Pleased your OK and the bike is not to bad. Unfortunately,with a bike it doesn't matter who's fault it is you come off worse. London traffic !! Used to frighten me in a 44 ton truck,never mind a bike.
Hi Red, sorry to hear about your crash, but glad to hear that you weren't too knocked about. I hope the repairs go well and you are back on the road very soon.
Close one Red. Bloody typical about the crash sliders on order, aint it always the way . Good that you are ok tho and the bike not too bad.Hope the mental scars pass soon too. Take care
Not much, the combined efforts of Storms Desmond, Eva and now Frank have destroyed up most of our nice country roads and horizontal rain ain't no fun at anytime. The up side is I've had a close look at the fnuked ignitor that caused me oh so many splinters from scratching my head and have found what looks to be a hairline crack on the back of it that extends to the socket and on to the pin base board and, one of the pins, (near the possible crack), is slightly discoloured, (hard to tell if it's burnt), and, it's a pin that's part of the Throttle Position Sensor circuit which is also linked to the Pickup Coil so it could be that bit that fnuked up and caused the rest of the ignitor to go in to 'wibble' mode. Thinking back I do recall a couple of times while out having fun, it was a bit wet under foot both times it happened, the engine blipped then picked up OK and ran normally so I put it down to spray affecting the ignition, however, finding this possible crack + damp could have been the start of the ignitor trouble, who knows?. Anyway I've put a bit of write up in the Technical Help forum if anyone's interested, it's a bit wordy but it might help some other poor sod. Happy and Safe New Year to each and everyone
well i got out before the rain started today, we got let out early from work and took full advantage. As in a previous post by someone, I for nostalgia's sake, wore my flying jacket on the bike. Wow ,loved it, was just like being taken back to 1975 on my Starfire, except the jacket fits better and is newer than the one I had then,plus the bike is just a tad more powerful.lol. Great run and the goggles were even more apt than usual, felt like a ww2 spitfire pilot. who needs dainese race leathers and a f/f anyway?? Last run of the year, hoping for a quick blast in the morning to get the new year started . HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL
Got home from an emergency stay in hospital from Boxing day morning to find the battery flat! Bunged it on charge for a couple of hours, started up fine! Datatool seems to have re-set o.k. with on issues, which was a bit of a worry. Smiles all round again. HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL!!!!!
Over a week; Safety recalls that led to finally realising I need to put my savings into things I've put off for lack of employment/ funds. Both tyres replaced Cush replaced (the old one just fell out. No hold at all) Calliper overhaul as it has been binding for a while (Those pads were almost down to metal..) Now I gotta get the chain tightened up and worry about finding time to change the headstock bearings as they're buggered too... Bought some tapered ones to replace the stock plastic cage. Not been able to ride for a week, it's horrid. My old 125 has been used by my old man to ferry my brother to work (Down muddy farm tracks) and it's starting to leak oil into the spark plug on the front cylinder so I dare not use that before we can fix it.
Do you change your own tyres or take bike/wheels to a dealer? Want to change my Battle Axe (tyre, NOT wife!) for an AM26 to match the front, cant get out to any mechanic's as weather is so cold and tons of salt on the roads. Put the knee pads on with 3m tape I got from the Craft shop, looks the dogs dangley bits!
Hi HO, it's straightforward enough to change the tyre (and the inner tube imo) yourself if you have tyre spoons. Here's one Youtube vid but there are hundreds more :
I chose the lazy route, it was going to cost me £180 for the tyres with the wait for delivery or £200 with installation and balancing the next day. Thankfully there's a tyre shop about 6 miles out, they've fixed spokes for me in the past and have been there a while. Heh, the pistons won't come out of the calliper. One moves a little but there's nothing more than a centimetre. Better get some oil in there and hope it's not rotting away on the inside.
I suffer from "proactive dad" syndrome and if I try sensible things, he tends to get in there first and does it his way. He was already draining them by the time I woke up today. *shrugs* We tried air, they said nope and didn't budge. That fluids been in there a while too, it's filthy.
When ye dad goes for his afternoon knap, re-fill the brake circuit with fluid and 'gently' pull the brake lever to break the pistons loose. Once you've got the pistons out by about 0.5 to 0.75 inch, clean the pistons with Wet 'n Dry and brake fluid, then wipe over with clean kitchen towel and press the pistons home.
dont scratch the outside edge of the piston as this scratch can break the rubber seal holding in fluid.
Actually got out on it today! Roads not too bad considering as long as you are careful, and know where the drain covers are!
