Whilst I was pootling in the garage tidying draws and putting the accumulated spares in bike specific boxes, I decided to put a collection of crusty, used Brembo brake caliper bits into soak in some Bilt Hamber wheel cleaner. It’s witchcraft, the spring plates and pins cleaned up really very well. Alright, I had get creative with some of the corrosion on the pins but once passivated again, that’s saved two sets for the Multistradas and one for the Diavel. Andy
Superb bike and good discounts to be had right now; I'm tempted but am waiting to try the KTM 1290 SDR Evo...
Hi Andy, if you want you can send them to me here in France, and I'll organise sending to you there for cost. Just to help out. Dm me if you need. Cheers Grant
That’s really kind of you Grant and much appreciated. Turns out the manager of my local bearing stockist is an X-Diavel nut and he’s sorting me out for a special price. Cheers, Andy
Took all of 10 minutes to disassemble, clean and then fit a new piston and seal kit to my spare Multistrada clutch master cylinder. Longest job was leaving the new piston and seals to soak in the assembly fluid Andy
Pulled pistons out of a set of calipers. From a trike... Took 2 hours, do they ever use the front brake on one of those three wheeled death traps?
Well I went out (just got back 30 mins ago). Got piss wet through. Stuff is now in the airing cupboard drying off. Called in to Ducati Manchester though for a chat and a coffee The weekend will be for cleaning the bike and my gear I think
Watching the rugby - interesting To see some fresh England names coming in- old guard making way? Pressure from SA though. Interesting last 20 mins in prospect.
Mended the chaffing loom on my M1100 headlight then washed it as it was disgustingly filthy from a commute in the pissing rain last week.
vv little done bike related over the last two years. but yesterday, i rode, washed and lubed the fugly. Awesome, much needed, i had forgotten how a bike can transform yer day. organised a CBT and insurance for the lad, so it looks like a wee early morning trip down to Irvin next Saturday and sleepless night thereafter. today the lil shit has me up early to get his bike down to my workshop in readiness for the parts arriving from Aprilia early next week that will hopefully transform the piece of shit we bought into something resembling a reliable motorcycle. apparently he is gonna pay me back. hmm.
Going to see Bond at 10.45, defo bike related as there is normally some great bike action, hopefully!
