well been a bit quiet on here about the ss not had chance to ride that much recently or do much else but mot due next weekend prompted me to pull my finger out good check round and everything seems ok also managed to pick up a rear hugger today off a great lad called shane not to far away apparently might be on here somewhere anyway nice ride out to pick it up and back so job at hand fit the hugger ............four bolts right.......... three vacant holes where there should be bolts no problem got loads of bolts about so just one to remove ...........oh wait a mo it just spins round and around and around balls ............further investigation reveals the threaded insert is spinning in the swingarm wide button head allen key style bolt cannot get to the insert ........... GRINDER SURGERY ............well that's removed just got to get another insert popped in place life is never dull lol on the upside as I was talking to shane outside his house next to the ss along rolls another ss ie nice looking one to boot as he rides past and points to me made my day .....maybe it was someone from on here recognised the bike from on here or just surprised to see another ie out
okay finger out of arse time again ........... finally got an odd rivnut for the swingarm predicament well don't have the correct tool for fitting it ...........so improvise looked on tinternet for something other than boobies lol found it is possible to fit with just a nut and bolt bolt fitted in rivnut with nut fitted first then tighten nut down against rivnut in theory compress rivnut bulges side out hey presto fitted bollox .........rivnut spins with the nut as tightened against it so try best I can and its in hmm not entirely happy with it hugger fits on nicely but thinking I might put a spot weld on the rivnut just for peace of mind
well thought I had got myself a bargain this last week found a brand new rear brake disc for sale still in the packet £20 plus £3 postage just had a phone call of the seller turns out it was neatly wrapped up packed with newspaper oops seems the sellers wife mixed it up with the papers for recycling and its gone in the bin bummer at least the seller is sending my cheque back ahh well ...........but still amused me lol
okay got a break in the weather so thought I would check out the dim headlight problem first thought was to check voltage at the headlight connector .......only to find this hmm so a little bit on the warm side on the earth connector anyway checked the voltage with the engine running just over 12 volts dropping to 11.9volts when revved checked voltage at battery showing 12.5 dropping to 12.1 when revved so first thought usual suspect regulator felt a little warm for only running about 2 mins checked and cleaned connector back up to well above 13 volts at battery not dropping when revved checked at headlight connector showing now showing 12.5 volts dropping to 12.1 when revved so whoo more electrikery to sort right adding an earth might help but not really an auto electrician so any thoughts probably missed something really obvious :Banghead:
so spent a bit of money on the ss just got to get my finger out and dig it out from hibernation looking at fitting new rear disc and pads and getting the wheels painted and also a new tyre needed on the back so waiting for a nice day and out with the paddock stand lol well it will have shiny bit on it lol
I need one of them, tried three sets of pads and still the back back brake on mine is useless...... lookin good. How Much was it?
£73 and a few pennies and free postage first class as well from a company called wizbiz ......hold on Wizbiz Bike Parts - Superbike Race Accessories, Motorbike Screens, UK yep that's it from here they have an ebay site but it cost more on there not bad service ordered Tuesday night arrived today like the look of the Armstrong disc now do I go for gg or hh pads on the rear
I had the armstrong pads in the rear and rated them, will find out which and post in the morning.... still have the box
ok so change of plans was going to strip the back wheel out to sort paint disc and pads etc due to unseen circumstance looks like I will need the bike next week so hooked up the battery quick check around put in gear and rocked back and forth to free clutch then pressed the start button :Nailbiting:...............fires first spin like it hadn't been stood at all so far so good took it for a spin to see if the wheels fall off but all seems ok
ok so got my finger out and busy this week had the tyre removed so as to paint the wheel managed to get a tyre fitted today so on with fitting the new disc replaced the disc bolts with new ones as the old ones were ....well...butchered when I took the old disc off I was surprised how easy the bolts came out ie not really tight so a dab of threadlock on the new ones for peace of mind just got to wait for it stop raining now to put the wheel back on the bike bah
Hey bud, wheels look much better in black than previous colour. Just had a set of Sportec M7RR's fitted to mine and really happy with them so far, just need to now make up some fairing brackets because moved the headlight frame forward and then paint it all and its ready for Summer again. I opted for the HH pads think they are gold, had them before and happy with them.
whoo finaly got a break to fit the new pads and fit the wheel back on the bike why do people do this ......... took the old pads out and look like someone has cut down an incorrect pad to fit plonkers and as I removed one of the pads realised something else was wrong the locating tab that the pin goes through to hold pads in had snapped off arghh anyhoo cleaned up checked pistons were free etc and now its all back together just need to take it for a spin lol
Can't believe someone would be so tight and not buy the right set, brave or dumb can't quite get my head round that.
we all like a bit of grinder action well got round to having a go at making an oil cooler guard for the ss acquired a sheet of perforated stainless as you can see I got a bit more than I needed thanks to my local non ferrous scrap merchant near work my mate at work has been trying to get this off me for a grill for his car hah tough lol so took some measurements and finally got started got the main piece cut and have started on some stainless 10 mm angle for round the edges just have to sort mounting brackets have a couple of ideas but see what it turns out like it might end up in the bin yet hah
don't ask why the pics duplicated I don't know trust me I am better with a grinder than a computer lol
well got a break with the weather and spare time and decided to attack the clutch slave cylinder and replace it with one I had rebuilt existing on had a broken bleed nipple luckily I had a new banjo bolt with a new one the old fluid was well really bad and black bleeding was going really well till I accidently pulled some air in the master cylinder so took a bit longer but clutch action feels better and I feel better knowing the seals are ok
