what have you done to your "bike" today

[StormyRob]

She aint the prettiest but she is a runner and at the money I couldn't not pick her up yesterday. She didn't come like that. Had to get the airbox off to have a look into the head and cams
One of these days I will find a Moriwaki engine hidden inside!

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[bald_pig]

Those are Varadero engine covers aren't they? check to see if it's the whole engine!

[StormyRob]

Those are Varadero engine covers aren't they? check to see if it's the whole engine!

No mate they are vtr covers....just sprayed a tacky gold

[bazza696]

Rear wheel back on, fitted rear caliper and bled, just test fitting the new exhausts but need to remove the left hand bracket that fixes to the foot peg then they will be complete.

[AMCQ46]

Rear wheel back on, fitted rear caliper and bled, just test fitting the new exhausts but need to remove the left hand bracket that fixes to the foot peg then they will be complete.

bloody hell bazza ... when did you get a storm

[bazza696]

Rear wheel back on, fitted rear caliper and bled, just test fitting the new exhausts but need to remove the left hand bracket that fixes to the foot peg then they will be complete.

bloody hell bazza ... when did you get a storm

Always had it, but don't want to bring it to a meet cause I didn't want to embarrass everyone....or would that be me.

[bobbler]

Fitted new brake pads and cleaned the pistons today. Rear has been practically none existant since I bought the bike so I fugured I might as well just do them all.

I've given EBC HH pads a go as they seemed a decent price, I don't know what other reviews are like about them but they are like night and day compared to my old pads.

Don't know if paranoia is setting in already but I'm sure I heard a ticking with the engine revs whilst out bedding the pads in so finding the source is now next on my list of jobs to do.

[sirch345]

Fitted new brake pads and cleaned the pistons today. Rear has been practically none existant since I bought the bike so I fugured I might as well just do them all.

I've given EBC HH pads a go as they seemed a decent price, I don't know what other reviews are like about them but they are like night and day compared to my old pads.

Don't know if paranoia is setting in already but I'm sure I heard a ticking with the engine revs whilst out bedding the pads in so finding the source is now next on my list of jobs to do.

Cleaning the pistons can make a noticeable difference especially if the brake calipers haven't been serviced for a long while. Certainly worth doing

Chris.

[bobbler]

Fitted new brake pads and cleaned the pistons today. Rear has been practically none existant since I bought the bike so I fugured I might as well just do them all.

I've given EBC HH pads a go as they seemed a decent price, I don't know what other reviews are like about them but they are like night and day compared to my old pads.

Don't know if paranoia is setting in already but I'm sure I heard a ticking with the engine revs whilst out bedding the pads in so finding the source is now next on my list of jobs to do.

Cleaning the pistons can make a noticeable difference especially if the brake calipers haven't been serviced for a long while. Certainly worth doing

Chris.

I couldn't believe how much of a difference to be honest. I thought the front brakes were good before but now I have more feedback and hardly have to touch them to stop. The back still needs work as it still doesn't give great feedback but definitely works better.

Today's jobs involved cutting a welded plate from the grab rail that the previous owner used to mount their top box and prepping it ready for paint. If I have time later I'll start on the suspension setup.

[bigtwinthing]

Fitted new brake pads and cleaned the pistons today. Rear has been practically none existant since I bought the bike so I fugured I might as well just do them all.

I've given EBC HH pads a go as they seemed a decent price, I don't know what other reviews are like about them but they are like night and day compared to my old pads.

Don't know if paranoia is setting in already but I'm sure I heard a ticking with the engine revs whilst out bedding the pads in so finding the source is now next on my list of jobs to do.

Cleaning the pistons can make a noticeable difference especially if the brake calipers haven't been serviced for a long while. Certainly worth doing

Chris.

Dont forget to make sure the bobbins are free too.

[bigtwinthing]

177 miles on the Viffer 12, ive just fitted a new seat that ive had modified to my requirements, soooo much better, 1" higher for the Mrs, Back build up for me and Gel pads in both, beautifully stitched and non slip, just loving this bike, ive wasted the last 5 years, I should have bought this. Meets all the bits I ever needed.

[KermitLeFrog]

After 6000 miles I finally have the TV4 suspension where I want it. Having a helper for the sag was the break-through and the final tweak of a few clicks less front compression. Took a very wet ride over to Dumfries with WellGroomed Andy yesterday and a juddering mess has been transformed into a magic carpet (ish).

Looking back on how it came out of the factory it was set up for a very skinny person on a racetrack. No wonder Alastair liked it. I am a very non-skinny person on the road.

For those interested Edward is OK. Planning on the two wheeled replacement and fighting with the authorities to get transferred to Hexham hospital. He lives in Hexham. There are a number of problems. Does the Scottish ambulance go to the border and transfer to an English ambulance? Does the Scottish ambulance enter England? Does an English ambulance risk going north of the border. He also needs an English consultant to take over his case when wires and pins need to be removed. Who pays for it? England want Scotland to pay for it as it happened on their turf.

