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Flatline wrote:Rode it

+1 did 30 miles couldn't do any more with summer gloves on
and fixed up a little leak

nobby wrote:Hi All, gave the bike a really good clean spent at least 4 hours on it, fitted a standard rear mud guard as old one had been cut "very badly" by last owner put standard rear indicators back on, Oil & Filter change, Brake and clutch fluids changed. Booked in next week to have CCT`s done and hopefully it won`t need anything else apart from some decent weather!

Who's doing the CCT's ?

lloydiecbr wrote:

Flatline wrote:Rode it

+1 did 30 miles couldn't do any more with summer gloves on
and fixed up a little leak

Is that all it was, a little leak? That topped you coming out to play haha.

Done about 60 miles on mine and had a cop in a car try to be sneaky and catch us out. The lighter flywheel is fantastic. The bike picks up soooooo much quicker

In reply to CCT`S M&M motorcycles in Snodland Kent, came recommended by two other vtr owners in my village and he will only use genuine honda parts!

nobby wrote:In reply to CCT`S M&M motorcycles in Snodland Kent, came recommended by two other vtr owners in my village and he will only use genuine honda parts!

Get manuals or at least do the stopper mod

sorry i dont have the tec skills or tools to do this job , had it been a cam belt/chain on a car no problem . thanks anyway.

nobby wrote:sorry i dont have the tec skills or tools to do this job , had it been a cam belt/chain on a car no problem . thanks anyway.

get the M&M lot to fit manuals then - it's what I did as I didn't have the nous nor confidence to do it a few years back when I realised why it was essential to get the manuals on.

nobby wrote:sorry i dont have the tec skills or tools to do this job , had it been a cam belt/chain on a car no problem . thanks anyway.

The guide is easy to follow and its a lot easier than a full top end rebuild when the Honda parts fail and they will fail

I have read a few articles about manual CCT`s and yes it dose seem the way forward however i can only ask.

Nobby, you're only down the road from me, I'll fit a pair of Bazza's manuals for £90 all in if you want, parts and labour.
Or the stopper mod for just £60 labour, I'll throw in a sawn-off section of bolt FOC!
I'm near Brands.
Or for some petrol money i can come down to you.

yesterday i had a little fail trying to turn into a petrol station - the bike would not turn right !!!!
very nearly dropped it.

when i pulled over it was obvious - on the sp there is a servo valve that partially closes the intake at 6k to reduce intake howl (yeh i know!!)
i'd bypassed it anyway, but when i came back from repair i noticed it was a bit loose. and the bike was very lumpy low down....
this is because the servo had become detatched from the flap and yesterday it ejected itself and got wedged between the yoke and frame, preventing me turning.

this is now the 4th dangerous mistake the repairers have made -
overfilling the coolant after fitting a new rad, which left coolant pissing all over my rear tyre.
leaving the top yoke pinch bolts finger tight.
forgetting to fit the locknuts on the new gear lever linkage (it fell off while i was coming out of some fast bends)

oh and i fitted some more superbright 28 LED blue sideys ossem!
and now the servo.

rest assured there is an official complaint on its way.

so today, ive completely removed the intake flap and temporarily blanked the servo hole til a 38mm blank comes from egay.
then removed the fairings and gone right over the bike checking for more stupid mistakes.
fortunately i havent found any yet - this is why i will not let anyone else touch my bikes.

but you'd expect more from MCE's appointed repairer

benny hedges wrote:
but you'd expect more from MCE's appointed repairer

Yep. And if you had dropped it, they'd still have had your NCB and compulsorily plus voluntary excesses off you.....

Completely agree, whenever anyone but me works on one of my bikes I'm there watching, or they don't touch it. Muppets at 21st Moto in Swanley left the rear brake caliper bolts finger tight once, when the wouldn't MOT it until they'd changed the rear pads.

MacV2 wrote:

nobby wrote:Hi All, gave the bike a really good clean spent at least 4 hours on it, fitted a standard rear mud guard as old one had been cut "very badly" by last owner put standard rear indicators back on, Oil & Filter change, Brake and clutch fluids changed. Booked in next week to have CCT`s done and hopefully it won`t need anything else apart from some decent weather!

Who's doing the CCT's ?

Nobby, the main reason I asked was because it is not unknown for 'dealers' to do the work & still get the timing set wrong. If you were attempting it yourself & followed the instructions in the Haynes manual, chances are it would be again wrong due to the timing being out, the info in Haynes is wrong.

Dealers will probably only fit Honda parts, citing a warranty issue if after market parts are fitted.

Even brand new Genuine Honda CCT's can still fail with no warning, leading to bigger bills & the need to do the job again.

If you have done your homework like you say you have on the CCT issue, I can not understand why you would want to fit standard CCT's.

The Bazza converted CCT's are the leasts expensive option open to you & come very highly recommended by a number of forum users, including myself.

The offer from Tony Mon's is well worth it. He is very good with the spanners & has probably fitted more CCT's than anyone around these parts.Being so close surly it's worth it for the peace of mind at the very least.

The booking you have with the dealer can be cancelled, it's your money, spend it where you like.

PM Tony & get him on the job. Apart from his humour being a little on the dodgy side ( ear plugs might help here.) he is highly recommended.

Mac


Tony & Bazza please note another recommendation... when your ready...

MacV2 wrote:

MacV2 wrote:

nobby wrote:Hi All, gave the bike a really good clean spent at least 4 hours on it, fitted a standard rear mud guard as old one had been cut "very badly" by last owner put standard rear indicators back on, Oil & Filter change, Brake and clutch fluids changed. Booked in next week to have CCT`s done and hopefully it won`t need anything else apart from some decent weather!

Who's doing the CCT's ?

Nobby, the main reason I asked was because it is not unknown for 'dealers' to do the work & still get the timing set wrong. If you were attempting it yourself & followed the instructions in the Haynes manual, chances are it would be again wrong due to the timing being out, the info in Haynes is wrong.

Dealers will probably only fit Honda parts, citing a warranty issue if after market parts are fitted.

Even brand new Genuine Honda CCT's can still fail with no warning, leading to bigger bills & the need to do the job again.

If you have done your homework like you say you have on the CCT issue, I can not understand why you would want to fit standard CCT's.

The Bazza converted CCT's are the leasts expensive option open to you & come very highly recommended by a number of forum users, including myself.

The offer from Tony Mon's is well worth it. He is very good with the spanners & has probably fitted more CCT's than anyone around these parts.Being so close surly it's worth it for the peace of mind at the very least.

The booking you have with the dealer can be cancelled, it's your money, spend it where you like.

PM Tony & get him on the job. Apart from his humour being a little on the dodgy side ( ear plugs might help here.) he is highly recommended.

Mac


Tony & Bazza please note another recommendation... when your ready...

Hi Mac and thanks for your help here, Iv only just join the forum and im not sure what you mean by "PM", Tony who you refer to is he in kent ? of course i would like to do whats best for the bike as i intend to keep it for many years to come. many thanks.