Shampooed the BonnieSE first thing then rode over to Woodford Mill in Ringstead with Paul for a cuppa and toasted tea cake. Said hello to a young lad from Corby who works there, who has been on the Ride Outs fb page (Rushden based group) looking for ride out mates. Said we'd take him down the Ace next fine day he's off work cuz he's always wanted to go. Saw a couple of walkers (I guess they were cuz no fishing gear) huddled round a stove brewing up on the opposite bank (just about distinguishable in the photo) and I thought, why? there's a perfectly good tea shop here folks. Woodford Miil, Ringstead (near Raunds and Thrapston). Bored Paul with the story about the class-traitor black sheep in my recent family tree whose Dad's parents and his family were poor home-worker boot makers and lace makers from Ringstead and nearby Denford (East Northants). Fairnuff cousin Margaret, snobby Roberts as all the close cousins knew her, went on to become the first university graduate in our family, and also the first female in our family to become Prime Minister, but there's no getting away from it she was utterly dis-likeable. Got sandblasted by a salt spreader on the way home so gave the bike a good cold-water wash just before the sun went down.
Cleaning cleaning and more cleaning only the third day I have got near since I got the bike. shes in bits, front pipes off and everything else getting painted or oiled or scrubbed. Fingers crossed Bearings are ok
Went out on the D955 with a mate on his TT600, and we met with a third friend in Pratlock for fish n chips. Bloody cold out! On the way back, Josh decided to do a bit of a speed run. Lets just say 130 isn't fast enough to beat my Daytona
Finally dropped the ride height of my Sprint 900 ( been looking at trying it for ages now) The chain adjusters are eccentrics and all you have to do basically is turn them 180 degrees so the wheel spindle is above the swinging arm instead of below, then lower the yokes down the forks to suit. The bike feels so small now and a lot easier to manoeuvre. Been out for a short run and feels better but noted before setting off that my front tyre (34 psi) needed a couple of pounds in and it felt a touch heavy, am sure that the usual 36/42 will make things a lot better . Bloody cold out tho, thank God for heated grips. lol
Going back and forth to my volunteer job, so the T100 was looking a bit sad, so got out the cleaning gear and now she is all sparkly and happy again, won`t last long because the gritters have been out and I have work again tomorrow
More cleaning, scrubbed out the bobbins in the front discs and the corrosion off the rear.greased the brake pistons checked the bearings, reed valves, and valve clearances, all within tolerance, , repainted brake fluid reservoir bracket, oil lines, wire wooled the downpipes.
checked rear shock , and linkage ended up with the shock out to get at all the sh"t. Oil pipes back on.
Rode over to Flitwick Motorcycles this morning with my mate Paul who was picking up a Yamaha MT-09 Tracer he'd px'd his 1050 Sprint for. The Service Manager, Wayne, and Charlie the mechanic, who does my bikes, were in a bit of a mood. Some twerp in a red car had decided to shortcut the frosty bend outside the shop and instead had gone straight across the forecourt and side-swiped their cars, both almost certainly now write-offs. We then rode over to Leighton Buzzard so Paul could show off his new bike to one of his girl friends. Have to admit, the Tracer is a cracking bike.
I haven't rode the MT09 but I have ridden the MT07. I think its the one with the slightly upbored Super Tenere engine in. I have never been so damn bored riding a motorcycle in my life. And this includes my old step thru. I fitted the new double bubble screen to the Daytona yesterday. Not sure I like how it looks, the original screen follows the bikes lines nicely.
Hi kev, I also bought a set of tec rear shocks for my scrambler earlier this year and they seem to be working well although they are not the adjustable ones. Also fitted the TEC front progressive springs which work well (especially on the rough roads around here).
Did you shorten the spacers when fitting the springs? I found the rear very tight against the bikes locating pins for the shocks , did you? Any tips or advice for doing the front?
The best thing you can do to help with fitting the shocks/front springs is to have a look at del boys garage on YouTube. He talks you through every step.
Some great YouTube clips from Delboy, just don't set your bike or garage on fire when using the angle grinder. I have recently fitted Hagon progressive springs to my cast wheel Bonnie and I had to cut 15mm of the original spacers which is something I did not like doing as I like to keep the original bits intact. The new springs have improved the ride beyond my expectations. Hagon shocks fitted to rear also. If you are taking the fork legs out it is a good time to change the fork oil and also look at fitting gaiters which I did, purely a personal choice but I don't like the plastic stone chip guards
Similar frame of mind as you regarding cutting spacers, but George at Tec has supplied me plastic tubes to use which i think will need about 30mm off from standard school size. I have my wheels away getting powdercoating so fitted gaiters a few weeks back as I prefer these far more than those awful guards and exposed forks
Plastic ? Hagon supplied 12mm aluminium spacers which would only be of use if you wanted additional pre load. The overall Hagon spring length was 15mm longer than OEE hence chopping the 15mm off the tubes which has worked well for me. keep us posted once you have road tested the springs and shocks.
Rear shock on, rear linkage cleaned ,greased, on. Rear wheel on,new plugs in, new air filter in, (you should have seen the old one ) air box on. and everything else arrived today, might get to ride it SOON .
