What did you do to your bike today?

Fireskull · 16 Apr 2018 at 14:30

acemastr said:
Tie the brake lever back to the bar and leave it for a day or two. The pressure sends the air to the top. Worked well for me.

Yeah try this before anything drastic, also check if your master cylinder has a bleed nipple.

Kreeeee · 16 Apr 2018 at 14:45

acemastr said:
Went for a spirited ride, got the tires peeling
Won't bother with pictures, I've posted too many already

If you got some nice shots with mountains or similar then stick them up.

acemastr · 16 Apr 2018 at 18:27

Kreeeee said:
If you got some nice shots with mountains or similar then stick them up.

This is Florida, we have some beaches and sea but that's it

This shot was simply of the rear tire peeling which is just me showing off

Did take this one though

Scratchy · 16 Apr 2018 at 21:02

Got it out the garage for the first time in months, went for a little ride and ended up trading it in

Kreeeee · 16 Apr 2018 at 21:06

Scratchy said:
Got it out the garage for the first time in months, went for a little ride and ended up trading it in

Planned trade in?

Scratchy · 16 Apr 2018 at 21:16

Kreeeee said:
Planned trade in?

In the sense that I was going to do it at some point this year but I was near a local Yamaha dealer and decided to see what the MT-09 SP looked like in the flesh as I wasn't sure from pictures, loved it in the flesh and they offered me a test ride and after that I was sold.

tom_e · 16 Apr 2018 at 21:24

Poured a liter of fresh oil in and watched it pour straight out the drain hole

Kreeeee · 16 Apr 2018 at 21:26

Scratchy said:
In the sense that I was going to do it at some point this year but I was near a local Yamaha dealer and decided to see what the MT-09 SP looked like in the flesh as I wasn't sure from pictures, loved it in the flesh and they offered me a test ride and after that I was sold.

Nice, enjoy.

Snaggle · 16 Apr 2018 at 21:27

Scratchy said:
In the sense that I was going to do it at some point this year but I was near a local Yamaha dealer and decided to see what the MT-09 SP looked like in the flesh as I wasn't sure from pictures, loved it in the flesh and they offered me a test ride and after that I was sold.

Good choice

Draeger · 16 Apr 2018 at 21:39

eddie101 said:
Got a linky for that?

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm/142462999546

eddie101 · 16 Apr 2018 at 21:40

Draeger said:
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm/142462999546

Awesome, thanks

CGrieves · 16 Apr 2018 at 21:52

tom_e said:
Poured a liter of fresh oil in and watched it pour straight out the drain hole

Ooooh, been there, done that

Cleaned up? Might be a bit late, but cat litter works....

tom_e · 16 Apr 2018 at 22:39

CGrieves said:
Ooooh, been there, done that

Cleaned up? Might be a bit late, but cat litter works....

Still had the drain pan under it luckily!

TripleT · 17 Apr 2018 at 08:35

acemastr said:
Tie the brake lever back to the bar and leave it for a day or two. The pressure sends the air to the top. Worked well for me.

Fireskull said:
Yeah try this before anything drastic, also check if your master cylinder has a bleed nipple.

Tried this last night and nothing, I can nearly two finger brake but nothing too hard otherwise I trap my little finger. I have to have the levers set to the widest setting to use otherwise they're hitting the bar!

Taking the calipers off tonight if I get time.

chris4652009 · 17 Apr 2018 at 08:57

Tyre pressures checked and ready for tomorrow's heatwave

Kreeeee · 17 Apr 2018 at 09:00

chris4652009 said:
Tyre pressures checked and ready for tomorrow's heatwave

I need to clean my rims and lube the chain ready for tomorrow.

CGrieves · 17 Apr 2018 at 09:07

tom_e said:
Still had the drain pan under it luckily!

Good skillz

tom_e · 17 Apr 2018 at 10:54

CGrieves said:
Good skillz

I keep it there to notice any little drips when I start it up, definitely didn't need it to notice that though

MowyTone · 17 Apr 2018 at 12:42

TripleT said:
Tried this last night and nothing, I can nearly two finger brake but nothing too hard otherwise I trap my little finger. I have to have the levers set to the widest setting to use otherwise they're hitting the bar!

Taking the calipers off tonight if I get time.

How are you bleeding it? Looking at pics it looks like both brake lines feed up to a T or a Y splitter before going up to the master cylinder?

TripleT · 17 Apr 2018 at 13:17

MowyTone said:
How are you bleeding it? Looking at pics it looks like both brake lines feed up to a T or a Y splitter before going up to the master cylinder?

One caliper is connected to the other I believe from memory. I'm bleeding both.

No nipple on the master cylinder