what have you done to your "bike" today
- KermitLeFrog
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Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Today I ran my bike out of petrol. Fortunately it was at the top of a hill and a petrol station was 200m down the road.
RLOD 103 miles. Cough cough 122 miles. Totaly empty, engine dead 123 miles. Filled the tank to the brim, bike upright 15.44 litres. WTF?
RLOD 103 miles. Cough cough 122 miles. Totaly empty, engine dead 123 miles. Filled the tank to the brim, bike upright 15.44 litres. WTF?
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- freeridenick
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Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Fixed all the issues I had a few weeks ago. Now have a running bike that stops as well. Thanks for all the advice.
Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Good lad Nick, it's been a long time comingfreeridenick wrote:Fixed all the issues I had a few weeks ago. Now have a running bike that stops as well. Thanks for all the advice.

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- freeridenick
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Cheers. Turned out to be really simple in the end. Hours checking continuity and it was just bad connections. Five mins with a file and it fired up straight away.Watty wrote:Good lad Nick, it's been a long time comingfreeridenick wrote:Fixed all the issues I had a few weeks ago. Now have a running bike that stops as well. Thanks for all the advice.

- agentpineapple
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Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
because of the shape of the tank, there's always half a litre that can't be used.KermitLeFrog wrote:Today I ran my bike out of petrol. Fortunately it was at the top of a hill and a petrol station was 200m down the road.
RLOD 103 miles. Cough cough 122 miles. Totaly empty, engine dead 123 miles. Filled the tank to the brim, bike upright 15.44 litres. WTF?
crazy but that's Honda for you.....

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- Pete.L
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Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Nice to know you have twenty miles to play with though
good job you were at the top of a hill to the petrol station. I can never understand why some folk tell bout how far they had to push their bike, I'd much rather just walk and then carry a jerry can back. It weighs a lot less

good job you were at the top of a hill to the petrol station. I can never understand why some folk tell bout how far they had to push their bike, I'd much rather just walk and then carry a jerry can back. It weighs a lot less
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Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
19 litre tank on mine, ran out just made it to the servo.
WTF , 16.4 litres to the brim upright.
WTF , 16.4 litres to the brim upright.
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- bigtwinthing
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Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
washed, it, check chain, brakes etc ready for a blast tomorrow
missing the noise, not the vibes. However never say never!
Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Is it full of fillerkenmoore wrote:19 litre tank on mine, ran out just made it to the servo.
WTF , 16.4 litres to the brim upright.

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Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
or 2.6 litre volume stash of class A drugs...
It may be that your whole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others.
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At least that's worth somethingWicky wrote:or 2.6 litre volume stash of class A drugs...

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- agentpineapple
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hahaha that would be my guess......Watty wrote:Is it full of fillerkenmoore wrote:19 litre tank on mine, ran out just made it to the servo.
WTF , 16.4 litres to the brim upright.

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Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero
F3, 954 USD front, K Tech springs, Braced swinger, Ohlins shock, Six spoke Mockesini wheels, Harris rearsets, QaT, Flywheel diet!, A&L stacks, stick coils, K&N, FP Ti jets, Mori pipe's [colour]
F3, 954 USD front, K Tech springs, Braced swinger, Ohlins shock, Six spoke Mockesini wheels, Harris rearsets, QaT, Flywheel diet!, A&L stacks, stick coils, K&N, FP Ti jets, Mori pipe's [colour]
- agentpineapple
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Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
after pulling the forks apart to get one tube straightened, I decided to respray the fork lowers again. can't afford to get them done professionally atm, so an £8 can of Halfords bmw met grey will have to do.
turned out darker than expected. not bad tho. let see if I can get the forks back together without destroying the fresh paint....


turned out darker than expected. not bad tho. let see if I can get the forks back together without destroying the fresh paint....



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