what have you done to your "bike" today
Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
accidentally sprayed wombles degreser all over the bottom of it, meant to pick up a can of bike protector but they all look so wombles similar the muc off range, i didnt want the can from the front so go the one from behind and guess what the wrong can was behind doh!
also got my tire taken off and plugged from the inside as the b8stard picked up a nail when i had to park around the dirty side of work
weird as the night before i was talking to a work mate saying that ive not had a puncture in years, then sods law that happened, mad how these things work out
also got my tire taken off and plugged from the inside as the b8stard picked up a nail when i had to park around the dirty side of work
weird as the night before i was talking to a work mate saying that ive not had a puncture in years, then sods law that happened, mad how these things work out
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- agentpineapple
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Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
yes mate
it's candy Tahitian blue, which in reality is a pearlescent paint....
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against the satin black it looks even better...
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Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Not that it makes much difference but the shock should be 180 degrees around so the rebound screw is on the right hand side of bike. As it's on the left in your first pic, it looks like the shock has been removed before.
Glad it all went OK with no issues. Looks lovely and clean now.
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Glad it all went OK with no issues. Looks lovely and clean now.
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Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
I changed nothing as was. I presume it saves you getting greased by the chain when adjusting it.cybercarl wrote:Not that it makes much difference but the shock should be 180 degrees around so the rebound screw is on the right hand side of bike. As it's on the left in your first pic, it looks like the shock has been removed before.
Glad it all went OK with no issues. Looks lovely and clean now.![]()
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Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Not sure really but yeh that sounds feasible. It is easier access from the other side, but like I said it don't make much difference. I'm just pickingI presume it saves you getting greased by the chain when adjusting it.
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Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Took mine over to MHP exhausts in Colchester to have a section added to the LH link pipe- it's spitting and banging on the overrun and I can't get on with setting carbs up until the zorst is properly sealed up.
Mark Hills is a knowledgeable bloke, I'll see if he can do a full system for me in due course.
New section added, new clamp fitted.
We had to agree to disagree about clamp bolts, he reckons that it's necessary to fit high tensile ones, I prefer stainless but you can't tighten them as much as high tensile, however high tensile will eventually corrode, and given the location, and heat, fairly quickly.
So I buy a high tensile one from him, clamp it up nice and tight to the new section, all tight, lovely.
Ride home- still popping and banging.
Pull it apart, rear downpipe clamp (mikalor, W4, stainless including the bolt) is stripped.
Humble pie eaten, (not telling him though¬!)
MOT on Monday, so ideally I'll have sorted the leaky connections by then.
Mark Hills is a knowledgeable bloke, I'll see if he can do a full system for me in due course.
New section added, new clamp fitted.
We had to agree to disagree about clamp bolts, he reckons that it's necessary to fit high tensile ones, I prefer stainless but you can't tighten them as much as high tensile, however high tensile will eventually corrode, and given the location, and heat, fairly quickly.
So I buy a high tensile one from him, clamp it up nice and tight to the new section, all tight, lovely.
Ride home- still popping and banging.
Pull it apart, rear downpipe clamp (mikalor, W4, stainless including the bolt) is stripped.
Humble pie eaten, (not telling him though¬!)
MOT on Monday, so ideally I'll have sorted the leaky connections by then.
It's not falling off, it's an upgrade opportunity.
Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
And another thing....
Or duplicate post as it's generally called.
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Or duplicate post as it's generally called.
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It's not falling off, it's an upgrade opportunity.
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Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Mark hills at mhp is a nice guy I've spoken to him a few times re guarding exhausts and he come highly recommended .
Tho he did say it would cost me £400 for two titanium link pipes to be made to fit the akrapovic cans to my mori headers !!!
Tho he did say it would cost me £400 for two titanium link pipes to be made to fit the akrapovic cans to my mori headers !!!
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top quality doesn't come cheap.lloydie wrote:Mark hills at mhp is a nice guy I've spoken to him a few times re guarding exhausts and he come highly recommended .
Tho he did say it would cost me £400 for two titanium link pipes to be made to fit the akrapovic cans to my mori headers !!!
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Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
I've done that a few times with exhaust clamps. They are absolute fookers because there is only a small range of clamping adjustment that one size is designed for. It's imperative (I think that's the word) to have the right size clamp. I also always put a ring of silicone between the pipes as well whether there are gaskets on there or not.(mikalor, W4, stainless including the bolt) is stripped.
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Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
today I fitted the sat nav mount I bought from bsabloke a while back, easy to fit, i'll try it out tomorrow, but I didn't manage to fit a pair of titax preload adjusters.... ![Sad :(](./images/smilies/icon_sad.gif)
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Is that a mount that bolts through the headstock? I use a RAM ball mount, perfectly positioned for me...
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- agentpineapple
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yes matecliveyandrews wrote:Is that a mount that bolts through the headstock? I use a RAM ball mount, perfectly positioned for me...
slides into the head stock, then theres a rectangular metal frame which the ram ball thingy sits on top of, i'll be trying it out today for the first time...
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knowing my luck it will fall off at some point....
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Doubt it will - mine is rock solid. I put the phone in an UltimateAddons waterproof case. Works great.
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