What have you done for your bike this weekend?

[riffer]

Well, the weather's been shit.

So nothing for it but to bugger around in teh gargre.

The RF got a full front-end strip today, and now has nice new oil in the forks.

Out with the dark grey sludge (different amounts in each fork too), and in with the lovely straw coloured stuff.

What's everyone else been doing on their bikes this horrid rainy weekend?

[Uncle B]

Oil & filter
Clean & lube chain
Clean Bike
Help pull Darkman's race bike apart
Watch TV

[Nutter34]

Washed mine on friday... Does that count?

[Clivoris]

Mate!
Got out on the Vic Club members track day yesterday. Brilliant weather, 50 bikes max, and as much track time as you could want. Naturally I rode like shit, but I have a plan for changing that. No doubt, I have the rest of my life to live down being passed by Jarrod Wintle on his Harley. What can I say? I was trying to text my wife at the time. Had some good advice to help with bike set-up and got to take Delboy's R6 for a spin. Mmmm, very nice.
The weather was so shite today that we had to call off the public open day. Water was flowing accross the track in several places and it didn't look like it was going to clear up. Moral of the story is join the Vic Club. It's worth it just for the free annual track day.

[Karma]

I rode it to work and back on Saturday...

If it wants any more than that then it's gonna have to start putting out.

[Bonez]

400 + km ride on the GB on Saturday- http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?p=797017#post797017. Cleaned out the shed a bit yesterday so I have a bit more room to swing the cat. Proud of myself I was for letting a whole rubbish bag of crap go. Kicked the 550f over-yip it starts, as usual, as it has done for the last 20 years. Gave the 750fc spares bike crank a turn over. Found a brake hose off the 250T I wrecked a while back in one of my bit n peices drawers. I'll replace the cx's brake line with it as it's shorter and isn't starting to crack and will better suit the lower bars I've fitted.

Pissing down outside at the mo and have put the rubbish/recycling out. Was tempted to inspect the bags to retrieve some of the "treasures" :shutup: , but boys in the big truck have been so bye bye little ones :bye:

[Cajun]

fitted new seat
fitted a new r1 throttle tube to give me a 1/4 throttle, and then replaced the left hand grip to match the right hand r1 one grip.

[What?]

Fitted new Stebel Magnum horn (from Nippy Normans - highly recommended) to the BMW on Sat. Nice and loud!
Might go and start the Elsinore up today. Just in case the neighbours need upsetting...

[Titanium]

Washed, waxed, tar and rubber removed from the rims and fixed the rattle of the hugger hitting the torque arm.

[scumdog]

Took the rear wheel off the T-Sport as the factory fitted tyre showed perish marks in two places (H-D Dunlop), as the bike only has 7,000km and is a 2000 model I suspect it has sat for months with a flat tyre or something, bastard still had about %80+ tread left, argh!.:angry:

And I had to take the rear muffler off before I could get the axle-bolt out, the bloody inconvenience of it all!

Will shoot down to bike shop and get the new tyre fitted, my old favourite, a Conti Milestone. :niceone:

[paturoa]

The clutch slave cylinder has been leaking. I've had the parts for a while. The K3 model SV has a design fault where crap from the front sprocket makes it way down the side of the piston and onto the seal. So as the clutch goes in and out it roots it. The K4 and later model SVs have an extra rubber diaphram (sp?) that stops this and fits onto the K3.

Well the cylinder was badly worn so I got some really fine emery paper and cleaned that up then some silvo polish. Gave it a bloody good clean, fitted the new seal and diaphram and put all back together.

Then I went back to domestic duties after taking the kids for rides up and down the driveway.

[Smokin]

I fitted my Two Brothers carbon can on saturday, big job on an underseat, And spent all day yesterday watching the street racing.:2thumbsup
The days heating up already so I feel a spin up to Arthers pass could be in order. :sunny: :scooter:

[slimjim]

:scooter: ,well warmed bike's oil on satur, by way of a ride to welly and got back about 3 in avo, bloody awesome too,heap's of bikes out ,:sunny: pulled into carport and it started to rain,:mellow: cool , oil drain and filter change, wash and polish, :yes:

[Sensei]

Changed all brake / clutch fluids on the RSVR then gave it a clean , took it out in the rain Saturday to mates funeral then back home for other clean , Out to mates yesterday that was involved in Bike accident on Friday with one of the riders dying at scene got dirty from rain so will clean once more ! Must get more CRC 808 Silicon spray today . Can is only good for 4 complete clean's .

