StoneChucker
4th February 2005, 22:29
Long story ahead:
Well, where does one begin? I guess I'll start at the beginning:
Thursday before last, I went out to the Riverbank carpark / ROQM in Lower Hutt with WT, Deano, etc, and came home around 11pm. It was the first time I'd be putting my bike away in my new bike shed. Since it was so late, the metal strip on the floor across the doorway transition was covered in dew. As I rode slowly up, my rear wheel spun like mad as I got over the metal strip. I guess I started to panic as the bike spun out, because I tried to hold it up with the throttle hand which just shot the revs up to about 11K (redlines at 13K ish) making the wheel spin faster, and completely out. Bike fell onto it's lefthand side on the shed floor. I couldn't pick the bike up on my own, because of the position in relation to the shed walls. I had no leverage! I yelled for dad to come give me a hand :sweatdrop
I couldn't believe my "luck". ONLY things broken/damaged were:
broken clutch lever
bent gear lever
slightly bent metal protrusion on side stand
No other damage at all, not even those expensive fairings! Still mint :sweatdrop
So, even though I didn't actually need a new side stand, in my quest to keep the bike as new, I ordered all 3 items. After work today (Fri), I decided to fit them in anticipation of my Taupo run tomorrow. I used the workshop manual for my bike to get the torque settings of the relevant bolts. I started by removing the side stand bolt. Sidestand wont come off? Look behind and the sidestand switch (cuts out engine/won't let start under various situations) has an activator plate which has to be undone too. Try to undo the nut, and find it's LockTite'd in. Turn even harder and it slowly creaks and unscrews. Took literally 5-10 mins! Got that out, took stand off and cleaned all other parts and re-assembled with new side stand. Screw in switch plate and lastly main bolt. Check torque setting and go for gold. PING!!! clatter clatter (sound of washers falling on the floor). I'd broken the head of the bolt off, leaving the bolt embedded in the casing! (thoughts of a cancelled Taupo trip rush my brain, must... not...explode....). The settings I was using was for the sidestand PLATE behind the stand :argh: Run next door to VTWIN who uses a screwdriver and hammer to slowly/carefully chisel the exposed bolt neck anticlockwise and out :sweatdrop Got NEW bolt, refitted side stand and put bolt in to same tension as the original one came out with.
Replaced clutch lever, packed up tools, found clutch lever bolt sheath/inner-shaft on floor, unpack tools take off clutch lever, insert sheath.....
When things go "wrong" they go wrong well! I did a maintanace course with Andrew Templeton at Roadsafe, and he said NEVER start a maintanace job if you're short on time. Often seemingly small jobs end up taking 3 hours, like tonight!
Well, I decided to tell you all of my inexperienced attempt at maintanance, only because I've finished and everything is back to normal :niceone: Wouldn't have been so forthcoming if it wasn't :laugh:
Dave, slightly more experienced.
PS: VTWIN built a great new ramp, and I've got anti-skid patches on the metal. :calm:
Well, where does one begin? I guess I'll start at the beginning:
Thursday before last, I went out to the Riverbank carpark / ROQM in Lower Hutt with WT, Deano, etc, and came home around 11pm. It was the first time I'd be putting my bike away in my new bike shed. Since it was so late, the metal strip on the floor across the doorway transition was covered in dew. As I rode slowly up, my rear wheel spun like mad as I got over the metal strip. I guess I started to panic as the bike spun out, because I tried to hold it up with the throttle hand which just shot the revs up to about 11K (redlines at 13K ish) making the wheel spin faster, and completely out. Bike fell onto it's lefthand side on the shed floor. I couldn't pick the bike up on my own, because of the position in relation to the shed walls. I had no leverage! I yelled for dad to come give me a hand :sweatdrop
I couldn't believe my "luck". ONLY things broken/damaged were:
broken clutch lever
bent gear lever
slightly bent metal protrusion on side stand
No other damage at all, not even those expensive fairings! Still mint :sweatdrop
So, even though I didn't actually need a new side stand, in my quest to keep the bike as new, I ordered all 3 items. After work today (Fri), I decided to fit them in anticipation of my Taupo run tomorrow. I used the workshop manual for my bike to get the torque settings of the relevant bolts. I started by removing the side stand bolt. Sidestand wont come off? Look behind and the sidestand switch (cuts out engine/won't let start under various situations) has an activator plate which has to be undone too. Try to undo the nut, and find it's LockTite'd in. Turn even harder and it slowly creaks and unscrews. Took literally 5-10 mins! Got that out, took stand off and cleaned all other parts and re-assembled with new side stand. Screw in switch plate and lastly main bolt. Check torque setting and go for gold. PING!!! clatter clatter (sound of washers falling on the floor). I'd broken the head of the bolt off, leaving the bolt embedded in the casing! (thoughts of a cancelled Taupo trip rush my brain, must... not...explode....). The settings I was using was for the sidestand PLATE behind the stand :argh: Run next door to VTWIN who uses a screwdriver and hammer to slowly/carefully chisel the exposed bolt neck anticlockwise and out :sweatdrop Got NEW bolt, refitted side stand and put bolt in to same tension as the original one came out with.
Replaced clutch lever, packed up tools, found clutch lever bolt sheath/inner-shaft on floor, unpack tools take off clutch lever, insert sheath.....
When things go "wrong" they go wrong well! I did a maintanace course with Andrew Templeton at Roadsafe, and he said NEVER start a maintanace job if you're short on time. Often seemingly small jobs end up taking 3 hours, like tonight!
Well, I decided to tell you all of my inexperienced attempt at maintanance, only because I've finished and everything is back to normal :niceone: Wouldn't have been so forthcoming if it wasn't :laugh:
Dave, slightly more experienced.
PS: VTWIN built a great new ramp, and I've got anti-skid patches on the metal. :calm: