What Have You Done To Your Tdm Today?

[Muppdog]

Quickly replace the rear shock, I thought. Had a Hagon sitting around for a while. Read up about it and thought, EASY!

Not so. Suspended bike from the rafter in garage. Mine is a 06 ABS. So I first looked for the top bolt going through. No chance, there is a reservoir in the way. Looked for the top bolt for the bracket under the battery, not there. The battery tray is a one piece including the fender. Removing the whole rear frame would give good access! B....r that! Undid the reservoir, one bolt, and removed the hinge bolt from the tank. Removed the fairing sides. Now I could wedge the tank up with wood blocks, quite high. Push the reservoir up an awful long way to clear that darn bolt. Installing the new shock was easy then.

Alltogether 3 hours. Quick spin on it in the rain. Oh Goodness. What a difference. Should have done this years ago.

While the fairings were of I troubleshot the heated grips. Tended to get warm and then turned themselves off. Traced it to dodgy corroded connectors. Always wondered why Oxford can't use decent connectors. Those are exactly the same as we use on RC models. Futaba, Tamiya etc. Now solder jointed and sealed in self- amalgamating tape. All good. Ready for the season.