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Post by satnav on Apr 17, 2016 18:38:10 GMT
Just now need to figure out how to jack up the front! i get your centre stand sorted and ratchet strap the back down to the towing eye of your (or someone else's) car... Just make sure that the missus then doesn't take the car to the shops. I washed mine today and gave it a bit of a once over. Have now decided that the rear pads that were an advisory on the MOT have become a little more urgent.
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Post by PrincessPunk on Apr 17, 2016 20:28:31 GMT
Today on my bike i put on the set of engine bars that came with it...... Just now need to figure out how to jack up the front! Well, now you can do this : those are the exact bars i have too how did you lift it to get the axle stands under there? *note to self, find axle stands*
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Post by PrincessPunk on Apr 17, 2016 20:31:40 GMT
Just now need to figure out how to jack up the front! i get your centre stand sorted and ratchet strap the back down to the towing eye of your (or someone else's) car... Unfortunately my centre stand is a little more humped that i originally thought, its gonna take a bit of work to get it right and i need to wait till i can find someone with the right tools to borrow from
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Post by m40man on Apr 17, 2016 20:33:20 GMT
how did you lift it to get the axle stands under there? I am He-Man, & by the Power of Grayskull ...... Jack (block of wood on top of it) under the pipes / collector box, raise it up, put stands under, lower jack. A two-person job, one to keep the bike steady just in case, & one fool to jiggle the stands into place whilst having little regard for their own safety.
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Post by PrincessPunk on Apr 17, 2016 20:40:03 GMT
so the pipes are strong enough to hold it up? i'd have thought they'd not appreciate that haha. that does make things a bit simpler which i'm happy about but i worry that my pipes might take a hit there. I'll go bother my neighbour to see if he's got some stand, cheers for your help
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Post by m40man on Apr 17, 2016 20:53:34 GMT
so the pipes are strong enough to hold it up? Yes - I usually use just my jack when removing the front wheel for a tyre-change. It can be a bit unsteady, but if you feel it's keeling over you haven't got the weight spread across the four, so drop the jack & re-position your wood block & try again.
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Post by Ken on Apr 17, 2016 21:17:37 GMT
how did you lift it to get the axle stands under there? I put the bike on its side stand and adjust the axle stand so that it just fits under the offside engine bar. Then I grab the handle bars and pull the bike upright, and then I push the nearside axle stand under the nearside engine bar with my foot. Very quick and easy way to get the front wheel off the ground. Ken.
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Post by PrincessPunk on Apr 17, 2016 21:45:35 GMT
so the pipes are strong enough to hold it up? Yes - I usually use just my jack when removing the front wheel for a tyre-change. It can be a bit unsteady, but if you feel it's keeling over you haven't got the weight spread across the four, so drop the jack & re-position your wood block & try again. Excellent thats a weight off my mind! i'll make sure i've got a spotter for when i lift it too to mae sure it doesnt fall over and squeesh me
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Post by PrincessPunk on Apr 17, 2016 21:46:41 GMT
how did you lift it to get the axle stands under there? I put the bike on its side stand and adjust the axle stand so that it just fits under the offside engine bar. Then I grab the handle bars and pull the bike upright, and then I push the nearside axle stand under the nearside engine bar with my foot. Very quick and easy way to get the front wheel off the ground. Ken. i really like this method but theres not a chance in hell i could push it onto the farside axle stand, i'm only little haha
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Post by chris900divvy on Apr 18, 2016 18:52:18 GMT
Trolley jack and axle stands would make it really easy for you I think. I use the centrestand on my Divvy but my other bike the ZRX has no main stand so I just put the trolley jack under engine and jack with a bit of wood underneath between it and exhaust to raise it and then get the axle stands under each frame rail bringing it up bit by bit until you've got the wheel as high as you want in the air. You could probably use the footrest mounts if you can't get the axle stands under the Diversion frame.
