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49 minutes ago, XTreme said:

The critical word there is "copy" Bob.

Like I bought a genuine Honda stand, whereas I could have paid half the price on Amazon for a copy.

But with something structural like that I wasn't taking any chances. Same goes for the engine!

But where was the engine in your bike made, Pete? 

I can't remember where the engine in the Reiju is made. Loncin? 

Anyway, the thing that really worries me on a lot of the Chinese bikes is the 3000 mile/ 5000km service interval! Why is that necessary? Hmmmmm?

The older ones had the nickname "exploders"! I wonder if they've sorted that?

On 22/04/2024 at 04:13, zzzak said:

More on the brakes, here are the calipers that are ready for piston removal, the pistons are numbered but you can't see that, after much searching I have found the method of getting them out with compressed air, put a G Clamp on one piston and wrap an old rag around the other, pop one out and then reverse the procedure, sounds easy on paper but should work without damage or injury.

I have found a bearing supply company in the area (100k's away) that has seals so I hope that they can match up the ones in the calipers, the KTM parts fiche says no stock so here's hoping that they are not a special size.

 

 

 

What make are those calipers? There's a possibility that they're used by other bike manufacturers on their bikes? I found that the front calipers on an old CB750F2N that I had were exactly the same as used on the early model Triumph Street Triple 675! Ones from the Honda were as rare as rocking horse shit, but there were plenty of the Triumph ones around! 

Nice job, man. I was out on my ebike yesterday morning. Just some of our local roads. Nowhere near as spectacular as where you are.

The Reiju Aventura engine is pretty much a straight up copy of the Honda CB500 engine from what I've read. Some of the cycle parts on that bike look pretty well manufactured too. Not too sure about the twin tanks though! If the bike is as frugal as the CB500s, then a single 20 litre tank would be enough?

The forecast here isn't too smart either, but I don't usually get out on the bike at weekends anyway. Some more Bonneville carburettor diagnostics could be on the cards. Probably some beer drinking too! Cheers!

Another great Tom Petty song!

3 hours ago, Catteeclan said:

Came on the radio yesterday.

 

Awesome song!

3 minutes ago, XTreme said:

You might be too late for the St Georges Day riots Bob!

You English really know how to celebrate special occasions!

1 hour ago, Clive said:

No, it is our local hospital...King's Mill hospital.......if anything serious is found there then usually QMC takes over treatment..

I think that they're both part of the same trust anyway. Fingers crossed that she gets seen sooner.

I've just booked the airport carpark at Carcassonne for our upcoming trip to the UK to do the rounds! 

11 minutes ago, Clive said:

Since granddaughter started this my daughter has done (in my opinion) a good job of altering the kids diet,  much, much less of the crap food, and less of fried stuff too, granddaughter does not drink milk or tea, she just drinks diluted drinks. 

Anxiety..possibly, she is not (as far as we can tell) bullied at school, but she is, how to put it, highly strung, makes a drama out of a crisis.....a very clingy kid too, with my daughter.

Daughter just wants some answers, is it medical, or mental problem, it is doing our daughter no good being disturbed every night, then having to work a 8 or 10 hour shift after being up during the night for a hour or 2.

Still think September is too long to wait. 

No, I agree Clive, September is way too long to wait. Unfortunately getting seen for some things is a bit of a postcode lottery. Would they be under Queens Medical Centre in Nottingham? 

Just now, Clive said:

My daughter IS worried, every night granddaughter wakes her complaining of stomach ache/pain...  

Has your daughter tried changing your granddaughters diet slightly? Maybe she has a lactose or gluten intolerance? My eldest son has Crohn's and he has to steer away from anything with high fibre. Obviously your daughter wants to get to the bottom of it, but trying to alter your granddaughters diet slightly may help. Also, could it be anxiety? Is your granddaughter stressed about anything? School, bullying, etc?

31 minutes ago, Clive said:

Granddaughter (10 years old) was complaining of stomach ache, mostly during the night time, my daughter took her to the doctors, she did a brief examination and prescribed some meds, and said she would refer her to pediatrics, this was about 1 month ago

Daughter has heard nothing, so she rang the pediatric department to be told the referral is on their system.

Daughter asked "Any date for a appointment? "

Reply?........September!!....the NHS is a bleeding disgrace...  

Unfortunately it's the underfunding of the NHS that is the disgrace really. That and the increased regulations that the health service have to operate under now. Some of my old customers used to complain that they had to take front line staff off of their primary roles and put them at a desk just to keep up with all the regulatory requirements!