Soldato
Cleaned it for the 2nd time this year.....then took it to the first Southampton bike night of the year. 923 bikes in total
What did you do to your bike today?
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Man of Honour
Chain waxed, hugger reattached, tyre pressures checked, oil checked and now I'm off to Wales for the day.
Man of Honour
I took it to Lake Vyrnwy
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Soldato
Nothing as exciting as you guys but got it MOT'd. Lucky I took a roll of electrical tape. Came in handy to put under the left grip to stop it moving. Had to put the baffle in as well which was strange as I've never ridden it with the baffle in before
How long did it take? Did you go out through Shrewsbury?
Man of Honour
It took me a little over 2.5 hours to get there as I told Tomtom to take me a winding route and it took me a little under 2 hours to get home as I told it to take the quickest route, both took me around Shrewsbury rather than through it.
Man of Honour
I've got the Rider 400, that's it on my clip on in the pictures.
Soldato
Cleaned them both (and fitted a new sprocket carrier bearing on the CB400).
Then put the CB400 up for sale!
Then put the CB400 up for sale!
Soldato
Most probably a VFR800, 5th gen (pre-VTEC). Can pick them up for £2k with 20-40k miles on the clock, they'll do 100k easy.
I need to get the fuel issue sorted on the Tuono but it's not a hard job: tank off, drain fuel, remove fuel pump assembly, replace hose, refit.
I need to get the fuel issue sorted on the Tuono but it's not a hard job: tank off, drain fuel, remove fuel pump assembly, replace hose, refit.
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Associate
Gave it a quick clean, wasn't that dirty as its only used in the dry + I spent ages properly waxing and sealing it last time. Off to the big breakfast at the raven cafe and then off to wales tomorrow.
Man of Honour
Fitted a new Ti bleed nipple to my rear caliper yesterday and bled it with my new vacuum kit. Still need a bit of practise, keeping my res topped up with fluid quicker than the vacuum draws it through is a bit of a challenge.
Cleaned up my front pistons, they were quite corroded in places so broke out the wet and dry sand paper. They'll need replacing after another salty winter I think but I'll get SS replacements.
The piston pliers made it much easier to move them around in the caliper so that was money well spent. Put new pads in as well although after poking all the muck out of my old brembo pads and giving them a quick go over with the sand paper there's actually a fair bit of life left in them, the wear groves were just full of crap. So they've gone into my backup bits collection.
Cleaned up my front pistons, they were quite corroded in places so broke out the wet and dry sand paper. They'll need replacing after another salty winter I think but I'll get SS replacements.
The piston pliers made it much easier to move them around in the caliper so that was money well spent. Put new pads in as well although after poking all the muck out of my old brembo pads and giving them a quick go over with the sand paper there's actually a fair bit of life left in them, the wear groves were just full of crap. So they've gone into my backup bits collection.
Man of Honour
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So much quicker and easier than normal, smear of rrg around all the connections to keep the air out and then just keep on top of the fluid in the res. Done in about 2 minutes.
Not done the front yet but it's going to make that much easier.
So much quicker and easier than normal, smear of rrg around all the connections to keep the air out and then just keep on top of the fluid in the res. Done in about 2 minutes.
Not done the front yet but it's going to make that much easier.