Biker's Cafe Chatroom

[IC3]

What's included in that service?

 

[Craig321]

Engine oil cooler - check for leaks
Engine oil - renew
Engine oil filter renew
Valve clearances - check
Air cleaner - renew
Autoscan - Triumph diagnostics
ABC ECM - check for stored DTCs
Spark plugs - renew
Throttle bodies - balance
Throttle cables - check/adjust
Cooling system - check for leaks
Coolant renew
Fuel system check for leaks
Lights, instruments and electrical systems - check
Steering - check for free operation
Headstock bearings - check/adjust
Headstock bearings - lubricate
Forks - check for leaks / smooth operation
Brake fluid levels - check
Brake fluid renew
Brake pad wear check
Brake master cylinders check for oil leaks
Brake calipers - check for leaks and siezed pistons
Rear suspension linkage check lubricate
Drive chain slack check adjust
Drive rubbing strip check
Fasteners check visually for security
Wheels - inspect for damage
Rear wheel needle roller bearing lubricate
Wheel bearings check for wear/smooth operation
Tyre wear / tyre damage - check
Tyre pressures - check / adjust
Clutch cable check adjust
Secondary air injection system check
Stand - check operation
Exhaust clamp bolts - check/adjust

 

[IC3]

Use [.spoiler][/spoiler]!
Most of that you can check yourself, a few on there I wouldn't touch personally. But on a day off you should easily tick most boxes on that list.

 

[Craig321]

You asked

Oil and filter, yep fine.

Air filter and spark plugs mean tank off. Don't know if I really want to get in to that on this bike. If I was keeping it forever, I'd take my time and figure it out so I know, but this bike will be sold at some point.

Brake fluid needs ECU tool to bleed properly (ABS)

I'll tick the silly stuff off just so I'm not charged that extra time for those bits.

 

[Scooby_WR1]

The only difficult part is if the valves need re shimming, everything else is just time consuming.

The ABS pump can be activated for bleeding using TuneECU which you can download to your phone and then you just need a bluetooth OBD reader.
Throttle bodies can also be checked and balanced with it too.

 

[IC3]

 

[Craig321]

I have TuneECU and the cable, didn't think it could do ABS bleed and throttle body balance, will have a look.

With TuneECU able to do the ABS bleed and throttle body balance, that narrows my list and cost down massively now. Pretty much just need them to do valve clearances, headstock and wheel bearing stuff and maybe filter and sparks, need to double check how much of a pain taking the tank off is.

Thanks. The more I look at the list the more i see I can just do myself over a weekend or 2. Then I can buy more bike bits instead, or put a chunk towards a SuperDuke

 

[Scooby_WR1]

It was a feature added very recently to TuneECU.
If the throttle bodies are out of sync then you will need to remove the tank to sort them.

 

[The_Abyss]

VW Might sell Ducati.

http://lanesplitter.jalopnik.com/vw-might-sell-ducati-as-dieselgate-chips-away-at-its-br-1794681072

Think about that for a moment. VW owns Ducati.

This is news to me and I think a bit of me died inside.

Seriously? Keep up - this is very old news. We've had elections, referendums and all sorts of wars and conflicts since the VW Group bought up Ducati.

 

[Captain]

Withdrew my deposit, wasn't happy with how the bike felt, pulled to the left so I think it's been dropped.

 

[IC3]

What bike? You sold the Street already? lol

 

[Captain]

What bike? You sold the Street already? lol

BMW S1000R, haven't sold the triple yet, I was going to part ex my bike and pay the difference in cash but I'll have to keep looking now.

 

[Kreeeee]

The S1000R should never pull to one side. It should ride like it's on rails so you did well to skip that one.

 

[Captain]

I thought it was me being awkward at first, riding a heavier bike etc but it was definitely pulling to one side, not massively but noticeable to make me think what's happened.

There's a 2014 tuono V4 APRC spec down the road for £7k, might try that one but I'm slightly put off by the handlebar length and the seat height, I think 835mm will be too high.

 

[Glaucus]

I'm not seriously looking at getting one, but has any one get any idea if its possible or what it would take to get such a bike registered and legally on the road in the uk?
https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/KTM-8000w-72v-120kph-electric-motorcycle_60640083855.html

 

[IC3]

Just go and test it, you won't know until you try it...

BTW Saw the new blade today in matt black/red colour scheme, meh...

 

[Kreeeee]

I thought it was me being awkward at first, riding a heavier bike etc but it was definitely pulling to one side, not massively but noticeable to make me think what's happened.

There's a 2014 tuono V4 APRC spec down the road for £7k, might try that one but I'm slightly put off by the handlebar length and the seat height, I think 835mm will be too high.

They do have a sports bike seat position where you sit on the bike rather than the standard naked feel of sitting in the bike. It took a little getting used to but then I'm not a manlet so flat footing it wasn't an issue for me

 

[Craig321]

I'm not seriously looking at getting one, but has any one get any idea if its possible or what it would take to get such a bike registered and legally on the road in the uk?
https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/KTM-8000w-72v-120kph-electric-motorcycle_60640083855.html

Is that the KTN SuperBike Electric Chinese Edition?

A bike off Alibaba. Well I never

 

[Kreeeee]

I wouldn't fancy having cheap Chinese electronics connected to a huge energy source between my legs!

 

[Glaucus]

I wouldn't fancy having cheap Chinese electronics connected to a huge energy source between my legs!

its only electricity, people overly freak out about it. Currently got a 42v self built battery pack between my legs on my cycle atm, and as I'm working on it and still riding on it, all the cells are exposed.
on top of that so much stuff is Chinese these days and theres plenty of stuff you can only find Chinese suppliers off.