General chat thread... Links, pictures, banter etc

Sonics2k

Feckin Dubs the lot of ye!

Cian_ok

Paityn Acidic Rattan wrote: »

I see on facebook that you've recovered the bike, great news.

Yes. Still haven't got it back yet - it's with the insurance company.

blade1

Any takers??
https://www.donedeal.ie/motorbikes-for-sale/honda-nr-750/21192310

Max Headroom

blade1 wrote: »

Any takers??
https://www.donedeal.ie/motorbikes-for-sale/honda-nr-750/21192310

Nah...doesnt have heated grips...i'll pass...:P

honda boi

Anyone help me out.
Changed the fork seals in one of the legs awhile ago.
All seemed ok couldnt see any leaks.
Till today went to look at them and I'm noticing small amounts of oil. On the fork tube and lower leg. Even after wiping and pumping the leg a few times there was still oil residue.
These were sitting in my spare room for weeks so it's not like they were being used. And the tubes themselves are brand new.
Hadn't had a chance to pop the dust seal off and check anything.
I'm thinking the fork seal could be upside down?
Tho I would of thought it would be flowing out with oil if it was upside down no?
Here's a pic of the seal.
Anyone tell me what picture should be on top from the pictures ?
The seals look nothing like the original ones that were on the forks so couldn't really compare like for like.

scudster

honda boi wrote: »

Anyone help me out.
Changed the fork seals in one of the legs awhile ago.
All seemed ok couldnt see any leaks.
Till today went to look at them and I'm noticing small amounts of oil. On the fork tube and lower leg. Even after wiping and pumping the leg a few times there was still oil residue.
These were sitting in my spare room for weeks so it's not like they were being used. And the tubes themselves are brand new.
Hadn't had a chance to pop the dust seal off and check anything.
I'm thinking the fork seal could be upside down?
Tho I would of thought it would be flowing out with oil if it was upside down no?
Here's a pic of the seal.
Anyone tell me what picture should be on top from the pictures ?
The seals look nothing like the original ones that were on the forks so couldn't really compare like for like.

Whichever side has writing on it is the top. The second photo looks like it has writing on top.

Max Headroom

the left pic.the spring goes inside....its very easy to damage the lips when putting them in...

honda boi

scudster wrote: »

Whichever side has writing on it is the top. The second photo looks like it has writing on top.

Is that how they usually work?
Whatever has writing is the top?
First time doing any fork work so wouldn't be familiar with that.

CJhaughey

How did you drive them in to the leg?
If there's any debris between the seal and the stanchion they can leak, try using a piece of 35mm negative and sliding it around the leg at an angle to remove anything that might be causing the leak.

honda boi

CJhaughey wrote: »

How did you drive them in to the leg?
If there's any debris between the seal and the stanchion they can leak, try using a piece of 35mm negative and sliding it around the leg at an angle to remove anything that might be causing the leak.

Used a bit of waste pipe and exhaust clamp to drive it in!
Sat in alright, clip slot in perfectly .
Will try get my hands on some negative and try it.
Tho this fork leg hasnt even seen daylight so I'm expecting no debris to be in there,but hopefully I'm wrong.
From what I can make out online it seems I put the seal in right.
Popped the dust off and the bit with writing on top is the top and the side with the deep groove on the bottom is on the bottom,

honda boi

Tried the negative and no luck.
I noticed since I had the dust seal off there was no oil on the tube itself anymore,it was just filling up on top of the oil seal.
So I had a close inspection to the side of the seal and low and behold I found a tiny piece of the bottom of the oil seal had caught itself and ripped so was just sitting there,still in tact but not sealing. Just as max headroom said about damaging the seal
All the oil must of been coming out of that tiny hole,which explains why so little oil was coming out.
So need try and source just an oil seal or will have to buy another pair .
Ah sure we learn from our mistakes!!
First time near a fork so should of known something was up when it went so easily

Thanks for the tip on the negative CJ.

Max Headroom

Did you take the forks apart to change the seal/s or yank them out with a screwdriver ..?

honda boi

Max Headroom wrote: »

Did you take the forks apart to change the seal/s or yank them out with a screwdriver ..?

Fork tubes were f**ked.
So new tubes.
Whole fork was taken apart,new bushings and seals.
Thought I had done it 100% but guess not.
Will have to redo this one and do the 2nd one as well.

CJhaughey

Put some fork oil on and around the seal before you drive it home, the seal needs to go in square as well, if its anyway off it will tear the rubber.
These are a good investment.
https://www.louis.ie/artikel/fork-seal-driver/10003457?list=c06f27e0ebcf2d3510b02b8c364530e2

Blanchy90

I got a push start for the triumph and got it home last night.

