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(small) Bike Things You've Done Today

Discussion in 'Lounge' started by Cream_Revenge, Nov 15, 2018.

  1. Oh the lies on this forum :D
     
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  2. :thinkingface:
     
  3. Most women are shoe mad and the other bit is the man thing.!
     
  4. I'm not sure that women wear shoes in bed.
     
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  5. I see your playing with a straight card today, it was a joke / stroke man fantasy thing.
     
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  6. Not even high heels? Well, that’s that dream shattered!
     
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  7. Picked up this lot today from my local aqua-blast bloke. £50 well spent I'd say:upyeah:
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  8. Bought a new battery for my GSXR1000 K5 from one shop, then a new battery and a horn for my 250 Superdream from another shop
     
  9. K5. Big respect.
    250 Wet Dream. Less so.
    ;)
     
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  10. K5 is one of the many

    1958 Royal Enfield 350 Bullit
    1980 Honda CB250N Superdream
    1989 Yamaha FZR400 3BF
    1990 Yamaha FZR400 3TJ
    1996 Ducati 916 Biposto
    2000 Honda CBR900RR Fireblade
    2005 Suzuki GSXR1000 K5
    2009 Suzuki GSXR1000 K9

    Did have a 2021 Kawasaki Ninja 650, until it was stolen from the dealer last August

    The story of the Superdream is, when I was young (and stupid), I had a Yamaha RD125LC with a custom paint job, and my father had a 1980 V reg Honda CB250N Superdream in silver, as he is getting on in years, and, his health is deteriorating, I decided to buy one, as close to his as I could, and, restore it (if necessary)
     
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  11. Nice. Good on you.
     
  12. Realised that my 996 cylinder head spanner fits the bevel head nuts. So fitted the heads correctly for the first time ever instead of guessing using a 17mm spanner 
     
  13. Spent most of today cleaning out the glass-bead sludge from the threads :poop:
     
  14. minuscule thing i've done on the bike today: – picked this up from the doormat and opened package. have no excuses for not fitting now, apart from not being able to feel my fingers.

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  15. A damn sight cheaper than the UK......no doubt.:thinkingface:
     
  16. Doggy,

    Are the cold temperatures enough to make a significant difference? Tries to remember basic physics........all based from absolute zero(?) so if you set 40 psi on a summers day at 20 degC then on a zero degree day pressure would read 273/293 as much.

    Anyone got a calculator?
     
  17. I don’t want to teach anyone to suck eggs but in practical broad brush terms, tyres are designed to deliver a hierarchy of parameters, grip, water removal and longevity. The design process looks at those parameters over a range of conditions so a psi or two isn’t that critical. However, refine your parameters to look at riding style, speed, tarmac conditions and such like and you get in to the realm of generating too much heat or too little heat if the tyre pressure is too low or too high by as little as 2 or 3psi. I have met riders who don’t check their tyre pressures for months on end (in one case, nearly 12 months) so big changes in temperature can make a noticeable difference to tyre performance. Physics constants are great on paper or in the laboratory but in practice, the mass of the air in the tyre is the only constant, variable temperature and volume make the calculation a bit less straight forward. Andy
     
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  18. The Nitron suspension for the Monster has been delivered so popped down to MR to have a look. Mmmm, nice :D Whilst I was there, had a butchers at the new Monster SP. Mmm, not so sure, looks a bit blingy and not a fan of a red seat pad similar to the original R1 : unamused: Andy
     
  19. Took the covers off, to remind myself what they look like, and to check they haven’t rotted away.
     
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  20. Fired up and warmed through each of the 4 bikes in the garage. Having frozen my bits for long enough, I will leave doing the same to the 3 bikes in the house until tomorrow :D Andy
     
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