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bitontheside
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Rhino
Piss off!
Piss off!
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bitontheside
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Took you long enough didn't it? :bow:
RHINO
Answering to nobody
Yeh, BOTS missed the meeting point last Saturday for the toy ride and do decided to spin the combo around 180 degrees in the road in a doughnut fashion only to fry the clutch :}
The poor old PAN 'n' chair were sat stranded until the fluid cooled down and the lever came back with some feeling. c7u8
The poor old PAN 'n' chair were sat stranded until the fluid cooled down and the lever came back with some feeling. c7u8
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bitontheside
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Coddy
Don't believe a word - he's only jealous because my bike was photographed more than his! :f The truth of the matter is that my clutch plays up now and then - lever all the way to the bar - then slowly comes back - it has got me totally baffled. Unfortunately it happened just before Rhino turned up at the meeting point. I should have smelt a rat as he showed far too much concern whether or not I could make it home!
Don't believe a word - he's only jealous because my bike was photographed more than his!
:f The truth of the matter is that my clutch plays up now and then - lever all the way to the bar - then slowly comes back - it has got me totally baffled. Unfortunately it happened just before Rhino turned up at the meeting point. I should have smelt a rat as he showed far too much concern whether or not I could make it home!
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bitontheside
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Coddy
See photo at top of thread - see, it's not a Reliant - you can't get them in Castrol Honda colours ( I hope!)
It does doughnuts a treat - I just shit myself doing it in case it knackers the drive shaft! :cry:
See photo at top of thread - see, it's not a Reliant - you can't get them in Castrol Honda colours ( I hope!)
It does doughnuts a treat - I just shit myself doing it in case it knackers the drive shaft! :cry:
Supabird1100
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bitontheside said:
I've heard of it happening to other ST1100's BOTS. RiDE magazine had one as a long-term test bike the year before last....and that one did it on a semi-regular basis. They put it down to the clutch fluid being contaminated with water so losing it's hydraulic capacity.
How old's the fluid in yer bike ???? :dunno:
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bitontheside
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Supa
How old's the fluid in yer bike ???? :dunno:[/QUOTE]
Last week it was about 5 months old - at the moment not quite a week old!
How old's the fluid in yer bike ???? :dunno:[/QUOTE]
Last week it was about 5 months old - at the moment not quite a week old!
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trophychap
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Have you tried dot five, or you could always put an extra air scoop in the direction of the slave cylinder. Had it happen on my Range Rover the pipe runs quite close to the exhaust the fluid starts to boil if there is no airflow to cool it.
Probably preaching to the converted though.
Probably preaching to the converted though.