 1/4 inch 12 point socket set and extension bars and taitide numberplate bracket..Its all in there somewhere.:pac:
Just have to cut and modify the tail tidy for the BMW now.:)
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My bike's filler neck is a bit grotty and the drain doesn't drain all that well.
DSCF8356 by macplaxton, on Flickr
So I decided to kick the can down the road instead of actually taking the tank off and doing the job, because I can do without the downtime. A cap for the cap was needed.
My eye wandered round the kitchen and I spotted this:
IMG_20161023_224358 by macplaxton, on Flickr
Mmmm Tunnocks!
At first I thought about using the base, to cover the fuel cap so over a cuppa I got the scissors out
IMG_20161023_224350 by macplaxton, on Flickr
and used the base of the tub with a flap. It was rubbish as it wasn't quite large enough in diameter. So plan B was implemented and that used the lid rather than the base of the tub and it is just slightly over the diameter of the cap assembly. Attached at the right-hand side with some grey duck tape it did okay for a week or so. Any water pooled on the slightly shouldered lid and would keep most - if not all - of the water out of the way, but I thought I could improve the stop-gap fix (ok, bodge).
This time I measured the cap recess diameter, got the knife out on a second tub (yum) and have now constructed a replacement cap hat. It's now a nice snug fit in the gap between the cap edge collar and the tank top panel.
DSCF8445 by macplaxton, on Flickr
DSCF8446 by macplaxton, on Flickr
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its probably styrene based plastic? the petrol is just gonna melt it Im afraid..
It's PP and just a cover to keep the rain out, it's not containing any petrol the tank and cap are doing that job. All it'll get is a whiff of vapour now and then, by the time it's ready to fall apart I'll either have fixed the stupid internal water drain tube or munched through several more pots of Tommy Tunnock's finest.
It's not going to just melt looking at it. I reckon that sunlight (UV) will finish off the plastic first.0 -
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Currently replacing the stock rubber brake and clutch lines on the blackbird with lovely carbon look HEL lines, 11 bloody lines in total! Had to label them up to stop me getting confused! Got all new seals for the calipers as well while I'm at it.
Some of the pistons weren't moving even under pressure from the lever/pedal. Didn't bother with using compressed air. Figured out a nice way of getting them out. Had a spare bar end weight that fit into the pistons and just tightened up the nut to make the rubber grab the inside of the piston and pulled it out! Delighted with myself!
Putting a new chain and sprocket set on as well. Still the original set on the bike since 2002!
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Fitted these this morning.
Nice and bright,but threw a lamp code on the dash and they are flashing too fast,along with the rear LED tail light unit,even with the resistors fitted.
But when I press the hazard light switch,they all flash perfectly normal.
Anyone got any ideas??
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listermint wrote: »Are all the other lamps working? And are you sure the resistors are correct for the circuit on that model?
If another lamp is out it will flash fast if the resistor is too low it would also cause issues.
Does the S 1000 have a canbus circuit requiring coding of the lights?
LED lights are specific for the S1000rr and came from a reputable company.The resisitor leads supplied are the correct ones I presume.The rear indicator lights are gone,as i have an intergrated LED brake light with indicators fitted.
Think it has Canbus allright.
So its a trip to Joe Duffy and ask them to stick the laptop to wipe the code?
Will that get them flashing at the correct rate then??
On a side note..................
Carbon tank pad,techspec pads and carbon tail sliders fitted this afternoon.And got a small number plate up by Artscan for 20 euro.:)
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Finally got round to doing a few bits on me own bike today,
Started by fitting a gear indicator, went for the Gipro. Fitting was really simple and straight forward. For me as a new rider im delighted with this, I was really struggling with remembering what gear i was in, and after my first spin with it on this is well worth the cash!
Oh and excuse the dust, was gutting timber in my garage and this is before washing
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this doesn't sound one bit good..?
horrible sounds from 5 minutes on.. rough running and spluttering for the whole 6 minutes.. and what the **** is that banging at the start as I'm trying to turn it over? immobiliser or something on that fooking alarm or a relay clicking because something is shorted out?
think from my complete guessing that it needs throttle body sync and there's maybe a valve stem gone or something like that to be making those awful noises and causing the mad rev changes there at the end, I was doing my best to keep it at 2k there.. :eek:0 -
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