purplebargeken Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Will have to dig out my parka and two tone suit. Those were the days! Dick Longbridge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabergé Greggs Posted March 25, 2018 Author Share Posted March 25, 2018 Overnight zip tie worked a treat and now the lever feels great. That just leaves the eternal question: Y DOES THAT WORK? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerzy Woking Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 Word of warning JTS-I had a Triumph 955 (well, work did) with spongy front brake. Must have bled it 20 times but still spongy. Tying the lever up overnight got it back to how it should have been. Until about the 3rd application when the lever would come back to the bars. Scary! Didn't have to find a solution as it went into limp mode and the cost of a replacement ECU was more than the shitheap was worth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabergé Greggs Posted March 25, 2018 Author Share Posted March 25, 2018 Word of warning JTS-I had a Triumph 955 (well, work did) with spongy front brake. Must have bled it 20 times but still spongy. Tying the lever up overnight got it back to how it should have been. Until about the 3rd application when the lever would come back to the bars. Scary! Didn't have to find a solution as it went into limp mode and the cost of a replacement ECU was more than the shitheap was worth.Heck! Thanks for the caution. For something that’s so simple bleeding is so voodoo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy18s Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 Overnight zip tie worked a treat and now the lever feels great. That just leaves the eternal question: Y DOES THAT WORK?There will have been an air bubble sitting somewhere that has shifted whilst under pressureSome stuff even needs the caliper taken off and held above the master cylinder to bleed..Ktm,looking at you. Jerzy Woking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 I haven't been looking at LML scooters in Rochdale (via eBay), no, not all all. The white one with front rack and whitewalls looks lovely. Oh bugger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabergé Greggs Posted April 15, 2018 Author Share Posted April 15, 2018 Puncture! Tyre was pretty knackered after a year of commuting anyway so no great shakes. Couldn't find any visible punctures from the outside, so I reckon that the state of the rim has probably punctured the tube from the inside. This wheel is from my old Vespa so it's unknown age, but a scooter place put that tyre on a year ago. Some state huh? The faff of tubes and corroding steel rims has convinced me to shell out £70 on another alloy tubeless one comme ça. Safety first, right? I've been meaning to do the rear pads for ages but the rear hub nut is crazy tight, meaning I've been pondering spending obscene amounts of money on an impact wrench for ages. After several failed attempts, today with a glamorous assistant jamming the rear brakes on, and using an old part of a roof rack as a 5 ft breaker bar I managed to crack the fucker. The next two hours went like this: 10 seconds Remove hub 10 Seconds to ping the pad circlip into eternity. FUCK!2 Mins on the phone to the swanky vintage Vespa place nearby, luckily there was someone in.5 Mins to pack up tools 15 Mins to drive to Vespa place in Daf30 Mins chatting about building an engine for this that would put out approx 3 times the power (I've been pondering this for a while).15 Mins to drive home5 mins to unpack tools2 mins to change pads. Hub cleaned up nicely, back plate had some slight signs of oil so I'll have to keep an eye on that. Anyway, it's back together and feeling much nicer. Cavcraft, UltraWomble, theshadow and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 Front brake still okay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabergé Greggs Posted April 15, 2018 Author Share Posted April 15, 2018 Front brake still okay?Yeah works well. Still feels a tiny bit sticky and grabby on occasion so I may have to replace the master cylinder too. Maybe I’m just fussy.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 Probably not a bad idea mate, I guess it isn't pricey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabergé Greggs Posted April 16, 2018 Author Share Posted April 16, 2018 Ah flip. I had a suspicion that the rear hub is a bit oval as it pulses a bit as you come to a standstill, but the new rear pads have way more bite and seem to make it more noticeable. New rear hub time I suppose... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 Getting the hub skimmed is also an option, it just depends on price I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabergé Greggs Posted May 6, 2018 Author Share Posted May 6, 2018 If you really keep this pegged then the speedo hovers around 60. I always wondered what that actually is in real life, so today I GPS’d it, and held it on WOT for a good 5 miles on a flat bit of road.. the result? Always seems to be a bit perkier once it’s had a long thrash, after all that stop start carbon build up nonsense. Lacquer Peel, UltraWomble and Cavcraft 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 Good enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabergé Greggs Posted July 16, 2018 Author Share Posted July 16, 2018 I'm just home after riding this to Devon and back, avoiding dual carriageways. It was a blissful, blissful