What did you do to your bike today?
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It'll soon be time to unsorn and get back out for the few days of sun we might get this year. I gave up riding through winter a long time ago and just enjoy going away for a few weeks in the summer with the mrs who also rides. I currently have a 675r and shes on a new rebel 500, both great bikes.
Id love a 2 stroke again but im to old and lazy to deal with the maintenance these days.
Id love a 2 stroke again but im to old and lazy to deal with the maintenance these days.
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Today ( Started last night, but continuing today and will be doing more tomorrow ) I decided to take my bobber off the road, and actually sort the electrics out once and for all.
It has had a few moments where it has failed me... I have always managed to get it going again, but it still not right.
2 weeks ago, the headlights failed... No high beam or dip, at the same time the front brake didnt enable the brake light, and I went through a load of the wiring.
The Person who first started to customize it did a stupidly poor job on the electrics and its simply rotten and corroded wires that are exposed in the elements, and its just a pain in the behind.
But, I followed each bit of the wiring that was for the headlamp, and every section seemed to be fine, but there was simply no power going through to it.
I have pulled it apart and played with it for an hour or so, and I have done this 3 times and so enough is enough, it had to be done.
What an idiot... It turned out to be a lose wire in the fuse box.
Its now working as well as it ever has!
Its not right... Its getting about 5v instead of 12v and so I have replaced the lights with LED to help, but the entire system needs replacing.
Anyway, second part of this, is that I have added a lights bar to my trike.
I was putting a nice stainless steel bar on, however, in a sort of run of simple fun and good luck, it turns out that the bolt holes are not M12 as I assumed, but M10
I have a spare pair of indicator mounts that are M10, the very same thread, and even more lucky, was that I have a metal bar from a bed, that is the same thickness as the handlebar for the mirror mounts and so I mounted the bar and while its only a bed iron, or it could be a curtain pole, I dont know where I got it from now, but I also have a set of cheap lights that I got from some auction site, and they fit onto that bar too! - So, I bought another pair anyway, so it has 2 extra lights each side on my trike, and it actually looks half decent.
I made a couple of holes for the wires and another one in the middle and so the wiring is invisible. I have a small switch right now, but I also have a spare push button on the panel that I will wire up instead, as that is how I have wired up the original two spots on it.
It now has 5 lights in teh front ( 9 if you include the ones on teh mudguards ) and I will be adding some on the rear, plus a brighter brake light. I got next week off so I will finish it all of then!
Should be ready for Summer.
It has had a few moments where it has failed me... I have always managed to get it going again, but it still not right.
2 weeks ago, the headlights failed... No high beam or dip, at the same time the front brake didnt enable the brake light, and I went through a load of the wiring.
The Person who first started to customize it did a stupidly poor job on the electrics and its simply rotten and corroded wires that are exposed in the elements, and its just a pain in the behind.
But, I followed each bit of the wiring that was for the headlamp, and every section seemed to be fine, but there was simply no power going through to it.
I have pulled it apart and played with it for an hour or so, and I have done this 3 times and so enough is enough, it had to be done.
What an idiot... It turned out to be a lose wire in the fuse box.
Its now working as well as it ever has!
Its not right... Its getting about 5v instead of 12v and so I have replaced the lights with LED to help, but the entire system needs replacing.
Anyway, second part of this, is that I have added a lights bar to my trike.
I was putting a nice stainless steel bar on, however, in a sort of run of simple fun and good luck, it turns out that the bolt holes are not M12 as I assumed, but M10
I have a spare pair of indicator mounts that are M10, the very same thread, and even more lucky, was that I have a metal bar from a bed, that is the same thickness as the handlebar for the mirror mounts and so I mounted the bar and while its only a bed iron, or it could be a curtain pole, I dont know where I got it from now, but I also have a set of cheap lights that I got from some auction site, and they fit onto that bar too! - So, I bought another pair anyway, so it has 2 extra lights each side on my trike, and it actually looks half decent.
I made a couple of holes for the wires and another one in the middle and so the wiring is invisible. I have a small switch right now, but I also have a spare push button on the panel that I will wire up instead, as that is how I have wired up the original two spots on it.
It now has 5 lights in teh front ( 9 if you include the ones on teh mudguards ) and I will be adding some on the rear, plus a brighter brake light. I got next week off so I will finish it all of then!
Should be ready for Summer.
Not today, but the most recent thing I have done, is with my Trike.
Last week the rack that I put my top box onto, snapped. Unsurprisingly, the bit that bolts it to the back, is 25mm wide and only 1mm thick, and that snapped, so the rack and top box was flapping a little and thankfully I had cable ties in the Topbox, so I was able to strap it down to get me home.
The next day when it was dry, I unbolted the rack ( whioch was ridiculously hard to do without taking the body off, but I did it.
