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Post by mlbv on Feb 19, 2016 21:28:16 GMT
A bit of easy start and a lighter will get the tyre seated easily enough, then get the foot pump/mini compressor on it once it has cooled and it's pressure has stabilised...
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Post by teejayexc on Feb 19, 2016 21:57:12 GMT
A bit of easy start and a lighter will get the tyre seated easily enough, then get the foot pump/mini compressor on it once it has cooled and it's pressure has stabilised... Kin 'ell, easy start and a lighter in Martin's hands! It'll end in tears I tell you, and most likely a flaming shed !
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Post by m40man on Feb 19, 2016 22:44:38 GMT
A bit of easy start and a lighter will get the tyre seated easily enough, then get the foot pump/mini compressor on it once it has cooled and it's pressure has stabilised... Kin 'ell, easy start and a lighter in Martin's hands! An unnecessary but exciting option if I get bored of using the compressor .
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Post by ContourMac on Feb 20, 2016 12:34:03 GMT
I got one of those. Excellent piece of kit. Rears are easy. I'm surprised you have waited 11 years to out yourself. Although details of the Moffat 3 should have given the game away!
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Post by mlbv on Feb 23, 2016 21:15:45 GMT
I dropped my bike against the door of a BMW M3 today when the engine cut out as I was filtering, already on a slight lean as i was riding round him in stationary traffic and just couldn't hold it up... Need to investigate why the engine cut out and also need to investigate why the BMW owner started going over his entire car looking for damage... Yes, he needs a new door, there's no question, but I am unsure whether I really caused the dent on his rear quarter, the small mark on his tail light or the scratch in the middle of his rear bumper...
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Post by m40man on Feb 23, 2016 22:10:19 GMT
I dropped my bike against the door of a BMW M3 today Sorry to hear that - I guess you at least got out of it all without injury?
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Post by mlbv on Feb 23, 2016 22:22:25 GMT
I twisted my knee a bit at the point I finally decided to stop trying the save the bike and got off of it, i have a broken indicator but have spares.... It was a stationary (as in 0MPH) crash so the only injury is from my own lack of fitness... The other bloke has called me tonight asking what i am going to do about the fact that his insurance will go up next year because he has had a claim, I told him that I am gonna tell him to 'go **** yourself....'
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Post by satnav on Feb 25, 2016 16:33:17 GMT
Got it MOT'd. it lives for another year. one advisory: rear pads which I knew about. New ones were ordered on Tuesday.
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Post by satnav on Feb 25, 2016 16:41:50 GMT
I twisted my knee a bit at the point I finally decided to stop trying the save the bike and got off of it, i have a broken indicator but have spares.... It was a stationary (as in 0MPH) crash so the only injury is from my own lack of fitness... The other bloke has called me tonight asking what i am going to do about the fact that his insurance will go up next year because he has had a claim, I told him that I am gonna tell him to 'go **** yourself....' A damaged M3: that's one way to make it stand out from the millions of other tuetonic tin cans that seems to infest our roads. No doubt bought by some selfish, egotistic, t*sser with more cash than imagination (not that I generalise much). So long as you are ok and the bike can be fixed, who cares?
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Post by mlbv on Feb 25, 2016 18:00:21 GMT
Yea, I'm absolutely fine, and I have spare indicators, this is London, its a heavy bike and I'm a little bloke, indicators are a consumable.. just like door mirrors on cars...
It is a little weird, i said to him that if it were a couple of hundred quid to repair I'd just stick my hand in my pocket, but I know full well it needs a new door so the bill is gonna be somewhere in the region of 1500 quid, he called me again today and told me he got a quote for a piffling £380 (shocked and slightly sceptical smiley face emoji thingy) and would I like to settle outside of the insurance??
Now, if I were in my van, due to the insurance costing more and my excess etc (600 quid premium and 300 quid excess) just shy of four hundred quid is about the amount that most of us would take that on the chin, but it is not worth it on the bike because even if my premium triples next year it is less... he then made a counter offer of just three hundred quid.... he seems desperate to get me to pay cash, so I smell something fishy... at the very least he is going for me paying out cash then claiming on his own insurance for the repair, at worst is isn't his car and he isn't insured...
I have told him that my insurance company are already prepared to pay out (which they are, they are quite happy that any attempt at an injury claim for five grand is a non starter due to the 0MPH impact speed) and the woman even joked that if you are gonna drop it, you might as well use the most expensive car in the queue as a crash mat, that's what insurance is for...
I don't think the beemer driver realises that I don't really care whether or not he makes a claim against me, the bike is only one of many insurances I pay for and is a mere drop in the ocean, with zero ncb and zero excess to pay, I have absolutely zero to lose..
The car is insured, I checked, so curiouser and curiouser....
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Post by satnav on Feb 25, 2016 20:06:52 GMT
I agree, there's a rabbit off here.
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Post by m40man on Mar 6, 2016 12:44:05 GMT
Took my black D9 out to scrub the rear tyre, popping over to BobH for the promise of some secondhand heated grips. He didn't answer the door, & I'd like to imagine that that's because he was out, not because he was hiding behind the curtains . Was not the best time to venture out, as the hail started. Very short spell though. Mind, the clean-ish D9 came home looking a bit worse for wear:
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Post by bobh on Mar 6, 2016 23:21:48 GMT
Apols, Martin.
I was out on a ride in the Cotswolds with a bunch of hardy souls. We managed to miss the hail, thank goodness, and the roads up there were mostly dry, though as I got closer to home they were still damp.
It was a good excuse to blow the cobwebs out of a recent rash ebay purchase (another Shiver GT). Reminded me why I loved my old one (long-legged mile-muncher and loads of mid-range overtaking grunt) and why I got rid of it (heavy clutch and high 1st gear make town traffic a real pain). Anyway, now you have CN insurance maybe I'll let you have a go.
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Post by bev on Mar 7, 2016 7:27:06 GMT
It was a good excuse to blow the cobwebs out of a recent rash ebay purchase (another Shiver GT). Anyway, now you have CN insurance maybe I'll let you have a go. Looks like a sales ploy to me. Martin definitely needs one.
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Post by bobh on Mar 7, 2016 19:35:48 GMT
It was a good excuse to blow the cobwebs out of a recent rash ebay purchase (another Shiver GT). Anyway, now you have CN insurance maybe I'll let you have a go. Looks like a sales ploy to me. Martin definitely needs one. Shhh - don't blow my secret strategy!
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Post by GAv on Mar 7, 2016 19:42:01 GMT
Is the shiver a VTwin Bob. Not sure if it is at all related to the Mana, which is a 100 cc more and sports the 3 mode semi auto (buttons) giving sport cruise or rain or use the six speed box with the foot change and the benefits of a centrifugal clutch. I did have a twist and go Aprilia Atlantic Sprint, Maxi Scooter with the Modula mechanical bits shared with the Piaggio X9, and Gilera Nexus, however maybe the Gilera 800 was a step too far not really being one thing or the other(there is a virtual Aprilia clone 850) and the main advantage being storage and practicality was not the ethos albeit they have 3 modes too. I have often been tempted by the Mana as it seems to offer more motorbike pleasure, and you can get luggage, an impossibility with fat assed scoots.
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Post by bluevinny on Mar 8, 2016 20:18:24 GMT
Mind, the clean-ish D9 came home looking a bit worse for wear: I've lost count of the number of times I've washed road muck off the D9 this winter!
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Post by bobh on Mar 9, 2016 23:08:14 GMT
Is the shiver a VTwin Bob. Yes, 750 v-twin. Loads of mid-range to catapult you across the countryside, which is what I remember from my previous one, which I traded in for the Fazer8. Slick manual box, great front brake (re-badged Brembo? with huge discs - I can't get my usual tyre gauge to fit in there), so-so rear one (typical Italian). Great build quality, too - for a 6+ year-old bike it's very clean. Downsides are it feels a bit heavy to shove around, and the heavy hydraulic clutch and high 1st gear make it a bit of a chore in really heavy town traffic, which fortunately I don't have to deal with often. And although it's the GT, with a screen and top fairing, the weather protection is minimal. So it's definitely intended for warmer climes. I don't know how much it shares with the Mana. It has the same mechanics as the 750 Dorsoduro supermoto-style bike, but that's now been discontinued.
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Post by kirriepete on Mar 10, 2016 7:37:51 GMT
Oil & filters, balanced carbs with old faithful tube onna stick. Then looked at the plumbers nightmare of AIS and thought "bugger that", so off it came.
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Post by satnav on Mar 14, 2016 16:32:20 GMT
Gave it an Italian tune up to clear things out .....
...... this post accidentally buggered-up by M40Man .
Sos, Satnav
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Post by m40man on Mar 14, 2016 17:19:09 GMT
Gave it an Italian tune up to clear things out Were you heading south along the A53 from Burton towards Leek ? ...... I fitted a Wingrack to my blue D9 today. Must get it MOT'd & taxed soon I suppose .
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Post by satnav on Mar 14, 2016 20:18:04 GMT
Gave it an Italian tune up to clear things out plus I was late for work.
That means my economy for this week is now b*gg*r*d [br Now sorted, you are forgiven.
