A picture a day....biker banter (Vol 4)

[graham22]

scunnylad said:

New wheels arrived

Wow - enough to make riders of a certain age go weak at the knees.

Dymags & Astralites just look so good.

[Gunk]

Mr OCD said:

3DP said:

Now that is a proper clean! Looking good and a lovely set of modifications.

Thank you sir. My punishment for using it all year round ... it does get washed pretty much every week but it is impossible to get under the fairings to clean without removing them so it made sense whilst the radiator was off for coolant change. It's an arse of a job on a new blade so I've switched to five year coolant as well so it wont need doing again in my ownership.

New brakes, suspension and tyres this year. She has been spoilt! Thankfully nothing else required now till next winter other than enjoy it!

27,000 miles and counting

You sir, are exactly the type of fella I want to buy my next bike from!

[Bob_Defly]

MotorsportTom said:

Bought myself a new toy! It makes 2 bikes in the same month... 2017 is going well

It's a Sherco 250 2003, road reg'd all for £900 off a chap at work. 8 hours between me and 2 friends over Saturday & Sunday and today I am sore! Still want to play with it some more though.



Even having some off-road experience (owned a CRM 250 and ridden plenty of other mx/enduro bikes) in two days I learnt a hell of a lot about clutch control when on the sticky stuff and I thought I wasn't bad before!

Also managed to learn to bunny hop it yesterday, fantastic fun

Had a go on a new Sherco a few weeks ago, immense fun!

[Rutter]

Saw this at the hospital which made me chuckle, not quite the doctor but close enough!



EDIT: The pic looks a little small but it says "The Physio"

Edited by Rutter on Tuesday 7th March 15:24

[legzr1]

Andy XRV said:

I freggin love that bike in that colour scheme. Congrats!

Cheers.

It was close between anniversary colours and the 2017 blue.

[SpunkyGlory]

theshrew said:

SAS Tom said:

None bike related day for me but pretty awesome! Picture is a bit crap as it's taken from a video filmed portrait on my phone.



The day was awesome, that picture is literally from my first lap of the day! The rest of the day was spent very sideways. I'll get the videos up when I'm home next week.

Where did you do that ? I wouldn't mind having a bash at that, its been a while since I've driven one of them.

I wouldn't mind knowing this, I got bought a rally experience for Christmas that's redeemable at several locations and would like to make sure I get a decent one (assuming this place is included).

[podman]

Mr OCD said:

3DP said:

Now that is a proper clean! Looking good and a lovely set of modifications.

Thank you sir. My punishment for using it all year round ... it does get washed pretty much every week but it is impossible to get under the fairings to clean without removing them so it made sense whilst the radiator was off for coolant change. It's an arse of a job on a new blade so I've switched to five year coolant as well so it wont need doing again in my ownership.

New brakes, suspension and tyres this year. She has been spoilt! Thankfully nothing else required now till next winter other than enjoy it!

27,000 miles and counting

Super job, your bike and how you care for it is a great example why when buying second hand its far more important to buy on condition than being hung up on a particular model, year or mileage.

[SAS Tom]

SpunkyGlory said:

theshrew said:

SAS Tom said:

None bike related day for me but pretty awesome! Picture is a bit crap as it's taken from a video filmed portrait on my phone.



The day was awesome, that picture is literally from my first lap of the day! The rest of the day was spent very sideways. I'll get the videos up when I'm home next week.

Where did you do that ? I wouldn't mind having a bash at that, its been a while since I've driven one of them.

I wouldn't mind knowing this, I got bought a rally experience for Christmas that's redeemable at several locations and would like to make sure I get a decent one (assuming this place is included).

It was Phil Price Rally School. Not sure if it will be included in your experience but I doubt it would as I think they only do their own stuff. It's not a cheap day out at £350 but definitely worth it.

Still trying to get my videos on YouTube but this is one of the morning sessions https://youtu.be/IvY2h3iyXzI

[podman]

Been out on the Firestorm again today, whilst we all like a mint bike in the garage, its very liberating(for me anyway..) to own a bike you dont mind using when theres rain forecast or some road salt laying around, not to say I dont look after it but its not so precious and fussed over as my other bikes.



One Summers evening, many moons ago, a group of friends, may or may not have rode their enduro bikes all over this place..

Very wrong...but oh so good..Id imagine..

