The "Today I did something to my bike" thread

arybvtcw0eolkf · 03-02-2013 5:20pm

Wonda-Boy wrote: »

Makikomi were you out and about today in Trim? We were having a scram and could have swore ou roared by......

Sorry it wasn't me, I locked her up at 4am this morning and she won't be fired up until tomorrow

arybvtcw0eolkf · 03-02-2013 5:26pm

BlackWizard wrote: »

I wrote off my bike on Friday evening. It was more my fault than theirs. Exhausted going home I thought I seen a green light to go but it was another set of lights. Pulled out while the left side traffic had an amber/red. Smack.

****, I almost done the same the other day.

Coming up to a (I thought) green light so I was gunning it, but suddenly realized it was a green chemist sign (the green cross) so I dived on the anchors, stopped short but still!.

If your bike is wrote off see how much the insurance will sell it back at salvage, it might be worth breaking up (pun lol) or evening making a street fighter or rat/survival bike from it.

KamiKazi · 04-02-2013 12:12am

Today I made some helmet storage

RosieJoe · 05-02-2013 11:41am

BrokenArrows wrote: »

Angry. I can't get the rear axel nut loose. The mechanic was the last person to have the rear wheel off and must have tightened the **** out of it.

I put a pipe on the end of the wrench too but no joy.

Happened to me before. Get a new tyre on from a really recommended place and when they put the nut back on they cross threaded it. Stupid rookie's mistake in using the airgun to put the nut on rather than putting it on by hand first!

The mechanic that fixed it spend the night soaking it and working on it to get the nut off. Did a great job and thankfully didn't need to heat it.

Zascar · 05-02-2013 1:12pm

I have not been using my bike cause I have yet to get the dam fuel tank yet fitted, but twice when I have got on it to bring it down to get sorted the battery was flat as a pancake. So annoying, something is draining it. Will get it in this week and get it looked at... Can't wait to get back out on it

batman_oh · 05-02-2013 9:35pm

Sold the 950SM last night - it's been a fantastic bike for the past two years
Hopefully the new thing goes just as well!

Wonda-Boy · 06-02-2013 4:48pm

Best of luck with the new "crotch rocket" hope it serves you well.

thecivvie · 06-02-2013 7:52pm

Dropped the K1100 into the garage to have the non functioning ABS removed, would cost more than the bike cost me to fix. Few other minor jobs to do

minidazzler · 08-02-2013 3:21pm

Finally got around to replacing my rear brake disc and pads after the scoring that happened after Lee Replaced my tyre.

It's my frist time doing anything like this and the majority was on my own, (though I got a little help from my dad with the brake caliper piston being taken out. The rest was me.

So yeah, I'm pretty proud of myself and feeling like more of a biker

nerrad1983 · 11-02-2013 10:00pm

Today i exchanged my licence for the new type un-restricted A learner permit

Was a disaster, sometimes i really wonder where they get the staff in the licence department :rolleyes:I never heard as much crap out of someones mouth!!!!

firstly was told that there was no such thing then they didnt no the price to charge me and finally was told the 2 photos i had were no use even though they were took in there machine

Asked for a supervisor and in the end it was sorted within a matter of minutes

Should have it in the post in the next 2-3 weeks

Mr Sheen! · 11-02-2013 11:05pm

nerrad1983 wrote: »

Today i exchanged my licence for the new type un-restricted A learner permit

Was a disaster, sometimes i really wonder where they get the staff in the licence department :rolleyes:I never heard as much crap out of someones mouth!!!!

firstly was told that there was no such thing then they didnt no the price to charge me and finally was told the 2 photos i had were no use even though they were took in there machine

Asked for a supervisor and in the end it was sorted within a matter of minutes

Should have it in the post in the next 2-3 weeks

What exactly do you need to bring and what forms do you fill out? Can u print them online to have them ready.