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Post by chris900divvy on Apr 18, 2016 19:35:47 GMT
Replaced offside fork seal this morning, must have made a botch job of replacing it last time as it soon began leaking again within a few miles...New seal has a much more rigid centre sealing ring and took a lot less effort to get it into place, hopefully will seal properly now. The chrome looks fine on fork tube anyway so don't see any other possible reason for the leakage than me botching installation (fitted new bushes at same time.)
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Post by m40man on Apr 21, 2016 15:23:07 GMT
Today I fitted (secondhand - thanks BobH ) Oxford heated grips & a brand new v8 controller (thanks MSG Bikegear) . This surely cements my Softy Southerner credentials .
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Post by kawasakiinit on Apr 21, 2016 21:12:31 GMT
Today on my bike i put on the set of engine bars that came with it...... Just now need to figure out how to jack up the front! Well, now you can do this : while ur at it knock up some new springs for m40mans garage door will ya ;-)
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Post by bobh on Apr 21, 2016 21:14:45 GMT
I'm not sure if that's Martin's - possibly JTB's?
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Post by m40man on Apr 21, 2016 21:18:26 GMT
I'm not sure if that's Martin's - possibly JTB's? Correct . (I haven't even got a garage door to repair .)
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Post by bev on Apr 22, 2016 8:56:08 GMT
Today I fitted (secondhand - thanks BobH ) Oxford heated grips & a brand new v8 controller (thanks MSG Bikegear) . This surely cements my Softy Southerner credentials . Which are you, Elderly, lady or someone who'd like to be a Lady ?
Jr is considering heated grips, not sure if he's on the windup or he's considering coming out.
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Post by HRHpenfold on Apr 22, 2016 9:08:37 GMT
Today I fitted (secondhand - thanks BobH ) Oxford heated grips & a brand new v8 controller (thanks MSG Bikegear) . This surely cements my Softy Southerner credentials . Which are you, Elderly, lady or someone who'd like to be a Lady ?
Jr is considering heated grips, not sure if he's on the windup or he's considering coming out.
I think he is coming out! into the cold weather
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Post by bev on Apr 22, 2016 9:19:58 GMT
Which are you, Elderly, lady or someone who'd like to be a Lady ?
Jr is considering heated grips, not sure if he's on the windup or he's considering coming out.
I think he is coming out! into the cold weather You have a point, he's much more likely to ride in the cold than me. I'm not 35 though.
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Post by HRHpenfold on Apr 22, 2016 9:41:29 GMT
Well, now you can do this : those are the exact bars i have too how did you lift it to get the axle stands under there? *note to self, find axle stands* i keep zooming in on that picture, to see if anyone has put any coins in the box on the floor
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Post by mlbv on Apr 22, 2016 20:25:13 GMT
Yesterday I took a lovely ride down to my brother's in wiltshire or someerset or backward county or whatever, i set the sat nav to avoid motorways and had a nice hack around some A and B roads to see the two week old child with no name... While there we did this to the bike... Repaired the split all the way up the fairing where i dropped it and bent the fairing bracket crushing it against the tank, used much fibreglass to create a full mudguard out of my two halves, fitted new exhaust headers due to the welds at the top of the old ones having rusted away, fitted a new brake lever, replaced the corroded headlight connector (now have dipped as well as full beam!!) and a few other odds and sods... As I was on a long relatively high speed run I wore my textile legs with the knee and hip protection (I don't usually get dressed up for riding around London as speeds are slow enough that I can just jump off and watch any impact from a distance) but just went for my leather on top and summer gloves, so the ride back down the M4 into London was cold, it was wet, it was tedious, it was generally hateful... But the bike is all back together now, but I think I need to replace the rusty and heat softened clamps that secure the headers into the exhaust ports, had a look but can't find any on the ebay, (they are a shocking 14 quid each from Fowlers) does anyone know what they are called??
