A picture a day....biker banter (Vol 4)
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LiamB said:
srob said:
Yeah if you have all the bits it makes life a lot easier! If you get stuck drop me a line and I'll help if I can 
Just make sure you document things as you take them off - it's easy to go nuts and take it apart and wonder what goes where! Buy loads of little clear bags and label all the nuts and bolts as you take them off!
Be good to see you progress
It's got all the bits plus extras scattered around in boxes in the garage! Just make sure you document things as you take them off - it's easy to go nuts and take it apart and wonder what goes where! Buy loads of little clear bags and label all the nuts and bolts as you take them off!
Be good to see you progress
For once I am actually going to THINK about what I am doing when it comes to this
I'll stick a thread up when I eventually get round to starting!
tvrolet said:
Well that was indeed a bikey weekend. 750 or so miles around Scotland (I live in Fife), but my riding buddy was from Norfolk, so he had around another 400 miles each way before and after the trip. So 3 days of B-roads and single-track roads wherever possible. Surprisingly the first 2 days were dry, and the rain on the final day was limited to showers and we dried off quickly enough afterwards so no need for waterproofs - in Scotland
Looks like a great trip. I like the darker/aged look the bags have developed
Well, I managed to get to Las Vegas to collect my now repaired bike!
Only big drawback that I hadnt considered! With a new camshaft, it needed running in again! So thats 3500 RPM for the first 100 miles and then 5000 RPM for the next couple of hundred... Argh, it was torture!
All ready to go at the dealer. I arrived in the dealer in Vegas at 9AM - and it was already 36 C!!!! Eeeek.
A view as you crest over a range on the CA395. Thats the Sierra Nevada's in the distance. And a note for anyone thinking of doing a trip to the West - the 395 is well known as being truly an amazing road. Its NOT got curves or anything, but across its 500+ length, you crest mountain ranges, cross deserts and go through thick pine forests. Amazing place.
Taking a break under a tree. This is in Owens Valley and even though I had managed to get out of the Nevada high desert, it was still 38 C and climbing. Its like riding against a massive hair dryer. Not fun.
Crossing some of the high desert roads needs planning. This was one of the shorter distances to the next fuel stop! I saw one that was 112 miles to the next station! You have to manage this carefully. You really dont want to get stuck out here! Rescue is a long time waiting!!!!
But I did it, made it across the deserts in the middle of a heat wave in summer. Then across the Sierras (didnt stop to take photos, was early morning and no traffic!!!) and home. Bike safely tucked up in my garage and waiting for another few hundred miles before its oil change and finishing its run-in. But the US is having a bit of a heat wave at the moment and its hot here on the West too. So chances are I will be waiting until its a little cooler. Yes, I am a wuss....
Only big drawback that I hadnt considered! With a new camshaft, it needed running in again! So thats 3500 RPM for the first 100 miles and then 5000 RPM for the next couple of hundred... Argh, it was torture!
All ready to go at the dealer. I arrived in the dealer in Vegas at 9AM - and it was already 36 C!!!! Eeeek.
A view as you crest over a range on the CA395. Thats the Sierra Nevada's in the distance. And a note for anyone thinking of doing a trip to the West - the 395 is well known as being truly an amazing road. Its NOT got curves or anything, but across its 500+ length, you crest mountain ranges, cross deserts and go through thick pine forests. Amazing place.
Taking a break under a tree. This is in Owens Valley and even though I had managed to get out of the Nevada high desert, it was still 38 C and climbing. Its like riding against a massive hair dryer. Not fun.
Crossing some of the high desert roads needs planning. This was one of the shorter distances to the next fuel stop! I saw one that was 112 miles to the next station! You have to manage this carefully. You really dont want to get stuck out here! Rescue is a long time waiting!!!!
But I did it, made it across the deserts in the middle of a heat wave in summer. Then across the Sierras (didnt stop to take photos, was early morning and no traffic!!!) and home. Bike safely tucked up in my garage and waiting for another few hundred miles before its oil change and finishing its run-in. But the US is having a bit of a heat wave at the moment and its hot here on the West too. So chances are I will be waiting until its a little cooler. Yes, I am a wuss....
off_again said:
Well, I managed to get to Las Vegas to collect my now repaired bike!
Only big drawback that I hadnt considered! With a new camshaft, it needed running in again! So thats 3500 RPM for the first 100 miles and then 5000 RPM for the next couple of hundred... Argh, it was torture!
All ready to go at the dealer. I arrived in the dealer in Vegas at 9AM - and it was already 36 C!!!! Eeeek.
A view as you crest over a range on the CA395. Thats the Sierra Nevada's in the distance. And a note for anyone thinking of doing a trip to the West - the 395 is well known as being truly an amazing road. Its NOT got curves or anything, but across its 500+ length, you crest mountain ranges, cross deserts and go through thick pine forests. Amazing place.
Taking a break under a tree. This is in Owens Valley and even though I had managed to get out of the Nevada high desert, it was still 38 C and climbing. Its like riding against a massive hair dryer. Not fun.
Crossing some of the high desert roads needs planning. This was one of the shorter distances to the next fuel stop! I saw one that was 112 miles to the next station! You have to manage this carefully. You really dont want to get stuck out here! Rescue is a long time waiting!!!!