What did u day to them. I will be going in to do it this week also and want to have all my facts right before I go in and try and tell them how to do there jobs. Thanks

nerrad1983 · 11-02-2013 11:15pm

I got the form in the motor tax office Brian

It will say Learner permit on the heading

Make sure you bring your old licence with 2 new photos and the €35 fee

They will keep your old licence and should write you out a cover note to cover you until you receive your new card style licence

If you end up getting stuck with a numpty your as well to ask for a supervisor tbh

She told me that with all the new changes that they havent been trained up properly for it, Typical :rolleyes:

Mr Sheen! · 12-02-2013 10:07am

nerrad1983 wrote: »

I got the form in the motor tax office Brian

It will say Learner permit on the heading

Make sure you bring your old licence with 2 new photos and the €35 fee

They will keep your old licence and should write you out a cover note to cover you until you receive your new card style licence

If you end up getting stuck with a numpty your as well to ask for a supervisor tbh

She told me that with all the new changes that they havent been trained up properly for it, Typical :rolleyes:

Grand thanks.

thecivvie · 12-02-2013 11:57am

Somehow yesterday driving from Galway to Connemara I managed to break part of my top box bracket, just the bit that it clips to, was thinking of changing it anyway

nerrad1983 · 15-02-2013 2:41pm

nerrad1983 wrote: »

Today i exchanged my licence for the new type un-restricted A learner permit

Was a disaster, sometimes i really wonder where they get the staff in the licence department :rolleyes:I never heard as much crap out of someones mouth!!!!

firstly was told that there was no such thing then they didnt no the price to charge me and finally was told the 2 photos i had were no use even though they were took in there machine

Asked for a supervisor and in the end it was sorted within a matter of minutes

Should have it in the post in the next 2-3 weeks

Ugggggggggggh :mad:

Todays post arrived an in it was all my application forms, my old learner permit and my €35 fee along with a letter saying they forgot to ask me for my Full Car Licence and couldnt process my new style licence until i handed it in

Complete and utter Numptys, Do they not no what they are doing when there sat behind there desks or what :rolleyes:

Mr Sheen! · 15-02-2013 3:20pm

nerrad1983 wrote: »

Ugggggggggggh :mad:

Todays post arrived an in it was all my application forms, my old learner permit and my €35 fee along with a letter saying they forgot to ask me for my Full Car Licence and couldnt process my new style licence until i handed it in

Complete and utter Numptys, Do they not no what they are doing when there sat behind there desks or what :rolleyes:

That means mine will be coming back also Grr :mad::mad:

Why do thay need that anyway its a separate licence??

nerrad1983 · 15-02-2013 4:18pm

leppla wrote: »

That means mine will be coming back also Grr :mad::mad:

Why do thay need that anyway its a separate licence??

Yes id say yours will be sent back aswell

Just rang the motor tax office and they should have took a photocopy of my car licence just to make sure there is no endorsements etc on it

Have to head back in on Monday and they will sort it out

goodlad · 15-02-2013 5:19pm

Its all the one license lads. They take your care one and then you get sent one with both car and bike marked on it.

Mr Sheen! · 15-02-2013 5:48pm

goodlad wrote: »

Its all the one license lads. They take your care one and then you get sent one with both car and bike marked on it.

But all the advertisement shows a green card for the learner permit and a pink card for the full licence.

So therefore they cant make it the one licence, just the the old system!
Or am I missing something.

blu3r0ri0n · 15-02-2013 6:10pm

Got a new rear shoe for the fz6, went with pilot road 2 since they had them in stock, didn't want to wait for the PR3. Much harder in the middle than the pr3 so I might get more out of it!

BlackWizard · 15-02-2013 7:32pm

Did you get a good price on the PR2? Would they be getting cheaper now that PR3 are coming out?

nerrad1983 · 15-02-2013 7:39pm

leppla wrote: »

But all the advertisement shows a green card for the learner permit and a pink card for the full licence.

So therefore they cant make it the one licence, just the the old system!
Or am I missing something.

No as i said Brian its just a cross reference to make sure you have no endorsements on either licence before they issue the new card type

Your missing nothing at all mate:)

blu3r0ri0n · 15-02-2013 8:23pm

BlackWizard wrote: »

Did you get a good price on the PR2? Would they be getting cheaper now that PR3 are coming

paid cost price as i have been dealing with them for years and have sent business their way many times.

