CBF600 service and fork seals.

[Saul]

On 10/06/2025 at 15:55, Saul said:

Much happier CBF

New Fork Seals, forks repainted,  new front brake pads (thank you Fred) all brake callipers stripped and cleaned, replaced brake fluid front and back.  New oil & filter, air filter and plugs.  Replaced front marker lights with LED’s to match headlights plus pretty deep clean.   Oh and fresh coolant.
Should be good until next year now just need to get my head around a valve check and adjustment.  
 

Remember this post when I was all chuffed with myself for sorting the bike out.    It's been long enough now and I have got over what happened on the first run out after the service.    Shadow was still off the road so we went up to Damerells for her favourite Sausage sandwich then for a bimble about for 60 miles or so.  Ran like a dream  but when the fuel light came on I dropped in the garage and filled it up.  About a mile later the it conked out.  WTF.  Anyway turns out I filled it up with diesel. 

Bloody self inflicted disaster.    Only about 3 miles from home so I got the Mrs to collect Shadow and called the AA.  I talked to the dispatcher and explained what happened.  He said I was in luck as they now offer a refuelling service where they drain the tank and put 10 litres of E10 in.  I was interested but not at the £190 they charge for doing it.  So I said no thanks and asked to be recovered home.  The dispatcher said fine but there maybe a charge for that if the Patrol man has to go and get a trailer to put the bike on.     I said there better not be as I already pay for my bikes to be covered.      Patrol man turns up after an hour, which I thought was pretty good, and surprisingly he was already equipped with one of those fold out transformer type bike trailers.  A fiddle to put together but clever bit of kit.  He was a biker, good as gold and offered to drain the tank for me gratis if I signed a disclaimer form.   He checked with his control who said he wasn't allowed to do that anymore.   Of course not money grabbing B'stards.    So he dropped me home and advised me to syphon out the trank, drain the float bowls and let it smoke out with some fresh fuel.   Which I did.  His off the book advice was that the worse that was going to happen was the carbs/fuel system would have a bit of a flush type passive clean through.   Very helpful guy.     So now a few weeks later and a fresh tank of fuel and it's running lovely so all ended well.  I'm over the embarrassment and annoyance at my stupidity now, enough so to tell you lot about it.  Of course my mates haven't mentioned it at every opportunity since.      Also still a bit pissed off with the AA's upselling stance when you call them.  I pay £20 a month for their service to cover me and the Mrs, bikes included.  I expected better.    And yes it's the first time I have ever done that 

[Buckster]

5 minutes ago, Saul said:

Remember this post when I was all chuffed with myself for sorting the bike out.    It's been long enough now and I have got over what happened on the first run out after the service.    Shadow was still off the road so we went up to Damerells for her favourite Sausage sandwich then for a bimble about for 60 miles or so.  Ran like a dream  but when the fuel light came on I dropped in the garage and filled it up.  About a mile later the it conked out.  WTF.  Anyway turns out I filled it up with diesel. 

Bloody self inflicted disaster.    Only about 3 miles from home so I got the Mrs to collect Shadow and called the AA.  I talked to the dispatcher and explained what happened.  He said I was in luck as they now offer a refuelling service where the drain the tank and put 10 litres of E10 in.  I was interested but not at the £190 they charge for doing it.  So I said no thanks and asked to be recovered home.  The dispatcher said fine but there maybe a charge for that if the Patrol man has to go and get a trailer to put the bike on.     I said there better not be as I already pay for my bikes to be covered.      Patrol man turns up after an hour, which I thought was pretty good, and surprisingly he was already equipped with one of those fold out transformer type bike trailers.  A fiddle to put together but clever bit of kit.  He was a biker, good as gold and offered to drain the tank for me gratis if I signed a disclaimer form.   He checked with his control who said he wasn't allowed to do that anymore.   Of course not money grabbing B'stards.    So he dropped me home and advised me to syphon out the trank, drain the float bowls and let it smoke out with some fresh fuel.   Which I did.  His off the book advice was that the worse that was going to happen was the carbs/fuel system would have a bit of a flush type passive clean through.   Very helpful guy.     So now a few weeks later and a fresh tank of fuel and it's running lovely so all ended well.  I'm over the embarrassment and annoyance at my stupidity now, enough so to tell you lot about it.  Of course my mates haven't mentioned it at every opportunity since.      Also still a bit pissed off with the AA's upselling stance when you call them.  I pay £20 a month for their service to cover me and the Mrs, bikes included.  I expected better.    And yes it's the first time I have ever done that 

We will have to change your handle to Diesaul.

