The Bikeshite Thread

[Noel Tidybeard]

On 16/08/2020 at 21:19, Jerzy Woking said:

No idea if bikes are hired around here. You can borrow one of mine. Here you insure the bike, and so anyone over 25 can ride it as long as they have a licence.

You are over 25, aren't you?

mentally? probably not! 🤣🤣🤣

[Rustybullethole]

25 minutes ago, doug said:

My memory is not too sharp but is it possible to remove the slave cylinder then pull out the push rod? I am not sure. Might be worth a try/look.

Worth a look for sure. It’s all a bit German to me to be honest and haven’t had to pull it apart much in the last four years of ownership. It’s a great bike though very much not normal in every way. Bank hol weekends looking more fixing than riding I’ll report back. Have a spare rt1100 kicking about which may be useful will see.

[Jerzy Woking]

I burnt out the clutch on my Guzzi V1200 Sport 2v getting it stuck in deep sand a few years ago. It was ok as I nursed it for the next few thousand miles before slipping got too much.

Had it changed as I didn't have the space (the frame has to be lifted off of the engine), specialist tools or knowledge to do it my self. I has completely knacked the flywheel too. £1500 bill, but that included a major service too.

Very much doubt I will ever bring it over to Spain so.looks like I maybe selling it soon. One of the few bikes I have kept for more than four years. Fantastic bikes, vastly underated.

[tobyd]

Some minor fiddling and amateurism. When i stripped and cleaned the carbs i was puzzled that one of them had the mixture screw out at 4 turns and the other at 3 turns. "thats far too much" i thought i set them both to 2 which the bike hated. 3 was better but it was still a bit rough at minimal throttle, opened the front one out to 3.5 and it was better so given that another quarter turn.

Also checked the jet needle position. No idea how i'd missed it before but it was at position 2 (i.e on the lean side). Set this back to the middle position and will check it later on. What i'm not sure about is why it ran ok with the needles in this position before including a k&n filter - i'd have expected that to run hopelessly lean? unless various other air jets were blocked up countering it out? who knows.

[Barry Cade]

On a P reg it won't have a slave, cable on the 5 speed box.. the boxes weren't the best..never seen a pushrod seize, but easy enough to check on a GS. They do need the clearance set up very carefully or they can eat a clutch in no time. Hopefully it's not stripped splines, or  driveshaft letting go. Take out the starter and you can see inside at the plate etc..

Just done my 1100s clutch and it was a pain in the arse..

[hairnet]

tempted

had a new one in 03 had a fucked one 6-7 years ago

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/133861909051?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649

 

[twosmoke300]

A good day was had on the new toy ! 

[andyberg]

25 minutes ago, hairnet said:

tempted

had a new one in 03 had a fucked one 6-7 years ago

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/133861909051?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649

 

Nice, I had a 600, couldn't believe how fast it was. Big fat tyres gripped like the proverbial to a blanket and gave me heaps of confidence. Don't see many original hornets anymore ☹️

[hairnet]

had all of them apart from the 07 on

have been looking at very early ones and almost bought a very early 98

 

[MT606]

went down to the Mull of kintyre woka memorial n visited a ww1 aerodrome a relative served at, spied this sign......

[Rustybullethole]

On 8/28/2021 at 4:21 PM, Barry Cade said:

On a P reg it won't have a slave, cable on the 5 speed box.. the boxes weren't the best..never seen a pushrod seize, but easy enough to check on a GS. They do need the clearance set up very carefully or they can eat a clutch in no time. Hopefully it's not stripped splines, or  driveshaft letting go. Take out the starter and you can see inside at the plate etc..

Just done my 1100s clutch and it was a pain in the arse..

Cheers fella. Yeah cable though wondered if the push rod jabber thing was hydro (ain’t done nowt but service bits on it till now)  turns out the thrust bearing? In push rod jabber was toast. Looks like that’s why it was sticking. Clutch within service limit though steels look less than new as does main seal. Shall chuck in a kit and a rubber whilst in there (and keep old clutch) as in a month me and the other big ugly fucker are off to Spain. 

[Rustybullethole]

On 9/2/2021 at 8:28 PM, andyberg said:

Nice, I had a 600, couldn't believe how fast it was. Big fat tyres gripped like the proverbial to a blanket and gave me heaps of confidence. Don't see many original hornets anymore ☹️

Rode a few 6’s and they’re a world better than a bandit from seat of pants. Mate bought a 9 and I was in charge of purchase and riding it home, it nearly killed me several times. That thing needed respect though I’m a stubborn idiot so faced near death a few times in the week before he passed his test and I handed it over. He was stepping up from a h100 Honda which made me a bit nervy handing it over though he does fly planes for a living so turned out all good. 

