bangernomics Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 Also pull the centre of the valve out if you haven’t already otherwise you’ll never get the air in fast enough. Then pop the centre back and jobs jobbed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Q Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 Valve was out, I wasn't using a ratchet strap, I don't have a compressor any more (did have until recently but sold as it was in the shed never used.) I was thinking about going out and buying a compressor earlier but instead scored some free fire extinguishers, emptied out this one and bodged a valve in the hose. 80psi with my track pump in the fire extinguisher and on she popped. Still a lot of work to pump the bastard up to pressure so will be keeping an eye out for a compressor in the long term I think. LightBulbFun, Fabergé Greggs, Bag'O'Spanners and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strangeangel Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 If you stand outside your gaff right now and listen carefully you'll probably hear me applauding... using a redundant fire extinguisher to seat a tubeless tyre - if that isn't the Autoshite way then I don't know what is 😎 UltraWomble, Barry Cade, Minimad5 and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Q Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 I can't take credit for the original idea as I saw it online as a way to seat push iron tubeless tyres.Just got lucky seeing the extinguishers today just as they were listed and for free as well.Also got 2 CO2 ones which I will actually keep in my workshop in case of fire, which I hear they are also handy for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Cade Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 I put the 14 year old Tourances on my spoked wheels on the Vstrom on Monday. Had a proper sweat on, its hard work! Had to break the beads with the focus towbar and jack. Never balanced bike tyres and never noticed any difference. The old tourances were as soft and supple as the 2 year old ones that came off. Will report back if I don't crash at the first corner. Dave_Q and blackboilersuit 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 fat knacker seat fitted hopefully its comfier than the one on it cant test it as as alluded to in another thread its blowy as fuck man went to garage to wash it and that was enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangernomics Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 Ahh assumed compressor, carry on with the bear grillerey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 Pre season prep begins ! New tyres and get the wheels painted back to original colours first . Will be selling the part worn tyres of anyone needs any . Bt016pros . Not many miles ( will check later ) but a few trackdays so you can look like a hero with the bobbled edges . 120 60 17 and 160 60 17 £50 ? Barry Cade 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 1300 miles on those tyres . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 Tyres sold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 Gent leaning against wall to mate snigger, snigger - 'look at that seat' - snigger snigger The Beverly Hillbillies'. 1960s Angrydicky and RayMK 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 Gary Jones on his re-badged Carabella (?) Ammex (?) 1976 Eton, the 1960's. A toff on a Greeves, come the revolution... Jerzy Woking and RayMK 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitsisigma01 Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 On 3/3/2021 at 4:21 PM, Cavcraft said: Today it was time to get the AP50 (or A50P, as I think the non-UK European ones were called) On 3/3/2021 at 4:21 PM, Cavcraft said: My first bike at 16 was a 1975 A50 mk2, No pedals, just pegs, smaller tank, speedo moulded into headlight, top speed just over 60, eventually swapped it out to a A100 engine, no faster😕 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red5 Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 4 hours ago, mitsisigma01 said: My first bike at 16 was a 1975 A50 mk2, No pedals, just pegs, smaller tank, speedo moulded into headlight, top speed just over 60, eventually swapped it out to a A100 engine, no faster😕 identical to mine. Ah, those were the days...song in there somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Cade Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 Well, I didn't die. Did about 80 miles on the new 14 year old tyres, and they are exactly the same as the other 4 sets of Tourances I've had on bikes. If they are OK in the wet, then they're staying on. Was pushing them quite hard at the end of the run and noting untoward at all. blackboilersuit, LightBulbFun, Dave_Q and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilninggas Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 Under the welsh rules you can go about 5 miles from home, so got out for a bit and did a northern orbit of my house. Nice to be out on the Niken. The Pirellis are miles better than the rubbish it came with. UltraWomble, brandersnatch and Fat_Pirate 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brandersnatch Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 I loved the Niken I rode a while ago. The odd thing is that it doesn’t feel odd. Good choice. Looks great in that colour too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bpirie1000 Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 Nothing better than afirst of the year sympathetic blast on yer bike... teach the old brain matter how to ride the bike again.... Barry Cade 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilninggas Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 2 hours ago, brandersnatch said: I loved the Niken I rode a while ago. The odd thing is that it doesn’t feel odd. Good choice. Looks great in that colour too. i took my NC to work this morning - nearly ran off of the road on the first bend, as it steers very lazily compared to the niken. brandersnatch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat_Pirate Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 