The Bikeshite Thread

[Rustybullethole]

3 hours ago, twosmoke300 said:

Off to the Thetford forest this weekend for my first Timecard enduro since before Covid . Track looks awesome and im very excited 

Always a great track there and decent specials too. Nice loamy berms through the woods. 

Haven't raced there for quite a while though did have my tea in my Banks enduro cup this morning which is my prize trophy of all time. 

[Iamgroot]

Penny project Z750 update, seat unit fitted.

[Cavcraft]

Took my mate to pick up his second-hand Honda Z125 monkey bike yesterday. Can definitely see the appeal of these things, it's absolutely ace!

[tom13]

That will be ace. Thetford is quite sandy as well isn't it so will hold up better in the rain?

[twosmoke300]

Time card ready .

This one seems very simple admin wise . The last couple of timecard events I’ve done were the WTRA Snowrun with a 26 mile lap and two checks / special tests per lap . 

[Cavcraft]

Fighting a losing battle, as per.

Honda 90:  removed the two float bowl screws as the bastards always work loose, found a better screw (and a nut to keep to keep it in place) and  used some thread lock. Nice and tight (much easier to do with carb off the bike) and also tightened the carb manifold bolts. Total success. Until I puled the throttle open just to see and the cable's come off or snapped 🙄

FS1M: MOT'd, oil pump replaced, happy days. Packed up 20 yards later!  Shit old fuel though, no doubt.

[twosmoke300]

3 1/2 hrs racing in woods in feb - and the bike looks like that ! Mind blown 

[tom13]

11 hours ago, twosmoke300 said:

3 1/2 hrs racing in woods in feb - and the bike looks like that ! Mind blown 

Sexy bike that. Also congrats on the minimal cleanup.

[twosmoke300]

11 hours ago, tom13 said:

Sexy bike that. Also congrats on the minimal cleanup.

It’s fucking amazing to ride in a race too. Not as good as the old 250x as a trail bike tho . 

[5speedracer]

Benelli TRK702 out for it's first run. First impression is it's comfy, not just the seat but the forks work really well for non branded, non adjustable. If fact they work well with no with no caveat.
Shock on Std settings rides the road well but lacks a wee bit on sudden compressions. I'll knock a couple of clicks off and see if it makes a difference.
Engine wise it felt shite for a start but it only had 28 miles on it. Nothing under 3.5k and vibey, especially at 6k. I could feel it loosening up though and at 100 miles it was like a new map! Pulling better, smoother, faster revving, it's going to be a good motor.
I'd a TDM900 some years ago and that felt flat but this motor promises to be more fun. Run in advice is until 1k Km do not operate for long over 7.5k, redline is at 9k!
Bike in Cullen, handy for a pish and an excellent ice cream shop.


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[Cavcraft]

60 miles today along with my mate on his monkey bike. Thermal kegs, thermal vest, a t-shirt, a hoodie, a coat, two pairs of socks and some gloves and  it was still sodding freezing. Really gelling with the BM, it's nice to get on a bike that feels like it'll get you where you're going and not have to keep looking at the 'dashboard'.   The riding position is good and aids confidence, but I'm starting to get cramp due (I think) to the wide tank, but it's not too bad and soon goes away when you stop and walk round for a short while. Throwing your leg over with that monstrosity of a top box on the back is also a bit of a pain but again could be worse. Not measured MPG yet, but it seems pretty decent.

[5speedracer]

On 02/03/2025 at 14:39, Cavcraft said:

 Throwing your leg over with that monstrosity of a top box on the back is also a bit of a pain but again could be worse. Not measured MPG yet, but it seems pretty decent.

I have the flexibility of an ironing board and have started climbing onto the bike when the top box is fitted, like getting on a horse from what I've seen.

[Dave_Q]

First ride of the year, a fairly boring trip on the postie to Next to collect some school trousers.

[tom13]

17 minutes ago, Dave_Q said:

First ride of the year, a fairly boring trip on the postie to Next to collect some school trousers.

Well jel. Would love one of those.

[tom13]

Did some green lanes the weekend with a mate from work who has a newer Africa Twin. He doesn't have too much experience but did well, a smaller bike would have helped.

His Twin is a DCT one and I had a go on it. A very capable bike but you have to have some experience. You could get it stuck very easily if you were careful. DCT was actually very enjoyable. I wouldn't choose it over a manual but again I wouldn't turn my nose up at riding one either. 

[hairnet]

Fuking lol at the polish guy riding an irish bike living in newry

He said he didnt speak much english

Lmao

The natives dont either  @Faker @Wibble @The Vicar

[twosmoke300]

Well it appears I now have two burgman 400s ! Yay me 

I bought the semi broken one from @vaughant a month or two ago now . Hadn’t had much time to do much to investigate the poor running after half an hours riding on it . I did check the valve clearances and clean the carb etc .

Then another one popped up locally for £250. Now , silly me thought it being a 51 plate and the original one being a W they would be the same yeh ? Are they fook. The one from vaughan is a 2000 model and the second one a 2002.

The 02 was a non runner and in a million pieces . So my plan of swapping parts to fix it was out as the Cdi and connector was different with some wiring changes too . 
So I used the 2000 to get some wave forms and data from ignition pick ups and coil outputs etc to confirm the blue one had a knackered CDi . Which is pretty much unobtainable used at sensible money . 

Then someone locally was breaking one so I messaged and popped down . Got a Cdi ( the wrong one ) section of loom and an HT cap ( more on that shortly )for £15.

So some bodging occurred but success ! It runs 

 I will solder and heatshrink at some point but the bullets were just a test rig really . Some of the wiring is different and the colours and descriptions in both years wiring diagrams weren’t 100% accurate so some careful metering reqd.

Yesterday was spent putting back together a maxi scoot someone else took apart and put all the fasteners in a bucket . Jeez what an ordeal but it’s back together and barring a slightly lacking in damping rear shock it seems ok . MOT next week.

Onto the original 2000 one . Well I was a bit naughty and popped the no plate from my ( now very broken ) missis Innova on it so I could actually road test it and find out what’s up with it .

Well long story short it was a fucked HT cap . It also had about 4 litres of petrol / oil mix in the sump ! So that was drained and refilled with 10/40 and will monitor the level . 
So two up n running maxi pads .One of them is doing our green laning shitbox challenge in June but I’ve not chosen my victim . The other will be used for a month or so til the weather is good enough to dig my cb500x out of it slumber .

So the innova ?

The missis has had this for 18 months or so and has been put to great use . The previous owner used it for long distance road trials and modified it a bit with trials tyres and a decent Bashplate .

We have been going out on midweek TRF rides ( I’m on my KE) and the other half has been keeping up with much better bikes on the lanes . But this came at a cost this week.

While riding it nipped up . Thought this was strange as it had a fresh top end a while back and was as sweet as.

Well it turns out they don’t like having their crankcases having lumps torn out of them and leaking all their oil out .

 

Luckily a friend of mine has a set of cases and I managed to find a new genuine crank for £80 plus post .

Total cost of a full rebuild will be about £300 so not bad really . But I’m making her pay for it this time .

But we are going to look at a Beta Alp 200 at 10.30 today 😂

 

No pressure but the Innova is booked in for an event in wales in about 4 weeks time so I need to get it running , run in and snagged before then . 

 

 

[hairnet]

Its fcuking freezing

[twosmoke300]

A purchase was made

[hairnet]

Bumpiest road in ireland

[hairnet]

 

 

Also this happened - right outside the gard station 

 

[hairnet]

No they didnt ram me off 

Went wrong way 

Did a uey but didnt notice when i stopped was in 3rd

Twat

Waterford to belfast tomorrow 

 

[hairnet]

Burp

 

[Stinkwheel]

How seized can rear shock linkages be you ask? 
 

very. 

Just a quick job I thought, then EVERYTHING was seized.

new bearings all round. wouldn’t have shifted the old ones without a press, luckily I have one. 
 

new bearings in

And then the slightly newer (and slightly longer, F650GS model) shock goes in, 

Now back together with it then, but I didn’t take a pic of that, so have one from a couple of days ago

[Iamgroot]

Mate, I couldn't even see the needles in the bearings on my FJ12 when I swapped the swinger for the earlier ally one, SOLID

Don't get me started on the availability and price of the replacements...

[Stinkwheel]

16 minutes ago, Iamgroot said:

Mate, I couldn't even see the needles in the bearings on my FJ12 when I swapped the swinger for the earlier ally one, SOLID

Don't get me started on the availability and price of the replacements...

Same, the needles were obscured By the seized in plain bushes, once those were pressed out then the remains of rust and rollers all fell out. 
the full kit for linkages, swinging arm etc was about a 100 quid, so not cheap, but not terrible in comparison to some either. 
 

[Iamgroot]

We share the same pain! The one unobtainium obscurum bearing was over £100 for mine, thankfully found the same part listed as an engine mount bearing for a different bike from an aftermarket supplier for £30, but still only the one bearing for that.

[Cavcraft]

Lots of kicks later and the Lambretta is officially back on the road. 

Went down to the river on it the other day, unusually the only scooter there at the time. There are normally a few, but I think k they'd gone on a run somewhere.

Anyhow, the usual array of (mostly) boring modern bikes were about, but also a Honda CB750F with an 1100 Bandit engine, and a very tidy GT380, a bike for which I'll always have a soft spot.

That 23 plate Multistrada was a bloody nice thing, though.

[Iamgroot]

4 minutes ago, Cavcraft said:

 

 

I think I've done a sex wee

[castros_bro]

Don't all rush at once but James may be returning.