[twosmoke300]

Where I found the 9 one of the most disappointing bikes I’ve ridden . But I was coming of a blade at the time .

when you went up the Rev range you kept thinking “ here we go “ but it never came . Like it had been castrated 

[Rustybullethole]

Spose it’s all what you’re used to hey. Had been commuting a cg125 at the time thing felt nuclear off the mid range.

[Rustybullethole]

30 minutes ago, twosmoke300 said:

Where I found the 9 one of the most disappointing bikes I’ve ridden . But I was coming of a blade at the time .

when you went up the Rev range you kept thinking “ here we go “ but it never came . Like it had been castrated 

Balls chopped blade so I hear.  Still needed new pants.

[martc]

Bungy chords!

[martc]

It's the future, even when you're killing people -

 

The new electric IZH motorbike for the Russian armed forces.

As we all know, IZH are famous for both old smokers (the Planeta and Jupiter for example) and Kalashnikov rifles. Quite a contrast.

An IZH Planeta 'sport'.

[Rustybullethole]

Bimmer all back together. Shall put some miles on it before heading off to Spain though first impressions good. Treated myself to an asbo exhaust with money saved from packing up the the fags. It’s bastard noisy but I like it. 
Baffle may be reinstated after first long run/brush with the law. Need to make the most of riding it around town till it’s outlawed next month. Sad times.

[thatsmacar]

Just done a valve shim check on the spare head.  Intake are as good as they will be but the exhaust are a little on the small side for gap, which is about 0.02mm at a guess.  It's a bit tight on the 0.20 feeler and should be 0.21 - 0.25 (0.008 - 0.010 in).  Would this cause an issue?  Never done all this before.  I won't have more shims to play with until I prize the knackered head off. 

[Jazoli]

18 minutes ago, thatsmacar said:

Just done a valve shim check on the spare head.  Intake are as good as they will be but the exhaust are a little on the small side for gap, which is about 0.02mm at a guess.  It's a bit tight on the 0.20 feeler and should be 0.21 - 0.25 (0.008 - 0.010 in).  Would this cause an issue?  Never done all this before.  I won't have more shims to play with until I prize the knackered head off. 

It will probably be ok but not ideal, what size shims do you need as I've just scrapped a thundercat head and have 16 spare ones which I'll probably never use.

[tobyd]

There were some spare shims in the box o' spares i believe? unless none of them are any good?

[thatsmacar]

@Jazoli I have no idea exactly but it seems around the 260 numbers.  I just don't want the exhaust valves cocking up.

@tobyd That is the spares.  There was 1 left after doing this.    When I get the other head off then I'll have spares.

[Jazoli]

41 minutes ago, thatsmacar said:

@Jazoli I have no idea exactly but it seems around the 260 numbers.  I just don't want the exhaust valves cocking up.

@tobyd That is the spares.  There was 1 left after doing this.    When I get the other head off then I'll have spares.

A 198 is the biggest I have unfortunately 😕 

[thatsmacar]

@Jazoli Sell them as spares then.  Someone will want them.  Have you got any parts from the bike, namely calipers?

[Jazoli]

16 minutes ago, thatsmacar said:

@Jazoli Sell them as spares then.  Someone will want them.  Have you got any parts from the bike, namely calipers?

No I've plenty of engine bits and a clutch and gearbox, I'll just hang onto the shims, they are 6 quid each to buy and one day I may need them I guess but I only have them because I rebuilt a friends bike for him, all my stuff comes with a warranty these days.

[tobyd]

What are the measurements over all 4 EX valves? if one is slack or another is loose or slightly over you might be able to swap them around to get them all to at least minimum spec? The size should be printed on the shim unless it went in print-side-up in which case its long gone. I'm pretty sure 2.68 is just 2.68mm (rather than 2.68 being some product code) though so some cheapo vernier calipers should get you most of the way there. I don't recall if i did but I may have written do the valve shims on the new* engine before it went in and written down the sizes of whats currently in there on a scrap of paper in the documents.

[thatsmacar]

I'll look for the paper again when I'm off.  The Ex shims are all in the 270's.  I'll probably go through it again when the head comes off.

[Bren]

I knew the busa had a scottoiler but I had never given it a moments thought despite buying a bottle to top it up.

It was empty. And a PITA to top up - made worse by yours truly pulling the adjuster off instead of filling it up via the orifice. In my defence there are no instructions.

I put it back in such a way top ups should be easy peasy from now on.

[twosmoke300]

Well due to various reasons I’m moving on the R6 . 
Off to maybe buy this later tho . Straight to Donnington on Tuesday with it 😂

 

[twosmoke300]

Cbr600rr was a no go . Something dodgy with the crash bingo / engine mount bolts / threads .

was surprised how much more uncomfortable it was than the r6 .

Looks like the poor Thundercat is gonna get beaten round Donnington on Tuesday 😂

If the r6 doesn’t sell I might fix the bits on it over winter