[Saul]

Just now, Buckster said:

We will have to change your handle to Diesaul.

Oh dear, I thought you could do better than that.     My Mrs was calling me DiseaseSaul for a couple of days.  

[Buckster]

7 minutes ago, Saul said:

Oh dear, I thought you could do better than that.     My Mrs was calling me DiseaseSaul for a couple of days.  

If it had been recovered by @Six30, we could call you Van Diesaul.

[Marcel]

On 06/06/2025 at 05:48, Saul said:

All my kids are.   But Shadow had the worst background by a country mile.   Very few adopted kids come without issues sadly.  

Your a good man Saul , I kinda know what its like I sorta adopted 2 myself...and treated them like my own flesh and blood...wasn't always easy..

[Pedro]

1 hour ago, Saul said:

Remember this post when I was all chuffed with myself for sorting the bike out.    It's been long enough now and I have got over what happened on the first run out after the service.    Shadow was still off the road so we went up to Damerells for her favourite Sausage sandwich then for a bimble about for 60 miles or so.  Ran like a dream  but when the fuel light came on I dropped in the garage and filled it up.  About a mile later the it conked out.  WTF.  Anyway turns out I filled it up with diesel. 

Bloody self inflicted disaster.    Only about 3 miles from home so I got the Mrs to collect Shadow and called the AA.  I talked to the dispatcher and explained what happened.  He said I was in luck as they now offer a refuelling service where they drain the tank and put 10 litres of E10 in.  I was interested but not at the £190 they charge for doing it.  So I said no thanks and asked to be recovered home.  The dispatcher said fine but there maybe a charge for that if the Patrol man has to go and get a trailer to put the bike on.     I said there better not be as I already pay for my bikes to be covered.      Patrol man turns up after an hour, which I thought was pretty good, and surprisingly he was already equipped with one of those fold out transformer type bike trailers.  A fiddle to put together but clever bit of kit.  He was a biker, good as gold and offered to drain the tank for me gratis if I signed a disclaimer form.   He checked with his control who said he wasn't allowed to do that anymore.   Of course not money grabbing B'stards.    So he dropped me home and advised me to syphon out the trank, drain the float bowls and let it smoke out with some fresh fuel.   Which I did.  His off the book advice was that the worse that was going to happen was the carbs/fuel system would have a bit of a flush type passive clean through.   Very helpful guy.     So now a few weeks later and a fresh tank of fuel and it's running lovely so all ended well.  I'm over the embarrassment and annoyance at my stupidity now, enough so to tell you lot about it.  Of course my mates haven't mentioned it at every opportunity since.      Also still a bit pissed off with the AA's upselling stance when you call them.  I pay £20 a month for their service to cover me and the Mrs, bikes included.  I expected better.    And yes it's the first time I have ever done that 

Very big of you to tell that story here 

Feel good that you did that on the 125 though, by far the best vehicle in your household at coping with it.

I used to know a guy that briefly owned a diesel Royal Enfield, it was always an event to fill it up as the gas station attendants always assumed he was wrong and blocked the pumps until he went in and explained at length.

[Saul]

1 hour ago, Pedro said:

Very big of you to tell that story here 

Feel good that you did that on the 125 though, by far the best vehicle in your household at coping with it.

I used to know a guy that briefly owned a diesel Royal Enfield, it was always an event to fill it up as the gas station attendants always assumed he was wrong and blocked the pumps until he went in and explained at length.

I did it on the 600.  I did wait until I had got over the annoyance about it before sharing.  I'm over it now   I remember those Enfields, I think it was originally a water pump engine.  

[Catteeclan]

Mandi did that on her xs250 some years back, smoked the exhaust off before it stopped a little way up the Rd. We did have a diesel car at that time so I didn't take the piss too much.