What have you done to your Blackbird today?

[Wolfie]

Took it out for a run in the pissin rain & wind again that's 3 weekends I a row now, how ever we both got all our gear on storm suits then headed out with M8 on his ZRX1200S went out around the lochs Earn & Lomond & it never let up all day but hey we still had fun.
Bikes all washed & cleaned ready for next weekend.

both roads around earn or is it shut still the back road like it was last time i went up there, lunch in the pub at killin on the bridge watching the falls, nice day that was.

 

[ianrobbo1]

WTF ??????? :dunno:

Don't worry Tim, he's on drugs!!:wank: he actually thinks it's shit, but didnt want to hurt your "feelings"!!!



8rfl@8rfl@

 

[O_Ghost]

Ordered a new battery from Jaws, mine finally tried my patience a non start too far last night. I've also ordered a charging status LED as the Reg/Rec has got to be about ready to pop.

 

[bunny]

Don't worry Tim, he's on drugs!!:wank: he actually thinks it's shit, but didnt want to hurt your "feelings"!!!



8rfl@8rfl@

it's the alzheimers m8 and the drugs. . . . .this is the suzuki owners club site isn't it. c7u8

 

[ScottyUK]

I took for it's health check and now have a new crisp piece of paper with MOT written on the top.

Yes - even with HIDS dipped and main :-0)

 

[Gary Bartley]

Took mine on the 35 mile commute to work - lovely morning in Dublin @tu*

Bike is running super :-0)

Makes such a difference to be able to use the bus lanes as opposed to being stuck in traffic in the cage:bang:

 

[Murt]

Just taken the screen off to start getting at the wires under the ignition switch!

But I did put new brake pads on the front of the ST1300 yesterday! Surprisingly it only took ten minutes :-0)
Rear ones were done a couple of weeks ago. That took considerably longer :bang:

Murt.

 

[ChazUFO]

Finally got to washing all the crap off it from Saturday's ride in the rain back from Jaws. She's gleaming again @tu*

 

[Shrek288]

HONDAS NOTORIOUS REPUTATION - cam chains

Being a v reg I thought my "lady" was suffering from a touch of old age and needed a Cam chain replacing. OMG thats £££££'s ....
Through the wonder of the net read on this forum noisey chain is actually just the cam chain tensioner. £40 and a new tensioner from JAWS little manual work later and shes lovely. Wish i'd done it earlier lol @tu* Cheers Jaws and all.

P.s only down side was realising there wasn't much wrong with my old tensioner just stuck.....

http://http://www.shreksounds.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Bikes%20(10).jpg

 

[ianrobbo1]

just put on my "bling" clutch and brake covers bought off Taffy!!:-0) @tu*

 

[ScottyUK]

Degreased, wire brushed, washed, dried and then applied a couple of layers of Smoothrite to my center stand.

Also fitted a camera (stealthily) .... although I could do with a extension lead from the bullet to the recorder.

p.s. Can't get the smell of Jizer off my hands :dunno:

 

[ianrobbo1]

Slapped on another coat of Wolf's hardbody, :-0) checked oil, tyres, and put some more go juice in it for the commute to work this week!!:-0)

 

[gremlin1000]

Valve clearance checked , delink brakes, progressive fork springs,and 6mm shim put in in the next few weeks i will be taking her to seastar to check 4-1 akrapovic output.

 

[AV8TOR]

Took it out for a ride 156 miles in fine mist & fog with a stop at East Fortune Museum Of Flight & had a right good laugh with some guy from Clyde Valley Harly Davidson Club about 40 bikes who turned up on a ride out.

 

[silverfox.xx]

Bird 1, the red one... New boots front & rear, bike cleaned and polished. Bike 2 the other red one, new rear boot, front boot from bike 1 fitted, road tax paid and fitted... Cleaned and polished. 4k mile service on bike 1, which is Bugger all, completed and recorded. Fluids checked on both bikes, bike 2 tyres cut in on a nice twisty road.

 

[bunny]

Bird 1, the red one... New boots front & rear, bike cleaned and polished. Bike 2 the other red one, new rear boot, front boot from bike 1 fitted, road tax paid and fitted... Cleaned and polished. 4k mile service on bike 1, which is Bugger all, completed and recorded. Fluids checked on both bikes, bike 2 tyres cut in on a nice twisty road.

Not done much today thenh1d1ng2

 

[ChazUFO]

CCT

Replaced the CCT today, kindly provided by Jaws. @tu*
I thought the bike was pretty smooth anyway, but when he changed over the rear shock for me the other weekend he said it was all a bit rattly, so new one fitted. No chance to take her out for a spin to see if it's any better, but hope it will be.

Scheduled for this week,,, check all the charging system and make sure it's doing what it should be as I go through everything prior to heading into Europe in 3 weeks time :yo:

 

[4_4_2]

Decided a while ago it was time to replace my brake fluid as it was a disgusting brown colour, and I suspect has never been changed. Recently I bought a vacuum pressure bleeder for the job, so I thought this would be a piece of cake....HA, YOU WISH!! about three hours later I finally got some feeling back into the front brakes, after reverting to the good old fashioned rubber tube with a split in it, and a jar of brake fluid (as actually recommended in Haynes). The vacuum pump seemed to pull the old fluid through fairly fast, but for bleeding the system, was a bloody nightmare, every time I felt like I was getting somewhere, the nozzle fell off the bleed nipple, or the fluid coming out was massively aerated. I suspect there is a TECHNIQUE to using this very clever piece of kit that was escaping me somewhere...hence my going back to tried and test old fashioned technology. you also seem to need three hands, is this really a two man job?

SOOOO, all I have achieved today is changing the fluid in the front brakes, but I did then go and give it a proper good test in a 100 mile trip around the Lincolnshire countryside, and OMG what a difference, I nearly went over the handlebars the first time I gave them some proper welly......the feel is better and the pressure needed to get the bike to rapidly slow from warp speed (or 70MPH as we shall call it for legal reasons!) seems to be much less than previously.

I have now decided to leave the rear system alone for now, mainly because it works ok, but also because the upper nipple on the rear caliper feels like it will shear off before it releases, is this common does anyone know? and if it should happen, is my caliper scrap?

ps, is there a good way of removing any spilled fluid off the bike. I tried to be very careful, but brake fluid just seems to get everywhere, on the caliper, on the discs, on the wheels, on the handlebar... how the hell do you stop it dripping on everything? and what can you use to neutralise its harmful effects? Obviously I have wiped off as much as I could see, but some of it will still be lurking in the nooks and crannys...does just washing with soap and water remove it?

 

[lukenkarl]

ps, is there a good way of removing any spilled fluid off the bike. I tried to be very careful, but brake fluid just seems to get everywhere, on the caliper, on the discs, on the wheels, on the handlebar... how the hell do you stop it dripping on everything? and what can you use to neutralise its harmful effects? Obviously I have wiped off as much as I could see, but some of it will still be lurking in the nooks and crannys...does just washing with soap and water remove it?

Plenty of soapy water as soon as you spill it or it will fook your paint work...why do you think disgruntled women pour it on their cheating husbands cars or bikes lol

 

[ChazUFO]

Fitted some very attractive scaffolding to the rear of the veee hickle. Gearing up for Europe in just over 2 weeks :-0)