[Leong]

I had a pair of Pilot Powers fitted Saturday. Spent some of Saturday afternoon scrubbing them in and yesterday went down SH22. Some rain so bike got a clean when I got home!

Put up a sign saying "Turn off H.A.R.D" where I keep my helmet!! ( and it works! )

Very happy with the Pilot Powers so far. I liked the BT014s but the PPs tip in even better and seem to be more composed over bumps.... even did some well known bumps a few times just to be sure!. Feel very confident leaning. Hopefully they don't shred at the track!!

[inlinefour]

Well, the weather's been shit.

So nothing for it but to bugger around in teh gargre.

The RF got a full front-end strip today, and now has nice new oil in the forks.

Out with the dark grey sludge (different amounts in each fork too), and in with the lovely straw coloured stuff.

What's everyone else been doing on their bikes this horrid rainy weekend?

Dunno where you was but at WINJA's the weather was not too bad at all. Did not ride in the rain all weekend. As for what I did for the bike? Along with some assistance from others we managed to get the yz80 to throw a ring and after that it might have dropped the piston. I then released it from ownership and swapped it for one of WINJA's leather jackets. Probably the best thing I did for the other bikes in the garage was not take them along with me this weekend... :whocares:

[ceebie13]

...admired it, given it a big hug and said to it "there there my beauty, you stay tucked up in this nice warm and dry garage"

[SPman]

Started the replacement bike hunt........

[Waylander]

Swapped out rear indicators for shorter smaller once since I kept kicking the original ones getting on or off the bike. Soon as I get some double sided tape and the battery for my drill charged I'll be installing some side reflectors that double as running lights, night use only as they aren't bright enough to be seen during the daylight hours.

[Motig]

Same as ceebie13. Oh, and I gave it an extra blankie:love:

[R6_kid]

gave it a new set of braided brake lines front and back, replaced all the brake fluid, did a burnout at my mates - shagging my rear tyre and putting my gearbox onto its last legs.

Goes into the shop to get a new gearbox tomorrow so im not exactly worried.

[Pussy]

Fitted 1kg/mm fork springs, went for short ride(60km), missus washed her bike and then decided she should try out the new springs on my 1k, apart from that....bugger all

[merv]

Went to Napier with the dirt bikes and other than lubing the chains up there did nothing but ride them as per this thread http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?p=797673. Weather held out for two days and then today we cruised back to Welly.

[98tls]

Rode mine to greymouth and back.............it was bored....:Punk:

[nudemetalz]

Well I've given my baby more than usual.

New forkseals, new front tyre, front calipers reconditioned, new rear sprocket bought, basically going from front to rear and getting ready for the new amazing paint job Gromit is going to give her.

Roll on licence back....:innocent:

[Blackbird]

In the process of fitting a "screamer" to the radar detector to eliminate the need for an earpiece in my helmet. By Christ, it's loud in the garage on test:shutup:

[jtzzr]

In the process of fitting a "screamer" to the radar detector to eliminate the need for an earpiece in my helmet. By Christ, it's loud in the garage on test:shutup: I finally got to try my ride height spacer supplied by Blackbird , and she does an awesome job turns in much quicker thanks Geoff, nearly crapped myself , but didn`t take much to get used to .Oh had an ice-cream at Maeraitai. Arwe you deaf yet ?

[hXc]

Well I've ridden her all weekend. Was good too. You guys are just pussies. Brave the weather and go!

[crash harry]

Gave it a new chain, finally got round to seting up the rear suspension, and figured out why it wouldn't rev out to the limiter - air filter was collapsing and blocking off the intake.

Removed air filter for thrashing purposes.

Started the hunt for a new filter element...

[terbang]

Rode it very gently in the wet..

[ceebie13]

Well I've ridden her all weekend. Was good too. You guys are just pussies. Brave the weather and go!

meeeeooowwww!

[riffer]

Well, there was a break in the weather so I got the opportunity to test out the forks with the new oil over the Wallaceville Hill. What a revelation! So much more compliance in the front end and I didn't have to wrestle with a front end that banged up and down any more!

Very pleased with my weekends work I am.

