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Can always stick the baffle back in, should hopefully bring it down to a nicer level. That's one of the few things that's not great about the transalp, the sound. And the lack of a 6th gear!
What did you do to your bike today?
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Can always stick the baffle back in, should hopefully bring it down to a nicer level. That's one of the few things that's not great about the transalp, the sound. And the lack of a 6th gear!
Insurance renewed for the CB400:
Fully comp, 10k miles Inc commuting - £97 for the year
Perks of being an old git.
Soldato
Perks of being an old git.
Yep!
Although I'm not that old...Looking back I've never actually paid more than £98 insurance on the cb400, tpft the first 2 years and fully comp this year.
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Sounds good with a decent can but the stock one is awful, sounds like a bloody moped. And yes, 5 gears... Why Mr Honda, WHY?!
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1098? Good choice on the exhaust, I can't imagine those ducatis with a different system.
I have a Scramber Full Throttle with a Terminogi and race tune. Even with ear plugs there are times its just too much. Its just so loud that my head buzzes after the ride. I sold the original Termi that came with the bike, so its going to stay as is, and at times its nice to hear that rumble... But then there's days you want to enjoy the peace and quiet, you know after a bottle of wine or whatever the night before. Those are the days i DON'T ride Scrambler !
Test rode an MT-10 yesterday, awesome bike.
A really good mix of power, torque and handling, and that engine is just to die for, so smooth and ready to go at any revs in any gear.
Along with a great riding position, especially for a taller rider.
I got back on my Street Triple R and it felt like a tiny gutless toy.
Trying to decide if I can justify to myself spending 10k on a bike while also saving for a house deposit and a wedding.
A really good mix of power, torque and handling, and that engine is just to die for, so smooth and ready to go at any revs in any gear.
Along with a great riding position, especially for a taller rider.
I got back on my Street Triple R and it felt like a tiny gutless toy.
Trying to decide if I can justify to myself spending 10k on a bike while also saving for a house deposit and a wedding.
I loved the MT-10 and almost bought one. Very happy I went for a Tuono 1100 Factory in the end though. Funnily enough the Ape gets much better tank range (~215km) which would have been a big issue for me.
I moved on from a Street triple too. I do miss the high red line on the older Street triples though.
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Ordered a replacement graphics kit and handlebars for the YZ125 to go about making it look presentable to sell. Brake cleaner and toothbrush ready to clean that sucker up.
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My left hand indicator stopped working today. Looked inside the unit and it was full of rust! Literally pouring out. I have no idea how or why.
I took it apart, cleaned it up, put it back together again and still a problem, so got another LH indicator unit on order. Hopefully that will arrive next week at some point.
Fairly easy job, but I may need to cut the old connecting plug and re-solder it as I think the units come with bare wire/crimped connectors. Also, 10mm spanner will be needed to take the indicator off!
Also I painted up the crash bars and the side stand. Centre stand needs doing as that's rusty. Silver doesn't suit it though, so I had to use black paint afterwards!
I took it apart, cleaned it up, put it back together again and still a problem, so got another LH indicator unit on order. Hopefully that will arrive next week at some point.
Fairly easy job, but I may need to cut the old connecting plug and re-solder it as I think the units come with bare wire/crimped connectors. Also, 10mm spanner will be needed to take the indicator off!
Also I painted up the crash bars and the side stand. Centre stand needs doing as that's rusty. Silver doesn't suit it though, so I had to use black paint afterwards!
Soldato
That'll be water getting into the indicator.
I started buying the bits I'll need to wire up my garage with light and power, luckily I found a waterproof LED tube light that fits perfectly onto existing screws so I don't need to worry about finding a way to fit it with wooden battens etc. as my garage is metal.
Should be picking up the conduit/switch/sockets tomorrow, this is one time I need a car as carrying 3m lengths of conduit isn't really possible on a bike
I started buying the bits I'll need to wire up my garage with light and power, luckily I found a waterproof LED tube light that fits perfectly onto existing screws so I don't need to worry about finding a way to fit it with wooden battens etc. as my garage is metal.
Should be picking up the conduit/switch/sockets tomorrow, this is one time I need a car as carrying 3m lengths of conduit isn't really possible on a bike
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Went to J&S the other day near Delamer Forest, quick run to keep the battery topped up.
