what have you done to your "bike" today

[shoarmadude]

Changed the oil and oilfilter.
Also synched the carbs.

Its still a bit off, but ill fix that later.

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[seb421]

Set suspension Compression / Rebound and Preload to stock front rear as a baseline to work from my self until end of month when i can get it to kais

Just trying find a good Sag setting guide for the K5 / K6

[lloydie]

Removed the wp rear shock and boxed it up ready to send off to Mct as it's returning far to slow after 5 miles .
Hope it'll be done it time for the work shop day

[agentpineapple]

Removed the wp rear shock and boxed it up ready to send off to Mct as it's returning far to slow after 5 miles .
Hope it'll be done it time for the work shop day

you'll never live down the shame if you have to attend with a standard rear shock...

had a visit from the cyberman today, we tinkered with the carbs, fitted the carb balancing pipes, I forgot the t-piece and had to pop to Halfords. I also gave it a nice polish and fitted my new decal...
set the tps, adjusted the mixture, torqued up a few bits, yesterday I fitted a new yoke cover and tank pad.
i'm going to need to sort out the starter motor as its making a strange noise on start up, i'll probably swap the one from the other engine for now. I also need to get the front wheel balanced...
looking good for a shake down ride this weekend...

[lloydie]

I know !! That looks great ap

[agentpineapple]

I know !! That looks great ap

cheers lloydie, not sure about the grab rail tho, it makes life a lot easier when moving the bike around, but it spoils the look for me. I've also got some stomp grips to put on, but again i'm not sure about them...

[Jamoi]

Aaaargh! Aaaaarh my eyes!

Ahhh that's better, got my sun glasses on now

Looking really nice mate, the black contrasts well and I think the grab rail looks alright imo

[Jamoi]

P.s If you wear leather trousers the tank/stomp grips are great. If you wear loose textiles, there's no benefit.

[VTRDark]

He can't fir into any leathers

(:-})

[bigtwinthing]

Removed the wp rear shock and boxed it up ready to send off to Mct as it's returning far to slow after 5 miles .
Hope it'll be done it time for the work shop day

is that the rebound returning slow? Mine seemed slow, but after a good ride and re adjustment it seems fine, i hope it is though, it does feel really good, but Iam No Mr Ohlins by any means

[AMCQ46]

P.s If you wear leather trousers the tank/stomp grips are great. If you wear loose textiles, there's no benefit.

? I disagree there Jamie....... even if I am wearing jeans I use the stomp grip when braking to take the weight off my arms. only downside I have found is the marks on my inner thighs when I brought a wheelie down a bit to heavily. I gripped the tank between my thighs to prevent the ball / tank impact, but fecking hell sliding your legs along stompgrip under high loads is not fun [but still preferable to the flat ball dented tank option]

[Jamoi]

but still preferable to the flat ball dented tank option

Ouch!

Just my opinion from wearing my textile trousers, the trousers have a silky inner lining [ ] which gives me around 4" of sliding around inside my trousers [ once again.. ] before there's enough resistance to stay put against the tank grip.

I'd imagine wearing jeans would be fine* though, as they are much tighter once sat down and legs up on the pegs.

*fine apart from the digging in of the bobbles!

[lloydie]

Removed the wp rear shock and boxed it up ready to send off to Mct as it's returning far to slow after 5 miles .
Hope it'll be done it time for the work shop day

is that the rebound returning slow? Mine seemed slow, but after a good ride and re adjustment it seems fine, i hope it is though, it does feel really good, but Iam No Mr Ohlins by any means

Yes the rebound !
I had it on 4 feels great but 5 miles into a ride and it's solid , it won't return it it returns very slowly even on the softest setting .
So something is very wrong with it and my money (literally ) is on the damper adjuster failing .
But as it had a full service only last summer any defects should of been noticed and fixed .
So it's off back to them tomorrow for them (Mct) to put it right .

Mac v2 has kindly sold me ( very cheap ) a good standard shock and posted it next day delivery and should be here tomorrow so I can fit it to the bike so I can still use it .
Thanks again mac your a legend

[bigtwinthing]

Removed the wp rear shock and boxed it up ready to send off to Mct as it's returning far to slow after 5 miles .
Hope it'll be done it time for the work shop day

is that the rebound returning slow? Mine seemed slow, but after a good ride and re adjustment it seems fine, i hope it is though, it does feel really good, but Iam No Mr Ohlins by any means

Yes the rebound !
I had it on 4 feels great but 5 miles into a ride and it's solid , it won't return it it returns very slowly even on the softest setting .
So something is very wrong with it and my money (literally ) is on the damper adjuster failing .
But as it had a full service only last summer any defects should of been noticed and fixed .
So it's off back to them tomorrow for them (Mct) to put it right .

Mac v2 has kindly sold me ( very cheap ) a good standard shock and posted it next day delivery and should be here tomorrow so I can fit it to the bike so I can still use it .


Thanks again mac your a legend

i do have one too if you are stuck.

[lloydie]

Thanks but mr mac has came through for me yet again :-)