First Weekend in November!

[Sir Fallsalot]

33 minutes ago, Tym said:

I have new ankle weights to play with, will i sink, or wont i, that is the question. 

If we don't here from you ever again we will know they are too heavy 

[XTreme]

17 minutes ago, Clive said:

Is the weather gonna be fine?

Could do with it a bit warmer Clive.....but I'll tough it out! 

[Clive]

8 minutes ago, XTreme said:

Could do with it a bit warmer Clive.....but I'll tough it out! 

Not a lot warmer than here.........

[Earache]

Gonna be sunny tomorrow  - am going to attempt to get out for a spin.

Can't wait...

[XTreme]

28 minutes ago, Earache said:

Gonna be sunny tomorrow  - am going to attempt to get out for a spin.

Can't wait...

What temps are likely Eric?

[Earache]

1 minute ago, XTreme said:

What temps are likely Eric?

55F / 13C (for the @Buckster ) and sunny. Good enough for me. But if we ride up in elevation, it'll be a lot cooler. Will have to stick to the valleys as much as possible.

[Pedro]

On today's visit to the BMW doctor I was advised to change the GS's engine weak point, the valve rocker arms. When inspected they showed signs of starting to loose their coating, so tomorrow the replacement ones are being bought and installed. Not wanting to hurry things up, I will show up in the morning with coffee or cookies, and proceed to watch things get done and help by asking questions about stuff. Part of me is annoyed about it, the other part is happy it's getting fixed and the issue eliminated.

Pictures:

R1100RT being washed

 

RGV250, very cool:

 

Bike ready for inspection

 

Knowing about some engines collapsing prematurely, and what causes this to happen, every time we check the valves we also check the valve rockers. The valve rockers have a coating that can be brittle and sometimes fall apart and once it happens it spreads around the engine and shit happens. To prevent from shit happening they are checked, and turns out that they indeed were starting to go bad:

 

There's a white spot that is actually a little bit of worn surface

 

1 rocker is starting to show signs of faillure, on each cylinder, so I'm having all 8 rockers replaced with the upgraded version. The updated version is significantly different and eliminates the issue, so I'll be sad to have to fix it but happy to have had it done and off my mind. The weakest point of the engine being the weakest no longer. Surely another one will show up in time, but that's for another time.

 

Cozy and snug waiting for tomorrow:

 

Updated plan for the weekend now includes preventive maintenance on the bike, and moving Saturday's ride to Sunday

[XTreme]

5 hours ago, Pedro said:

On today's visit to the BMW doctor I was advised to change the GS's engine weak point, the valve rocker arms. When inspected they showed signs of starting to loose their coating, so tomorrow the replacement ones are being bought and installed. Not wanting to hurry things up, I will show up in the morning with coffee or cookies, and proceed to watch things get done and help by asking questions about stuff. Part of me is annoyed about it, the other part is happy it's getting fixed and the issue eliminated.

Pictures:

R1100RT being washed

 

RGV250, very cool:

 

Bike ready for inspection

 

Knowing about some engines collapsing prematurely, and what causes this to happen, every time we check the valves we also check the valve rockers. The valve rockers have a coating that can be brittle and sometimes fall apart and once it happens it spreads around the engine and shit happens. To prevent from shit happening they are checked, and turns out that they indeed were starting to go bad:

 

There's a white spot that is actually a little bit of worn surface

 

1 rocker is starting to show signs of faillure, on each cylinder, so I'm having all 8 rockers replaced with the upgraded version. The updated version is significantly different and eliminates the issue, so I'll be sad to have to fix it but happy to have had it done and off my mind. The weakest point of the engine being the weakest no longer. Surely another one will show up in time, but that's for another time.

 

Cozy and snug waiting for tomorrow:

 

Updated plan for the weekend now includes preventive maintenance on the bike, and moving Saturday's ride to Sunday

Not a lot of miles to have to do something like that Pedro?

[Tym]

11 hours ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said:

That old chestnut, sink or swim?

Water temps are about 56f, shrinkage may be more of an  issue. 

[Tym]

11 hours ago, Sir Fallsalot said:

If we don't here from you ever again we will know they are too heavy 

She ain heavy, those are my ankle weights... i;ll get me coat 

[Tym]

11 hours ago, Earache said:

55F / 13C (for the @Buckster ) 

A nice 8mm wet/dry suit would handle that no problems...so they say. 

