(small) Bike Things You've Done Today

You could do with fitting a few more zip ties on that frame top tube !!

 

Removed the rounded out Allen bolt from gear lever of my v4 streetfighter , and changed it to race shift so it's the same as the track bike. It's just saves having to think about it when swapping between the 2

 

Changed the oil on the Wifes Speedmaster to get ready for her first MOT, the bike that is, no the Mrs!

 

Cleaned some oil from the engine on my BMW, it would appear it’s leaking from the sight glass.

 

I like a secure wiring harness. Or fairing. Or in fact anything I can get a cable tie around.
Might do them in black when I put it back together so the p@ss takes cant see them

 

Sorry ducv2, no offence intended mate , I’ve been in “ sarcastic tw4t” mood all day, ..much to the Wife’s annoyance....who is about ready to divorce me I think ?

I suppose it’s the byproduct of a lifetime career in engineering, years of brutal p1ss taking means my skin is so thick there’s nothing in the middle

 

Absolutely no offence taken whatsoever. It's a standing joke the amount of cable ties I use on stuff. In between moving the bike there were lots of savage comments about my fetish.

 

Washed all the salt & winter crud off the poor XBR500 winter workhorse, came up ok, was relieved & felt guilty for putting her through it... Hyper needs mot, hopefully next week so xbr500 can have a rest...

 

^^^^ if you ride an XBR on salty roads check out the underside of the swinging arm - mine rotted out from the inside

 

Thanks for the heads-up, will get the acf50 all over.

 

Easy Peasy fix, here’s a linky for you on a how to install,...pics have gone unfortunately but you’ll get the idea
https://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php/136604-Oil-sight-glass-replacement

 

Started to clean the exhaust on the Triumph .

 

Spent today and yesterday cleaning the exhaust.

 

Cleaned the exhaust .

 

Dug a bit more corrosion out of one of the horizontal cylinder barrel stud passageways which is preventing the barrel moving. Nearly halfway to the crank cases now. Ho hum...

 

50% acetone/50% diesel is the best rust release agent I know

 

Nice, what did you use to clean it?

 

Harpic max , it's 10% hydrochloric acid , do it with exhaust cold , I wore gloves , used a paint brush to apply it , wait 10mins , rubbed with a scouring pad , cleaned off with water and dry with cloth , had to repeat several times at the top of the headers , link pipe cleaned up first go , then hosed it all off , the ran the engine for 10 mins , to day I finished it off with sandpaper various grades 60 , 120 ,240, 400 ,800 ,1200 ,2000 .
Then applied autosol and buffed it up with a cloth , going to buff the headers again on my next day off .

 

Cleaning the chains on a couple of the bikes with some tunes on.

 

.....bought a new battery.....shout out for Tayna batteries btw, click and collect spot on.....fitted it and spent a good five minutes listening to the engine!!