My Sinnis Apache..

[LiamB]

Hooli said:

LiamB said:

Job is good

Jag XJ?

Yep, big old supercharged one. Wheels span up when the guy I worked with put his foot down

[LiamB]

Hooli said:

LiamB said:

Hooli said:

LiamB said:

Job is good

Jag XJ?

Yep, big old supercharged one. Wheels span up when the guy I worked with put his foot down

Straight six or V8? I'd have either

V8, lovely cars

[LiamB]

Just ticked over 2000 miles done on it now, and I still love it like the day I got it.
Alright so maybe now the front is very bouncy and I have NO rear brake (Doesn't even hold on a slight hill..) but I am getting those fixed tomorrow now I can take a day off work and I'm off to Milton Keynes today for the first time on it to have an explore and see what I can find.

Edited by LiamB on Friday 6th June 10:42

[LiamB]

Rutter said:

I was going to go for a ride at lunch, might see you whizzing about MK then!

If I saw your Hyperstrada I would of tried to follow just to look at it! Love them

Was just looking for some muddy fun today and discovering some nice little quaint villages.

[LiamB]

Rutter said:

I'll probably be out again later if you are, could go for a blast if you are still about.

BBQ time now, but I'll be out over the weekend in the rain

Wouldn't want to bore you either, my bike isn't best suited to the many main roads round MK I can just about keep to the speed limit!

[LiamB]

Finally being fixed, no measurements for how much fork oil to put in online or in the manual but the general consensus is to just fill it so it is covering the spring so I'll try that out and add/remove oil if needed.





It's all very simple now I have it apart. All I have to do now is fill the left leg, change the other fork seal and do front and rear pads. Hoping I get it done today..




I DID A THING!

[LiamB]

Cheers guys, certainly come a long way since when I first got that Husky and blew the HG..

CaptainMorgan said:

Where about are you based? I live near MK

Only in MK for the weekend visiting my Mum before she moves, this is probably my last weekend here Shame I'll lose all the nice little roads I have found this weekend.

13aines said:

Well done Liam. Seems like you're doing well, hope you manage to complete the job entirely successfully!

Seems your job has helped your mechanical confidence already! This will only add to your confidence and help you begin to take on any job alone in the future.

Yep, all done, had it checked over by my mums boyfriends mechanic friend to make sure I wasn't going to kill myself. Only thing is, there is no measurements ANYWHERE for how much oil to put in so I just filled it up to the top of the spring and it is fine.

The job really has made me more confident, and being in MK in the garage with all the tools (and my mums baking..) to help me made me want to do it. I have nothing in London and don't even have a undercover place to work on it so I try to avoid it.

Some pictures from my weekend










Sorry for the big post!
Next on the list, is the downpipe, a service kit, chain and sprocket and a new rear indicator lens because mine has gone black from the exhaust.. stupid place to put the indicator.

[LiamB]

I hate it, it's SO SLOW. I need a bigger bike NOW.

It is still running perfect but I was riding it today to fill it up and all of a sudden I just hated my bike. 2 years I have been on these fking things for, someone give me a full license and a DRZ400SM please and thank you.

Also finally got another CBT booked on Friday so should be fun.

Have a picture

[LiamB]

y2blade said:

If your CBT ran out the other week how are you allowed to be riding around on it?

I've ridden it once to the petrol station today about a mile away to fill it up because I'm using it on my CBT. Those pictures are from the day it ran out when my mate bought that DR.

sc0tt said:

Nice work chap. You have sorted your phone and you can work on bikes.

Get another bike you nobber!

[LiamB]

sc0tt said:

This floats my boat though

Fair enough, like the look of that but it needs an exhaust badly!

I've got my driving test booked next month and if I pass I might be tempted to get an RS or a 2 stroke of some sort and become a fair weather wker until my A2

[LiamB]

2 questions with pictures,

numero uno, is it okay to have bubbles in the oil in the sight glass? This was after going for a good ride and it was quite hot.



numero dos, is this a fuel leak or is it where I ran out of petrol and was holding the throttle open to get it started on reserve? That's the carb going to airbox/filter



Ignore the dirt, I have been off road A LOT. I have a deep clean and some maintenance planned for it in the near future.

[LiamB]

Hooli said:

Bubbles in the oil suggest it's getting rather hot to me, no real surprise this weather.

That 'leak' might be related, is the rubber pipe on the left of the shot the crank breather by any chance? It's not unusual to get oil mist out of them (indeed it's what they are there for) & if it's not perfectly sealed you get marks like that around them.

Ah that would explain it. It was very hot, it was being ragged down my favourite roads in this lovely weather before I stopped for a fag break and noticed it

And that pipe, you mean this one?


That's also a perfectly good explanation, cheers!

[LiamB]

Hooli said:

Yup that looks like a breather pipe. I take it that it goes back to the crankcase somewhere? Piston rings never give a perfect seal (well occasionally they do as part of a seized engine...) so there is always a bit of pressure there to vent ( it also sucks in occasionally if the engine is suddenly cooled or at particular points in the cycle) hot oil vapourises and gets blown out, hence the mess.

It does, yes

Makes sense, thank you very much for the explanation

[LiamB]

My mates SUZUKI DR125 has broken

He was taking the piss so much when I got this, and he had that SUZUKI for less than 2 weeks and it's fked. Burns it's oil quicker than petrol, smokes and stinks and now it won't even idle.

CHIIIIINAAAAAAAA

[LiamB]

cirian75 said:

so like any other 17 year old he thrashed an unbroken in engine.

Careful to jump to assumptions sir, he got it off someone I've known for a while who is a bike mechanic, so it should of been fine. Funny thing is, he got the DR over a 2 stroke for the reliability

Maybe my bike breaking disease is on him now.

[LiamB]

Looks nicer without the gay handles I think



I want to make my own tail tidy for it, the rear light and plate holder sticks out too far

[LiamB]

I'd much prefer my bike to a DR, I dislike them. They weigh just 9 pounds less than a DRZ 400 too.

[LiamB]

Somehow I managed to pass my driving test first time and I am looking at getting a MK2 Polo Breadvan very soon so I might sell this and get another 2 stroke.. I can do more mechanical things now and wont need the bike everyday.. decisions..

[LiamB]

LordFlathead said:

Congratulations

Polo is a great car just don't Barry it up

Cheers ill try not to

Yazza54 said:

Stroker time

I think you may be right..

[LiamB]

Last wash



Probably my favourite bike I've owned so far out of the many I have had during stty CBT riding, next bike will be a 400/600 next summer!