Now I'll either sell it or wait till I have space in the shed and do a proper job on it.


I'm looking out for a new bike and I'm very tempted to get a Zero

Bigserious1

Blanchy90 wrote: »

I got a push start for the triumph and got it home last night.

Now I'll either sell it or wait till I have space in the shed and do a proper job on it.


I'm looking out for a new bike and I'm very tempted to get a Zero

What type of Triumph? Looking for a project.

Blanchy90

Bigserious1 wrote: »

What type of Triumph? Looking for a project.

Its a 93 Triumph Trident Sprint 900 with 39k miles on it

Cienciano

boredatwork82 wrote: »

Yeah I don't like going into bikeworld.

When I was buying all my gear for the first time and hadnt clue I went into bikeworld.
Just didn't talk to me, didn't feel comfortable. I felt I was a hindrance to them. Asking silly questions., How stuff should fit etc. And starting out biking is a daunting prospect. Maybe they were just busy and thought I wasn't serious.

Anyways went straight out the door and down to cotters and dropped €800 on gear.

I always found BW to be good, they'll help if you ask but aren't annoying. They are crazy expensive, I'm always on my phone checking online prices. I've still bought plenty in there, they have a great selection of stuff.
Last time I was in cotters I was trying on helmets and some salesman would not leave me alone! He was literally standing beside me commenting on every helmet I looked at. This went on for about 15 minutes, the fúcker wouldn't leave so I went home and bought a lid from Crossons. Any other experience I've had in cotters was good, that put me off though.

D3V!L

I wanted to buy a new lid from BW recently but they were €265 dearer than the online price !! Saying that I find their bikes are quite good price wise.

I do think they need to put a bit more effort into the second hand bikes on the shop floor though. They have an Aprillia Dorsoduro for sale that I very nearly bought last weekend. I didn't in the end because for the same price I was able to get mint examples online with half the mileage.

In the end I spent my money on a new exhaust for my beemer :P

blade1

Moto GP highlights now on Quest for anyone that didn't catch it!

Emmersonn

blade1 wrote: »

Moto GP highlights now on Quest for anyone that didn't catch it!

Brilliant first round in all classes. Bad mistake by the rookie in moto GP

Hotblack Desiato

No spoilers! :mad:

blade1

Ordered a set of Conti Road Attack 2 Evo from Oponeo.
These probably get overlooked a bit by some but I really like them.
Good grip in wet and dry and warm up quickly enough.
€204 delivered.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YfKNN3QQOc

GBX

Ouch ... The judge was always gonna come down hard

https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/1106860609696645121?s=19

listermint

No reg ? Or ridiculously tiny ?

arybvtcw0eolkf

blade1 wrote: »

Ordered a set of Conti Road Attack 2 Evo from Oponeo.
These probably get overlooked a bit by some but I really like them.
Good grip in wet and dry and warm up quickly enough.
€204 delivered.

I've had them on two bikes and really liked them too, and bloody cheap!.

Then had them on my R1200GS and couldn't wait to get them off. For some reason they just didn't suit the GS, but I'd use them again on another bike.

blade1

Paityn Acidic Rattan wrote: »

I've had them on two bikes and really liked them too, and bloody cheap!.

Then had them on my R1200GS and couldn't wait to get them off. For some reason they just didn't suit the GS, but I'd use them again on another bike.

I've had them on various bikes over the years Mak and have them on another bike at the moment as well.
They are for my ZZR and it's the first time trying them on it so it'll be interesting to see how they fare on a bigger bike.

They are replacing T30's which imo are just about barely acceptable.
The Conti's I've had in the past have outperformed a lot of other dearer tyres I've had.

arybvtcw0eolkf

blade1 wrote: »

They are replacing T30's which imo are just about barely acceptable.
The Conti's I've had in the past have outperformed a lot of other dearer tyres I've had.

Funny enough I replaced the Conti's with T30's on a BMW R1100S and the T30's were terrible in the rain. They constantly broke traction in first and second gear.

Despite their reputation I hated the T30's on that bike.

I thought it strange then that the Conti's were woefull on my GS

blade1

Paityn Acidic Rattan wrote: »

Funny enough I replaced the Conti's with T30's on a BMW R1100S and the T30's were terrible in the rain. They constantly broke traction in first and second gear.

Despite their reputation I hated the T30's on that bike.

I thought it strange then that the Conti's were woefull on my GS

Were the Conti's GT?

honda boi

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