what have you done to your "bike" today

MissEd · Post by **MissEd** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 9:46 am

Didn't do it today... but did this at the end of last season..really saves hand ache

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/36/yehgh.jpg/

Wicky · Post by **Wicky** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 10:58 am

Ordered a new cover, fittingly called a 'Storm Shield', after the recent gales shredded my trusty 10 year old cover.

http://www.specialisedcovers.com/bike-c ... eld-2.html

tony.mon · Post by **tony.mon** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 11:04 pm

Started fitting a hybrid hydraulic/cable clutch today, some of it fits, some of it doesn't, we'll see.

Varadero sprocket cover is on, but now all I have to do is install a hydraulic M/C, reservoir, clutch line and a natty little slave cylinder that terminates in a little rod and barrel, to go straight on instead of a cable.

Annoyingly, different sized banjo's, so I couldn't just connect the standard Storm one to the new slave cylinder.

I also test fitted an SP1 sprocket cover; just like the Varadero one it fits on the top three bolts, but misses the lower one.
It works fine, though, and takes the same slave cylinder as standard, so it's just a straight swap.

The SP cover is much shorter, and will clear the frame extension plates that I'm working up to, which is why I wanted to see if it would fit.
Lighter, though.

Pics will follow once I've got it right.

lloydie · Post by **lloydie** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 9:40 pm

cleaned it and checked it over and fitted db killers to the race cans ready for the MOT tomorrow

lloydie · Post by **lloydie** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 2:08 pm

It passed the MOT with no advisories
The new MOT certificate looks a bit Micky mouse as its just a a4 printed bit of paper

Sorry officer
The voices made me do it

benny hedges · Post by **benny hedges** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 8:07 pm

lloydiecbr wrote:The new MOT certificate looks a bit Micky mouse as its just a a4 printed bit of paper

you wont need one soon. or have to display a tax disc on your bike, apparently.

today i took advantage of a quiet day in the workshop and bored out the ports on my ped cylinder, in prep for the oversize rebore

agentpineapple · Post by **agentpineapple** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 8:51 pm

lloydiecbr wrote:It passed the MOT with no advisories
The new MOT certificate looks a bit Micky mouse as its just a a4 printed bit of paper

Sorry officer
The voices made me do it

i got one for my car a month or so ago, they look like a forgers dream, stick it on your pc, change the details around and print off a new one, would probably work when fooling the police in spain, although everything is on the database in the uk......

MacV2 · Post by **MacV2** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 9:08 pm

Today I began the clean up of the set of Harris Ovals purchased from Mr Tony Mons esq. this past weekend.

Below is a ''before'' pic, don't hold your breath for the ''after'' pic as work commitments may have to come first, however I have promised Tony that they will be on 'Ole Red within a month.

WARNING The following pictues may contain socks.

AMCQ46 · Post by **AMCQ46** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 9:17 pm

Do you have to wear socks that tell you what you are doing and what age you are? Do you have other socks that say "working"

And worse than that you have them on the wrong feet!!

tony.mon · Post by **tony.mon** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 9:21 pm

And you have the big toes on the outsides of your feet.....

Did you have the camera the right way round?

Don't answer, get polishing!
I want to know what they sound like. (better not be louder than mine, though).

AMCQ46 · Post by **AMCQ46** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 9:23 pm

tony.mon wrote:And you have the big toes on the outsides of your feet.....

Did you have the camera the right way round?

Don't answer, get polishing!
I want to know what they sound like. (better not be louder than mine, though).

Good observation tony, he has put his feet on the wrong legs!

benny hedges · Post by **benny hedges** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 9:53 pm

socks.... it's a man thing.

lumpyv · Post by **lumpyv** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 10:27 pm

bugger the exhaust, id concentrate on getting the feet sorted first. does,nt it make changing gear difficult?

lloydie · Post by **lloydie** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 10:27 pm

Yes it is and it's all I got for Christmas ;)

Sorry officer
The voices made me do it

agentpineapple · Post by **agentpineapple** » Wed Jan 11, 2012 7:39 am

and i got slated for my socks

i guess you was busting for a wee when you took the picture mac?????
be interesting to see if you can get the cans back to there former glory or somewhere close.

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