The Bikeshite Thread

[Guest Hooli]

As mentioned in the grin thread, I've decorated the kitchen.

 

[UltraWomble]

But before I set out, I'll just leave this here...

 

Yeah.

Well, I iz down with da kidz innit.

 

Im using the ped at the mo to undertake my latest project whim - Im trying to photograph every post box in the PR postcode area - given that there are about 700 this is no mean feat and I have 74 in the PR1 area to photograph yet.

Tother night I a gaggle of kids rushed over as I was taking this photo of a GR box ( Lion Foundry) 

 

"Is that your bike mistah? Are you selling it mistah?"

[hairnet]

youd only get offered a meat pie

[xtriple]

As mentioned in the grin thread, I've decorated the kitchen.

 

Stroppy in kitchen.jpg

 

I have a pair of fabulous highly polished (and about a quarter inch thick!) side panels for that bikes, complete with 750 badges (stickers) yours for a moderate price (read: as much as I can scrounge out of you!). I even have a picture of them n a bike somewhere, been lugging them around in a box for years!

[Guest Hooli]

Hmm, I need to get rid of that horrible electrics box it's got...

I'm not sure what I want to do there though, but I have been thinking of something hidden behind standard side panels. Got any pics/price in mind?

[pilninggas]

Here's my recently aquired NC700X:

 

 

Deeply impressed with it. 80mpg (real and measured over last 650miles). Fitted a screen topper, chain oiler [loobman freebie] and some lower crash bungs.

 

lovely pseudo v-twin thrum [crossplane firing order] - very torquey, decent rubber and suspenders and higly practical. Work is a 45mile round trip, this thing handles it with consumate ease and is less frenetic than my other bikes.

[UltraWomble]

Hmm, I need to get rid of that horrible electrics box it's got...

I need to have a rummage with the moped of doom - a couple of times its cut out when bumping off kerbs and the starting issue isnt the battery its the safety switch that means it wont start unless a brake lever is depressed.  I want to bypass this so I'll have to find a wiring diagram. May bypass the ignition switch too and put a hidden ( under the seat) switch.

[Guest Hooli]

I wired this Bonnie from scratch about nine years ago, but the electrics box doesn't match the shape of the frame & is a nasty badly brazed thing. I plan to rip it all off & do it again to a better looking solution as well as moving coils back to where they should be.

Sticking with points though, they work & never give problems unlike the aftermarket Boyer breakdown ignition systems everyone raves about. I had three of them in 6k miles & they just keep packing up.

[brandersnatch]

I took a little spin round the Norfolk coast. 240 miles, bit chilly but a lovely day.

 

 

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[Aston Martin]

I posted on a Honda twin forum..

 

“Looks like the wiring harness is missing from the change switch. These are very hard to find but there are ways around it. I would remove the change switch, located on the right side case under the right carb, and see if it works. You can check it with a ohm meter. If it works you can make a wiring harness for it. If it doesnt there is a sticky on this site that will explain your options.“

 

 

The cheapest working A on eBay is £2399, so aslong as I keep my costs down by several thousand pounds I’m in profit... sorry, I thought I was talking to my bank manager.

[UltraWomble]

 

 

Off to chuck some sofa cushions and straps in the CJ and I'll be off. More later!

Well?

[strangeangel]

NC700X:

 

 

What, one of those things Hairnet reckons no-one has?

[strangeangel]

Well?

 

It got a bit dark, so I'll take some pics tomorrow!

[UltraWomble]

It got a bit dark, so I'll take some pics tomorrow!

C'mon the sun is up now.....

[twosmoke300]

Another 3 hour enduro ticked off . First round of the Dorset Winter Warmer series at Rogershill . A muddy slippy rutty nightmare but I finished . 80th out of 170 starters but there were 54 dnfs !

Tough day for me up at 5am 170 mile drive , about 3 1/2 hrs riding and then 170 miles home in the wind fog and rain .

Got home to poorly child and twatty cats so got an hours sleep tops

[strangeangel]

C'mon the sun is up now.....

 

RIght then... this one is merely coming home, as opposed to joining the fleet. I had neither the time nor the skill to sort out the mechanical problems it had, so it's spent some time with a good mate of mine who has got it up and running. This has been such a long story (with many stops, starts, false dawns and long, long periods of procrastination) I'm going to make it a thread of its own at some point.

