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3 minutes ago, Clive said:

Na...it looks like hairy caterpillar has crawled on my top lip....  

The Wooly Bear caterpillar, one of these and a dab of contact cement and you're the toast of the town, girls love them.

20 minutes ago, XTreme said:

I'm now in the geriatric company of @Renegade, @Specs, and @zzzak........with @Clive joining us soon!

The new chum in the club, just remember not to sit in a members seat or read the papers before them.

Is this the big seven oh , if so remember that they said you'd never make it and where are they, haha.

Best wishes.

1 hour ago, Catteeclan said:

Not saying there was a prob but knowing what happens with the composite pistons a stainless option I'd have thought would be a longer lasting fix.

I've polished a few marked pistons up myself to get them going again too.
 

I  don't imagine that I'll be doing much to stress the brakes around here but thanks for the tip.

51 minutes ago, boboneleg said:

OMG !! I used to take the air filter out and clean it every fifth ride on my 950's .  A dirty filter will kill your fuel consumption and your engine eventually .  

Was yours an ADV ?

My fuel consumption never changed, it was 17km a liter or 6l/100 if you prefer it that way around.

Speaking of 950's I found this in my YouTube feed, very interesting video for 950 fanciers.

1 hour ago, Catteeclan said:

Plenty on eBay too.

None that would fit my bike, there are Kwaka, Honda etc but no actual KTM ones and the prices are outrageous when you include postage, anyway the ones that I have are going back in so we are trying to find a solution for a problem that doesn't exist.

4 hours ago, boboneleg said:

43 K before you bothered to change the air filter  

 

Remove the tank shrouds and the plastic covers that are either side of the
radiator, and unscrew the large tank bolt at the rear of the tank (I'm sure your already there).
Underneath the left hand rad plastic cover there is the horn, and a couple of plastic electrical connectors. The horn and one of the electrical connectors (can't remember which one) needs to be disconnected.
Shut off the fuel tap valves that are at the front lower part of the tank, both sides, they look like small (10mm dia) silver valves. Disconnect the fuel lines from both sides.

The fuel pump is attached to the left hand side inner surface of the tank. You could either disconnect the lines that run to and from the pump (=faff!) or pull the fuel pump from the tank (easy). You need to pull it towards the right hand side of the bike. The pump is mounted in a large rubber block, which has 2 slots in it. These 2 slots fit over 2 metal tongs. Its quite a tight fit and takes a bit of effort to remove, helps to have one person lift the tank and the other work at uncoupling the fuel pump, but you can lift the tank and rest it in a lifted position to give you more room to work on the pump.

Once the pump is disco'd the tank should lift off.

Its a bastard of a job and the bike seemed to be running just fine, due to the age of the rubbers I think it took two of us about 30 minutes to get it off, anyway it doesn't matter now and I look forward to the enhanced performance from the new filter and cans.

I have some.

This is my cat, Pepe, he was so tired that he fell asleep halfway around the corner.

3 hours ago, XTreme said:

You, me and Tango, any other real men on the forum ?

1 hour ago, Buckster said:

They used the same pistons from 2005 to 2020.

Thanks for the input, my pistons measure 34 but the Brembo site only mentions 40's, anyway it doesn't matter because these ones are going back in, cheers.

4 hours ago, Six30 said:

Eat your fucking greens you heathen

Went out to photograph the dawn and there were a couple of roos at the end of the street, it doesn't get much more Australian than that.

9 hours ago, boboneleg said:

Unfortunately all your problems are from letting the bike stand for so long , I hope you find a way around the problems.

Not sure what you mean by all the problems, the only problem has been the brakes and they're under control, the suspension needed to be done anyway as did the air filter, the new cans were just because and anyway the standard ones were getting to hard to clean, weighed lots and the new ones look better, weigh less and sound great.

The important thing is that the engine has been running recently so the carbs are clear, when I knew that I wasn't going to be using it for some time I let it idle until it stopped from a lack of petrol so that was a good idea I think.

I did eff about trying to zinc plate the engine bolts but then I found the S/S kit so that was that, on my to do list now is tidy up the radiator and refill it, install the new plugs and put the bits back on and then it should fire up and be ready for the road.

So its not that far away, it will soon be entered in topbox of the month.

42 minutes ago, Catteeclan said:

Are those that crap composite pistons, throw them away and get someone to turn you out some stainless. Seeing them on cars going out of shape and sticking up causing over heating.

They've done 43,000 k so far so they're staying, for the cost of getting S/S turned out here I could probably buy a new bike.

I have come to the conclusion that those marks and the ring of dirt have come from the piston being extended under braking, that being the case they will only affect the dust seal and not the main brake fluid seal so they should be good to use.

The local Brembo site only has bits for KTM fittings back to 2009 so mine aren't there.

Marcel, attention.

So here are the photos of the pistons and calipers, the little marks are baffling me as they have never been out before and they weren't dropped when I removed them.

You can see a build up of matter around the pad ends but that scrapes off with a fingernail, maybe a light sand will sort them out, they aren't at a crititcal spot and the seals look OK so I think I'll reassemble them and see if they leak.

I'll be doing the other side ones soon, the air gun I used didn't have a rubber sealing tip so I may try and use a rubber glove with a pinhole in it or something, until I get to see the condition of those pistons I'll bide my time.

7 minutes ago, Tango said:

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. 

I've just been searching for the model number of them, do you know how many calipers they make, effing hundreds and they all have tiny differences, nevertheless I have managed to get four of the pistons out from the passive side of the units and will be updating my tale soon.

Cheers.

2 minutes ago, Tango said:

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.

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.

4 hours ago, Tango said:

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! 

Brembos.

10 hours ago, Marcel le Moose Fondler said:

Trimmed it for you.

3 hours ago, Marcel le Moose Fondler said:

Is it the same in  Mexican  ?

There are differences in pronunciation, vocabulary, and other nuances, but essentially the official Spanish in Mexico is the same as the Spanish in Spain and throughout most of the world. It has a distinctly Mexican flavor to it today, of course, but it hardly counts as a separate dialect or language on its own.