Projects At Home During Lockdown

[Reckless]

My son said jeepers dad just finish a project. So 9 weeks later still off work with collar bone but I have managed a bit of Reno and a refurb on my old KTM200
I've just slung my leg over this old girl since I've owned for the last 10 years (Pistons and oil changes always done tho) so she needed some love after years of faithful service.
So I have been toiling away as best I can on the dirt bike so I can start Race bike fiberglass work. Had the Radiator guards, Graphics, Pipe, muffler and pipe guard in the cupboard for over 4 years. And the piston kit for over a year. So new top end, clean up the power valve etc. steering head bearings, wheel bearings and collars, chain sprockets and graphics over the old plastics. Forks done full strip new oil and check over. Brakes rekitted and bleed.







Second project started

[James Deuce]

They aren't needed if you have a bit of patience.
You should need barely a tablespoon more fluid than the system holds unless you are doing a fluid flush, which is probably a great opportunity.

New lines mate. They'll be dryer than a Nun's hemp suppository.

[husaberg]

Motox parts are very good but I bought one of these and the hose doesn't fit the syringe very tight and there is no way for a cable tie because of a double collar on the syringe.
Secondly this method gets a bit of fluid laeking around the nipple because you have to loosen it to pressure back bleed.
Went back the the old way of bleeding top down.
In my case the system was fully stripped so no old fluid on there either.

Plenty of different size syringes and hoses
Or just put a wrap of tiewire arround the hose.
I wouldn't buy the Motor X one as Dave says they vets have plenty of horse and cattle sized ones. The bigger ones have bigger nipples.
the big ones are great for premix.
I used touse it to both back and normal bleed
There is no other way to do a KTM50 rear as they have no nipple.

[James Deuce]

We have half a dozen 200ml syringes and some old fish tank filter hose. I should be good to go.

[sidecar bob]

New lines mate. They'll be dryer than a Nun's hemp suppository.

Yeah, but you can still get the air out top by manipulating the master cylinder.
Let the air rise to the top, hold the master cylinder on the appropriate angle & work the lever gently.
All the bubbles will come out the compensating port.

[Kickaha]

A mate gave me some catheter tube. The end bits seal against the nipples better than any bleed kit I've bought over the years.

If I'd know that I would have asked to keep the one they pulled out of me in ICU

[jellywrestler]

If I'd know that I would have asked to keep the one they pulled out of me in ICU

i rang when you were in there and got them to send it to me....

[husaberg]

You can put plumbers thread tape to perform a temporary seal for nipple bleeding (yueew). The critical seal is at the taper at the sharp end of the inside against the caliper. Don't put tape down far end to be sure.

A mate gave me some catheter tube. The end bits seal against the nipples better than any bleed kit I've bought over the years.

I have a mityvac copy pump up vacuum tool now. Was in a tool buying mood. It's ok.

Medical stuff is generally Silicon tubing lasts far better than mot other stuff as well

[merv]

Regarding brake bleeding I wrote this comment a couple of years ago https://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/s...post1131090468

I bought myself a brake bleed kit from Supercheap Auto back then and couldn't believe how simple it was to use and it did a perfect job. I can't see how fluffing around with a syringe can even come close to the simplicity of standing back and watching gravity do the job for you. Some are saying air rises, but you do realise crap sinks and I'd sooner know that the crap has been drained out the bottom than be shoved back up the line. Brake lines are reasonably narrow so the air bubbles, if there are any, do come out the bottom as you bleed.

I said it was under $15 back then. If you click the Supercheap link in my linked comment you'll see the price has gone up to $19.99 now. Still okay for that price, but then they are so simple you could probably make your own. The key piece of equipment in the kit is the tapered connector that you shove into the nipple. No worries about nipple size for tubes or anything. I noticed a few commented on the Supercheap site it didn't work because of tube size and they were put right by another guy who said "Most of the other reviews complain about the tube diameter, which is fine for smaller bleed nipples and too small for the larger ones. What everyone complaining has missed; there are little nossles that fit the tubing that also fit in the larger nipples just fine. If you're happy finding bottles and tubes, cool. If you want to get on with the job with the minim of fuss, pick this".

[pete376403]

Been getting the old GS1100GK out of retirement, its cleaning up quite well and in pretty good nick mechanically not so great cosmetically. Anyway while working on it I decided the underside of the engine and frame could do with a clean up. Against my better judgement I removed the engine. That was bad enough, getting it back in after the clean and paint touchup was a real mission. She's a big girl.
The service manual is a bit light on specifics - undo the bolts, remove the engine from the right side. Replacement is the reverse.Yeah sure.

Incidentally, are all the GS motors rubber mounted?

[Laava]

New lines mate. They'll be dryer than a Nun's hemp suppository.

Yeah, I put all new seals in calipers and master cyl on my gsxr750 and new Hel lines as well and had a bastard of a job getting fluid to track through it. I like the idea of that syringe tho, cheap and cheerful!

[James Deuce]

Yeah, I put all new seals in calipers and master cyl on my gsxr750 and new Hel lines as well and had a bastard of a job getting fluid to track through it. I like the idea of that syringe tho, cheap and cheerful!

Master cylinder seals and caliper seals were replaced late last year along with the front disks. The lines are original and just starting to bluge at the fittings so it's past time to replace them.

[F5 Dave]

New lines mate. They'll be dryer than a Nun's hemp suppository.

What is this fascination with Nuns genital moistness? Nuns are women too with normal parts. They probably sneak a quick mazdy like everyone else.
It's just they are doing it over Jesus.

[James Deuce]

What is this fascination with Nuns genital moistness? Nuns are women too with normal parts. They probably sneak a quick mazdy like everyone else.
It's just they are doing it over Jesus.

You're thinking of a pessary.

[sidecar bob]

There seems to be as many preferred methods of bleeding brakes as their are bikes, & plenty of people like selling & buying special tools, because some people's job is to sell tools.
I've probably overhauled 20 bike brake systems in the last 12 months, Including four since the beginning of lockdown level four, or seven if you want to count rears as well, (one bike had drum rear) with no special tools & zero frustration.
As long as nobody forces me to do it their way I'm not too concerned how much mess they make, or how much fluid they waste.
But the mistake I see repeatedly, is that the first thing people do, is proudly bolt the new master cylinder to the handlebar, never to be removed, when in fact that's the very last thing you should do once all the air is out.
Speaking of driving the crap out of the lines, When you have stripped & cleaned out the calipers & master cylinder & blown out the brake lines, then theres no crap to flush out.
And if you're concerned about the lines, then get the fluid through them before you mount them to the caliper like I did with the Katana recently.