I don't know if they would come down in price pr3's are a bit more expensive anyway

Wonda-Boy · 15-02-2013 10:00pm

Well lets see if you can beat the all time record (in klms) from a PR2....current record is 21,500 klms from a rear tyre

Mr Sheen! · 15-02-2013 10:43pm

nerrad1983 wrote: »

No as i said Brian its just a cross reference to make sure you have no endorsements on either licence before they issue the new card type

Your missing nothing at all mate:)

just got confuses when good lad said that the car and bike will be on the one licence as that's not possible if one is only a permit.
Looks like we will just have to play along with there system of posting it back to them.

Cowboys ted. Their a bunch of cowboys!!!

Wonda-Boy · 15-02-2013 10:53pm

Glad to fook I have my "Pinkie" all this messing around ffs.....~OLD SKOOL~ all the way!

KamiKazi · 15-02-2013 11:18pm

Roads are supposed to be dry this weekend so I'll pop the wheels off and bring 'em off to get a fresh set of Supercorsas fitted and go for a blast on Sunday

Hotblack Desiato · 16-02-2013 10:15pm

Put a new chain and sprocket set on

Wasn't sure if I'd riveted it enough and kept going back for a little bit more, ended up cracking one of the rivet heads

have spare soft links on order so will try again next weekend!

KamiKazi · 17-02-2013 9:35pm

Upgraded the rear stoppers and went for a blast - and yes I know she's manky!!

batman_oh · 18-02-2013 12:24pm

KamiKazi wrote: »

Upgraded the rear stoppers and went for a blast - and yes I know she's manky!!

Some impressive dirt, good to get a run though!
The near side of the tyre looks like its tearing up there (groove cut out of it). I'd say a bit of suspension tweaking would sort that. Although if you are racing I assume you'll be changing the Supercorsas altogether?

KamiKazi · 18-02-2013 12:34pm

batman_oh wrote: »

Some impressive dirt, good to get a run though!
The near side of the tyre looks like its tearing up there (groove cut out of it). I'd say a bit of suspension tweaking would sort that. Although if you are racing I assume you'll be changing the Supercorsas altogether?

I'll be racing on a well sorted R6 instead of the blade as originally planned, so should be fine. Don't know if I'll be keeping the blade as the occasional toy or selling her.

batman_oh · 18-02-2013 1:00pm

KamiKazi wrote: »

I'll be racing on a well sorted R6 instead of the blade as originally planned, so should be fine. Don't know if I'll be keeping the blade as the occasional toy or selling her.

Nice one. You can't beat a good 600 for caning around most tracks!

KamiKazi · 18-02-2013 1:03pm

batman_oh wrote: »

Nice one. You can't beat a good 600 for caning around most tracks!

Yea should be good craic!

BlackWizard · 21-02-2013 8:59pm

Just brought my new (1999) Yamaha Fazer 600 for a drive this evening. I spent the last two weeks on a Honda Deauville. I will definitely miss the comfort and storage of the Deauville.

It drives completely different to my old Fazer. Steering is tighter and the throttle response is more servere. I got it up to 7k rpm. I'm still a bit nervous after my last accident and being used to the power of the Deauville has my heart beating when using the revs.

blu3r0ri0n · 21-02-2013 9:16pm

BlackWizard wrote: »

Just brought my new (1999) Yamaha Fazer 600 for a drive this evening. I spent the last two weeks on a Honda Deauville. I will definitely miss the comfort and storage of the Deauville.

It drives completely different to my old Fazer. Steering is tighter and the throttle response is more servere. I got it up to 7k rpm. I'm still a bit nervous after my last accident and being used to the power of the Deauville has my heart beating when using the revs.

Best of luck with it dude! You'll get use to it don't worry. If you ever come out for a sunday spin with us you can have ago on my 05 fz6, some difference on the models from 2004 upwards, they loved to be revved and if you keep within the powerband at twistiest its some craic!

Hotblack Desiato · 22-02-2013 12:23am

KamiKazi wrote: »

Upgraded the rear stoppers and went for a blast - and yes I know she's manky!!

What is the green tube?

batman_oh · 22-02-2013 12:59am

ninja900 wrote: »

What is the green tube?