Took one of my bikes for a MOT on Friday and it was a bit of a shocker how un-bikefit I've become. All my kit felt really heavy too, probably as I've spent months just bumming around the house wearing a t-shirt and jeans. And it rained. Then hailed. But it was GOOD. Barry Cade, EmperorPigeon, pilninggas and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerzy Woking Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 After 10 consecutive days redecorating my house, I decided enough was enough for now. The sun was shining so I went out on the Enfield, hopeful that I would get the smell of paint out of my nostrils. Had a great run zig zagging across the country to the coast, using a quite a few unpaved roads for good measure. Even stopped for lunch. Car needs its ITV (MOT) tomorrow, and some essential gardening needed, so decorating on the back burner for another couple of days at least. pilninggas, Barry Cade, brandersnatch and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brandersnatch Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 7 hours ago, Jerzy Woking said: After 10 consecutive days redecorating my house, I decided enough was enough for now. The sun was shining so I went out on the Enfield, hopeful that I would get the smell of paint out of my nostrils. Had a great run zig zagging across the country to the coast, using a quite a few unpaved roads for good measure. Even stopped for lunch. Car needs its ITV (MOT) tomorrow, and some essential gardening needed, so decorating on the back burner for another couple of days at least. That looks horrible mate. I can tell you’re missing the charms of the A12. pilninggas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerzy Woking Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 1 hour ago, brandersnatch said: That looks horrible mate. I can tell you’re missing the charms of the A12. How right you are, but not so much as I do the A120, M11, A406 and A13! brandersnatch and pilninggas 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 Belated Buon Compleanno to Moto Guzzi, 100 years old yesterday. The factory at Mandello del Lario is the worlds oldest motorbike factory still in use and Moto Guzzi are the second (I think) oldest continuous manufacturer, behind Hardly Dangerous. doug, Sir Chocolate Teapot and Jerzy Woking 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerzy Woking Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 I think that Royal Enfield are the oldest company still manufacturing bikes. I have a Guzzi and an Enfield (although both modern models), and still surprised how many slag them off without ever riding one (or possibly even owning a bike at all). They don't get to where they are by producing rubbish. brandersnatch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 48 minutes ago, Jerzy Woking said: I think that Royal Enfield are the oldest company still manufacturing bikes. I have a Guzzi and an Enfield (although both modern models), and still surprised how many slag them off without ever riding one (or possibly even owning a bike at all). They don't get to where they are by producing rubbish. Pedant mode on - technically speaking the Royal Enfield company in existence today was founded in 1955 as a subsidiary of the now long gone UK company. It does have links back to 1901 but I'm not sure if it falls into my 'continuous' proviso. - pedant mode off. But I agree about bar room critics who are the sort of people who think a Hardly Dangerous is the peak of motorcycle technology/cool, who repeat what their anonymous mate said/what they read in Bike magazine in 1974. The bollocks about Italian electrics for example, or Royal Oilfields are incontinent are just some of the old hoary chestnuts they churn out. Jerzy Woking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerzy Woking Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 2 hours ago, martc said: Pedant mode on - technically speaking the Royal Enfield company in existence today was founded in 1955 as a subsidiary of the now long gone UK company. It does have links back to 1901 but I'm not sure if it falls into my 'continuous' proviso. - pedant mode off. But I agree about bar room critics who are the sort of people who think a Hardly Dangerous is the peak of motorcycle technology/cool, who repeat what their anonymous mate said/what they read in Bike magazine in 1974. The bollocks about Italian electrics for example, or Royal Oilfields are incontinent are just some of the old hoary chestnuts they churn out. The pedant mode is most welcome, and I have looked again and you are right. So I've told myself ner-ner-ne-ner-ner for that. I have toured extensively all over Europe on my Guzzi (right down to Greece) and it's been reliable. Only issue I have had was burning the clutch out when stuck in sand, but instead of getting it done, I nursed it for another 6000 miles. So bye bye flywheel. 10,000 kms on the Enfield now, and apart from knackering the (rubbish) battery by leaving the USB I fitted on, its needed nothing. It's really annoying that there are a lot of haters for Enfield, mostly from those that have never ever ridden one, such as many of the vloggers on YouTube. At least the bikes I slag off I have at least owned. martc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 'El uso del casco no fue obligatorio en España hasta 1989. Que ir sin él era peligroso no se discute'. The use of the helmet was not compulsory in Spain until 1989. That going without it was dangerous was not discussed . Jerzy Woking and Psycho Charlie Knobcheese 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerzy Woking Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 1 hour ago, martc said: 'El uso del casco no fue obligatorio en España hasta 1989. Que ir sin él era peligroso no se discute'. The use of the helmet was not compulsory in Spain until 1989. That going without it was dangerous was not discussed . Great photo. Soon it will be compulsory to wear gloves when riding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 Good ! Jerzy Woking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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