Its stainless steel and I realised that when I went to weld it. I can weld, but I clicked that I am trying to weld with ordinary steel rods and anyway, I decided to take it to a local engineering place to get it done properly.
They have replaced the awfully thin 1mm bar with a 5mm one, and so that will NEVER break, or shouldnt anyway.
And so, I have it here and shortly, I wil be putting it back on.
It kind of looks sweet without it in all honesty, but I need the top box to carry stuff on it.
Its a 3 seater, and I could convert the back seat into something buty then I cannot carry the missus of my daughter on it if I do that.
Last week the rack that I put my top box onto, snapped. Unsurprisingly, the bit that bolts it to the back, is 25mm wide and only 1mm thick, and that snapped, so the rack and top box was flapping a little and thankfully I had cable ties in the Topbox, so I was able to strap it down to get me home.
The next day when it was dry, I unbolted the rack ( whioch was ridiculously hard to do without taking the body off, but I did it.
Its stainless steel and I realised that when I went to weld it. I can weld, but I clicked that I am trying to weld with ordinary steel rods and anyway, I decided to take it to a local engineering place to get it done properly.
They have replaced the awfully thin 1mm bar with a 5mm one, and so that will NEVER break, or shouldnt anyway.
And so, I have it here and shortly, I wil be putting it back on.
It kind of looks sweet without it in all honesty, but I need the top box to carry stuff on it.
Its a 3 seater, and I could convert the back seat into something buty then I cannot carry the missus of my daughter on it if I do that.
Thats a sweet dolly that.
I definitely need something like that.
Discovered that the rearsets on my Striple are actually for a Daytona and that's why my brake pedal fouls the link pipe if it's being applied hard so built a little bracket out of 3mm Alu to drop the can slightly which now gives me plenty of room around the rear brake. Not the prettiest thing in the world but it's a compromise as I love the rear sets and the exhaust 
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To my helmet, mounted a gopro i've just bought.
Charged my bike up like i do everyday because of the tracker. They've forecasted nice weather for tomorrow (no rain) so going out for a ride tomorrow to the coast with my brother, he's on a 12bhp honda pcx 125 and me on my ducati panigale V4 with 214bhp, slight power mismatch but it'll still be fun i enjoy taking my time anyway.
Charged my bike up like i do everyday because of the tracker. They've forecasted nice weather for tomorrow (no rain) so going out for a ride tomorrow to the coast with my brother, he's on a 12bhp honda pcx 125 and me on my ducati panigale V4 with 214bhp, slight power mismatch but it'll still be fun i enjoy taking my time anyway.
Hopefully you’ll be able to keep up, you know how fast those Honda 125’s are.
lol yeah i kept up, just! Tbh i let him take the lead the way all the way there and back again, didn't go much over 60mph, i was fine with that i wouldn't have went much faster anyway.
Started it up for the first time since September last year to check it all over before it's MOT on Tuesday.
As per usual the horn is dead (I'm sure they're basically consumables!), Other than that all good. Put the dinner plate back on to keep the tester happy
As per usual the horn is dead (I'm sure they're basically consumables!), Other than that all good. Put the dinner plate back on to keep the tester happy
Every year my S1000rr fails on the horn. Every year I go down there, hit it with a spanner and pass the free retestStarted it up for the first time since September last year to check it all over before it's MOT on Tuesday.
As per usual the horn is dead (I'm sure they're basically consumables!), Other than that all good. Put the dinner plate back on to keep the tester happy
This year I'll try and remember to hit it before....
Put the new fly-wheel, complete with continuos magnet (to stop it bursting like what the old one did 
) on, new starter chain tensioner fitted, new stator fitted and wired up, oil and filter change done, fairings all put back on and she's good to go. Yay!
) on, new starter chain tensioner fitted, new stator fitted and wired up, oil and filter change done, fairings all put back on and she's good to go. Yay!
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Got it MOT'd. Been starting up fine over the last couple of days while I've been checking it over and sorting bits out.
Come to start it today to take it to the garage and the battery is goosed
luckily I had one of the little lithium jump packs in my tool bag which brought it to life, got 30 seconds down the road and noticed the dead battery had lit the eml up so quick spin around to find my obd dongle and Allen keys to whip the seat off and clear the code.
Passed with a clean bill of health though, not even a noisy exhaust advisory.
Come to start it today to take it to the garage and the battery is goosed
luckily I had one of the little lithium jump packs in my tool bag which brought it to life, got 30 seconds down the road and noticed the dead battery had lit the eml up so quick spin around to find my obd dongle and Allen keys to whip the seat off and clear the code.
Passed with a clean bill of health though, not even a noisy exhaust advisory.
Surely you won't be able to go out of 1st gear?