A picture a day....biker banter (Vol 4)
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cwis said:
srob said:
My new bike has ABS
VERY nice bike. Love the bulb horn; I had wee kids-style one on an old commando to keep it legal, but they're no way you'd have heard it over the engine noise.
cwis said:
I'm having a go at a tank. Can you guess what it is off?
I'm going to say it looks a bit like an export T140 Bonneville tank...in carbon fibre. I've got to be at least 50% correct?tvrolet said:
I'm going to say it looks a bit like an export T140 Bonneville tank...in carbon fibre. I've got to be at least 50% correct?
I borrowed a Guzzi Cali about a million years ago with footboards and a heel and toe gear change. Absolutely loved it. Now I'm old enough to have one!You're correct that it's carbon fibre. Well the outer layers are. The inner layers will include a carbon/Kevlar weave to make it burst resistant and a coating that states that it's ethanol proof. We shall see about that.
It's not a British bike though... The tank is far larger (wider) than it looks in this photo and it sits on top of a wider engine than a British twin.
I consider myself to be a good person and a responsible citizen.
A couple of days ago I watched a school run mummy crash into a parked car while trying to turn a corner, then cruise away looking worried. Walking past again twenty minutes later there was no note on the windscreen and I spotted her parked further down the road so I knocked on the window and very nicely asked what she intended to do about the bump. She explained in pigeon English that she was waiting for the car's owner to emerge so I suggested that instead she leave a note as per accepted protocol. This she did.
I'm no neighbourhood watchman, not into curtain twitching, but I try to do right by people and look out for my fellow man. So who was looking out for me today when some feckless b
d did this to my beautiful machine?
fking furious. I only left it on the street for an hour.
A couple of days ago I watched a school run mummy crash into a parked car while trying to turn a corner, then cruise away looking worried. Walking past again twenty minutes later there was no note on the windscreen and I spotted her parked further down the road so I knocked on the window and very nicely asked what she intended to do about the bump. She explained in pigeon English that she was waiting for the car's owner to emerge so I suggested that instead she leave a note as per accepted protocol. This she did.
I'm no neighbourhood watchman, not into curtain twitching, but I try to do right by people and look out for my fellow man. So who was looking out for me today when some feckless b
d did this to my beautiful machine?f
king furious. I only left it on the street for an hour.
New front subframe and radiator guard on.
Went to fit my asv levers and found out I had nipped dust seals. That's both calipers this season. I have done 19 or so, how often are people overhauling these. I wonder if it's with the sheer s
t that gets kicked up on the trailer. Then with changing wheels and Such it pushes them bacK with dirt on the pistons, shortening the life span?? Help. Still got to make rear caliper captive
Levers & brakes flung on
Fairings painted and fitted
Quickshifter
Tank protectors
And maybe some trick suspension
After it getting called the shed everywhere I went it's time it gets a bit of a fixer up.
Then start work on the other two. Have to say, I'm utterly disssapointed with the build quality of the fireblade. Every bolt is like cheese and rounding WHEN trying to get them off. And these are just fairing bolts. I can see me chopping it IN for a 675R
Edited by moanthebairns on Friday 20th November 17:45
moanthebairns said:
New front subframe and radiator guard on.
Went to fit my asv levers and found out I had nipped dust seals. That's both calipers this season. I have done 19 or so, how often are people overhauling these. I wonder if it's with the sheer s
t that gets kicked up on the trailer. Then with changing wheels and Such it pushes them bacK with dirt on the pistons, shortening the life span?? Help. Still got to make rear caliper captive
Levers & brakes flung on
Fairings painted and fitted
Quickshifter
Tank protectors
And maybe some trick suspension
After it getting called the shed everywhere I went it's time it gets a bit of a fixer up.
Then start work on the other two. Have to say, I'm utterly disssapointed with the build quality of the fireblade. Every bolt is like cheese and rounding WHEN trying to get them off. And these are just fairing bolts. I can see me chopping it IN for a 675R
Edited by moanthebairns on Friday 20th November 17:45
As for rounding bolts I had the same issue when I had the GSXR = dog chod. Presumably its allen or torx bolts, if you haven't got good quality tools get some even if its just the common sizes it does make a difference.
Tbf I'm only doing one caliper at a time now.
The daytona seems to be bad for pinching the dust seals. What I'm asking is after almost 20 track days and having the bike exposed on a trailer for thousands of miles. Is that a considerable amount of time to need to refresh these. Or should I be getting more life out of them.
Or have I just bought st seals. (I did use powerhouse as normal) so went for oem this time.
Has anyone got one of those bolt, screw extractor sets you see advertised. Do they work. I've tried the factory screw driver with all hondas screws and it just sits there looking at me. I can't be arsed drilling out more.
The daytona seems to be bad for pinching the dust seals. What I'm asking is after almost 20 track days and having the bike exposed on a trailer for thousands of miles. Is that a considerable amount of time to need to refresh these. Or should I be getting more life out of them.
Or have I just bought s
t seals. (I did use powerhouse as normal) so went for oem this time. Has anyone got one of those bolt, screw extractor sets you see advertised. Do they work. I've tried the factory screw driver with all hondas screws and it just sits there looking at me. I can't be arsed drilling out more.
Me and Aky used a trailer for years, the bikes were even under water on a back road around Caterick years ago during a flood.
