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fixitsan

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Quote:True riding beats polishing every time.

It does !

Looking at the rain radar it looks like going south, between Edinburgh and Newcastle, will keep me dry all day.Smile
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When I bought my bike I was aware of slight pitting on the fork stanchions ,although mainly above the area of travel I decided to sort them.

I was going to hard chrome the stanchions on the bike but got a set of hard chrome pattern ones from the dreaded E B*y.

Seemed good quality so set about overhauling the forks. Left one was full of fresh bright red atf, whilst the right contained about 250ml of grey sludge.

Typical pattern parts the fork tubes are thicker walled so the yellow piston seal on the damper rod needed trimmed by 2 mm to fit correctly and then the standard springs would have been too tight in the tubes .

Luckily I was fitting uprated linear springs which fitted fine, after that the legs went back together perfectly with new 10w fork oil so out tomorrow to test it out.

Shocking that the bike handled so well with the state of the fork oil and typical why pattern parts can be a total pita
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Rode it 333 miles

South east looked like my best option, so down from Livingston to Biggar, then cross country to Moffat, St Mary's Loch, Selkirk, further east hitting the east coast around Lindisfarne, went North up the coast then across the borders, reversing the St Mary's Loch run and back

Worst mpg 42, best 54 (180 miles to reserve), that's with the remapped ECU, and -1 tooth front sprocket Smile

The swatted fly count could probably have been higher.

Feeling confident with the Angel GT's now, but they're wearing quick so I'm glad I've got another pair ready to go on !


Quote:Shocking that the bike handled so well with the state of the fork oil and typical why pattern parts can be a total pita
 

A lot depends on your weight, if you're average weight you could get away with that.

 

My old KZ550 developed a leaky oil seal the night before it's MOT. I just took a gamble, removed the fork, drained the oil and left it empty for the test.

It actually rode well enough on reasonable road surfaces !

New seals were fitted  ASAP
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Left it in the garage and went to the pub, got successfully rat arsed to the point where we got chased up the road by a woman in a nurses outfit shouting " is she ok?" when swmbo fell over, again....

She fell over a lot on the way home today.... :unsure2:

Even had people running out of a kiddies playpark to help her up, it was a funny stumble home to say the least.

I probably shouldn't admit to this stuff. :drinks:

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Quote:Left it in the garage and went to the pub, got successfully rat arsed to the point where we got chased up the road by a woman in a nurses outfit shouting " is she ok?" when swmbo fell over, again....

She fell over a lot on the way home today.... :unsure2:

Even had people running out of a kiddies playpark to help her up, it was a funny stumble home to say the least.

I probably shouldn't admit to this stuff. :drinks:

Tut tut, just not thinking of the wellbeing of the NHS Wink

Hopefully you'll have some photo's to remind her with !
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off to Yarkshire for a week on the TDM

camping at squires and visiting pickering, scabs, a soiree to wray for the bike night etc etc

"As I Lay Rubber down to street, I pray for traction I can keep. But if I skid and begin to slide, please dear god protect my ride"

Mods; Oil pressure switch, neoprene rear inner mudguard, scottoiler, highway pegs,  fenda extenda, 1999 carbs and airbox, Kais suspension setup, later clutch springs, LED lamps, Metmachex swingarm, Hagon Shock, Oxford heated grips, 4 way fused accessory Bus, 17" 3CV front wheel, Michellin R6 tyres, GPS speedo, 5' ignition advance.
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Quote:Left it in the garage and went to the pub, got successfully rat arsed to the point where we got chased up the road by a woman in a nurses outfit shouting " is she ok?" when swmbo fell over, again....

She fell over a lot on the way home today.... :unsure2:

Even had people running out of a kiddies playpark to help her up, it was a funny stumble home to say the least.

I probably shouldn't admit to this stuff. :drinks:
Was this the nurse? If so, great escape!!
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Quote:off to Yarkshire for a week on the TDM

camping at squires and visiting pickering, scabs, a soiree to wray for the bike night etc etc
 

There's a cafe on the Malton to Pickering road, just outside Pickering, that's worth a visit Drewps.  Not been yet but it's on my must visit list.

 

<a class="bbc_url" href="https://ny500.co.uk/" title="External link">NY500 Cafe Pickering</a>

 

Might see you at Squires if I get up there, prolly be either Wed or Sat.  :good:

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Cleaned it and polished it with some decent wax. Looks very good for a near 20 year old bike.

Nothing currently in the new bike market that does everything as well.
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Only 40 smiles today
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The wife&I went ferra 3 day trip including a sleepover at mother-in-law. Some 400kms, nice back roads. Had the bike too fast (for my skills, that is) into a hairpin curve but it went all good. While being a tad bit scared I also had 100% confidence the old cow could do it so no attempt to do an emergency brake. In hindsight - satisfactory 😎
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just done a 1000 miles around Yorkshire, monday to saturday.

 

will post pickies when i've recovered

"As I Lay Rubber down to street, I pray for traction I can keep. But if I skid and begin to slide, please dear god protect my ride"

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Quote:just done a 1000 miles around Yorkshire, monday to saturday.

 

will post pikes when i've recovered

 

Can't top that !
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bodged a 2 into 1 exhaust from some connecting pipes on ebay

 

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How's it sound ?
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How's it sound ?

not bad, maybe a bit loud, I have 3 baffles in it including the one you recommended and some wadding.
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Quote:not bad, maybe a bit loud, I have 3 baffles in it including the one you recommended and some wadding.
 

The 900 twin  engine moves a lot of air, and needs a lot of space to expand into !

 

Enjoy it while you legally can Wink Rumour is that here in the UK noise checks at the MOT will be more scientific in their approach
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Another 150 miles.

Angel GT's starting to look a bit worn now.

Returned home and fitted Bilstein B6 shocks to the front of my car.....hallelujah.... it handles really well at last !

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Priced some Bridgestone T32 as the T31s are reaching the end. Maybe another 500 miles remaining.
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During my cleaning session noticed a spot of oil on right hand fork leg. Investigation revealed that fork seal is weeping. Also the fork gaiter has a small hole in it so those need changing.

It was ok a fort night ago so it must be the heat.

t hasn't been anywhere since the last check and clean session. New seals ordered, I have bushes in stock.



My own fault it's paying me back for riding the Trumpet. I threatened it with a trade in if it plays me up any more.
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