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Presumably Honda don't put these together with Hylomar Red?? :eek2 :eek2 :eek2 Someone has been in here before... Got it all cleaned up anb have the bearings and seals out. The lip that the oil seal butts against has a 5mm or so chunk out of it and I found the piece between the seal and the bearing....

Thx cybercarl, all came apart ok, just needed tapping around the edges with a plastic dead blow hammer for a few minutes. Just waiting for the parts to arrive...seems like the story of my life with this bike lol

OK thanks, I'll pull it apart today and have a look. ordered the bits already.

My water pump mechanical seal has gone and I'm topping up with coolant after every ride. So the time has come to replace it. I have a parts list but I'm having a little trouble visualising how it comes apart. Once the water pump cover is off, I need to remove the clutch cover. Does the impeller come...

Thanks... The breather pipe is only just pushed through the lid and I am not losing coolant through it. I can't see any evidence of coolant leak from any hose joint on the engine or rads. I've changed the rad cap for a new one anyway, I guess it's either that or air bubbles slowly working their way ...

After a couple of rides all I can say is...Wow!! the Roger'd forks are a revelation...night and day from the stock items, and the whole bike just feels tighter and more planted. Really pleased with the outcome. Just need to sort my coolant loss problem and maybe upgtade the brakes a little.

Hi popkat, did you get sorted for carbs? If not I have a good set that you can have for the cost of postage. I've had them on a running bike and they've been stored with no fuel in them. The TPS has a crack in the body but still works. All standard jetting (48 pilots from memory) and both the fuel s...

MOT passed with no advises! I have a little problem with the cooling system tho... I have the HRC expansion bottle. When the bike is running and hot I see constant small air bubbles in the tank, coming from the overflow tube from the radiator. I've double checked that all the hose clips are tight an...

MOT 10am today! Bloody dipped beam just blown, other than that I reckon she should fly through.

Insurance £96 comp, can't be bad!

thanks guys

http://i327.photobucket.com/albums/k464/kurt999/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-05/DSC_0269_zps6o4auksv.jpg Getting there now!! Fired her up and all seems ok. Under the rear of the tank there are 2 breather pipes. The thinner one has a plastic joining piece about 2 inches from the tank. Is this some sort of ...

Another sorry here, work stopped play. Well hacked off, been looking forward to this for ages.

On alighter note roger has posted my forks back, should be here Tuesday.

and for the life of me I cant get them in a position where the notches are in the right place for the tabs to engage whilst not being able to loosen the pair by hand, if that makes sense. Yoy have four tabs on that. two should be bent down and two bent up. (:-}) One method is to remove the top &quo...

My Hermes Strikes again...shower of shites ! Shame you cant make it...you are allowed to attend in a...cough...car or other makes of motorcycle are available... What's worse, turning up on a teal storm or a black Suzuki lols Perhaphs I should come along on the Suzi and bring extra biscuits as an ap...