what have you done to your "bike" today

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Got my discs back from Motoliner. They had to be sent back because they returned bent at first, but they were very apologetic, and seem to be spot on, they even put in a £20 note to cover my postage back to them which was a nice touch. MOT tomorrow so we'll find out for sure, but they look perfect and brake feels fine at slow speed.
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8541Hawk: Akra looks quite similar to my Arrow, except of connection pipe on rear header :-) I can give few tips on carb setup, mine is running well ... :D :D

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I should really get mine cleaned up and fitted
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playerone wrote:I should really get mine cleaned up and fitted
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No you need to sell it to me :-)
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lloydie wrote: No you need to sell it to me :-)
Your persistant I'll give you that much :lol: :lol: :lol:
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playerone wrote:
lloydie wrote: No you need to sell it to me :-)
Your persistant I'll give you that much :lol: :lol: :lol:
Yep in hope one day you will say yes
Come one you know you will never fit it lol you've been taunting me with them for nearly 3 years now :)
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Oil and filter change today just needs a good clean ready for Saturday night
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Finally got my bike working this evening :D robbed some terminals from work. Got back and made sure they fitted the reg/rec. Sods law....... 2 of them didn't. Needed bigger ones. So after a quick trip to halfords I set to cutting the wires and got the new reg/rec fitted :biggrin started it up, made a right racket, check to see if she was charging and she was :biggrin JD! Now I am about to go and see how much better the headlight is not it is dark. Unfortunately I am not going out on the bike, just going and turning the headlight on in the garden :lol:

Edit: just been to check the head light. Certainly looks brighter but until I get out on the road in the dark I won't know how much different it is. 2 quick questions regarding it though. First... What rampage would you expect to see coming from the standard headlight plug? Used 13amp wire (I believe) for that. And what is the max power bulb I could now fit to the bike with what amp fuse?
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playerone wrote:I should really get mine cleaned up and fitted
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Playerone!! You REALLY need to get those blummin parts on your bike man... Good job i don't live closer.... lol.. I'd be pecking yer head all day long to get them done!! Get some Autoglym metal polish or get them ceramic coated!! you know want to! lol.. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Anotherbikerbabe wrote:
playerone wrote:I should really get mine cleaned up and fitted
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Playerone!! You REALLY need to get those blummin parts on your bike man... Good job i don't live closer.... lol.. I'd be pecking yer head all day long to get them done!! Get some Autoglym metal polish or get them ceramic coated!! you know want to! lol.. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Don't give him ideas like that :(
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He's just collecting stuff for his giant parts bin, so when he holds a workshop day we all have something to raid. :lol:

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I need to find the time to get stuff done or find my own assistant lol
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Quick.....now's you chance Lloyd. :lol:

Well today I finally got around to changing my chain and sprockets. I'm not entirely happy with the chain. It's standard length and standard sprockets, 102 links on chain, but after adjustment it's already up to two and a half of the scribed lines on the adjusters. It will do for now but when it gets to the point of max adjustment I think I will just remove some links.

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cybercarl wrote:Quick.....now's you chance Lloyd. :lol:

Well today I finally got around to changing my chain and sprockets. I'm not entirely happy with the chain. It's standard length and standard sprockets, 102 links on chain, but after adjustment it's already up to two and a half of the scribed lines on the adjusters. It will do for now but when it gets to the point of max adjustment I think I will just remove some links.

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Put a 43 tooth sprocket on it, it will move the wheel a bit more forwards too. :D
missing the noise, not the vibes. However never say never!
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You know what...I may just end up doing that. It's lot more easier to swap sprockets than remove links. :thumbup: Right must add speedo heeler to my shopping list. :lol:

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