The Street Twin Cometh - Soon!

SpeedM , thanks for the link, I will look into the chain cleaner, I have always used kerosene for cleaning everything, but will try your recommendation.
Pompey, I will have a look at your lube, many thanks,

om

 

I use one of these on my Tiger :

http://www.loobman.co.uk/

Excellent as it lubes both sides of chain and keep it beautifully clean. Easy to install as there's no need to find a vacuum point on the bikes' engine.

Plus it's cheap !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Apart from mirrors. I too took the first opportunity to put on bar-enders in place of the stock mirrors which admittedly are great if you want to check your shoulders and elbows are still there during a ride. I mentioned this to the Service Manager at the 500 mile check and he told me most customers are doing likewise.

 

To me the centre stand is an essential, it makes cleaning the bike and maintenance so much easier.
I bought this great little jack for £33 off Fleabay, excellent for working on the front end or lifting the whole bike.

 

Hope the sump plate didn't damage the part it was supposed to protect!
Nice thing about the jack is that it can be easily set to the frame width, and lifts on the frame tubes missing the sump and oil filter which are both slightly below the frame.

 

...when I was 'tasked' with putting in a complete new kitchen for Mrs dickydido, I made up this bit of kit from a 5 quid scissor jack from Halfords and attached, top and bottom, a couple of bits of wood lying around in the garage. I used it to jack and hold up the wall units in place while I fixed them onto the walls when I was working on my own....worked a treat.

After the kitchen was finished it turned into my bike jack!......and being topped with wood it is gentle on the bottom rails and sump of the bike.

Cheers,

dickydido

 

Excellent example of "out of the box thinking" - congratulations !!!!

 

Wish now I hadn't given mine away. It used to get a lot of use on my old Triumph Herald.

 

Good idea but that would be be jacking up on the sump on my Bonnie, which I wouldnt want to do.