But I did it, made it across the deserts in the middle of a heat wave in summer. Then across the Sierras (didnt stop to take photos, was early morning and no traffic!!!) and home. Bike safely tucked up in my garage and waiting for another few hundred miles before its oil change and finishing its run-in. But the US is having a bit of a heat wave at the moment and its hot here on the West too. So chances are I will be waiting until its a little cooler. Yes, I am a wuss....
Sounds amazing and to me anyway, a wee bit scary! As you say, riding in that heat isnt fun..I too would wait!Only big drawback that I hadnt considered! With a new camshaft, it needed running in again! So thats 3500 RPM for the first 100 miles and then 5000 RPM for the next couple of hundred... Argh, it was torture!
All ready to go at the dealer. I arrived in the dealer in Vegas at 9AM - and it was already 36 C!!!! Eeeek.
A view as you crest over a range on the CA395. Thats the Sierra Nevada's in the distance. And a note for anyone thinking of doing a trip to the West - the 395 is well known as being truly an amazing road. Its NOT got curves or anything, but across its 500+ length, you crest mountain ranges, cross deserts and go through thick pine forests. Amazing place.
Taking a break under a tree. This is in Owens Valley and even though I had managed to get out of the Nevada high desert, it was still 38 C and climbing. Its like riding against a massive hair dryer. Not fun.
Crossing some of the high desert roads needs planning. This was one of the shorter distances to the next fuel stop! I saw one that was 112 miles to the next station! You have to manage this carefully. You really dont want to get stuck out here! Rescue is a long time waiting!!!!
But I did it, made it across the deserts in the middle of a heat wave in summer. Then across the Sierras (didnt stop to take photos, was early morning and no traffic!!!) and home. Bike safely tucked up in my garage and waiting for another few hundred miles before its oil change and finishing its run-in. But the US is having a bit of a heat wave at the moment and its hot here on the West too. So chances are I will be waiting until its a little cooler. Yes, I am a wuss....
off_again said:
Well, I managed to get to Las Vegas to collect my now repaired bike!
Only big drawback that I hadnt considered! With a new camshaft, it needed running in again! So thats 3500 RPM for the first 100 miles and then 5000 RPM for the next couple of hundred... Argh, it was torture!
Hmm, a camshaft and followers will be bedded in in far less than 300 miles, I fear the dealer don't really know what they're talking about. No low speed or idling - that'll kill a new camshaft more than anything. Basically, 30 minutes of a high speed idle (of about 2000-2500 or so) will bed in a camshaft.Only big drawback that I hadnt considered! With a new camshaft, it needed running in again! So thats 3500 RPM for the first 100 miles and then 5000 RPM for the next couple of hundred... Argh, it was torture!
Janluke said:
tvrolet said:
Well that was indeed a bikey weekend. 750 or so miles around Scotland (I live in Fife), but my riding buddy was from Norfolk, so he had around another 400 miles each way before and after the trip. So 3 days of B-roads and single-track roads wherever possible. Surprisingly the first 2 days were dry, and the rain on the final day was limited to showers and we dried off quickly enough afterwards so no need for waterproofs - in Scotland
Looks like a great trip. I like the darker/aged look the bags have developed
The first-year bikes all had proper distressed/natural leather seats and bags that fade over time. So it's an annual task (in the not-so-sunny UK at least) to clean and re-dye them, else they just get lighter and lighter to the point of looking almost cream coloured. The later bikes come with a treated 'no maintenance' coated leather as some folks griped about having to look after it, but I prefer the natural look of the first-year leather even though it's a bit more work to look after.
Anyway, they weren't meant to come out so dark - the colour chart suggested they'd be a bit lighter, and in truth I felt I'd made an ar$e of the re-dye...but out and about folks seem to like the look. It'll fade down over time again anyway.
bgunn said:
Hmm, a camshaft and followers will be bedded in in far less than 300 miles, I fear the dealer don't really know what they're talking about. No low speed or idling - that'll kill a new camshaft more than anything. Basically, 30 minutes of a high speed idle (of about 2000-2500 or so) will bed in a camshaft.
Hmmmmm, oh...He did say that they had 'heat treated the lobes' and that it was probably OK. But when I just got landed with a massive bill to sort it out in the first place, you could have told me to ride naked and standing on the seat and I would have done it!!!! Anything to prevent the damn thing from blowing up again!
Seems peppier though. There clearly was issues before and they were exacerbated by the time it failed. Lost pretty much most of the oil and cracked a couple of cylinders! So something failed pretty badly. But hasn't used a drop of oil, nothing leaks and feels a lot stronger, so fingers crossed we are good.
How do I get this b
d out.I've drilled a lot with lots of luck previously but after a drill piece shattered taking a nice chip out my fairing and nearly blinding me (yes I'm a t
t always wear safety specs) I'm hesitant to drill any more. Especially as it's threaded into the frame. I tried one of those easy out thread things. It laughed at it and chewed it to f
k. I've tried hammering a bigger socket in. It goes in lovely then just rips it up.
I've plus gased it and left it to sat a few times.
How do you get it out without damaging the fairing ... Further
I will never own another Honda cheap nasty s
te. Took me 30 minutes to whip my dad's daytona fairing off and do and oil and filter all in. This always takes me two fking days. Gassing Station | Biker Banter | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff