Saul

Just to close this up I ordered two new stanchions from Wemoto. Both of the originals were just to rough so grasped the nettle and sorted it.

Well after much polava the bike is now finished. The second set of fork seals I fitted also leaked and to be honest I sort of knew they were going to the stanchions were just to rough. So I bit the bullet and ordered new stanchions, bushes, oil and a third set of fork seals. Spent several hours fitting it all today. Dry so far but to be honest I will be completely flabbergasted if they leak now it is practically all new out of the box. Hopefully I won't have to touch much until the next oil service now in 5000 miles time. I was going to use my hydraulic cable oiler to do all the cables today but ran out of will in the end. Especially when I managed to blow a fuse changing a sidelight bulb. And guess what I have hundreds of fuses except for the right one for my fucking bike. Off to ebay in a minute. Will have another tinker around tomorrow to button everything up then thinking about a trip to Sammy Millers later in the week, maybe.

I know they were shit high. Most of the bike was like that when I got it, I have been cleaning nooks and crannies for the year I have owned it. Nearly there now . Also part of the reason I got someone else to do it I know it was shit high in there.

Got the bike back yesterday with all the new bearings fitted. Bike feels much better/quieter and steers well. Funny thing was I hadn't realised how much the steering was affected by the bad bearings. Because there wasn't any notch when riding I just didn't notice it deteriorating over time, but there was a noticeable notch when I put the bike on the main stand and moved the front wheel side to side. It feels much better now though and that may also be going from ball race to tapered bearings as well as the old bearings on their way out. Also had a good look at the old bearings, one of the fronts was noisey and two of the three backs were stiff to turn. So it was due time to change the lot.

Busa found, rare high speed footage

That's no so bad given his age and the fact that your tribe lives in the equivalent of Gaza.

Especially if the Dildo is in the back of a van

Nice bike, what was the insurance like?

Rich Tea Biscuit plug vs new one

Triggers Broom is more accurate

I have be calling her Shevil Kenevil which does doesn’t think is funny at all. Apparently it is a Dad joke according to her

Shadow

We have all seen your Dildo taste

Not shy of a markup is he.

I have always had an itch for one, I know it's old tech and my CBF is a better bike there is that hankering. I had a K100RS years ago and really liked it but it was just to heavy and tall for me, hence why I thought a K75S might be a better option. That one needs a few bits to make it an everyday but bike for around another £500 you would have a very useable retro or classic.

I think his bikes are cool and unique but not 50K cool. Is it him trying to get that though or some chancer?

My mate who recently bought a new Z900RS has just bought this 20 miles away. 22k miles and massive folder of receipts for £950. I thought about it and thought about it, sent the link to my mate, who has similar tastes, to ask his opinion, he messaged back, sorry mate it's already in the back of my van. Beat me to it the fucker, my fault for not jumping when I saw it .

True that

I don’t think it’s that common to be honest. Some bikes and models maybe but not common.

A Millyard for sale, but £50K https://ebay.us/m/yVHFjU

Thanks for the input but I am not sure I can be arsed with doing the bearings myself, I have been in the shed for a month with my bike, Shadow’s bike and Fuzz Nuts Ped so I am going to get my valve check guy to do the work. He’s happy to do it so I have ordered front/rear and steering kits with NTN Japanese bearings in. It’s what he asked for.

Picked up my CBF from the valve check last night. Talking to the chap in detail and he reckoned all but one of the valves were spot on in spec. I asked if he thought they had been checked recently and he wasn’t sure if the valve cover had ever been off . I said is that unusual and he said it’s Japanese and that he thought this era lower tuned Honda 600 fours were just that well built. Also that if looked after they will run to 100k or more. Don’t know if I will put another 64k on the bike but reassuring to hear. Looks like I was paranoid about the valve clearances after all but at least I know now.

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.?