I have neglected the bike abit .. Other than a basic service and a wash i have hardly touched it in 2 years (other than ride it of course) .
I used to be quite anal about keeping them clean and well looked after so i felt abit sorry for the aprilla and decided to give her some love .
The back end was looking scruffy and could do with a good clean and polish so....
Once most of the back end was stripped i decided to fit the MPL slave cylinder i bought last year as the shorty levers were giving me sore hands after a long ride (the MPL slave reduces clutch pull by 30%)
Once that was fitted i stripped of and degreased a few bits but it was getting late so decided to quickly strip the rear wheel and degrease the sprocket/carrier assembley .
Popper the sprocket off then unbolted it from the carrier then checked the mounting flange (big spyder spacer between sprocket and wheel and found this
Lifted 4 of the 5 bolts out as they were just sitting there.. not even held by 1 thread and the last bolt had sheared leaving most of it inside the wheel so the only thing holding it on was 1 locator pin (very worn) and 2 threads of the broken bolt
Not very happy since its probably been like that for at least a year or more given the state of the holes/wear . Very scary and will teach me to take more care and check the bike more often .
A top tip for you guys always check yer nuts (both sets
)
I used to be quite anal about keeping them clean and well looked after so i felt abit sorry for the aprilla and decided to give her some love .
The back end was looking scruffy and could do with a good clean and polish so....
Once most of the back end was stripped i decided to fit the MPL slave cylinder i bought last year as the shorty levers were giving me sore hands after a long ride (the MPL slave reduces clutch pull by 30%)
Once that was fitted i stripped of and degreased a few bits but it was getting late so decided to quickly strip the rear wheel and degrease the sprocket/carrier assembley .
Popper the sprocket off then unbolted it from the carrier then checked the mounting flange (big spyder spacer between sprocket and wheel and found this
Lifted 4 of the 5 bolts out as they were just sitting there.. not even held by 1 thread and the last bolt had sheared leaving most of it inside the wheel so the only thing holding it on was 1 locator pin (very worn) and 2 threads of the broken bolt
Not very happy since its probably been like that for at least a year or more given the state of the holes/wear . Very scary and will teach me to take more care and check the bike more often .
A top tip for you guys always check yer nuts (both sets
)