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48 minutes ago, Saul said:

I personally I just don’t like them, it was a dark day at work when they replaced our iPhones with Samsung so I have had to adapt.  

 

Funnily,  I felt the same way when work replaced our Android phones with iPhones! Oh how we laughed every time there was an update available and the IT department sent an urgent message to all iPhone users, not to install the update until they tested it to make sure that the apps we used would still work! And then we'd wait for the inevitable patch to be tested too. Happy days!

47 minutes ago, Saul said:

I was just sick in my mouth reading that, but won’t rant I know not everyone sees the light 

With Apple stuff, the only time you see the light is when you've got your head between your knees, waiting for them to Roger you again!

Tough one this month! All the entries are excellent! 

I voted for Sophia's Speedy. The deserted town square, the inhabitants driven away by the hooligan Triumph's arrival! Curtains were twitching!

28 minutes ago, Clive said:

Bottom left hand corner of the vid.  

It did sound like an XT660 too, Clive. I didn’t expect him to have such a high voice though!

4 minutes ago, boboneleg said:

Working on carbs can be a proper ball ache but satisfying once you get it done.

It's been a hell of a long time since I last worked on carbs! I remember why I prefer FI now!

After our little walk down to the boulangerie to get bread and have a coffee, I got Mandy's Bonneville out of the garage and put some tubing onto the float bowl drains to check the float heights.  Seemed that the fuel level was too high in both. Adjusting them was a PITA! Trying to make fine adjustments by bending a metal tab is prehistoric! The only way to bend the tabs was to remove the floats and float valves, bend the tab, put it all back together and check. Rinse and repeat multiple times until the levels look vaguely right. It wasn't helped by the high winds and rain showers here today. Anyway, I think I'll try to run the bike, once all the fuel spilt over the engine has evaporated! Maybe tomorrow, if the weather is OK.

1 hour ago, XTreme said:

@Tango....the Rieju Aventura needs an oil change every 5000km, valve check every 10000km.

Bit of a difference from the Honda!

Yes, Pete, you've got to wonder why they need an oil change that frequently!  

1 minute ago, zzzak said:

You're not just a pretty face are you, here's the YouTube of the exact one being rebuilt but sadly its on an MV so I don't think that I'll like the prices.

 

Obviously Brembo's are top-end brakes, but you never know, those ones may have been used on a more mainstream bike? Have they got a model type or number? If so, a search on eBay may throw up some possibilities. 

51 minutes ago, zzzak said:

Brembos.

So, there's a good chance that they're used on other bikes, just a case of working out which ones and then seeing if rebuild kits are available for them if you can't get them from KTM.

1 minute ago, Sir Fallsalot said:

I can relate to that right now 

Enjoying every minute of it then, Fred?

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!