PiperCub Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 Carbs out of balance can make some bikes sound awful at tickover too.Camera sound can be deceiving too Agreed - it's very deceptive, it also makes the clutch basket rattle too if there's any degree of wear there which sounds equally horrible. (My B12 did this if the carbs went out of sync). If you have a proper balancing gauge set then doing it is a half hour job usually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 Bike holiday tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerzy Woking Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 Is that a holiday away from the bike, or a holiday on the bike? Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasticvandan Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Local bike jumble this morning,let's see what crap I come home with! Jerzy Woking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerzy Woking Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 I look on here for events, few of them are anywhere near me though. http://sumpmagazine.com/classic-bike-motorcycle-shows-events.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Is that a holiday away from the bike, or a holiday on the bike?Bit of both Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Is that a holiday away from the bike, or a holiday on the bike? A holiday to planet earth? UltraWomble 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Better than a weekend in chester Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Yay on the way - surprisingly it's worth a tenner still shock No.pic of scenic shit cos the weather is shite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Ah grasshopper Cavcraft and Eddie Honda 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Oddly last time I was here was on a white Honda This one won't do 140 mph tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeRover Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Just said I'll have a DT125LC on a Q plate if it hasn't sold by tomorrow night.Wonder if I'm looking back with rose tinted specs or they really were more robust than the DT125R that replaced them? Bonus is I have a frame and logbook for one of the earliest UK ones so that's the Q dealt with easily. Now I need to track down a 170 kit and a fresco exhaust UltraWomble, Cavcraft, Dave_Q and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabergé Greggs Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Just said I'll have a DT125LC on a Q plate if it hasn't sold by tomorrow night.Wonder if I'm looking back with rose tinted specs or they really were more robust than the DT125R that replaced them? Bonus is I have a frame and logbook for one of the earliest UK ones so that's the Q dealt with easily. Now I need to track down a 170 kit and a fresco exhaustSaw that on eBay I think- up near Glasgow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeRover Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 I hope not I'm heading Maidstone! Do you have the reg of the ebay one just in case I'm being set up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabergé Greggs Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 I think I'm probably getting confused with a KE125 I saw recently. I want dibs on it anyway!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Just said I'll have a DT125LC on a Q plate if it hasn't sold by tomorrow night.Wonder if I'm looking back with rose tinted specs or they really were more robust than the DT125R that replaced them? Bonus is I have a frame and logbook for one of the earliest UK ones so that's the Q dealt with easily. Now I need to track down a 170 kit and a fresco exhaust WINNER! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John F Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 jackytwoshoes, on 10 Sept 2017 - 9:34 PM, said:I think I'm probably getting confused with a KE125 I saw recently. I want dibs on it anyway!! It was a Ke175, I posted it in this thread a couple of pages ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 Shite They_all_do_that_sir, Eddie Honda, Fat_Pirate and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 Somewhere less famous Exiled_Tat_Gatherer, Fat_Pirate, Eddie Honda and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 Y u call me fairy Jerzy Woking and Heidel_Kakao 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Q Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 Made some progress with the bandit, put the other set of carbs on and they didn't leak, which was nice. Started and sounded much better, still a tad tappetty but more sewing machine than spanners in a washing machine. I think maybe a cylinder or 2 wasn't firing before so +1 internet mechanic points to JohnK. It won't idle with the idle speed below about 1500-2000rpm, hoping I can get away with a quick blast out of the jets / pilot circuits. John F and strangeangel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtd2000 Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 i did the fork seal trick with the carton,it works (wont help if your stanchions are corroded thoughYeah the stanchions are in perfect condition, the bike has never seen a real winter as it spent all its life in Hong Kong. I did the carton method on my old GS450GA back at the end of 2015 and was very impressed that it worked. It's a Florida bike and in cracking condition, bought it as a non-runner. garethj and brandersnatch 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John F Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 Made some progress with the bandit, put the other set of carbs on and they didn't leak, which was nice. Started and sounded much better, still a tad tappetty but more sewing machine than spanners in a washing machine. I think maybe a cylinder or 2 wasn't firing before so +1 internet mechanic points to JohnK. Think you might mean "John F" there, chief... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 Heated grips packed up this morning New ones arrive friday Jerzy Woking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Q Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 Think you might mean "John F" there, chief... Gah, I do indeed. Many apologies good sir and hope no offence was caused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John F Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 Dave_Q, on 12 Sept 2017 - 4:56 PM, said:Gah, I do indeed. Many apologies good sir and hope no offence was caused. None at all, Dave - glad the Bandit is firing on all four now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
castros_bro Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 Anyone want a new BSA? http://www.india.com/auto/bike-news/this-is-how-the-first-next-gen-bsa-bike-will-look-like-launch-in-2019-13124/ brandersnatch, strangeangel, Jerzy Woking and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeRover Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 This just showed up for an MOT at a friends place: https://m.facebook.com/100007192545905/posts/pcb.1922032044713195/?photo_id=1922031984713201&mds=%2Fphotos%2Fviewer%2F%3Fphotoset_token%3Dpcb.1922032044713195%26photo%3D1922031984713201%26profileid%3D522207758%26source%3D48%26refid%3D7%26_ft_%3Dqid.6466360052861311136%253Amf_story_key.193623124674184053%26__tn__%3DEH-R%26cached_data%3Dtrue%26ftid%3D&mdf=1 Sorry I can't work out how to get the photos over from Facebook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 As mentioned in the grump thread, my throttle cabled snapped today. Handy it happened at home when I was turning the throttle to check I had enough slack in the wires for the just fitted heated grips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John F Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 My CBX has been on loan to a mate for the last couple of weeks. I turned up yesterday to pick it up & it was dead... no dash lights at all. Very strange, because he'd ridden it to work and back that very day. Plenty of juice in the battery though, so I checked the ignition switch. One of the solder connections at the back of the switch had given way and the wire was hanging loose Luckily it hadn't happened while my mate was riding the bike, he doesn't understand how vehicles work. Even more luckily, one of his neighbours saw me stripping the ignition barrel out & came over with a gas soldering iron, a reel of solder & a tin of flux, so 5 mins later I'd fixed it Jerzy Woking and Dave_Q 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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