The "Today I did something to my bike" thread

Max Headroom

Japcati2020 wrote: »

Some stuff from England and Germany arrived this morning.
Fowler's.....wont be using them again.
Overpriced,and slow to deliver when compared to the Germans.......

Considering the stuff had to come from KTM..to them to me..i was impressed..as regards overpriced..nah...!!..germans can go and heil hitler....:p

Japcati2020

Max Headroom wrote: »

Considering the stuff had to come from KTM..to them to me..i was impressed..as regards overpriced..nah...!!..germans can go and heil hitler....:p

Well the stuff I bought came in at 35 euro cheaper than Fowlers and got here 5 days after time of order.
Therefore I like "ze germans" very much.......

batman_oh

Wasn't gonna bother doing this but with the savings on burgers and chicken wings being locked at home the last month and a half I couldn't pass up on this when it came up in Millsport. 1199 Superleggera TTX with overpriced titanium spring! :pac:

KildareMan

That's a lot of burgers & Chicken Wings. Sure there's some Pizza in there to. Nice.

Makes my Hyper pro (in the post) look positively low rent.

H_Lime

batman_oh wrote: »

Wasn't gonna bother doing this but with the savings on burgers and chicken wings being locked at home the last month and a half I couldn't pass up on this when it came up in Millsport. 1199 Superleggera TTX with overpriced titanium spring! :pac:

Gwan, how much!!! Betcha the shock cost more than my Dr lol!!

H_Lime

batman_oh wrote: »

Wasn't gonna bother doing this but with the savings on burgers and chicken wings being locked at home the last month and a half I couldn't pass up on this when it came up in Millsport. 1199 Superleggera TTX with overpriced titanium spring! :pac:

Gwan, how much!!! Betcha the shock cost more than my Dr lol!!

batman_oh

H_Lime wrote: »

Gwan, how much!!! Betcha the shock cost more than my Dr lol!!

It wasn't new - the price of a new one would make you cry. The spring alone is around 1000 quid :eek:

blade1

My proper arrow shotguns hanger arrived.
Million times better

H_Lime

batman_oh wrote: »

It wasn't new - the price of a new one would make you cry. The spring alone is around 1000 quid :eek:

Hey no judgement here:) Beats indoor skiing or paddy power! Still an addiction mind:D
What's the thinking with the ti spring? Is it just grams saved or is there something else? I wouldn't have thought it was a good choice for a spring but then again I'm not a metallurgist! Whats the rate and your weight?
I'm gonna go with........ 1399gbp, hotter or colder?

H_Lime

blade1 wrote: »

My proper arrow shotguns hanger arrived.
Million times better

Offset from swinger is tidier and a bit higher?
Your some man for the detail details:eek::)

blade1

H_Lime wrote: »

Offset from swinger is tidier and a bit higher?
Your some man for the detail details:eek::)

Remind me to never let you park my car in a tight space! :pac:

H_Lime

I'm Italian parking cars, when bumpers kiss yer home:)

Max Headroom

Japcati2020 wrote: »

Well the stuff I bought came in at 35 euro cheaper than Fowlers and got here 5 days after time of order.
Therefore I like "ze germans" very much.......

You probably had it picked up by private plane and delivered to you by a virgin..tho....:D

KildareMan

Fitted my HyperPro today. Arrived 3 days early from Holland

H_Lime

KildareMan wrote: »

Fitted my HyperPro today. Arrived 3 days early from Holland

That is a lovely piece! You said you had a Tiger was it yea?

KildareMan

Yup the bestest and rarest. Venom yellow

blade1

Speaking of Tigers.
I gave a loan of my 1050 to my Brother one time and when he brought it back, he asked me would I sell it.
I said it wasn't for sale so we went off and got him one instead. Full proper luggage as well.

KildareMan

Had a Caspian Blue 1050 prior to the 800. Bought sight unseen from UK dealer and rode back in 2009. Great machine but just a little top heavy for me so the 800 was an easy buy.

blade1

KildareMan wrote: »

Had a Caspian Blue 1050 prior to the 800. Bought sight unseen from UK dealer and rode back in 2009. Great machine but just a little top heavy for me so the 800 was an easy buy.