Hrc rear brake reservoir or a variation of it

Hotblack Desiato · 22-02-2013 10:08pm

Today I didn't do something to my bike, but I did something to me

My calf had been sore for the last week or so, today I was out getting a sandwich at lunchtime and it went pop :eek:

Can barely walk on it and I read that it'll take a few weeks to heal up properly. I had to ride the bike home from work, which was no problem as it turned out, apart from having to get on and off the bike very carefully. Getting the leathers on was really tricky!

thecivvie · 22-02-2013 10:58pm

Bought some blue LED lights for the cockpit, and new bulbs for the clocks and fitted them and scarily washed the Deauville

nerrad1983 · 27-02-2013 3:37pm

Today i brought my bike and got it vrt'd

Another step closer to having it on the road

Mr Sheen! · 27-02-2013 4:55pm

nerrad1983 wrote: »

Today i brought my bike and got it vrt'd

Another step closer to having it on the road

Happy Days

batman_oh · 27-02-2013 5:16pm

nerrad1983 wrote: »

Today i brought my bike and got it vrt'd

Another step closer to having it on the road

Did they ask for much? I have to VRT the SMR soon - brought it in on Sunday

nerrad1983 · 27-02-2013 5:50pm

batman_oh wrote: »

Did they ask for much? I have to VRT the SMR soon - brought it in on Sunday

Total cost was €285 to get it vrt'd

Wasnt to bad in my eyes

Make sure your bike has more than 6000kms on it because the class it as a new vehicle if lower and you will get charged vat aswell mate

batman_oh · 27-02-2013 6:22pm

nerrad1983 wrote: »

Total cost was €285 to get it vrt'd

Wasnt to bad in my eyes

Make sure your bike has more than 6000kms on it because the class it as a new vehicle if lower and you will get charged vat aswell mate

Much crap in the way of paperwork? The bike has just over 9200 miles (added 350 coming across the UK) and is a 2010 (even though the previous owner told me he bought it in 09) so the VRt is 810 quid :mad:

nerrad1983 · 27-02-2013 6:39pm

You need to print this off and have it all ready for them when you arrive

http://www.ncts.ie/pdf/VRTFormFinal%20Version.pdf

Also need the receipt stating the date you bought the bike

A letter with your name and address on it (Bill or Bank Statement)

Your PPS number ( P60 form or Social Services Card)

Your Driving licence

All they will do is look at the milage on the bike, make sure the chassis numbers match up

I was in and out in 10mins that was in Arklow Co Wicklow

Wonda-Boy · 27-02-2013 6:56pm

Cant wait to see it in the flesh....just keep leppla away from it the HOOLIGAN!!!!

Mr Sheen! · 27-02-2013 8:12pm

Wonda-Boy wrote: »

Cant wait to see it in the flesh....just keep leppla away from it the HOOLIGAN!!!!

Hhhoooooooolllaaaggaaaaaaann

Tomohawk · 27-02-2013 11:59pm

Bought a 05 LML vespa px125 2 weeks ago. Today the new parts arrived, I put a new low profile sports saddle on the bike, new metal stand feet to replace the plastic ones, a new front suspension unit (bit of a bitch to fit) and a halogen upgrade to the headlight. Tomorrow I will solder the headlight wiring in and take it for a spin...

arybvtcw0eolkf · 28-02-2013 1:32am

Tomohawk wrote: »

Bought a 05 LML vespa px125 2 weeks ago. Today the new parts arrived, I put a new low profile sports saddle on the bike, new metal stand feet to replace the plastic ones, a new front suspension unit (bit of a bitch to fit) and a halogen upgrade to the headlight. Tomorrow I will solder the headlight wiring in and take it for a spin...

I miss my Vespa

Wonda-Boy · 28-02-2013 9:50am

Tomohawk wrote: »

Bought a 05 LML vespa px125 2 weeks ago. Today the new parts arrived, I put a new low profile sports saddle on the bike, new metal stand feet to replace the plastic ones, a new front suspension unit (bit of a bitch to fit) and a halogen upgrade to the headlight. Tomorrow I will solder the headlight wiring in and take it for a spin...

Any pics lad?

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