What did you do to your bike today?
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Just bought this: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Laser-4878-...&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00
*gulp*
*gulp*
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Fork seal time huh?
Dead easy, if a little messy - if mine were anything to go by. Just make sure to crack off the nut at the bottom with a short sharp movement, mine came out real nice that way 
Fly-By clip or it didn't happen
That satin/matte finish on the RSV looks bloody lovely in the sunlight.
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Glorious ride out through Suffolk this morning - perfect weather.
Beautiful morning for a ride by Greg Kingston, on Flickr
Beautiful morning for a ride by Greg Kingston, on FlickrCool, will take a look. Thanks very much!
Did what I could on the Hornet.
Done on the Hornet this weekend:
Next weekend, will change the fork seals on it and possibly oil, filter & spark plugs and maybe start it up. Then, insure & MOT, tax and go have some fun
Even if I don't use it that much, I can at least store it and know that it's a 100% perfect bike that can be put back on the road at any time.
Also cleaned my Speed Triple, ready for it to get rained on tomorrow
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Done on the Hornet this weekend:
- Ordered replacement front left caliper, used but good condition & only £38 off ebay (normally around £50)
- Ordered oil
- Ordered oil filter
- Both front calipers now off, pistons removed ready for cleaning, new pads and seals
- Ordered full set of new spark plugs
- Ordered fork seal replacement kit
- Battery is alive again and being maintained by the optimate
Next weekend, will change the fork seals on it and possibly oil, filter & spark plugs and maybe start it up. Then, insure & MOT, tax and go have some fun
Even if I don't use it that much, I can at least store it and know that it's a 100% perfect bike that can be put back on the road at any time.
Also cleaned my Speed Triple, ready for it to get rained on tomorrow
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Sounds like a good time there fella
Update us with how the fork seals go as no doubt my Hornet will need doing at some point in the future.Was time to change the rear pads but the bloody plug would not budge. Had to mince it to get it off with a hammer, punch and plenty of WD40.New plug ordered. Wemoto to the rescue again !
I struggled with the same cap on my Hornet's caliper a few years back. Ever since, I've only put them in hand tight and always used copper grease, not had a problem since.
Enjoy taking those slider pins out
Sounds like a good time there fella
Will do, it's my first time doing them but it doesn't look too difficult. It's nice that it isn't my main bike, so none of the usual rush to get it working again before the weekend is over.
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Well, removed the rack at the back because it bounces all over the place and serves no purpose. Then, because said rack has cracked the tail fairing substantially, we super glued and gaffer tape my tail on.
Then headed down to the Raven Cafe with my dad and 3 other mates
Then headed down to the Raven Cafe with my dad and 3 other mates
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I sometimes have problems with those plugs, they're only there to stop muck getting into the allen heads on the pad pins, not a big deal if they're not replaced.
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they are a pin and an R clip on my brakes,dead easy,then they switched to those allen key head type pins which aint so good
@noobish I plastic welded my front mudguard using a soldering iron and it worked a treat,stitch weld it from the inside,you'll find superglue eventually breaks again
@noobish I plastic welded my front mudguard using a soldering iron and it worked a treat,stitch weld it from the inside,you'll find superglue eventually breaks again
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Rode it to work! Put a new brake lever and indicator on which took about 20 mins and then spent 2 hours on the phone getting different answers as to whether I was insured to ride it or not!
First was told that I want at all....not even to ride to an MOT station. Then after arguing that it's only cosmetic damage they said I would be covered 3rd party until I provide a new MOT cert, then I'll be fully comp again.
Just hoping that the blowing exhaust doenst fail the MOT for me as I dont really want to spend £250 in getting it changed (labor only)
First was told that I want at all....not even to ride to an MOT station. Then after arguing that it's only cosmetic damage they said I would be covered 3rd party until I provide a new MOT cert, then I'll be fully comp again.
Just hoping that the blowing exhaust doenst fail the MOT for me as I dont really want to spend £250 in getting it changed (labor only)
Dropped it into the garage this morning for them to check my wheel balance and just give it a quick look over to see if they could spot anything that would be causing a wobble, all my bearings are fine and my rear was out by 10g according to their computer balancer which isn't enough to cause anything.
To be fair yesterday and this morning the bike felt fine but I'd already booked it in for today and I suppose £54 isn't the end of the world just to confirm I'm going nuts.
On the plus side I wish I'd sorted my rear brake pedal sooner, it's a revelation being able to modulate it rather than on, stamp it really on or off.
To be fair yesterday and this morning the bike felt fine but I'd already booked it in for today and I suppose £54 isn't the end of the world just to confirm I'm going nuts.
On the plus side I wish I'd sorted my rear brake pedal sooner, it's a revelation being able to modulate it rather than on, stamp it really on or off.