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Post by m40man on Apr 23, 2016 14:15:32 GMT
Removed the manky old disc from my D9's spare back wheel .
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Post by m40man on Apr 23, 2016 14:44:03 GMT
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Post by mlbv on Apr 23, 2016 15:00:42 GMT
number 18, 22 quid each.... fowler's are 14 quid each, and i can't find any at a price that humans can relate to on the ebay....
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Post by satnav on Apr 23, 2016 17:02:19 GMT
number 18, 22 quid each.... fowler's are 14 quid each, and i can't find any at a price that humans can relate to on the ebay.... Had a good root around t'interweb but can't find any cheaper than £14.00. So £56.00 in total just to hold exhaust onto cylinder head. Beginning now to see the appeal of twins. Also beginning to think my bike is worth more as individual parts than as a running bike.
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Post by m40man on Apr 23, 2016 18:35:21 GMT
number 18, 22 quid each.... fowler's are 14 quid each, and i can't find any at a price that humans can relate to on the ebay.... Had a good root around t'interweb but can't find any cheaper than £14.00. So £56.00 in total just to hold exhaust onto cylinder head. Beginning now to see the appeal of twins. Also beginning to think my bike is worth more as individual parts than as a running bike. What we need is someone with a workshop & lathe, or blacksmiths perhaps, who will start manufacturing such bits for us!
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Post by satnav on Apr 23, 2016 22:31:08 GMT
Had a good root around t'interweb but can't find any cheaper than £14.00. So £56.00 in total just to hold exhaust onto cylinder head. Beginning now to see the appeal of twins. Also beginning to think my bike is worth more as individual parts than as a running bike. What we need is someone with a workshop & lathe, or blacksmiths perhaps, who will start manufacturing such bits for us! Thing is would they still be cheaper than £14? Probably not.
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Post by mlbv on Apr 23, 2016 23:08:14 GMT
they only need to be a correctly sized steel (maybe stainless) ring with a lug with a hole in it welded on opposite sides...instead of machining them, i suspect doing it that way means the components can be bought off the shelf from an engineering company for a few quid a pop.... another possible cheap solution would be using a sheet of stainless steel i have laying about and getting a quantity of collets laser cut from it, a stack of three or four would easily do the job of the original steel ones without softening or rusting ...
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Post by m40man on Apr 24, 2016 8:15:45 GMT
Thing is would they still be cheaper than £14? Probably not. Not now you've sown the seeds of exploitation amidst our resident workshop & lathe owner & our blacksmith .
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Post by satnav on Apr 24, 2016 16:15:27 GMT
Thing is would they still be cheaper than £14? Probably not. Not now you've sown the seeds of exploitation amidst our resident workshop & lathe owner & our blacksmith . That's the problem with capitalism and the free market. Everything is OK and hunky dorey. Someone then decides to take your eyes out, and before you know it we're suddenly paying £10 for things which cost 50p to manufacture.
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Post by bluevinny on Apr 24, 2016 21:17:18 GMT
Changed the front fork oil from 10w to 15w grade (Hagon progressive springs are in the fork tubes and they recommend 15w oil). No play was present in the forks, so assumed the fork bushes were fine and subsequently didn't remove the sliders from the fork tubes. The last fork oil change was three years and 16700 miles ago. Haynes/Yamaha do not specify an oil change interval, so was curious to check out the state of the oil. The drained oil from one fork leg was white and a light red from the other leg - the original oil had been cherry red. No manky smells this time, the oil still smelt sweet. Went on to do a valve check as the front of the bike had been stripped anyway for the front forks. Two shims were at or below the limit, so swapped them out. The oil cooler needs to be removed to make room for the valve cover to slide out. It had been leaking at the nearside boss for some time anyway - turns out the boss was cracked down its inside thread again (this was my second cooler). Luckily, I had a spare cooler lying around and installed that (third time lucky?!). Just need to reassemble the bike!
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