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Great to be back and hear whats been happening with the other MB regulars.

On a trip across the mountains to Benidorm with a pillion I came a cropper on a very steep descent on a gravel road and yes I now hate ABS, and yes I will buy new tyres and yes I did cry a bit, However luckily only minimal damage to both humans and machine and we did manage to continue to our destination. There is an article on here about heavy dual sport bikes what I will say is "When is a bike too heavy for off road use?" When you can't pick the dam thing up ...!

I don't suppose you remember, but on July 2012 I posted a report in which, riding the XR in the woods, I found an abandoned puppy and took him home. He was barely one month old, very sick and had a serious case of scabies, left to die in a heatwave. This is him after a couple of weeks at home: And this is him now, spoiled and 8 years old, having survived serious liver surgery last year: He's the man! ?

one of life's simple pleasures was taking a motorcycle turd and polishing it to my liking, and it's been a while since I had the bug in a big way. Mostly because we moved and bought a house that has been an ongoing project since we moved in and is still demanding some work, but here in the lesser 48 the project bike market is much larger than in Alaska and it's finally game on! Picked up this ummmm, BSA as it is recorded on the title, with several tubs of various bike parts, mostly from a Honda CM400 it appears. The motor is the same as the CM400 I rescued many years ago and that we still have, it's now pretty the spare bike. I've always had a desire to build a chopper, and here is the start!

I've been meaning to strip the rear end off this bike since i bought it in 2010 but only now getting around to it. No play at all in the linkage but not long after i bought the bike i noticed the rear end creaking when getting on and off the bike then it stopped and i forgot about it. As i suspected one of the bearings is seized along with the bolt and another badly corroded bearing. As usual its the most difficult bolt to get at that has seized. Had to strip the swing arm off to get at it and the centre stand has to come off to take the bolt out if it hadn't seized which is a bit of a problem as that's whats holding the bike up but since i'm cutting the bolt it can stay on for now First job is to drill the head off the bolt luckily i had some long cobalt drill bits i bought for a different job a few years ago and long they need to be I started with a small bit and worked my way up to 10mm as that is what diameter the bolt is Didn't take long and the head is off, i had to put a maul grip on the thread the other end to stop the bolt from turning once the head came off so i could drill a bit deeper on the bolt shaft Next was to cut the thread off this would have been a real problem if it wasn't for this little air powered reciprocating saw fitted with a cut down cobalt hacksaw blade, i bought it years ago to cut the swing arm spindle off a scrap XR400 i bought for spares. It took a while but it went through OK Once all cut i used a tyre lever to pry the linkage out And shes out I was quite surprised how good the condition of the rest of the bolts were for a 26 year old bike So the bike was left like this while waiting for parts to arrive

See my post!!!

Cheers my fellow 2-Wheel Junkies.... good to see some familiar old names.?

Hi Pete Was in the hospital for a couple of days. I picked a perfect time to fill up my kidney's with stones too big to piss out. Not a great time to have to go to a hospital. Now I have to quarantine for 14 days before I can go out again.

The rest of the suspension parts were waiting for me when i got home from work last Wednesday thought i'd get it all together that night but forgot i need a new chain slider for the swing arm ordered a genuine one from rugged roads so waiting for that before i put the swing arm on The new bolt i got to replace the one i cut off is a bit awkward to put in as you need to take off the centre stand and to get that off you need to take off the exhaust but i managed to do it by removing the one sleeve on the side the bolt goes in from. Which was a pain to put back in with the springs attached but really didn't want to take the exhaust off or the centre stand springs While waiting for the parts to arrive i made this bracket to stiffen up the back end as it bounces about with the weight of the scottoiler touring reservoir on there. The threaded holes were already in the frame not sure what they were for but were perfect to mount this

The bearing and seal insertion tool i made worked great Bearings pushed in equally each side And now for the seal Everything has now been painted waiting for it to dry and once the collars and bolt arrive from Honda i can reassemble everything

That unfortunately is not my thing, i try but get bored so easily ?

I have taken the Harley apart to fix a few bits and pieces, replace the stereo and give it a good clean, apparently the rims are chrome, who knew? I need to get a headlight retaining ring, the original one has been chewed up since I got the bike, I have new plug leads to go on, full service, a few other small things that I have left until now.

Damn shame those pushbikes are dangerous ?

@boboneleg ? @Renegade ?

Hi Scott, good to see you here ?

Great to see you here Scott.

I see them a few times a year. They're heavily into cycling and walking now.

I'd just like to say it was a party in my own home with the wife and kids very important to state at this time ?

Scott, welcome buddy!

Yes it is, i miss the duel sport rides we used to have he was a good riding buddy now i ride mostly on my own

He is never going to be left to forget that LOL

Loaded on the way to the UK and back, I don't travel light

After the spill the first thing my missus said " is Angela OK?" not worried about me just our friend who was on the back at the time, my wife Lorni who is a nurse gave me a complete check up when I got home now I have to admit this is the second wee accident I have had in two years I was riding home along the A21 on my XJ900 on my way back from Lakeside Harley with a couple of gaskets that I needed for servicing my old Springer when the Zafira in front of me just stopped...no brake lights just stopped I hit the brakes but ran into the back of him broke the screen and front mudguard I rode her home but she didn't feel right yep forks were bent, what had happened was the car in front of the Zafira stopped dead the driver an older gentleman had got blinded by the sunlight the Zafira ran into the back of him before he knew what had happened hence no brake lights. After that I told the wife that was enough and I sold all the bikes and trailers that I had, but once we got over here in Sunny Spain well it had to be done? managed nearly 7000 miles last year will be lucky to see 700 this year.

Nice christian name! Sounds good to me! Now all we need to see is a big dowry! Did i get poet of the day yet? lol

Oh jeez, how do i put in a profile pic again? Ya KNOW, i really doubt i can fix my klr....lol Nice to see old faces!

Fucking XT, embarrassing moments. I now hand over the XR every time I have the chance just to see people go through the same as me back then. Thanks, guys. Thanks for the welcome.

Oh shut the fuck up you whining old cunt.

That was a while ago now, I was on my Varadero. I think I have seen you at Peterborough since then, but that may be out of order, I get confused easily.

Hiya, like old times isn't it.

Keeps the seat lubricated so I don't get friction burns.