what have you done to your "bike" today

[tony.mon]

found a new old stock lefthand rear panel for the pegaso and not at aprilia prices . £32 delivered, chucked it on, used a firestorm footpeg to replace the one i ripped of, chucked a set of bars on i had sitting about and other than tank rash on the left side its pretty much back to how it was.

then...

i sat with a beer or 3 and just looked at the 3 of them deciding bike wise what i actually wana do, what i use my bikes for, how much or otherwise i use them
iv pretty much all basis covered but, im bored and when i get bored normally the sh1t hits the fan... we will see

Bored with the bikes or bored with the type of biking you're doing? Or bored because you've nothing to fettle?

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Bored a hole in the wall, so he's gone off the bike

[fabiostar]

@ tony, at least that would give me something to do

[freeridenick]

Got the wiring under the seat all tidy, fitted the number plate and made a start on shaping the replacement seat foam. Oil and water tomorrow and hopefully the bodywork will be ready so I can get it running.

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[sirch345]

Got the wiring under the seat all tidy, fitted the number plate and made a start on shaping the replacement seat foam. Oil and water tomorrow and hopefully the bodywork will be ready so I can get it running.

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Fingers crossed all goes well Nick,

Chris.

[Kev L]

Good luck Nick

[Donut 77]

avoid going 15-45 as it will wear a lot faster than you expect due to the same teeth hitting the same links every turn.
make it an indivisible number like 15-46 or something.
you will thank me in 25000 miles, or kick yourself in 8000 for not listening

Hi Benny,

Can you elaborate on this please. I understand the 3:1 ratio idea, but I can’t really see exactly why this would matter. Don’t the teeth just push against whichever link they happen to hit, regardless of whether the ratio is a whole number or not?

Cheers.

[Pete.L]

avoid going 15-45 as it will wear a lot faster than you expect due to the same teeth hitting the same links every turn.
make it an indivisible number like 15-46 or something.
you will thank me in 25000 miles, or kick yourself in 8000 for not listening

Hi Benny,

Can you elaborate on this please. I understand the 3:1 ratio idea, but I can’t really see exactly why this would matter. Don’t the teeth just push against whichever link they happen to hit, regardless of whether the ratio is a whole number or not?

Cheers.

I don't think you'll get an answer. Benny is no longer with us
http://vtr1000.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php ... d6#p503657

[tony.mon]

RIP Benny.
To answer the question:
If you have an exactly divisible ratio the same roller hits the same sprocket tooth ever time, or every third time. Any wear on a particular roller or tooth will create more wear on its partner rather than meeting that one much less often.
So any wear abnormalities are exaggerated.

[fabiostar]

well what a faff . the oil light on the dash of the LC was always very dim compared to the rest and as im doing nothing but watching daytime TV i decided to pull the clocks of, take them apart, at least 3 hands needed for that fiddly job and 4 to get them all back together, the bulb inside had moved so easy fix.

sat back admiring my work . then realised id switched the bloody bulbs over and my neutral and oil light had swapped over

an hour later i sat back and admired my work again again.

[sirch345]

well what a faff . the oil light on the dash of the LC was always very dim compared to the rest and as im doing nothing but watching daytime TV i decided to pull the clocks of, take them apart, at least 3 hands needed for that fiddly job and 4 to get them all back together, the bulb inside had moved so easy fix.

sat back admiring my work . then realised id switched the bloody bulbs over and my neutral and oil light had swapped over

an hour later i sat back and admired my work again again.

I'm glad it's not just me who does things like that

Still well worth doing though I'm sure

Chris.

[fabiostar]

yeah its the little things Chris that gets on ur titties

[Duffy1964]

I repacked all my clock and console lights with led bulbs on my RD400, they look better and are less of a drain on the battery.


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[freeridenick]

Got it running . Start-up procedure as per Roger's sheet, carbs balanced and the TPS set. I was shitting myself when I pressed the starter but it started easily so I'm hoping all will be good from now on.

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[sirch345]

yeah its the little things Chris that gets on ur titties

You not kidding Rob

I repacked all my clock and console lights with led bulbs on my RD400, they look better and are less of a drain on the battery.


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Well worth doing Duffy

Got it running . Start-up procedure as per Roger's sheet, carbs balanced and the TPS set. I was shitting myself when I pressed the starter but it started easily so I'm hoping all will be good from now on.

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Great to have the engine running again I'm sure Nick

Chris.

[fabiostar]

Got it running . Start-up procedure as per Roger's sheet, carbs balanced and the TPS set. I was shitting myself when I pressed the starter but it started easily so I'm hoping all will be good from now on.

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happy days Nick great news