What have you done to your bike today? Archive.

[WreckTangle]

Took my bike to the garage to get the light that illuminates the speedometer replaced as it died whilst I was riding
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My wife asked me to get her something that goes from 0-100 in under 5 seconds for her birthday. ......................I got her a bathroom scale.

[almostthere]

[recman]

[Fisty]

Rode it to my brothers in the worst rain I have ever ridden in.

The clocks have fogged up so when I got back I have whipped them off and letting them dry out before I re seal them.
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Quietly and consistently taking the piss.
TL1000R | Hayabusa | ZXR400 | TL1000S | Bandit 400 V
Fatter and faster than Fret

[ride_to_die]

Oiled chain and did tyre pressures on the rsv.
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I'm not here for a long time, I'm here for a good time.

[om15]

Find the small digits on the clocks difficult to see, have bought two very smart traditional clocks from ebay (China) for £4.75 each), fitted to the Himalayan and the Tracer, they are stylish, round and easy to see, pefect, if they don't stop or fall off that is.
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Alcohol doesn't solve problems, but neither does milk

[RhynoCZ]

Today, I did some maintenance. The ''big single'' has quite a few years of neglect from the previous owner. I cleaned all the switches on the handlebars, no more sticking buttons/switches. The hi/lo beam button was sticking, so was the turn signal switch and the headlight switch wasn't quite working (all full of oxidation and water damage).

Then, I've got to lubricate the levers, side and central stands... and so on. I'm also going to replace the front fork seals and since I'm doing that I'm gonna replace the steering bearings as well.

TL; DR: Maintenance.
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'87 Honda XBR 500, '96 Kawasaki ZX7R P1, '90 Honda CB-1, '88 Kawasaki GPz550, MZ 150 ETZ
'95 Mercedes-Benz w202 C200 CGI, '98 Mercedes-Benz w210 E200 Kompressor

[ThatDippyTwat]

Viffer - Chain clean, tension and oil. Wiped the worst of the muck off of it. Poked smooth-ish diamond file into the fuse holder contacts and cleaned them up.

Work hack - Chain clean and oil. Wiped crud off it.
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'98 VFR800 (touring) - '12 VFR800 Crosrunner (Commuting) - '01 KDX220 (Big Green Antisocial Machine)

[AldridgePrior]

Went out to the garage and looked at it. Insurance has expired so I'll be looking online tonight. Definitely not Bikesure. They're wankbags.

[craigs23]

Contemplated cleaning it.

Covered it another layer of road debris, mud and road grime instead.

Maybe I'll clean it again come spring time.

Am I cured?

[kramdra]

Bike gained a new "feature". Soon as I slow down for traffic, auto flashes the high beam at everything infront it is both bloody annoying and dangerous for cars to be aware of an approaching bike, so had to be quickly fixed! Unplugged high beam for the way home, checked over the loom and connections. Headlight relay had massive corrosion accross two terminals but cleaned up fine. All other connections and wiring fine. So much bloody rain these.last.months. Approaching 120k miles on clocks.

[NJD]

[Hong Kong Phooey]

Put some cheap LED bulbs in the cbr clocks to replace the more expensive LEDs that blew over the last 12 months.

Got fed up guessing the mileage on the trip meter in the dark, which is needed to indicate remaining fuel. There's no fuel gauge.

Lesson learned? Tell you in a year's time.
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'81 CG125, '97 FZS600 : '99 CBR600F4, '09 KTM RC8

[Nobby the Bastard]

Took the front wheel off for tyre fitting tomorrow.
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trevor saxe-coburg-gotha:"Remember this simple rule - scooters are for men who like to feel the breeze on their huge, flapping cunt lips."
Sprint ST 1050

[lilredmachine]

Worked on the carby supertwin project. Got the motor adjusted properly on the mounts and cranked tight, reinstalled the rear primary header, made a quick brake line mount out of a dead VFR cable retainer, removed the rad and fitted the fan and water temp sender off the old rad, threw the loom at it and started planning out the component mounting in the tiny subframe as well as measuring it up for an ally undertray to mount said things on. Gave the carbs a clean and refitted them -sounds so simple, but fuckin ell those rubbers were hard - It's beginning to look more like a bike.


I've been trying to put off getting into turning the loom into a race loom but it's... er, well, looming.
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Bikes: too many, too much for one man to maintain anyway.

[B0ndy]

Bought it, sold my R1 last week and a 929 showed up. It has just shy of 40k miles on it which does sound like a lot until you see some of the 929s selling on Ebay with 70k+ miles on them.

Missed the Honda build quality, feels so well put together compared to the R1.

Not as fast nor as light as an R1 but seems the right choice for the majority of riding I do, which is commuting.

https://i.imgur.com/vzzvZSP.png
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CBF 125 -> CB400SF -> GSX600F -> ZX6R (G1) -> GSXR1000 K4 -> ZX6R (B1H Stunt bike) -> VFR800 -> R1 5PW -> Sprint 1050 -> Fireblade 929 -> ZX10R C2H

[1198]

[Kawasaki Jimbo]

Genuine questions since I'm a 5PW owner,

[NJD]

Had the pleasure of dealing with the CBF's binding rear brake, and so replaced the pads while I was in there.

See how long they last before they look as dirty as the old ones.

https://i.postimg.cc/0j9T7cMg/20191214-105131.jpg
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[B0ndy]

[hellkat]

Finally got round to nursing it round the North Circular from Shepherds Bush to my house.
Had to ride during daylight hours cos the lighting is a bit duff (to say the least).

Made a spur of the moment decision to stop at a custom bike shop in Hanger Lane that I used to frequent, a bit of an intrepid move as the owner and I haven't really spoken for 8 or 9 years.

So I got a gruff look and he tried to give me The Speech.
But being the stubborn mare I am, I just ignored that and asked him to glance at my bike.
Told him I can't afford him but that I needed the opinion of someone I trusted.

Rode home, slightly happier.
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Not nearly as interesting in real life.

[Easy-X]

[ThatDippyTwat]

[Kawasaki Jimbo]

[NJD]