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Post by satnav on Mar 14, 2016 20:24:18 GMT
Gave it an Italian tune up to clear things out Were you heading south along the A53 from Burton towards Leek ? ...... I fitted a Wingrack to my blue D9 today. Must get it MOT'd & taxed soon I suppose . No that was not me. Me? I was being a menace to northbound traffic on the A19.
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Post by kawasakiinit on Mar 15, 2016 18:22:24 GMT
got mine motd again today with yet another comment from tester (not advisory)about the front wheel bearings i have now put 3 sets in it in 8 years of ownership and 17000 miles . does anybody elses eat front bearings like mine ?
thats the only thing he ever mentions stating he can feel the bearings rumbling when his hand is on the fork bottom when he spins the front on main stand.he also says there is no play in em tho so im wondering if its been the speedo drive every time rather than the bearings ?? i never use power washers and am very careful when i wash her and very rarely use it in the rain tbh
cheers dave.
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Post by m40man on Mar 17, 2016 19:05:38 GMT
Continued taking a Wingrack off my black D9, to replace with Givi arms for a top plate & top box. Working outside, stopped at 7pm 'cos light stopped play .
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Post by m40man on Mar 17, 2016 19:06:38 GMT
.... im wondering if its been the speedo drive every time rather than the bearings ?? I reckon you're on to something!
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Post by bobh on Mar 17, 2016 23:41:29 GMT
got mine motd again today with yet another comment from tester (not advisory)about the front wheel bearings i have now put 3 sets in it in 8 years of ownership and 17000 miles . does anybody elses eat front bearings like mine ? thats the only thing he ever mentions stating he can feel the bearings rumbling when his hand is on the fork bottom when he spins the front on main stand.he also says there is no play in em tho so im wondering if its been the speedo drive every time rather than the bearings ?? i never use power washers and am very careful when i wash her and very rarely use it in the rain tbh cheers dave. It should be easy enough to check it yourself by taking the speedo drive off, remounting the wheel (without tightening the spindle, of course) and spinning it. Probably best to unhook the calipers, too, so it can spin completely freely. If the bearings are only lasting a short time (and you're not fitting cheap Chinese ones), it's just possible that the spacer between the bearings is too short, or has been compressed by some gorilla overtightening the spindle. I had this on my MT-03 on a spare wheel I bought, and looking on the forum it seems it was a common problem. It showed itself up as a clicking noise, which at first I thought was the chain. But in my case it was well out - some 0.7mm, so the bearing was actually breaking up - but even then there was no sign of play. I've now shimmed it up and it seems fine. At least I caught it before it collapsed, unlike a mate whose rear wheel bearings gave up on his Aprilia RSV half-way round the Nurburgring! His garage had fitted new bearings and spacer, but hadn't realised that the spacers were a different length for the fancy OZ wheels on his bike. In your case it could be a smaller error that's overloading the bearings and causing Brinelling, without total collapse, which could account for the roughness.
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Post by kawasakiinit on Mar 18, 2016 10:07:56 GMT
got to say i got them all off ebay so chances are they are crap. am gonna take wheel out and try the suggestions above.
thanks dave .
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Post by chris900divvy on Mar 19, 2016 12:45:41 GMT
I twisted my knee a bit at the point I finally decided to stop trying the save the bike and got off of it, i have a broken indicator but have spares.... It was a stationary (as in 0MPH) crash so the only injury is from my own lack of fitness... The other bloke has called me tonight asking what i am going to do about the fact that his insurance will go up next year because he has had a claim, I told him that I am gonna tell him to 'go **** yourself....' A damaged M3: that's one way to make it stand out from the millions of other tuetonic tin cans that seems to infest our roads. No doubt bought by some selfish, egotistic, t*sser with more cash than imagination (not that I generalise much). So long as you are ok and the bike can be fixed, who cares? Found that funny! So truthful though, just what is it about tw@ty BMW drivers?!
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Post by bobh on Mar 19, 2016 15:39:15 GMT
Found that funny! So truthful though, just what is it about tw@ty BMW drivers?! How very dare you! I had a BMW a while back - 316Ti Sport - and it was by far the nicest car to drive that I've ever owned. Funny how other road users react to a Beemer, though - they expect you to carve them up and do aggressive things, so get out of your way. At the same time (well, not quite exactly the same time - even with my superior skills I can't manage two cars simultaneously) I was driving a little Vauxhall Agila 1-litre 3-cylinder tin box, which used to get carved up all the time. And drivers of big German cars really didn't like it when it overtook them on the B4494 (having planned it for several miles beforehand, checked the wind speed and direction and taken a good run at it, of course).
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