what have you done to your "bike" today

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Apart from the spin out early in the week...

Last week I have mainly been doing fek all bike related... Far too cold & windy/rainy for my old brittle bones... :lol:

Did sell a couple of abbastands & some flanges tho so all good... :thumbup:
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How do these look?

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8541Hawk wrote: Mon Dec 13, 2021 6:47 pm How do these look?

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Lovely shiney guess your weather is a little better than ours :D
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any guess to how old they are..... :shh: :wink:
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I guess late cretaceous.
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8541Hawk wrote: Mon Dec 13, 2021 8:32 pm any guess to how old they are..... :shh: :wink:
Original parts at 100,000 miles :D
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AMCQ46 wrote: Tue Dec 14, 2021 6:55 am
8541Hawk wrote: Mon Dec 13, 2021 8:32 pm any guess to how old they are..... :shh: :wink:
Original parts at 100,000 miles :D
Well closer to 120,000 miles but yeah they are the OE units that came with the bike 24yrs ago 8)
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8541Hawk wrote: Tue Dec 14, 2021 2:01 pm
AMCQ46 wrote: Tue Dec 14, 2021 6:55 am
8541Hawk wrote: Mon Dec 13, 2021 8:32 pm any guess to how old they are..... :shh: :wink:
Original parts at 100,000 miles :D
Well closer to 120,000 miles but yeah they are the OE units that came with the bike 24yrs ago 8)
shows the benefit of early preventative maintenance :thumbup:
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That and never seeing a gritted road. I think that is the biggest difference. :thumbup:
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Yep winter can be a killer, mine is only 20 years old but has done a 14 years of winter only in the last few years rested over the rot months.
Anyway new bearings and pivot bolts ordered will be fitted :D once i can get the rest of the bearing outer case
out. :(
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xeris wrote: Tue Dec 14, 2021 12:13 am I guess late cretaceous.


:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: quote of the week :lol:
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8541Hawk wrote: Tue Dec 14, 2021 3:38 pm That and never seeing a gritted road. I think that is the biggest difference. :thumbup:
That has to make a difference, and the damper climate doesn't help I'm sure.

Even so amazing mileage achieved with the originals :clap:
Good maintenance must be contributed to such high mileage without a doubt,

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fitted some carbon heel guards and a sprocket cover i made up just because i had it sitting about gathering dust :thumbup: proper nice aircraft grade :lol: thanks Shorts PLC :lol:
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At last managed to get the both siezed outer races out no damage to the Arm sub assembly cushion :D :D
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Lots of heat and a new alloy bearing drift (now well used) and a bigger hammer.
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A bit of cleaning and polishing on another impulse buy :lol: Has now been put away for winter and will be something to tinker with next year. Quick tidy and sort out in the shed ready before I pull the covers off these two. Plan is to build one very nice storm out of the two.
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