What did you do to your bike today?
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Need to adjust my chain but whoever had the back wheel out last has tightened the axle nut to within an inch of it's life, can't break it with my biggest ratchet socket so need to grab a breaker bar from somewhere and give it some leverage!
I have exactly the same problem right now. Tried to do it myself but i'm going to bend my ratchet and/or knock the bike over. Need a bigger wrench and someone to sit on it.
Over-torqued with a gun i think.
4TS, hurry up and get on with your bobber.
The mrs has provisionally approved me building one, as long as I can buy the base bike for <£1k. Now on the lookout for a tatty one as it doesn't really matter how bad it is as long as it runs and is straight.
The mrs has provisionally approved me building one, as long as I can buy the base bike for <£1k. Now on the lookout for a tatty one as it doesn't really matter how bad it is as long as it runs and is straight.
stand on the ratchet and bounce
I use a large adjustable spanner to do mine with,hate it when they overtighten it,only need it so tight the cotter pin will stop it undoing
I'm a fatty the ratchet was not happy
Just ordered a 750mm bar from Amazon so should get round to it on Thursday when I'm back in the house.There's no hole for a cotter pin on the UK SVs but it appears mines a US model so it had a rusty old cotter pin which I replaced with a nice shiny R Pin much easier to deal with.
keep soaking in some wd40 every few hours while you look for a breaker hopefully penetrate in and soften up the joint a bit.
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Take some pictures in the dark, please!
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Bought a reg/rec 2nd hand with warranty and bought a Multimeter.
£20 for towing and £20-£40 for diagnostics, £20-£40 for reg/rec replacement. I'll just do it myself, I found it its on the left behind side panel.
BTW The tyres, break pads came in. Those tyres are nice and round, my tyres were square since I bought the bike
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If its not the reg/rec (touch wood hopefully it is), if I want to access the stator do I need to change oil and filter as well? I know there's oil inside th chamber where stator is located. Do I drown the oil first? I only have 1 type of oil which is used for engine/gearbox/stator.
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This SHL is a beauty, shame it doesn't have papers.
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Got my new Petcock today, fitting went well with no leaks etc but when I put the bike back together & started it the bike roared up at Full throttle. I quickly switched it off & didn't know the cause either throttle linkage was sticking, Carb weren't sealed at the manifold, Vacuum was being Borked by summit Bla Bla ******* Bla.
Stripped it down again & put it back together slowly & methodically, New fuel line, New clips on any hoses, Carb Off & On & triple checked at either side of the inlet manifold & clips/allen keys. Carb lined up perfectly with linkage at best angle & Lubed where needed. Literally every single part of the rebuild was done 100% perfect.
Turned key & it Fired up like the Angry Beast that it is, Few Blaps of the throttle & Yep it's all good.
New Petcock works Exactly as it should, Don't know whether it's cured the leak but even if it hasn't now the Petcock works as it should only a small amount can leak so I'm not to bothered. A Dude on the Vulcan forums is going to link me to the part no. for the Diaphram he thinks is the one I may need & it's only a few quid so I'll get one & fit it next time I strip it down for some other job that'll come up.
Think the next job will be checking my Valve clearances & I've got to say I do love having a bike without anything in the way of the engine & running gear it kind of encourages to do work on it.
Anyways Job done so... Satisfaction - Achievement Unlocked.
Stripped it down again & put it back together slowly & methodically, New fuel line, New clips on any hoses, Carb Off & On & triple checked at either side of the inlet manifold & clips/allen keys. Carb lined up perfectly with linkage at best angle & Lubed where needed. Literally every single part of the rebuild was done 100% perfect.
Turned key & it Fired up like the Angry Beast that it is, Few Blaps of the throttle & Yep it's all good.
New Petcock works Exactly as it should, Don't know whether it's cured the leak but even if it hasn't now the Petcock works as it should only a small amount can leak so I'm not to bothered. A Dude on the Vulcan forums is going to link me to the part no. for the Diaphram he thinks is the one I may need & it's only a few quid so I'll get one & fit it next time I strip it down for some other job that'll come up.
Think the next job will be checking my Valve clearances & I've got to say I do love having a bike without anything in the way of the engine & running gear it kind of encourages to do work on it.
Anyways Job done so... Satisfaction - Achievement Unlocked.
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That front tyre is a supercorsa... deffo not a rosso 2.
Can't tell from the tread on the rear but at least it's labelled as a rosso 2, what does the rear tyre label say?Edit: looks a lot like a supercorsa aswell.
If you paid rosso 2 prices, you've got a bargain! However if you plan on riding in the rain... hmmm. Supercorsas are basically road legal track tyres.
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That front tyre is a supercorsa... deffo not a rosso 2.
Edit: looks a lot like a supercorsa aswell.
If you paid rosso 2 prices, you've got a bargain! However if you plan on riding in the rain... hmmm. Supercorsas are basically road legal track tyres.
Hahaha, you really have an eye for details as such, especially in this instance.
I have around 5 miles to my work place and 4-5 miles to college so that's the only time I'm riding in rain, apart from the occasional times when the rain catches me in a middle of a ride.
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Haha, well to be fair the supercorsa tread pattern (or lack of it!!) is rather distinctive.
Just go steady with that front in the rain/cold/damp, it'll have **** all traction unless it's up to temp.
Just go steady with that front in the rain/cold/damp, it'll have **** all traction unless it's up to temp.
But loosing traction at the front is really scary, happened to me once. The back constantly looses traction, that doesn't really bother me tbh.
BTW So the supercorsa warms up quicker than the rosso 2?
£63 for a £115 worth tyre, lol. Shame I didn't get a whole set of supercorsa's, who was telling me to get them in the first place btw? Can't remember now.
How much would I get for it? Its spanking brand new, but not sure how much I would pay for the delivery?
If I get 15-20 quid out of it, could be worth it. I don't really like the idea of having 2 different tyres on my bike, my bike won't be running till Thursday anyway. Waiting for the reg/rec to come in...
you'll be alright aslong as you take it steady in the wet,
if you really wanna flog it idk maybe knock £10 or £15 off? courier is usually £10 depends on the weight/size of it
ring and ask a local bike/tyre shop and say I wanna swap it for a rosso plus a few quid your way see what they say
if you really wanna flog it idk maybe knock £10 or £15 off? courier is usually £10 depends on the weight/size of it
ring and ask a local bike/tyre shop and say I wanna swap it for a rosso plus a few quid your way see what they say
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So I could list it out for 99.95 or 95.99 +£5 for delivery. I would laugh, if I got another Super Corsa whilst ordering Rosso 2 for the front. hahaa