 

 

And then there was a stop off at Billy's on the way home to collect this:

 

 

And, no, I haven't attempted to ride it yet!

[Fabergé Greggs]

RIght then... this one is merely coming home, as opposed to joining the fleet. I had neither the time nor the skill to sort out the mechanical problems it had, so it's spent some time with a good mate of mine who has got it up and running. This has been such a long story (with many stops, starts, false dawns and long, long periods of procrastination) I'm going to make it a thread of its own at some point.

 

vespa.jpg

 

And then there was a stop off at Billy's on the way home to collect this:

 

chainsaw.jpg

 

And, no, I haven't attempted to ride it yet!

Vespa looks nice, is it a VNA or something? For sells?

[UltraWomble]

RIght then... this one is merely coming home, as opposed to joining the fleet.

vespa.jpg

 

And then there was a stop off at Billy's on the way home to collect this:

 

chainsaw.jpg

 

[strangeangel]

Vespa looks nice, is it a VNA or something? For sells?

It's a 1959 152L2, built by Douglas. Will post more about it soon!

[Guest Hooli]

FFS!

 

Went out as it was sunny, got THREE punctures in the rear wheel at once so I got to sit in a shitty bit of Barnsley to await recovery for two hours.

 

Get it home & the spindle won't slide out so I tap it with a 1/2" extension as I often need too. Except this time the extension disappears in the end of the spindle & jams in. Slip a rod in t'other end to knock it out & that jams in too & snaps off flush with the end of the spindle.

 

 

FFS! I've left it as I was ready to smash the shit out of it with hammers & until there was no bike left.

 

 

 

Anyone know if I cut the extension bar are they hard to drill as that's the only way I can think of saving the spindle.

[DodgeRover]

Can you drive another rod in on top of the other to dislodge the extention ?

[xtriple]

 

This is the only pic I have of them, they really are very VERY substantial and in lovely condition. What you reckon?

[Guest Hooli]

That's a great looking bike, but I'll have to say no. Too brash for me, I'm not a fan of masses of chrome tbh.

[Guest Hooli]

Can you drive another rod in on top of the other to dislodge the extention ?

I don't have such a thing so gave up thinking that way. It may work though.

 

I'll ask the neighbours who build bikes for a living tomorrow, I'm just too pissed off with it going out of it's way to ruin a relaxing run out to find sunday dinner.

[xtriple]

That's a great looking bike, but I'll have to say no. Too brash for me, I'm not a fan of masses of chrome tbh.

 

Damn and blast... there I was thinking I could get rid of some old tat... I did not expect discernment and taste on here! Why do you think I took them off? I hated them as well!

[DodgeRover]

I don't have such a thing so gave up thinking that way. It may work though.

 

I'll ask the neighbours who build bikes for a living tomorrow, I'm just too pissed off with it going out of it's way to ruin a relaxing run out to find sunday dinner.

What about mole grips onto the extension then twat them with a hammer to extract it - you might need some other extensions through the wheel if space is tight.

 

I think extension bars are quite hard but I have bent them using slightly excessive pressure - they don't shatter or crack like sockets so would probably cut if the worse comes to the worse.

[Guest Hooli]

No luck with mole grips, I tried all that. Spindles are £102 new! so the extension will get cut if I need too.

 

I should have stayed home & took my Bonnie apart, but I wanted one last sunny day on the bike this year. I'd forgot how jap crap turns kamikaze and makes sure everything that can go wrong does go wrong.

[pilninggas]

What, one of those things Hairnet reckons no-one has?

you know what, on paper it seems like an underpowered bike. on the road it makes tons of sense. it actually feels nice at 70-80mph unlike a lot of jap bikes that are doing silly revs at that speed. I also like that it doesnt make me ride like an arse.

 

The NC forum seems quite busy and i see quite a few nc700 and nc750 s on my commute.

[DodgeRover]

How about attaching a slide hammer to the end of the extention?

[Guest Hooli]

How about attaching a slide hammer to the end of the extention?

 

Only one I have is a bearing extractor & won't grip enough within the 1/2" drive. I've got no way to attach it properly to the extension.