Could You Be F**ked ?

Discussion in 'Lounge' started by Flay, Apr 6, 2020.

  1. Flay

    Flay Well-Known Member

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    OK. I love my bikes, and as always I'd like to get something better, newer, blinger. But I had a look at this
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    Which is a Ducati wheel and I wondered what work would be necessary to clean mud, tar, crap etc off it after any sort of ride in our hallowed isles. Why TF aren't bikes easier to clean FFS ?
     
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  2. Wessa

    Wessa Cruising

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    Sadly the designers don't have to clean them, so they don't consider the practical requirements of access to the bits behind the discs or many other parts of the bike.....
     
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  3. SleepyOwl

    SleepyOwl Crème de la Crème

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    Can't see if this is the case here but also the bikes that still use a non right angled tyre valve drives me insane too. Makes it impossible to get dainty fingers in to top up the air
     
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  4. Tigcraft

    Tigcraft Unheard of Member

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    Ditto without a doubting
     
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  5. Callumity

    Callumity Elite Member

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  6. steve lovatt

    steve lovatt Something else

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    The only thing I can fault the Ditch-pump for - stupid upright tyre valves! (almost impossible to access with spoked wheels) :mad:
    Come on BMW Triumph have been doing this for years!
     
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  7. steve lovatt

    steve lovatt Something else

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  8. Gladtobebackontwowheels

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    I got some nice anodised ones a couple of tyre changes ago and had them fitted at the same time.
     
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  9. Rocker

    Rocker Elite Member

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    B219B7A6-60BB-4EDC-8CFC-1C31131A6F76.jpeg Try cleaning round these bad boys you get cut to ribbons :(
     
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  10. Yorkshireman

    Yorkshireman Crème de la Crème

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    Bloody hell I bet your pads don’t last long with those! Looks like the surface area in contact with the pads is also drastically reduced?
     
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  11. Tigcraft

    Tigcraft Unheard of Member

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    Be careful as my chinese shit thing had them and the centrifugal force cracked the original rubber valve stem resulting in rescue!!
     
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  12. Tigcraft

    Tigcraft Unheard of Member

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    Even my F8 has transverse ones!!
     
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  13. steve lovatt

    steve lovatt Something else

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    I had assumed you could take them off once tyres are inflated as @littleade said.
     
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  14. Tigcraft

    Tigcraft Unheard of Member

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    That’s a thought
     
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  15. chuk

    chuk Senior Member
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    You are lucky the mot tester wore chain mail gloves
     
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  16. Col_C

    Col_C I can't re...Member

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    REALLY!......that's all? :grinning:;)
     
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  17. Avinarant

    Avinarant Well-Known Member

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    Er, just get one of these, Simple!!!!!

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