I've never replaced seals on any of my track bikes.
I would only ever buy genuine brake seals. (I did for my 125 last year) I never use brake cleaner on my brake pistons, only WD-40, when I change the engine oil every 2 or 3 days on track I change the brake fluid and drop the pads out and clean the calliper's/pistons with WD-40.
That's it really.
The Caterick flood was a bit freighting at the time but funny looking back now.
I've never replaced seals on any of my track bikes.
I would only ever buy genuine brake seals. (I did for my 125 last year) I never use brake cleaner on my brake pistons, only WD-40, when I change the engine oil every 2 or 3 days on track I change the brake fluid and drop the pads out and clean the calliper's/pistons with WD-40.
That's it really.
The Caterick flood was a bit freighting at the time but funny looking back now.
moanthebairns said:
After it getting called the shed everywhere I went it's time it gets a bit of a fixer up.
Then start work on the other two. Have to say, I'm utterly disssapointed with the build quality of the fireblade. Every bolt is like cheese and rounding WHEN trying to get them off. And these are just fairing bolts. I can see me chopping it IN for a 675R
Nice work Alex, you've come on a long long long way with your mechanical ability!Then start work on the other two. Have to say, I'm utterly disssapointed with the build quality of the fireblade. Every bolt is like cheese and rounding WHEN trying to get them off. And these are just fairing bolts. I can see me chopping it IN for a 675R
Edited by moanthebairns on Friday 20th November 17:45
Biker's Nemesis said:
Me and Aky used a trailer for years, the bikes were even under water on a back road around Caterick years ago during a flood.
I've never replaced seals on any of my track bikes.
I would only ever buy genuine brake seals. (I did for my 125 last year) I never use brake cleaner on my brake pistons, only WD-40, when I change the engine oil every 2 or 3 days on track I change the brake fluid and drop the pads out and clean the calliper's/pistons with WD-40.
That's it really.
The Caterick flood was a bit freighting at the time but funny looking back now.
Possibly cheap seals. First time this has happened, ever. I just rebuilt them last year as it hadn't been done in 8 years. I've never replaced seals on any of my track bikes.
I would only ever buy genuine brake seals. (I did for my 125 last year) I never use brake cleaner on my brake pistons, only WD-40, when I change the engine oil every 2 or 3 days on track I change the brake fluid and drop the pads out and clean the calliper's/pistons with WD-40.
That's it really.
The Caterick flood was a bit freighting at the time but funny looking back now.
moanthebairns said:
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Has anyone got one of those bolt, screw extractor sets you see advertised. Do they work. I've tried the factory screw driver with all hondas screws and it just sits there looking at me. I can't be arsed drilling out more.
drilling the pilot hole to insert the extractor can be a fag and if its really stuck the extractor can snap, but once going they do work.Has anyone got one of those bolt, screw extractor sets you see advertised. Do they work. I've tried the factory screw driver with all hondas screws and it just sits there looking at me. I can't be arsed drilling out more.
on another note, we have the same worktop finish in our kitchen not that I'd be allowed to wash my calipers at the sink
theshrew said:
moanthebairns said:
New front subframe and radiator guard on.
Went to fit my asv levers and found out I had nipped dust seals. That's both calipers this season. I have done 19 or so, how often are people overhauling these. I wonder if it's with the sheer s
t that gets kicked up on the trailer. Then with changing wheels and Such it pushes them bacK with dirt on the pistons, shortening the life span?? Help. Still got to make rear caliper captive
Levers & brakes flung on
Fairings painted and fitted
Quickshifter
Tank protectors
And maybe some trick suspension
After it getting called the shed everywhere I went it's time it gets a bit of a fixer up.
Then start work on the other two. Have to say, I'm utterly disssapointed with the build quality of the fireblade. Every bolt is like cheese and rounding WHEN trying to get them off. And these are just fairing bolts. I can see me chopping it IN for a 675R
Edited by moanthebairns on Friday 20th November 17:45
As for rounding bolts I had the same issue when I had the GSXR = dog chod. Presumably its allen or torx bolts, if you haven't got good quality tools get some even if its just the common sizes it does make a difference.
moanthebairns said:
Tbf I'm only doing one caliper at a time now.
The daytona seems to be bad for pinching the dust seals. What I'm asking is after almost 20 track days and having the bike exposed on a trailer for thousands of miles. Is that a considerable amount of time to need to refresh these. Or should I be getting more life out of them.
Or have I just bought st seals. (I did use powerhouse as normal) so went for oem this time.
Has anyone got one of those bolt, screw extractor sets you see advertised. Do they work. I've tried the factory screw driver with all hondas screws and it just sits there looking at me. I can't be arsed drilling out more.
As BN says just fit OE and all you should need to do in future is clean them. The daytona seems to be bad for pinching the dust seals. What I'm asking is after almost 20 track days and having the bike exposed on a trailer for thousands of miles. Is that a considerable amount of time to need to refresh these. Or should I be getting more life out of them.
Or have I just bought s
t seals. (I did use powerhouse as normal) so went for oem this time. Has anyone got one of those bolt, screw extractor sets you see advertised. Do they work. I've tried the factory screw driver with all hondas screws and it just sits there looking at me. I can't be arsed drilling out more.
you wont have a issue with it on a trailer, imagine how much cack moto x calipers have to deal with.
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