A picture a day....biker banter (Vol 3)
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Hooli said:
4k services (book is something daft like 3,750 so I picked an easy number).
Three chain & sprocket sets with a sprocket carrier bearing every time.
Endless tyres & brake pads.
Front discs after I warped them due to seized callipers.
Fork seals, twice as the pattern parts were s
t & lasted a week.
New seat after the foam collapsed.
Fuel filter because it blocked & limited the bike to 50-55mph.
TPS, broke.
Oil cooler replaced when the original cracked (normal fault on these around 50k).
Two sets of steering bearings, last done about 88k.
Quite a few levers from throwing it on the floor.
That's about it really, it just tends to work & work.
Have you had it from new ? Three chain & sprocket sets with a sprocket carrier bearing every time.
Endless tyres & brake pads.
Front discs after I warped them due to seized callipers.
Fork seals, twice as the pattern parts were s
t & lasted a week.New seat after the foam collapsed.
Fuel filter because it blocked & limited the bike to 50-55mph.
TPS, broke.
Oil cooler replaced when the original cracked (normal fault on these around 50k).
Two sets of steering bearings, last done about 88k.
Quite a few levers from throwing it on the floor.
That's about it really, it just tends to work & work.
theshrew said:
Hooli said:
4k services (book is something daft like 3,750 so I picked an easy number).
Three chain & sprocket sets with a sprocket carrier bearing every time.
Endless tyres & brake pads.
Front discs after I warped them due to seized callipers.
Fork seals, twice as the pattern parts were st & lasted a week.
New seat after the foam collapsed.
Fuel filter because it blocked & limited the bike to 50-55mph.
TPS, broke.
Oil cooler replaced when the original cracked (normal fault on these around 50k).
Two sets of steering bearings, last done about 88k.
Quite a few levers from throwing it on the floor.
That's about it really, it just tends to work & work.
Have you had it from new ? Three chain & sprocket sets with a sprocket carrier bearing every time.
Endless tyres & brake pads.
Front discs after I warped them due to seized callipers.
Fork seals, twice as the pattern parts were s
t & lasted a week.New seat after the foam collapsed.
Fuel filter because it blocked & limited the bike to 50-55mph.
TPS, broke.
Oil cooler replaced when the original cracked (normal fault on these around 50k).
Two sets of steering bearings, last done about 88k.
Quite a few levers from throwing it on the floor.
That's about it really, it just tends to work & work.
I forgot to answer gwm earlier, no shocks changed. They are a weak spot as it seems you know, but it already had xgayr ohlins on when I got it and theyve never given an issue.
Hooli said:
No. I got it at 7 years old with a massive 7.5k miles done.
I forgot to answer gwm earlier, no shocks changed. They are a weak spot as it seems you know, but it already had xgayr ohlins on when I got it and theyve never given an issue.
I wonder what highest mileage recorded on one of them is. Especially considering it doesn't sound like you've been too prissy with it, which makes it more fun. I forgot to answer gwm earlier, no shocks changed. They are a weak spot as it seems you know, but it already had xgayr ohlins on when I got it and theyve never given an issue.
Biker's Nemesis said:
podman said:
Not been out on the LC for a few weeks and getting withdrawal symptons..with a family holiday looming, it was today or not for another couple of weeks.
Took it out of the garage, looked at the sky, pushed it back into the garage, gave it a clean n fettle, 10 mins later, the sun come out, pushed it back out of the garage, fetched my lid...and it pissed down..
I wanna see a wheelie picture with Blue smoke coming out of the exhausts.Took it out of the garage, looked at the sky, pushed it back into the garage, gave it a clean n fettle, 10 mins later, the sun come out, pushed it back out of the garage, fetched my lid...and it pissed down..
Edited by podman on Thursday 21st August 17:38
podman said:
Biker's Nemesis said:
podman said:
Not been out on the LC for a few weeks and getting withdrawal symptons..with a family holiday looming, it was today or not for another couple of weeks.
Took it out of the garage, looked at the sky, pushed it back into the garage, gave it a clean n fettle, 10 mins later, the sun come out, pushed it back out of the garage, fetched my lid...and it pissed down..
I wanna see a wheelie picture with Blue smoke coming out of the exhausts.Took it out of the garage, looked at the sky, pushed it back into the garage, gave it a clean n fettle, 10 mins later, the sun come out, pushed it back out of the garage, fetched my lid...and it pissed down..
LiamB said:
podman said:
If you click on the pic, you can read what happened last time I did a wheelie on an LC in the 80s..I didnt even realise they was trying to stop me until they pulled up behind me, at home..happy days..
Is that 'Accelerated off roundabout doing wheelie in busy traffic'? LiamB said:
podman said:
If you click on the pic, you can read what happened last time I did a wheelie on an LC in the 80s..I didnt even realise they was trying to stop me until they pulled up behind me, at home..happy days..
Is that 'Accelerated off roundabout doing wheelie in busy traffic'? Ritchie335is said:
LiamB said:
podman said:
If you click on the pic, you can read what happened last time I did a wheelie on an LC in the 80s..I didnt even realise they was trying to stop me until they pulled up behind me, at home..happy days..
Is that 'Accelerated off roundabout doing wheelie in busy traffic'? 
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