Gave the street triple and nice wash of snow foam, all nice and clean ready for winter.
Cant wait for next year to give the quick shifter a good testing out. Looking at getting a radiator guard fitted, and looking at getting maybe some asv levers? I know they are expensive, but look so good. I've had decent cheap levers on my sv but they were shorties and wasn't really keen on them tbh, might try cheap long levers first?
Gave the street triple and nice wash of snow foam, all nice and clean ready for winter.
Cant wait for next year to give the quick shifter a good testing out. Looking at getting a radiator guard fitted, and looking at getting maybe some asv levers? I know they are expensive, but look so good. I've had decent cheap levers on my sv but they were shorties and wasn't really keen on them tbh, might try cheap long levers first?
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So stage 1 of getting power to the garage is complete, all the internal conduit.
Just need to run external conduit along the garage and along the shed (which has power and lights already, we're basically adding a another socket and another light to the existing sockets and lights), then wire it all up and finish off the conduit inside the shed.
Total cost inc. the waterproof LED batten is about £75. My BIL already has reels of the cable we need so I didn't have to buy that.
I've priced up insulating the roof with celotex insulation, £42 for 25mm covering the whole inside of the roof, or £50 for 50mm. I'll be buying some rubber matting for the floor too, £50 to cover the whole floor.
Just need to run external conduit along the garage and along the shed (which has power and lights already, we're basically adding a another socket and another light to the existing sockets and lights), then wire it all up and finish off the conduit inside the shed.
Total cost inc. the waterproof LED batten is about £75. My BIL already has reels of the cable we need so I didn't have to buy that.
I've priced up insulating the roof with celotex insulation, £42 for 25mm covering the whole inside of the roof, or £50 for 50mm. I'll be buying some rubber matting for the floor too, £50 to cover the whole floor.
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Haha, cheers! Had to have a proper think about how best to get the cables from the outside to the inside, once it's all done I'll put up some more pics, should be very little (less than 6 inches) of wire showing, most of that will be from the bottom gland to the light fitting.
Oh and guess what the light switch and terminal box up by the light are held on with (as I wasn't going to drill into the garage)...
Sticky 3M pads for GoPro mounts if they can hold a camera on a helmet at 100mph I'm sure they'll be fine to hold up a light switch!
Had to have a proper think about how best to get the cables from the outside to the inside, once it's all done I'll put up some more pics, should be very little (less than 6 inches) of wire showing, most of that will be from the bottom gland to the light fitting.Oh and guess what the light switch and terminal box up by the light are held on with (as I wasn't going to drill into the garage)...
Sticky 3M pads for GoPro mounts
if they can hold a camera on a helmet at 100mph I'm sure they'll be fine to hold up a light switch!
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Do you get a lot of condensation in it with it being metal?
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Neither - the shed behind the garage already has sockets and lights, with a consumer unit and a breaker for each circuit (obviously fed from the main house consumer unit/breaker). All I'm doing is running an extra socket from the existing socket circuit and an extra light (and switch) from the existing light circuit, all be it in a separate garage which is less than 2ft from the shed. The load will be low, just one (or 2) LED battens and a battery optimiser.
I got a tiny bit the other day, there was cold moisture sitting on the roof so there was a tiny bit of condensation inside the roof, putting insulation panels in the roof should sort that. The garage is under a carport so doesn't get any direct rain on it. I may end up insulating the whole thing eventually.
I got a tiny bit the other day, there was cold moisture sitting on the roof so there was a tiny bit of condensation inside the roof, putting insulation panels in the roof should sort that. The garage is under a carport so doesn't get any direct rain on it. I may end up insulating the whole thing eventually.
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Nice work Paul.
Changed the pistons, pads and seals in the front calipers today. I mainly watched and passed the odd tool. I don't have the tools to do it myself but might ask to do the work next time to get some experience (was round a mates)
Changed the pistons, pads and seals in the front calipers today. I mainly watched and passed the odd tool. I don't have the tools to do it myself but might ask to do the work next time to get some experience (was round a mates)
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Rebuilding calipers isn't that hard a job really, the hardest bit is getting the pistons out.
And the price of a new set of pistons and seals!! Especially if you have 4-pot calipers
