Saul

Yeah I watched that. Suppose she is just not used to british towns.

Talk to me about bearings people need front and rear wheel bearings and some tapered steering head bearings. What brands and where to buy them? I am well out of the loop on this sort of thing. I have tried David Silver Spares and I can genuine Honda front wheel bearing and pattern Japanese rear wheel bearings from them, bit spendy, but I don't mind paying for the right stuff. I can get a Tour Max kit for tapered steering head bearings for around £50.?

It's spotless now I cleaned it up before I put it back on.

Had round two with the ped this morning. Fuzz Nuts phoned me last night when he got to work and said the was no improvement when the ped warmed up. But on the return journey he said the bike was fine all the way home but died when he got on the driveway. So at a guess I would think the gunk is clearing through the fuel system. And the Redex injector cleaner is doing something. Anyway took it all to bits this morning and got the throttle body off and as Bob said there is a throttle return screw. But that is never moving again unless it’s drilled out and replaced. I tried doubled nutting it but it just did the chinesium thing and stripped the threads. Cleaned the throttle body reassembled everything and set the tick-over higher on the throttle cable but not high enough to move the bike. I then left the bike running for 15 minutes until the cold start cycle finished and dropped the tick over and it didn’t stall so good enough to go for now. I am hoping with a few more runs to and fro from work for him the bike will settle down and I can back the tick over off. I suspect the new plug will also help. The saga continues.

Couldn't find one but will check again when I service it. Priority was getting the thing rideable today so Fuzz Nuts can get to work.

Depends on the context I suppose. not against it in theory.

Twat

Fine like a rich tea biscuit, I'll post a pic when the new one comes and I swap them over.

See you have made me paranoid now so I have just been out for a 5 mile run on it. Running without fault dragging my fat arse around. May have to raise the idle slightly but that is as far as I reckon it needs touching. Fuck riding a ped though what a horrible thing to do

No way of doing so at the moment. I think it has decent compression though as it pulls pretty well when running like all peds it gets of the line well for 11bhp, I imagine if it were down on compression it would be very obvious. Also it's a 4 stroke can't imagine running out of fuel would damage the motor like a two stroke.

The boy came home last night complaining his ped keeps dying. He had been for a long ride to Tavistock and back and run out of fuel during the trip. It’s done 15,000 km and has only had oil changes whenever I do one of my bikes as there is always enough left over to do his ped. So the oil is always pretty clean. Apart from the first service I don’t think it has been touched otherwise. Anyway it was really difficult to start and wouldn’t tick over. Not an ideal situation in a twist and go. First thing I did was check the valves which were tight. Less than 0.005 mm when they should be between 0.010 - 0.015 mm I set them loose on the max measurement. It started fine then but would still not tick over. No idle screw that I could find (fuel injected ped) so I adjusted the cable to raise the idle enough so that it wouldn’t stall. All seems good now. Rideable at least so he can get to work. I’ve put a shot of Redex injection cleaner in the tank and will do it a few more times when he fills the thing. I have ordered a service kit for it which fuzz nuts will be paying me back for also I think it will need a new drive belt in the near future so I will look into that as well. Learning stuff about peds I never wanted to but if it keeps my useless boy in employment it sort of makes sense.

Just heard back from the guy who is doing my valve check. All well within spec and reckons they have probably been checked before so that is good news. Something less to worry about

Seriously sticky shit that Lanoguard, the swinging arm on my CBF was covered in it when I got the bike, still some on there now 12 months and 6k later.

Mmmmmnnn, Dear Boy alway had to have the best numbers, I remember his weight lifting numbers . Born olympian

Not much to see really just out for a gentle bimble as my grey mates were all weary of the weather so I went out for a mooch on my own. Did 40 miles down to Gorran to take some practice shots for BOM.

I can get one German made Stantion for £120 or a pair of Chinky Chonky ones for £150. Gonna get the German one I think.

I recently changed the fork seals on my Honda CBF600. The right one that was originally leaking has started leaking again. That side was gubbed up with some sort of sealer when I first stripped it. Any way I cleaned it out and put in the new seals and didn’t think any more of it. Well it has started leaking again so I stripped it again and put another new seal in but I found a gouge or pit that I had missed in the fork stantion right in the sealing range so it’s gonna leak again. To the question I am pretty sure I need a replacement fork tube/stantion, is it feasible to replace one fork tube or should I do the pair? Obviously cost is the point but I want to do it only once. The other station seems fine.

I was walking past with my mate and I said I like the look of his Sportster, which was where I went wrong. Cool bike I thought, Weird owner. He was one of these, several of them turned up last night, and not just Harleys but all cruisers. The chap that rode back with us was one of them.

I am very envious of my mates new bike, tis stunning. If you saw matey I was talking to he prolly didn't get a lot of female company. But if you beleive him he trapped a 17 stone one in Cambourne I know you would have to be a local to understand but Cambourne is rough as rats.

Headed down west again to Marazion bike night with my mate Martyn on his new out of the box Z900RS. Very nice bike I took it easy on the way down as the Z900 had less that 100 miles on it, plus rush hour. Some lovely bikes there tonight, I seem to have mainly focused on Z900’s. Not sure why. I liked the Gold Wing but the MV wasn’t bad either. I did get chatting to a Harley Sportster owner telling me it was the ultimate bike and apparently a fanny magnet He said it was good carrying a pillion too as he had picked up a 17st woman in Camborne last Saturday. I wished him well and moved on, the conversation was getting a bit weird for my liking Lovely backdrop It was good to steched my Hornets legs a bit on the way home as Martyn was happy to push the Z900 a bit more. Also we met another mate down there on his Indian Scout and he rode back with us although I got the feeling he was struggling to keep up. A good change as none of the guys with their old British nails came tonight. Trip stats.

Yeah one or two drops while we were in Porthleven but nothing else.

Out with the Fowey grey gang today. Combined age 240+ years. Truro, Blackwater, Helston, Porthleven and finally Restronguet Creak to do a Freddie Dobbs. Well not really just for a pot of tea

Very sad mate, my thoughts are with you.

I didn't take offence Pedro, I knew you were joking