The only way for the pelvis fractures to knit is to lie in bed for 6 weeks. He's had a week and he's losing muscle tone already. Surprisingly he's quite cheerful. And that's without very many drugs. I'd be moaning for Morphine every hour. The hand is now good (and one hell of a colour) as the tendon was simply misplaced and not sawn though by the broken bones.

On a final note, if you want to crash do it near Dumfries. The hospital is brand new, the staff are amazing. Even the food is reasonable and the car parking is free. Way to go!

[MacV2]

Not mine but Popkats MT-10.

Malc paid me a visit today, he's off to Belgium tomorrow for a wee break & is staying over at his Mums tonight, prior to geting the train over tomorrow...Bit of a detour to pop in to mine to visit the raspberry...

He had borrowed a sat nav for the trip, wired it in but it wasnt charging & by the time he got to mine it was long time flat battery.

So he asked if I had a meter... So no power at the plug at the sat nav end... ''OK Malc did the cable you used have an inline fuse ?''

Ah yes..So saddle off pulls fuse that ok...hmmm meter at fuse holder still no power... Then he noticed that there was a solderd joint just off the conention to the battery live... He had used an old optimate cable & extended it to fit... We metered again at the joint & got a reading so by the power of deduction there was a break in the wire inbetween the battery & the fuse...

So i dug out a spare lead & we spliced a part of the live feed wire in & Bob's Malcs alter ego... Sorted...

Frank was asleep at the time so Malc got away without paying...

[MacV2]

After 6000 miles I finally have the TV4 suspension where I want it. Having a helper for the sag was the break-through and the final tweak of a few clicks less front compression. Took a very wet ride over to Dumfries with WellGroomed Andy yesterday and a juddering mess has been transformed into a magic carpet (ish).

Looking back on how it came out of the factory it was set up for a very skinny person on a racetrack. No wonder Alastair liked it. I am a very non-skinny person on the road.

For those interested Edward is OK. Planning on the two wheeled replacement and fighting with the authorities to get transferred to Hexham hospital. He lives in Hexham. There are a number of problems. Does the Scottish ambulance go to the border and transfer to an English ambulance? Does the Scottish ambulance enter England? Does an English ambulance risk going north of the border. He also needs an English consultant to take over his case when wires and pins need to be removed. Who pays for it? England want Scotland to pay for it as it happened on their turf.

The only way for the pelvis fractures to knit is to lie in bed for 6 weeks. He's had a week and he's losing muscle tone already. Surprisingly he's quite cheerful. And that's without very many drugs. I'd be moaning for Morphine every hour. The hand is now good (and one hell of a colour) as the tendon was simply misplaced and not sawn though by the broken bones.

On a final note, if you want to crash do it near Dumfries. The hospital is brand new, the staff are amazing. Even the food is reasonable and the car parking is free. Way to go!

So I take it that Edward had a spill whilst attending the Scotish bash... So far there have been no other posts about this so we is all none the wiser about what happend...

Sounds nasty whatever happend...Wish him a speedy & full recovery from me...

Mac

[AMCQ46]

yes Mac, we were keeping a bit quiet about it as we wanted to make sure he was OK, ... it was a big crash! and he is not on the Forum, he is a mate of Kermits, so only those from Scotland & Ireland meets, had met him.

Edward was mid pack, but probably not close enough to the bikes infront to get the early warning from them, and he ran wide on a blind, tightening, right hand bend. Although it was not a fast turn, there was a 6ft drop off on the outside and below that the field was dropping away at a fairly steep angle. .... so he ran onto the grass, flew off the road, over the retaining wall, which had a single stone layer sticking up on the road side, and landed down in the field. a At least 3 of the group went past the crash site without spotting him off to the left, as you had to pay attention to the road and the up coming left turn.
Fortunately one of the NI boys, on a big adventure Triumph 1200, spotted something silver in the field in his peripheral vision, and when he did a double take, it was a bike. given how remote the location was, it was impressive that the Mountain rescue were passing [on their way home from a practice drill] and started the emergency care, and they contacted a local doctor who just happened to be close by taking an old cooker to the tip!

at least half of us were already down in the little town waiting at the next junction and I had sent most of them to the petrol station when I got the "man down" call, so Grumpyfrog and Mark Vtr2000, ended up in the field to assist, and they did a great job.

He had a badly broken hand, a compound fracture on his collar bone, a few broken ribs and worst of all a broken pelvis ... so was in a lot of pain, and we had to manually carry him out of the field and push him up teh 6ft wall!!!!

Iain, glad to hear he is recovering, but its a shame the border politics are hampering his repartiation back to Hexham!!!