I wish I took a vid of how you can really throw them around when needs be.
My brother would be more into cruisers.
He has a Valkyrie, Harley and a few other yokes.
I think he prefers the tiger now although that wouldn't be hard :pac:

H_Lime

Blade on a comfy plush traillie, well I never!

Nice machines that make sense on our roads.

Had at my refurbed formerly cursty mildly buckled front hoop.



One side


Other


Leo Reilly could true it in twenty mins, took me an hr, but tis true.


Had the coater mask the well so it won't need drastic re tensioning.

blade1

Had a tdm900 before the Tiger which I wish I hung on to it.
There's was days on the tdm that when I arrived home I'd just keep going and stay on it another hour or so.
Loved it.
Your Dr finished??

H_Lime

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blade1 wrote: »

Had a tdm900 before the Tiger which I wish I hung on to it.
There's was days on the tdm that when I arrived home I'd just keep going and stay on it another hour or so.
Loved it.
Your Dr finished??

I'd say it was the only tdm with ohlins:P
Doctor DR has had all the things I wanted to refurbish, paint, rebuild, modify/improve done. I need to buy chain and sprok and front line to match the four pot calipers banjo angle outlet, then it's put humpty back together. Should be back together in a month? Hopefully my carb jetting and engine work were OK.

Max Headroom

You laced your own wheel..fair play, lot of guys think its witchcraft..or just lazy....:P

batman_oh

H_Lime wrote: »

Hey no judgement here:) Beats indoor skiing or paddy power! Still an addiction mind:D
What's the thinking with the ti spring? Is it just grams saved or is there something else? I wouldn't have thought it was a good choice for a spring but then again I'm not a metallurgist! Whats the rate and your weight?
I'm gonna go with........ 1399gbp, hotter or colder?

800 sterling - so not too bad. The spring is purely weight saving as the Superlegerra was lightweight bits all over trying to justify the crazy asking price. Luckily enough the spring is exactly the rate I need - not as if I'd replace!

H_Lime

Max Headroom wrote: »

You laced your own wheel..fair play, lot of guys think its witchcraft..or just lazy....:P

It's tricky but doable if you apply logic and like solving puzzles:) Ensuring lacing pattern and disc offset set you up well for truing. Truing is the witchcraft but the two main culprits can be fixed (mostly) with two basic techniques.

batman_oh wrote: »

800 sterling - so not too bad. The spring is purely weight saving as the Superlegerra was lightweight bits all over trying to justify the crazy asking price. Luckily enough the spring is exactly the rate I need - not as if I'd replace!

That's cheaper than I reckoned but yeah still more expensive than the Dr I bought:pac:
Result on the rate being a match!

honda boi

Bought these forks brand new about a year from a company here.
Fitted them last summer, and bike was used commuting from September to March. In bits already. Never had this issue with other bikes forks.
S**ty quality or did i miss doing something????

KildareMan

If that's a year or less I'd say poor quality chrome finish. For protection though I tend to ACF50 everything.

H_Lime

honda boi wrote: »

Bought these forks brand new about a year from a company here.
Fitted them last summer, and bike was used commuting from September to March. In bits already. Never had this issue with other bikes forks.
S**ty quality or did i miss doing something????

Spurious stanchions yeah?

H_Lime

Rubber landed:)

cantdecide

Fazer update

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nA7h909A1U

H_Lime

cantdecide wrote: »

Fazer update

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nA7h909A1U

Yer flyin it.
As you say the basics are all there with her being low mile. The swinger, fork lowers and engine all look sweet, loving the polished fins. My pj1 fastback efforts in the past never looked as plush as that hence why my engine (and plastics) are with Ger at the mo.
What's the craic with the system, stock or will you bang something stainless on her? Can or oem? Always nice to go stainless.
Did the carbs need work?
Sorry, ton of questions as I enjoy this craic.

Was the motor quiet before the project, will you do the valves?