[Biker's Nemesis]

Mr OCD said:

Started the spring clean ... as it gets used all year round mostly every spring I strip the bike down for a deep clean and polish ... the road salt this year was dreadful so I've landed up replacing a few little bits but thankfully most of it is already titanium ...

Nearly done.





















Not bad at all for a high miler ...

Nice job Scott, you realise that there's little bit of awesomeness in that bike now.

[3DP]

Fleegle said:

Mr OCD said:

Fleegle said:

Why do you take the rad off to change the coolant?

On the Fireblade the hose mounts are central on the radiator, which means when you change the coolant the radiator doesn't drain properly. Now Honda use type 2 coolant which doesn't mix nicely with OAT (long life) coolant so you need to make sure it is all flushed out hence the radiator removal. The paint was bubbling on the front as well so it was an opportunity to clean it up. Hondas also need silicate free coolant, I thought most OAT's are but apparently not ... so if not careful you can knacker the waterpump seals using the wrong coolant.

It was a mission of a job to do and not something I want to do again tbh.

Good old Honda

I didn't know this about the different types of coolant - I've always whacked in 5 year OAT when changing, but rarely attempt to drain completely, rather flush it through first, then flush it through a bit more with the new coolant.

They are not the easiest things to work on, but then they don't need to be.

[twizellb]

SAS Tom said:

SpunkyGlory said:

theshrew said:

SAS Tom said:

None bike related day for me but pretty awesome! Picture is a bit crap as it's taken from a video filmed portrait on my phone.



The day was awesome, that picture is literally from my first lap of the day! The rest of the day was spent very sideways. I'll get the videos up when I'm home next week.

Where did you do that ? I wouldn't mind having a bash at that, its been a while since I've driven one of them.

I wouldn't mind knowing this, I got bought a rally experience for Christmas that's redeemable at several locations and would like to make sure I get a decent one (assuming this place is included).

It was Phil Price Rally School. Not sure if it will be included in your experience but I doubt it would as I think they only do their own stuff. It's not a cheap day out at £350 but definitely worth it.

Still trying to get my videos on YouTube but this is one of the morning sessions https://youtu.be/IvY2h3iyXzI

That looks great fun

[Mr OCD]

Biker's Nemesis said:

Nice job Scott, you realise that there's little bit of awesomeness in that bike now.

Thanks John.

Are those the bits you sold me by chance?

[Biker's Nemesis]

Mr OCD said:

Biker's Nemesis said:

Nice job Scott, you realise that there's little bit of awesomeness in that bike now.

Thanks John.

Are those the bits you sold me by chance?

[Mr OCD]

3DP said:

I didn't know this about the different types of coolant - I've always whacked in 5 year OAT when changing, but rarely attempt to drain completely, rather flush it through first, then flush it through a bit more with the new coolant.

They are not the easiest things to work on, but then they don't need to be.

Me too ... until I thought I would check the book. Which is when I discovered silicate free and if you google it you'll find a spate of Hondas that have had water pump failures due to incorrect coolant type. It causes the seals to go.

In honesty I don't find the blade difficult to work on - just time consuming. However beer in hand and radio on and I'm happy

[3DP]

Mr OCD said:

3DP said:

I didn't know this about the different types of coolant - I've always whacked in 5 year OAT when changing, but rarely attempt to drain completely, rather flush it through first, then flush it through a bit more with the new coolant.

They are not the easiest things to work on, but then they don't need to be.

Me too ... until I thought I would check the book. Which is when I discovered silicate free and if you google it you'll find a spate of Hondas that have had water pump failures due to incorrect coolant type. It causes the seals to go.

In honesty I don't find the blade difficult to work on - just time consuming. However beer in hand and radio on and I'm happy

Agreed - Ducatis and Suzukis are like mechano, Hondas just take more thought, care and time.

I've just sold my Clarke CML3 ramp and it's going to be replaced with an Abba Sky Lift. It's going to be interesting to see how that helps with draining coolant as you can put the bike at about 45 degrees on it's nose or tail.

Anyway - we all know the real reason the rad came off was to clean the engine block behind it and the back of the fins

[Mr OCD]

3DP said:

Anyway - we all know the real reason the rad came off was to clean the engine block behind it and the back of the fins

Oops - Guilty as charged!

[LiamB]

[Biker's Nemesis]

That almost looks like a 2002 R1, looks really good Liam.

[scunnylad]

Visiting a Cbx specialist earlier
Few new engines kicking about