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What Have You Done To Your Tdm Today? - fixitsan - 17-07-2025
MOT passed, no advisories and no money spent since the last test ! (tax, fuel and insurance excepted)
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She keeps rolling on
What Have You Done To Your Tdm Today? - Trevini - 21-07-2025
 Treated the bike to a little love as itâs just clocked up 75k miles. Striped and rebuilt the forks. They were due an oil change having covered an out 13k since the last one (last July) and I wanted to adjust the compression a little just to soften it up a bit.
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New bushes, new seals, new Motul 10w fork oil, down to 1 turn of preload on the emulators and raised 8mm through the yokes with 5 turns of spring preload. Back to the really sweet, plush, neutral handling again and definitely feeling more grippy on the front.Â
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Nearly time to get the rear shock rebuilt, so thatâll be next.Â
What Have You Done To Your Tdm Today? - leehenty - 22-07-2025
75K ? Its just run in
What Have You Done To Your Tdm Today? - Trevini - 22-07-2025
Indeed it is Lee and all the better for it. 75k of mostly trouble free miles. Outside of consumables, it's had two headlamp bulbs, one tailight bulb and a couple of fork seals. I suppose the bulbs could be classed as consumables too. I'd class discs and bearings as normal service items, but it has had every bearing replaced, but only one due to failure (hub carrier bearing last year as it developed some play), the rest being preventative maintenance. Brilliant bikes, but we all know that!
What Have You Done To Your Tdm Today? - Studley Ramrod - 28-07-2025
Quote:Â Treated the bike to a little love as itâs just clocked up 75k miles. Striped and rebuilt the forks. They were due an oil change having covered an out 13k since the last one (last July) and I wanted to adjust the compression a little just to soften it up a bit.
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New bushes, new seals, new Motul 10w fork oil, down to 1 turn of preload on the emulators and raised 8mm through the yokes with 5 turns of spring preload. Back to the really sweet, plush, neutral handling again and definitely feeling more grippy on the front.Â
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Nearly time to get the rear shock rebuilt, so thatâll be next.Â
 What Have You Done To Your Tdm Today? - Trevini - 10-09-2025
77K miles is starting to take its toll a little on the old niner.Â
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 A month or so back, I noticed I was missing a few up changes and started to fear the worst that the gearbox may need some attention. In reality, nothing to worry about. On further inspection, the left footrest was a bit wobbly and droopy.
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I've never worn out a footrest hanger before!
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And the end of the footrest to go with it.
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All good now. Initially I made a plate up to go between the foot rest and hanger, which also compensated for the now oval (due to wear) clevis pin holes in the hanger. That was one;y intended as a temporary fix while I sourced a decent used hanger. No such luck there as most were quite heavily corroded. Got a brand new one from Fowlers eBay arm for a bargain £75, so all back to normal again now.Â
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What Have You Done To Your Tdm Today? - leehenty - 10-09-2025
Point of order wont you need a new one the other side so they both match ?
What Have You Done To Your Tdm Today? - Trevini - 10-09-2025
Nah, Ill just polish the new one so its as shiney as the original on the other side. ð
What Have You Done To Your Tdm Today? - LIAW - 11-09-2025
wow, I've never seen a footrest mount worn like that, glad you had a simple fix for your gear changes
What Have You Done To Your Tdm Today? - Trevini - 11-09-2025
Quote:wow, I've never seen a footrest mount worn like that, glad you had a simple fix for your gear changes
Me neither. The front pin hole had gone oval, so Iâm assuming that allowed enough movement for irregular, firmer contact causing the wear points in the pic. The footrest itself had been replaced around 2008/9. Iâve had the bike more or less from new (6 months old when I bought it), so itâs all down to me.Â
What Have You Done To Your Tdm Today? - leehenty - 11-09-2025
What I did was get mine powder coated, saved me no end of polishing
What Have You Done To Your Tdm Today? - Kucyk - 28-10-2025
My TDM 850 1996.â¸
What Have You Done To Your Tdm Today? - Timbo1866 - 16-12-2025
Not posted for agesÂ
Finally got her MOTâd have done a massive 206 miles in the last yearÂ
had far to much on this year hopefully back to weekends away on the old girl next year
Just need to give her a tidy up hopefully before the summer
What Have You Done To Your Tdm Today? - drewpy - 18-12-2025
Quote:My TDM 850 1996.â¸nice, where did you get the upside down forks from and were they a straight fit?
What Have You Done To Your Tdm Today? - Trevini - 19-12-2025
Bought another set of RoadSmart 4s. The front is down to just over 2mm now after just shy of 15k miles and the rear on 3mm after almost 9k miles. Iâll probably get a couple more months out of them yet, but at least theyâre here ready to fit when I do need them. Plan is to repaint the wheels while the tyres are off too.
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Best tyres Iâve had on the niner by a country mile. Really even wear and no cupping. Much better than the Michelin Road 5s I had previously, which didnât wear particularly evenly on the rear and had a ridge between the compound change after 10300 miles on the rear. The front squared off a bit too by the time it was changed. Grip wise, about the same between the two and both excellent in the rain.Â
What Have You Done To Your Tdm Today? - leehenty - 20-12-2025
Put it on the battery charger for its monthly charge and left it crying gently under its cover as I went off on the Honda
What Have You Done To Your Tdm Today? - Trevini - 20-12-2025
How are you finding the Pan Lee?
What Have You Done To Your Tdm Today? - leehenty - 20-12-2025
Smooth, fast, heavier than the TDM obviously but once underway that all disappears. My TDM is staying in tbe stable though.
What Have You Done To Your Tdm Today? - leehenty - 20-12-2025
Fuel economy nearly the same, but thats because I ride like a granny. Give the Pan the beans it gets scary very fast
What Have You Done To Your Tdm Today? - fixitsan - 01-02-2026
Took a ride for a couple of hours into the borders
