Oh ye of little faith….successful trip to MOT station on 1098R! Mama mia, I forgot how fooking pokey that bike was!
Managed to fit into my leathers for the first time since Almería on November. Then a 250 mile ride around the lakes, Hartside pass, Whinlatter pass then Honister.
Decided to sort the rusty centre stand on my Multistrada as it has slightly bugged me since I got it. Just two bolts so how hard can it be? Did my usual of using a variety of sockets and extensions to extend the Allen key and number one comes loose with a crack. Number 2 is not having any of it, to the point that the 3/8 to 1/2 adaptor gave up the will to live. So knocked up an adaptor for my ridiculous torque wrench that could spin the world if I could get the right adaptor. No go! In the end I had to do a couple of heat/ shock and unlock cycles before it finally gave up and came out. Presently the centre stand is in a carrier bag coated in Deox C gel and will then get a coat of high zinc primer before some black and then back on. Years ago that would have been such a ball ache of a job but having the right tools makes life so much easier.
Runout to Wales with a couple of mates and a stop at Tollgate cafe just outside Llangolen... Lovely victoria sponge, sorry no pic of that. You'll just have to use your imagination
Had a ride up to Hugglescote this morning, to pick up a new (to me) gear selector lever for the GSXR750 project, when I got home, put the bike in the van, ready to drop the van off for the AC to be fixed
Fug it. I'm done. Just to remove and bin the scotoiler. Maybe clean and paint the oil pipes and that's it. 10hrs in and all I can see is dodgy engine casings and rusty spring. Boo. I had to go back out and check. Those markings on the plastics are the reflection of the stones it's parked on.
and, it's starting to rain. which is a good thing. the 848 can wait, and maybe the house wont burn down. it's been sortchio and tinder dry for weeks with wild fires going on everywhere. how long do yous think you could ride about with one of these before you suffocate?
Done a bit of tidying up in the workshop, cleared and cleaned the lift table, put the GSXR750 project on the table, fitted the replacement gear selector lever, made a start on removing the swingarm, all stop as I need a specific socket to remove the swingarm pivot bolt
Was going to go for a ride on my 750 Gsxr this morning, until i pressed the button on the datatool alarm fob and nothing happened!...tried changing the battery in it but looks like the alarm is throwing a wobbler, i was going to get it booked in at my local bike garage to get it removed or permanently de-activated sometime soon anyway but this has brought the matter to a head, its a total PIA, even when the battery is disconnected the alarms internal battery keeps it chirping every 5 seconds or so...sooner its out the better
. after 5 years of this two month garden project. it was a proper shithole (the wifes a gardener, she assured me it wouldn't take much longer than a few months ) sorting out the fugly has wetted my appetite for fixing stuff. so, i've pulled rank and said fug it, no more for a while. i'm pulling out the quad from under the tarp behind the shed that the kids used to play with up until several years back. so i did. looks like i have a wee job on my hands but jeezo, the battery has still got a good charge in it, the brakes aint sized and the tyres are still fully inflated. Ducati could learn a thing or two from the Chinese
Fitted the DP Rizoma levers to the RS, as I managed to get them from Ducati Glasgow, both for pretty much the price of one lever. It was an easier job than I remembered, only took about 15 minutes.