Max Headroom

honda boi wrote: »

Bought these forks brand new about a year from a company here.
Fitted them last summer, and bike was used commuting from September to March. In bits already. Never had this issue with other bikes forks.
S**ty quality or did i miss doing something????

What bike is it...no offence but it looks like a neglected bike...

honda boi

H_Lime wrote: »

Spurious stanchions yeah?

Yep.
Wanted to get the originals rechromed but they were way past repairing !

honda boi

Max Headroom wrote: »

What bike is it...no offence but it looks like a neglected bike...

Gsx 1400
Got it as a ball of s**t and fixed it myself. Bike doesn't look perfect but I had used it for 140 km a day for commuting before this lockdown . Had to reuse and clean some parts or get some used parts that wouldnt look the best. Finding parts for this bike wasn't easy :P

H_Lime

honda boi wrote: »

Yep.
Wanted to get the originals rechromed but they were way past repairing !

Wemoto?

honda boi

H_Lime wrote: »

Wemoto?

Nah ones in the pic were from motorcycleshop.

H_Lime

honda boi wrote: »

Nah ones in the pic were from motorcycleshop.

Wonder where they got em...

blade1

honda boi wrote: »

Yep.
Wanted to get the originals rechromed but they were way past repairing !

Wouldn't necessarily mean they'd be any better now.

I know someone that gets their chrome done in Poland.
Not happy with the standard in Ireland or UK apparently.

honda boi

H_Lime wrote: »

Wonder where they got em...

Just actually had a look through my old emails and seen it could be from PT forks from Italy apparently.
Not sure on there quality meself.
Tho ive ordered plenty of stuff from motorcycleshop over the years and never had an issue with quality bar these forks.

honda boi

blade1 wrote: »

Wouldn't necessarily mean they'd be any better now.

I know someone that gets their chrome done in Poland.
Not happy with the standard in Ireland or UK apparently.

What's better getting these rechromed or sourcing another new set?

blade1

honda boi wrote: »

Just actually had a look through my old emails and seen it could be from PT forks from Italy apparently.
Not sure on there quality meself.
Tho ive ordered plenty of stuff from motorcycleshop over the years and never had an issue with quality bar these forks.

Would you not contact Lee motorcycles about them.
They should be interested in the quality of them.

honda boi

blade1 wrote: »

Would you not contact Lee motorcycles about them.
They should be interested in the quality of them.

I did and they waited for a reply from the supplier, and was told that they wouldn't cover the damage as chrome is susceptible to rust in the winter.(knew they wouldn't cover it).
Even the old original fork tubes from 2002 that were on the bike originally didn't seem as pitted or rusted as these are now .lol
They said they could see if they can get a reduced price for me on new forks but I didn't get a chance to reply back to them

blade1

honda boi wrote: »

What's better getting these rechromed or sourcing another new set?

Your cheapest option would probably be source a used pair in good nick.

The QuietMan

honda boi wrote: »

Bought these forks brand new about a year from a company here.
Fitted them last summer, and bike was used commuting from September to March. In bits already. Never had this issue with other bikes forks.
S**ty quality or did i miss doing something????

Fúcking hell :eek: and I thought mine was bad, I’m glad I didn’t buy spurious parts now.

The QuietMan

honda boi wrote: »

What's better getting these rechromed or sourcing another new set?

Give First Choice Breakers in Wicklow a shout. Merlin is excellent, he sorted me recently for a fork leg on my blade and mirrors for my busa. Had them in 24 hours,

Japcati2020

Today I wheelied it,while going to the supermarket for some food.
Apart from that,I did fcuk all to it......:D

blade1

Japcati2020 wrote: »

Today I wheelied it,while going to the supermarket for some food.
Apart from that,I did fcuk all to it......:D

Hope it was an essential wheelie and not a standard one :pac:

Japcati2020

blade1 wrote: »

Hope it was an essential wheelie and not a standard one :pac:

Very essential indeed.
They all were.....;):D

blade1

Japcati2020 wrote: »

Very essential indeed.
They all were.....;):D

You should be handy enough by now so!

Japcati2020

blade1 wrote: »

You should be handy enough by now so!

Handy enough now.
Few pics taken today too......:p;)