Saul Posted July 10 Author Share Posted July 10 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 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckster Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 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. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Posted July 10 Author Share Posted July 10 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckster Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 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.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Posted July 10 Author Share Posted July 10 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catteeclan Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 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. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 I did it once on my Transalp, you only do it once 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Posted Wednesday at 12:54 Author Share Posted Wednesday at 12:54 When I had the wheel bearings done the other day the chap who did it mentioned that the CBF600 had odd chain tensioners. Now it has been bugging me to the extent I got another set from a breaker. Only a tenner. Put them in white vinegar overnight to clean them up and get rid of any corrosion. Will thoroughly rinse them off degrease and paint them tomorrow. Get them on Friday hopefully. Only a small thing but it’s the sort of shit that makes me happy 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted Wednesday at 12:58 Share Posted Wednesday at 12:58 3 minutes ago, Saul said: When I had the wheel bearings done the other day the chap who did it mentioned that the CBF600 had odd chain tensioners. Now it has been bugging me to the extent I got another set from a breaker. Only a tenner. Put them in white vinegar overnight to clean them up and get rid of any corrosion. Will thoroughly rinse them off degrease and paint them tomorrow. Get them on Friday hopefully. Only a small thing but it’s the sort of shit that makes me happy not worth it to unscrew it all apart for the cleaning? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel Posted Wednesday at 13:33 Share Posted Wednesday at 13:33 37 minutes ago, Saul said: When I had the wheel bearings done the other day the chap who did it mentioned that the CBF600 had odd chain tensioners. Now it has been bugging me to the extent I got another set from a breaker. Only a tenner. Put them in white vinegar overnight to clean them up and get rid of any corrosion. Will thoroughly rinse them off degrease and paint them tomorrow. Get them on Friday hopefully. Only a small thing but it’s the sort of shit that makes me happy Have you ever tried boiling it Saul in vinegar...? Works wonders. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Posted Wednesday at 13:39 Author Share Posted Wednesday at 13:39 39 minutes ago, Pedro said: not worth it to unscrew it all apart for the cleaning? Vinegar gets everywhere mate, will probably give it a session on the wire wheal as well. Bubbling away well out there in the sunshine at the moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Posted Wednesday at 13:55 Author Share Posted Wednesday at 13:55 20 minutes ago, Marcel said: Have you ever tried boiling it Saul in vinegar...? Works wonders. I can imagine it would, never needed to, a few hours left in white malt vinegar does the trick normally. Looks like the sun is accelerating the process today as well 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Posted yesterday at 15:57 Author Share Posted yesterday at 15:57 Tis working 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six30 Posted yesterday at 18:37 Share Posted yesterday at 18:37 im never having vinegar again... imagine what it must do to your insides ... its juice of the Devil 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel Posted 23 hours ago Share Posted 23 hours ago 6 hours ago, Saul said: Tis working Wow..cleaned up nicely... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busabeast Posted 15 hours ago Share Posted 15 hours ago 12 hours ago, Six30 said: im never having vinegar again... imagine what it must do to your insides ... its juice of the Devil 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six30 Posted 14 hours ago Share Posted 14 hours ago 1 hour ago, busabeast said: Twat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Posted 12 hours ago Author Share Posted 12 hours ago Washed out the vinegar Wire brushed Painted 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busabeast Posted 9 hours ago Share Posted 9 hours ago 2 hours ago, Saul said: Washed out the vinegar Wire brushed Painted Good as new, good work sir 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckster Posted 7 hours ago Share Posted 7 hours ago Good job. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Posted 4 hours ago Author Share Posted 4 hours ago Last pictures of it finished. Only a little tinkering around but it keeps me entertained and helps preserve the bike. Also helps use up all the fecking silver wheel paint I bought Before After 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted 3 hours ago Share Posted 3 hours ago 1 hour ago, Saul said: Last pictures of it finished. Only a little tinkering around but it keeps me entertained and helps preserve the bike. Also helps use up all the fecking silver wheel paint I bought Before After Looks lovely. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Posted 3 hours ago Author Share Posted 3 hours ago Just now, Pedro said: Looks lovely. Thanks, I'll settle for better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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