[Buckster]

11 hours ago, Earache said:

55F / 13C (for the @Buckster ) and sunny. Good enough for me. But if we ride up in elevation, it'll be a lot cooler. Will have to stick to the valleys as much as possible.

Cunt.

[XTreme]

I'll be out today......waiting for it to warm up though as it's only 7C.

[Clive]

5 minutes ago, XTreme said:

I'll be out today......waiting for it to warm up though as it's only 7C.

Quite balmy here at 9c

[boboneleg]

8 hours ago, Pedro said:

On today's visit to the BMW doctor I was advised to change the GS's engine weak point, the valve rocker arms. When inspected they showed signs of starting to loose their coating, so tomorrow the replacement ones are being bought and installed. Not wanting to hurry things up, I will show up in the morning with coffee or cookies, and proceed to watch things get done and help by asking questions about stuff. Part of me is annoyed about it, the other part is happy it's getting fixed and the issue eliminated.

Pictures:

R1100RT being washed

 

RGV250, very cool:

 

Bike ready for inspection

 

Knowing about some engines collapsing prematurely, and what causes this to happen, every time we check the valves we also check the valve rockers. The valve rockers have a coating that can be brittle and sometimes fall apart and once it happens it spreads around the engine and shit happens. To prevent from shit happening they are checked, and turns out that they indeed were starting to go bad:

 

There's a white spot that is actually a little bit of worn surface

 

1 rocker is starting to show signs of faillure, on each cylinder, so I'm having all 8 rockers replaced with the upgraded version. The updated version is significantly different and eliminates the issue, so I'll be sad to have to fix it but happy to have had it done and off my mind. The weakest point of the engine being the weakest no longer. Surely another one will show up in time, but that's for another time.

 

Cozy and snug waiting for tomorrow:

 

Updated plan for the weekend now includes preventive maintenance on the bike, and moving Saturday's ride to Sunday

Preventative maintenance Pedro, definitely a good thing

I replaced one of the cams on my orange KTM 950 because the coating had started to pit.

[XTreme]

2 minutes ago, boboneleg said:

Preventative maintenance Pedro, definitely a good thing

Should something like that need to be replaced at around 45K miles though Bob?

[boboneleg]

2 minutes ago, XTreme said:

Should something like that need to be replaced at around 45K miles though Bob?

Not in a perfect world but all bikes have their weakpoints, the rockers were probably made by a contractor who cheaped out.  The camshaft on my KTM had only done about 30,000 at the time it was replaced

[XTreme]

25 minutes ago, boboneleg said:

Not in a perfect world but all bikes have their weakpoints, the rockers were probably made by a contractor who cheaped out.  The camshaft on my KTM had only done about 30,000 at the time it was replaced

Can't remember that being an issue on Jap bikes!

[Tym]

Payday, i just found two one hundred dollar bills on top of the fridge i forgot about. Cleaning greese infused dust bunnies pays people! 

[Six30]

3 minutes ago, Tym said:

Payday, i just found two one hundred dollar bills on top of the fridge i forgot about. Cleaning greese infused dust bunnies pays people! 

equivalent of me finding 2 fivers 

[Tym]

1 hour ago, XTreme said:

I'll be out today......waiting for it to warm up though as it's only 7C.

0c here and im going swimming. 

[Clive]

3 minutes ago, Tym said:

0c here and im going swimming. 

[MooN]

8 minutes ago, Tym said:

0c here and im going swimming. 

Yeah but to be fair, you're unstable, Pete's just bizarre. 

 

around 8 to 10 c here this afternoon so I'm going riding. 

[Tym]

16 minutes ago, MooN said:

Yeah but to be fair, you're unstable, Pete's just bizarre. 

 

 

I can do both, hold my three plants. 

[boboneleg]

2 hours ago, XTreme said:

Can't remember that being an issue on Jap bikes!

Blimey Pete, where do I start. Chocolate cams on Honda's,  rotting brake calipers on Hondas and Kawasaki's , neutral switches falling part inside Suzuki engines (destroying them ), unreliable starter motors on Yamaha's .  Those are just a few I can think of off the top of my head.