What did you do to your bike today?

CGrieves · 31 Mar 2018 at 15:00

Some 650s had single discs up front IIRC. My bro in law had one, went well, stopped terrifyingly

Rilot · 31 Mar 2018 at 16:24

That was the case for most bikes of that era. I remember the front brake on my 350LC fading to the point that the lever would come back to the bar after a few corners.
Decent brakes didn't arrive until the 90s.

.one. · 31 Mar 2018 at 17:44

The z650 I owned had one disc brake the SR650 had 2.

Craig321 · 1 Apr 2018 at 10:14

TallPaul_S said:
Hey, the mpg is brilliant, insurance and road tax is almost nothing the 0-60 time does suck a bit though

Bet you spend more on food than petrol

acemastr · 2 Apr 2018 at 14:20

Knee down for the first time!

Also SuperBikeUnlimited rear rotor

IC3 · 2 Apr 2018 at 16:28

acemastr said:
Knee down for the first time!

Feels great, right?

Craig321 · 2 Apr 2018 at 18:36

You just fell over didn't you?

acemastr · 2 Apr 2018 at 19:55

Craig321 said:
You just fell over didn't you?

shhhhhhhh

signs · 3 Apr 2018 at 12:31

Rilot said:
@signs Your Z650 appears to be missing its right-hand brake caliper and disc. Did someone stick a Z400/Z250 wheel on there?

No its a B1 (the first one they made) that's how they were

signs · 3 Apr 2018 at 12:34

.one. said:
signs is that a harris pipe on the z650 I had one on a gsx 750 I also had a z650 with a alpha pipe

yeah , love the old Harris

Fireskull · 5 Apr 2018 at 13:48

Rode it.... first time in about 7 weeks...! For its MOT, passed! Felt great to be back on the bike, specially on a day like this

Freeman · 5 Apr 2018 at 14:55

Bought a new exhaust for my rather quiet VFR. I want to hear that V4!

TallPaul_S · 5 Apr 2018 at 18:11

I was looking at one of them for my 2000 plate VFR, strangley enough the new exhaust is the same fitment as the pre-vtec 5th gen models

Kreeeee · 5 Apr 2018 at 20:17

I love that I've installed power in my garage!

I spent some time this evening:

Installing my GPS mount
Dismantling the fairing to retrieve a dropped plastic bolt cover from the GPS mount
Wiring in the GPS
Removing pillion pegs and installing blanking plates
Re-drilling all my tank bags to give enough space for the new GPS mount
Dancing to Taylor Swift in view of my neighbour
Cursing at the paint chip on my rim

I don't know what it is but working on the bike is very therapeutic. I had to stop to feed the sprog or I'd have installed the crash protection too.

tom_e · 5 Apr 2018 at 20:25

Nothing better than some time just spent fettling with the bike especially when it all goes to plan

helpimcrap · 5 Apr 2018 at 22:53

Fireskull said:
Rode it.... first time in about 7 weeks...! For its MOT, passed! Felt great to be back on the bike, specially on a day like this

I plan on a small ride tomorrow - first ride since MOT and for a few weeks.

TallPaul_S · 5 Apr 2018 at 23:19

Haven't ridden the VFR for 3 weeks now :eek:

And the Tuono... erm... don't ask

Middle of June!

tom_e · 5 Apr 2018 at 23:29

TallPaul_S said:
Haven't ridden the VFR for 3 weeks now

And the Tuono... erm... don't ask

Middle of June!

You can't even class yourself as a fair weather biker, you just own a couple of ornaments

Malt_Vinegar · 6 Apr 2018 at 01:00

Cleaned them both

Had to refit the carb to filter boot on the 125 as there was a small area that might have been leaking air in.

Fitted new rear brake cable on the Z50a, ready for the MOT on Sat.

MowyTone · 6 Apr 2018 at 07:50

MOT this morning....

Seems my hands have grown since last summer as my summer gloves are not comfy at all!