thing to do even though I can't feel my feet, face or hands. I think I might take public transport to work tomorrow just for a rest. The journey back took 11 hours with a couple of coffee breaks. I took the woolwich ferry because it seemed the right thing to do even though it added another hour or so. Mrs6C, somewhatfoolish, Cleon-Fonte and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 Hey, that's brilliant fair play to you. How do you find the seat, is it pretty comfortable? Fabergé Greggs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabergé Greggs Posted July 16, 2018 Author Share Posted July 16, 2018 Hey, that's brilliant fair play to you. How do you find the seat, is it pretty comfortable? I got one of the newer sculpted seats second hand from the 'bay even though its modern looks offend me. It's way comfier though. Naturally I got a sore arse but it wasn't bad enough to mar the good times. Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Brilliant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 How is that front brake. I found a breaker bar I had bought a couple of years ago but had forgotten about completely. Doh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabergé Greggs Posted July 17, 2018 Author Share Posted July 17, 2018 How is that front brake. I found a breaker bar I had bought a couple of years ago but had forgotten about completely. Doh!It’s good! Somehow the notchiness disappeared.. front wheel bearing seems to have developed a bit of a drone though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabergé Greggs Posted October 3, 2018 Author Share Posted October 3, 2018 This is still merrily racking up the miles and happily farting out that tasty blue smoke that we all know and love. Bear with me here though: Having broken my way through a succession of cheap eBay phone holders, I'm getting serious and committing to a ram mount. It struck me that the neatest way to mount a ram 1" ball would just be to find a spare master cylinder cap and drill a hole in the top for the ball. Is that ok? A master cylinder reservoir isn't under pressure is it? So as long as it's sealed with a washer it shouldn't leak or am I being a flipping idiot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 I would err on the side of not doing that. Just because I don't know if it would mess it all up in some way or not. Probably a good reason why no-one has done that before (possibly). Fabergé Greggs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabergé Greggs Posted October 3, 2018 Author Share Posted October 3, 2018 Exactly. It’s unchartered territory and there’s a fine line between genius and madness. Sadly it’s probably neither genius nor mad, just unadvisable in a boring way. Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 I guess it would either go remarkably well, or you'll end up removing an Addison Lee taxi from your front wheel. I do hope for the first one mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 Daub plenty of sealant on the hole and the thread as you assemble it(a decent seal is more likely if you drill and tap the lid but it should probably work ok without) and let it set up before exposing to brake fluid. If that doesn't seal it maybe try araldite or similar, making sure everything is clean and dry first. How thick is the lid? If it's on the flimsy side it might be better to knock up a bracket to sit on top of the lid and use longer screws into the screw holes on the M/c. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeRover Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 Daub plenty of sealant on the hole and the thread as you assemble it(a decent seal is more likely if you drill and tap the lid but it should probably work ok without) and let it set up before exposing to brake fluid. If that doesn't seal it maybe try araldite or similar, making sure everything is clean and dry first. How thick is the lid? If it's on the flimsy side it might be better to knock up a bracket to sit on top of the lid and use longer screws into the screw holes on the M/c.The new bracket with longer screws sounds like a sensible plan purplebargeken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabergé Greggs Posted October 4, 2018 Author Share Posted October 4, 2018 You’re all right of course. The correct thing exists already it’s just that it’s £30. Thirty pounds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Q Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 So can you make your own version of that? Buy the threaded ball, attach to a bit of plate with holes in the right place then find out the diameter, pitch and length you need for the bolts, they should be pennies. Could use mild steel sheet or even a bit of wood for the plate? I wouldn't drill through the cap, on bike ones I have seen before there's a sort of weird gasket membrane thing that goes between the lid and the fluid, I think it takes up the air gap so you still have brakes when leaned over. So I wouldn't want to interfere just in case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chompy_snake Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 You’re all right of course. The correct thing exists already it’s just that it’s £30. Thirty pounds!Is that some kind of sick sex toy??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 Yes, there is a membrane thinking about it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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