Roll on the ride to work tomorrow...

ceebie13. I must pop around to see the CB13 in person since I'm in the neighbourhood. I'm curious to see if its as shiny as my father-in-law's Hornet 900. :yes:

[thehollowmen]

Tried to wire in resistors to the indicators but it is still flashing too fast. I think I'm gonna have to wire up some bulbs inside my faring :shit:

And cleaned and lubed up chain, and adjusted it.

And organised cash aside for 24000 km service and a chain and sproket set.

[ceebie13]

....ceebie13. I must pop around to see the CB13 in person since I'm in the neighbourhood. I'm curious to see if it's as shiny as my father-in-law's Hornet 900.:

sure thing Riff... I'll PM you with the details.

[emaN]

thinned out coolant (back to a 60-40 mix)

took indicators off in prep for Sat's trackday...:Punk:

(anyone know how tight/torque settings for spark plugs in an alloy head?)

[XP@]

Helped my daughter (age 2.5) to clean my bike, which was incredibly mucky from riding 2400km's the weekend before.

Gave it a pat on the tank and a word of thanks for taking me 12000km's in 5 months.

[Pussy]

thinned out coolant (back to a 60-40 mix)

took indicators off in prep for Sat's trackday...:Punk:

(anyone know how tight/torque settings for spark plugs in an alloy head?)
8 ft/lbs torque. I always use a torque wrench for that job!

[kiwifruit]

Rode it, in the rain, in the overcast, wet roads, dry roads..... its still riding :)
:scooter:

[Dooly]

Put some decent front pads in, and got the rear brake light switch working.

[emaN]

8 ft/lbs torque. I always use a torque wrench for that job!

thanks dude!

had one pop out a few months ago & don't want a repeat of all the shennanigans that ensued!!!

[ManDownUnder]

I vacuumed... the shed (no really... I did!)

Much nicer now it's mostly dust free, and I even have a shed vacuum just for the job.

[scracha]

As usual, absolutely sod all. Cripes you guys like to tinker don't ya's...you'd think you's were all riding Italian bikes? If anyone wants to borrow my SOB for a rainy weekend's tinkering [1*] then gimmie a bell.

[1] Hmm...wash bike, rear shock, lube cables, respray, strip and clean calipers, superglue crack in fairing before it spreads, adjust suspension. Did I say wash bike?

[skidz]

Took it to work and back and got it rainwashed.

[bert_is_evil]

I went and picked up a shed for mine, put it on a trailer fully assembled in upper hutt and drove down the motorway crapping myself that it would implode at any second and take someone out.

Bolted it to the car deck which involved crawling around in the mud underneath the deck to get the nuts on. Now I just need to cut a door in the end so I can actually fit more than the front wheel in.

[boomer]

washed her, with the power hose and de-greased her; waxed her ( 3 stage from Maguires ), armourall'd all the plastics and seats; cleaned all the steel ( zorst, pegs etc ); wd40'd all the wires. replaced teh threaded screw in the radar mount and replaced the broken telephone cable for the radar; got another years worth of taxation ( for teh bike, wagon, car.. and got 10k's worth of diesel tax too :( )

cleaned and polished the rims, sandpaper'd my chicken strips and checked the oil, water/anti freeze; cleaned the leathers and wet weatehr gear and got some wax for the leathers ( yet to buff buff ); bought some wax for the chain ( yet to do )

anyone wanna buy a cbr600rr, black, fully serviced, 11 months old and ridden like she'd want to be :love:

[gamgee]

got a new front tyre for the gpx
got some new grips for the vfr
bought new bar end weight for the vfr

also did some other minor adjustments to the vfr, shifted the clutch lever up slightly so that it doesn't hit the speedo when turned hard to the right now, tightened up all the bolts around the speedo to stop it vibrating so much, um yeah thats about it :yes: just waiting to get the repainted panels for the vfr back, also need to get down there, hopefully this friday and change the fork seals, which i can see as being a bitch of a job as i've never done it before

[Deano]

The motorcycle Gods were shining on Manfeild on Saturday so I took the Repsol out and gave it a good seeing to. Now I will need a new rear tyre soon.

[judecatmad]

Thrashed the living breath out of the poor thing running it to Rotorua and back in the cr@ppy weather! :(

Hubby's bike got the same!

Last time I trust wet weather gear!!!!!

[HenryDorsetCase]

fitted up my frame sliders
thrashed it to Akaroa and back on Saturday.
mourned that my new suspension isnt here yet.

