At least you got your engines in.
mine still sits next to bike waiting to slot back in!
After freezing and sliding home the other night on the old winter hack,and catching flu in the procces,I'm going to leave it for a warmer day.
missus said I must be going ga-ga in my old age as the car sits in the drive doing nothing.
Women simply just don't understand.
Neo
Neo wrote:missus said I must be going ga-ga in my old age as the car sits in the drive doing nothing.
Women simply just don't understand.
Neo
Recon your missus is right, save the heroics for when its warmer.
Sure winter riding does keep your skills honed but by the time spring comes your body will bre too knackered to make the most of what you've learned
I used to ride in winter before my hands went pear-shaped (no feeling, even in the early summer months).....but soon learned its easier to leave it in the garage and sit in the box keepng warm
Suppose your right Stig,even my younger Bro doesn't do winters anymore and he's 45 now.(strewth I'm getting old) .
Only way to do it is sell the winter hack.
There is no way I'd take the ex out in this weather,might get dirty!
You're got the best idea,do some polishing.
Neo
I had to do a mad dash back from work on the fighter earlier in the week to sort the missus out (baby blues).... I was riding like bloody ghost rider thru the traffic (mad)... cold tires and slippy roads are not the best combo and 130 odd horses had it spinning up and stepping out left right n centre still was fun tho
The emabarassing thing was that some tw@t was cutting me up on the roundabout by driving around the outside as I was trying to evade the white lines and get to tthe exit so I was giving him the at the time I rolled on and it stepped out.
Yoda wrote:Thats what roads covered in shite are for. Good practice for summer's rear wheel steering. Just embarassing if you get it wrong. High side anyone?
Yoda wrote:Thats what roads covered in shite are for. Good practice for summer's rear wheel steering. Just embarassing if you get it wrong. High side anyone?
Maybe one-handed isn't the best way to practice
I dunno, there's a time and a place for everything.
Righty, got the EXUP valve properly set up and went for blast this morning before the shoppers woke up. Bleedin' clutch is binding and slipping . Maybe my previous 11K in top was a bit slower than I thought.
Oh well, hum-de-dum. Must have a good clutch here somewhere.
Binding AND slipping sounds odd though, so replace M/C and line first methinks as M/C was really full of black crud, so maybe goosed.
Yoda wrote:Can't you buy a new seal kit for the M/C? Wonder if there's a plate sticking?
Probably, but what's the point in having spares if you don't use them . One of the breakers has a braided clutch line and mine's got stock so it's headed for 01.
I'll investigate the clutch over the next week or so. M/C and line are easier than taking the clutch apart cos they're just sitting there on the shelf
I'm surprised you could get gears with that clutch. Good job you got all those spares lying around. Or don't you wanna break open the side of another engine just yet?
still was fun tho
. One of the breakers has a braided clutch line and mine's got stock so it's headed for 01.
at the time I rolled on and it stepped out. 
I hate it when something's up with the bike and I have no spares to sort it out there and then.