Winter bike jobs
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So what jobs are you getting done over the winter months? Nothing better than being locked away in the shed or garage working on the bikes..
Had to get the oil sensor on my 916 helicoiled, so that gave me the excuse to blast the case and tart it up with a new paint job. Today I turned the shed into a temporary spray booth and applied the primer
Had to get the oil sensor on my 916 helicoiled, so that gave me the excuse to blast the case and tart it up with a new paint job. Today I turned the shed into a temporary spray booth and applied the primer
I like these kinda posts as I'm a right tinkerer and enjoy seeing others do similar
Right now I have a CR500 engine being worked on
An '89 frame being repaired, strengthened and slightly modified
And I've been repairing/strengthening a hook point that decided to break off in my tickners box trailer
Plenty stuff I can play about with. I'll be pulling the front forks out my GSXR 1000 & RS250 over the next couple weeks to get them both serviced too
Right now I have a CR500 engine being worked on
An '89 frame being repaired, strengthened and slightly modified
And I've been repairing/strengthening a hook point that decided to break off in my tickners box trailer
Plenty stuff I can play about with. I'll be pulling the front forks out my GSXR 1000 & RS250 over the next couple weeks to get them both serviced too
I'm having a rather large fettle in the garage this winter, I got back into riding after 20 yrs off this year, bought an aprilia shiver 750 from a workmate, been stood 5yrs but I got it running and used it this summer, it's a good bike that's very overlooked, great styling, 3 riding modes, grunty v twin motor but a bit heavy.
The underseat silencer / cat and exhaust weigh 15+ kg
So that was the first job!
What I started with-
The underseat silencer / cat and exhaust weigh 15+ kg
So that was the first job!
What I started with-
Did a chain and sprocket replacement on the V Strom 1050xt. Oem had had it at just prior to 17k.
Somehow managed to ruin one master link by forgetting the "anvil" part on a tool I borrowed and overflared/cracked the pin on the spare I bought.... Blame doing it in poor light and a medication "crash"!
Ordered another two links and a DID500 chain tool copy which made it MASSIVELY more convenient.
Broke the cardinal rule of working on two bikes at once by taking the carbs off the CBF500 to replace the pilot jets and sort out the air screws....
Somehow managed to ruin one master link by forgetting the "anvil" part on a tool I borrowed and overflared/cracked the pin on the spare I bought.... Blame doing it in poor light and a medication "crash"!
Ordered another two links and a DID500 chain tool copy which made it MASSIVELY more convenient.
Broke the cardinal rule of working on two bikes at once by taking the carbs off the CBF500 to replace the pilot jets and sort out the air screws....
Might make a tiny bit of progress with this...
Stripped the fairing off and a load of bits last year, then a sparkplug snapped in the block, tried everything to remove the remnants and the engine is also seized beyond repair! So all work has kind of stalled and I need to get my mojo back.
This is how it currently sits!
Stripped the fairing off and a load of bits last year, then a sparkplug snapped in the block, tried everything to remove the remnants and the engine is also seized beyond repair! So all work has kind of stalled and I need to get my mojo back.
This is how it currently sits!
Edited by NITO on Monday 15th December 18:54
Obison said:
I'm having a rather large fettle in the garage this winter, I got back into riding after 20 yrs off this year, bought an aprilia shiver 750 from a workmate, been stood 5yrs but I got it running and used it this summer, it's a good bike that's very overlooked, great styling, 3 riding modes, grunty v twin motor but a bit heavy.
The underseat silencer / cat and exhaust weigh 15+ kg
So that was the first job!
What I started with-
That's a hell of an expensive way to lose 15kg. The underseat silencer / cat and exhaust weigh 15+ kg
So that was the first job!
What I started with-
Try Slimming World instead, the money you save could be spent on on a sexy exhaust system.
Oh, I see what you did there.............
NITO said:
Might make a tiny bit of progress with this...
Stripped the fairing off and a load of bits last year, then a sparkplug snapped in the block, tried everything to remove the remnants and the engine is also seized beyond repair! So all work has kind of stalled and I need to get my mojo back.
This is how it currently sits!
Bloody hell - now that is a project bike! Some serious spannering required there.Stripped the fairing off and a load of bits last year, then a sparkplug snapped in the block, tried everything to remove the remnants and the engine is also seized beyond repair! So all work has kind of stalled and I need to get my mojo back.
This is how it currently sits!
Edited by NITO on Monday 15th December 18:54
Where did you get it? The bottom of the North Sea?
TorqueDirty said:
Bloody hell - now that is a project bike! Some serious spannering required there.
Where did you get it? The bottom of the North Sea?
Close, it had lived outside, a few hundred yards away from the Sea for many years. It's a centimental project with a whole story attached to it, I'd really like to put the effort in to do the original creator justice. Once upon a time it was a magazine featured front page and centrefold bike. It will and has certainly tested me.Where did you get it? The bottom of the North Sea?
I'm without a workshop at the moment which is holding me back some at the moment. Pushing my luck out in the conservatory
I'll dig up the mag pics. Base bike is a '73 Honda CB500/4.Edited by NITO on Tuesday 16th December 11:48
TypeR said:
That's a hell of an expensive way to lose 15kg.
Try Slimming World instead, the money you save could be spent on on a sexy exhaust system.
Oh, I see what you did there.............
I enjoyed the Shiver I test rode. Fast, comfy even two up, handled well. But the plastic tank put me off. Try Slimming World instead, the money you save could be spent on on a sexy exhaust system.
Oh, I see what you did there.............
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