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just as a one off.dose any one know the thickness of standard new brake pads? cheers

cant get into the f ing shed
brother has the key

countrymick wrote:just as a one off.dose any one know the thickness of standard new brake pads? cheers

Just measured brand spanking new ones, 4mm

kev64 wrote:Swing arm(powder coated, new bearings) and linkages greased,refitted
All back end now back on, was gonna have a quick shakedown run,
but its too wet today

Looking good Kev

thanks pheonix

Fitted the under tray and secured the electrics

I had to make the positive battery wire longer .
Now my whole race seat clips off and on like the standard seat :-)

I did my first oil change after the initial rebuild one. After the build I put maybe 200 miles on the motor and then changed the oil and filter. This time I put about 1500 miles on it. The magnetic drain plug had about a quarter inch of steel crud on it but no big pieces. I kind of expect to see a lot of crud for a while because it was all hiding in the transmission gearing. I also chased a small drip from the left side radiator crossover pipe. I put half a turn on the clamp. I never over tighten clamps and sometimes they will weep a bit.

The weather is simply wonderful here. Once again temperatures are in the mid-70s. It won’t last but it is nice while it’s here. I took the bike out after the oil change and, as always, had a blast.

Set the TPS to 500. Was easy enough. Changed the torx bolts to allen bolts, got it close (498), did them up tight then used a drift on the top left side, light taps with a hammer and it adjusted to 500.

Did the 6mm spacer on rear shock.

Fitted sync pipe on front carb

Fitted front and rear refurbished callipers.

Fitted fuel cap (cheers Mac)

Not bike related but repaired neighbours fence that had blown down in the wind.

Hoping tomorrow to get it running for the first time in nearly two years.

Stand back and let someone else start it . Chug chug chug BOOM .

lloydie wrote:Stand back and let someone else start it . Chug chug chug BOOM .

Lol I hope not, hoping the carbs aren't too far out so it will at least idle so I can sync them. Once done probably have to redo tps but we'll see.

Remember Rogers start up guide after a lay up .

START UP and WARM UP PROCEDURE AFTER STORAGE.
1) Check all fluid levels.
2) With the “RUN” button in the OFF position, so the engine cannot fire, turn the engine over for at least 20 seconds. You may need a spare battery or jump leads from another battery as you need sufficient charge left in the battery to proceed immediately to the next stage.
3) With the “RUN” button in the ON position and using the choke attempt to start the engine.
4) Allow to run on “tick-over” for a maximum of 10 seconds then slowly and gently raise and lower the revs to a maximum of 3,000rpm do not “snap” the throttle. Continue like this until NRT is achieved and then switch off the engine.
5) Wait 10 minutes and re-fire the engine. Immediately continue raising and lowering the revs as above to a maximum of 6,000rpm until it reaches NRT. Switch off engine
6) Re-check fluid levels. The bike is ready to ride

lloydie wrote:Remember Rogers start up guide after a lay up .

START UP and WARM UP PROCEDURE AFTER STORAGE.
1) Check all fluid levels.
2) With the “RUN” button in the OFF position, so the engine cannot fire, turn the engine over for at least 20 seconds. You may need a spare battery or jump leads from another battery as you need sufficient charge left in the battery to proceed immediately to the next stage.
3) With the “RUN” button in the ON position and using the choke attempt to start the engine.
4) Allow to run on “tick-over” for a maximum of 10 seconds then slowly and gently raise and lower the revs to a maximum of 3,000rpm do not “snap” the throttle. Continue like this until NRT is achieved and then switch off the engine.
5) Wait 10 minutes and re-fire the engine. Immediately continue raising and lowering the revs as above to a maximum of 6,000rpm until it reaches NRT. Switch off engine
6) Re-check fluid levels. The bike is ready to ride

Or in layman's terms crack her up and rev the tits off her! If she don't sh1t out, jobs a good un

Been commuting to my new job on my Storm, it is Sooooo painful to ride my baby through all the salt and sh1te on the roads everyday, but hopefully the Super thick coating of AC50 is doing the trick.

Really enjoying my new job, I've been working on a 250 stroker and various other bikes. Although, today I have been to a couple of interviews for my dream job title... I won't shoot myself in the foot, so I'll keep it to myself for now ;)

It's so liberating to break free from the building trade (plumbing & heating), I'm currently working on motorcycles for a living, awesome!

Everyone deserves to have a job they enjoy (or at least don't despise)

lloydie wrote:Remember Rogers start up guide after a lay up .

START UP and WARM UP PROCEDURE AFTER STORAGE.
1) Check all fluid levels.
2) With the “RUN” button in the OFF position, so the engine cannot fire, turn the engine over for at least 20 seconds. You may need a spare battery or jump leads from another battery as you need sufficient charge left in the battery to proceed immediately to the next stage.
3) With the “RUN” button in the ON position and using the choke attempt to start the engine.
4) Allow to run on “tick-over” for a maximum of 10 seconds then slowly and gently raise and lower the revs to a maximum of 3,000rpm do not “snap” the throttle. Continue like this until NRT is achieved and then switch off the engine.
5) Wait 10 minutes and re-fire the engine. Immediately continue raising and lowering the revs as above to a maximum of 6,000rpm until it reaches NRT. Switch off engine
6) Re-check fluid levels. The bike is ready to ride

Funnily enough that's almost exactly what I did.

Fixed a couple of small cracks in the fairing today plus various other little bits and pieces. Just the fairing to go on and it's ready to ride.

Wednesday looks a possibility....

lloydie wrote:Remember Rogers start up guide after a lay up .

START UP and WARM UP PROCEDURE AFTER STORAGE.
1) Check all fluid levels.
2) With the “RUN” button in the OFF position, so the engine cannot fire, turn the engine over for at least 20 seconds. You may need a spare battery or jump leads from another battery as you need sufficient charge left in the battery to proceed immediately to the next stage.
3) With the “RUN” button in the ON position and using the choke attempt to start the engine.
4) Allow to run on “tick-over” for a maximum of 10 seconds then slowly and gently raise and lower the revs to a maximum of 3,000rpm do not “snap” the throttle. Continue like this until NRT is achieved and then switch off the engine.
5) Wait 10 minutes and re-fire the engine. Immediately continue raising and lowering the revs as above to a maximum of 6,000rpm until it reaches NRT. Switch off engine
6) Re-check fluid levels. The bike is ready to ride

Cheers lloydie, circulated the oil today with battery, now on trickle charge, coolant filled through rad and pipes squeezed to get rid of some trapped air in system, will run with rad cap off to expel more. What's NRT? (Near running temp?)