[Fatjim]

Washed them both, cleaned and lubed the chains. The Duc had/has some really sticky substance on the chain that degreaser/brush won't move. gave up on that one.

Swapped the front pads round on the VTR as they wear more on the outside (I think). Now they're binding, so there coming off again tonight for a proper clean.

Reglued my heated grips. Throttle mechanism now needs cleaning out.

All in all, not a very successful weekend for maintanence.

[Fatjim]

Put some decent front pads in, and got the rear brake light switch working.


Beware, I found that the EBC sintered pads don't like the wet on my VTR. Make sure you keep drying them out when it rains or they ain't gonna work when you need them.

[bounce]

First oil and filter change! Went pretty sweetly, a lot easier than doing the car eh. Pity it costs the same though, ($12 filter and $45 for Castrol Active)

[gamgee]

First oil and filter change! Went pretty sweetly, a lot easier than doing the car eh. Pity it costs the same though, ($12 filter and $45 for Castrol Active)
what year is your vtr250?
20w50, thats some heavy oil you got there, are you sure your bike can run on full synthetic?

[Crisis management]

Stuffed bike into a gorse bush, major humiliation due to spectators, face planted in two mud holes (not as many spectators) and low sided on the gravel (no spectators but hurts more than the others).
New front brake lever (thanks people at riverhead forest)
Bent rear brake lever (must fix tomorrow)
Realigned forks twice.
Thanks to the many assistants that dug me out from underneath the bike.

Must learn to ride off road before doing another adventure ride.


I will clean the bike tomorrow...its blended into the undergrowth out back of the garage somewhere.

[bounce]

what year is your vtr250?
20w50, thats some heavy oil you got there, are you sure your bike can run on full synthetic?

good good. I was hoping someone would comment. It's a 1998. I'm a bit of a noob to bikes so basically went to Wgtn Motorcycles and said "what do I use?" and the Castrol Active is what I got handed.

I'm pretty sure that this oil is mineral tho (havn;'t got the pack handy)
Cheers.

[T.W.R]

Saturday, cleaned n lubed the chain, gave the bike a quick wash. Then did a quick blast around the bays with a mate, his bike popped it's lolly chasing me up gebbies, stashed the bike at a farm, dubbed him back to town via Motukarara/Taitapu. He picked the bike up on Sunday. Went back into town on Monday hauled the motor out of the bike & cracked the cases to see what the damage was:shit: collapsed bearing.

Didn't go via the bays? HDC. A Hornet tailed me through Allendale to the Wheatsheaf Corner


thrashed it to Akaroa and back on Saturday.

[FROSTY]

worked saturday and sunday
BUT MONDAY---------Drove to Mangawhai at sparrows fart --in the pouring rain.
Unloaded a couple of kid sized trailies--
Then sat and watched as 3 kids rode round and round and round and--Ohh you get the picture
For the record -a peewee50 runs continuously for 3 hours on $2.00 worth of petrol
But by gosh the grins on their faces were just so good to see

[kro]

The DR has been worked on damn near every night since the start of my project thread in August.

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=33633

Just secured the engine bits I need to make her go again, so I am pretty excited.

[TLDV8]

Checked the oil,water,tyres,lubed the chain and went for a 500 km spin coast to coast on Sunday. (only 30 kms of rain )
The TL is 8 years old now but once bought up to spec is fairly easy to maintain with more major strip downs depending how and what it has been ridden in winter wise. :scooter:
I am waiting for a break in the weather to do a Cape and back but might be dreaming on how long that might take.

[gamgee]

good good. I was hoping someone would comment. It's a 1998. I'm a bit of a noob to bikes so basically went to Wgtn Motorcycles and said "what do I use?" and the Castrol Active is what I got handed.

I'm pretty sure that this oil is mineral tho (havn;'t got the pack handy)
Cheers.

yeah should be fine, use a lighter weight oil in winter tho

[sels1]

What's everyone else been doing on their bikes this horrid rainy weekend?

Nothin. Unless you count improving its enviroment by sweeping out the garage. Spent most of the weekend in the garden (with raincoat on). Now that project is done I can go riding....

[Waylander]

Now fitting some lightup side reflectors to my radiator and hoppfully getting the Airdam mounted to help get more air to the rad.

Also, somehow when I was working on the bike the other day, I disconnected my temp gauge cause it's not working now, so need to fix that.