Yes, I agree - feels a bit more frantic, definitely a 'sportier' riding position but also lighter handling. I enjoyed my two days on one in Cyprus, albeit, strangely, it felt like harder work in the mountains than the Bird would have been. Might have just been the unfamiliarity.Apart from thinking the Hayabusa is exceptionally ugly I found it be very raw and unrefined to ride. That was after riding to the dealers on a Blackbird so maybe I was biased.![]()
Absolutely gorgeous.................
Also good to ride, in a different way to the Bird - feels like you have to be more committed.
View attachment 42400 Finished work now for Xmas so I’ve finally had free time and got around to doing something about the toys...
The Metro has a rear brake adjuster that I missed... didn’t look like one I’ve seen before so can forgive myself for that. They were corroded to death and sourcing new ones proved hard work. They’re now fitted and with a few bags of sand in the boot, it should pass its MoT tomorrow.
The Bird now... the simple task of replacing an O ring is not simple.
I posted a while ago about my leaking oil return pipe...
One shitty O ring is responsible yet to get to it have to drop the lower fairing, move rad, remove exhausts and finally the sump. Done for the night now. Can die another day.
Oh and for the record, Cillit Bang is shite
Please tell me that isn't your kitchen..........
Well even if it's his garage, it shouldn't be in that state AB. You need to get down there with your feather duster pronto...Please tell me that isn't your kitchen..........
Nowt wrong with my quarter of the kitchen. I happened to have just tore a bit of my bike to bits and as such there are tools and shit everywhere. What matters is that the sink, cooker and fridge are clean and accessible![]()
Annual occurrence in our house when God was a lad. It was called Linklyfe. Magical stuff .I remember as a kid watching my father boil his bike chain in a saucepan of oil on the kitchen cooker while my mother was out.![]()
Linklyfe came in its own purpose made tin . You heated it up 'til the grease began to liquify , dropped the chain in it, let it simmer for a while to let it soak in, then removed chain and let the grease cool down again , job done . All you had to do then was put the tin somewhere safe until you needed to repeat the process 12 mths later.Did the boiling thing but did it in a tin box of some sort. The heat opened the seams in the box and the grease leaked out. Can't remember the consequence. It was a black grease, graphite. Think I still have it.
Also had the James 150 engine in my bedroom - after I cleaned it - for a while before I reassembled it. Not that there was much in a 2 stroke engine.
I bought another James 150 - can't remember why but it had a suspension unit on the back.
Learned 2 things. The bolt should have been high tensile - got that sorted - but the difference it made was amazing, even on that thing.
Would be interested to know what was in it - probably highly toxic as was a lot of this type and f stuff in years gone by.Linklyfe came in its own purpose made tin . You heated it up 'til the grease began to liquify , dropped the chain in it, let it simmer for a while to let it soak in, then removed chain and let the grease cool down again , job done . All you had to do then was put the tin somewhere safe until you needed to repeat the process 12 mths later.
Was that picture taken on the set of Coronation Street??The Metro finally passed MoT.
Rover Specialist told me they’ve always had crap brakes and it was common to put an anvil in the boot before doing the brake test. I substituted that with 6 bags of cement and it worked!
The bird seems to have stopped leaking oil (touch wood).
Got the sump and generator cover back from F&J vapour blasting on Friday, spent half hour looking for a sump gasket online... Should have realised that if Jaws doesn’t sell one, they don’t make them.
V-Tech red gasket seems to have done the trick.
Refitted the exhaust pipe and rads - wanted to keep it minimal in case it’s still leaking - and took it for a 20 min spin. Praying the kitchen floor is oil and brake fluid free when I get home from work tomorrow. Hopefully no complaints either for running it with no cans either(saying that there’s a lad round here somewhere that thinks his Aprillia SR50 sounds great with no can either
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Next job is to replace the sump on the Vivaro which looks blissfull by comparison.
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